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Leicester 1-0 Liverpool - October 31, 1998 / Premier League 1998/1999

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Premier League 1998/1999 - Journée 11

Filbert Street - Leicester - England

October 31, 1998

21 837

Leicester

1 - 0

Liverpool

Tony Cottee

79'

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56' - Substitution Theodoros Zagorakisis substituted by Steve Walsh56

77' - Substitution Robbie Savageis substituted by Stuart Wilson77

79' - Goal Tony Cottee79

80' - Substitution Patrik Bergeris substituted by Robbie Fowler

86' - Red card Jason McAteer

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Leicester

1 - 0

Liverpool

Leicester Liverpool

Team line-ups

Leicester

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Cottee79

Tony Cottee

England

B.date11/07/1965

Age33 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Heskey

Emile Heskey

England

B.date11/01/1978

Age20 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Izzet

Muzzy Izzet

Turkey

B.date31/10/1974

Age24 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Zagorakis56

Theodoros Zagorakis

Greece

B.date27/10/1971

Age27 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Lennon

Neil Lennon

Northern Ireland

B.date25/06/1971

Age27 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

Guppy

Steve Guppy

England

B.date29/03/1969

Age29 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

Savage77

Robbie Savage

Wales

B.date18/10/1974

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Ullathorne

Robert Ullathorne

England

B.date11/10/1971

Age27 years

H1m71

positionLeft full-back

Elliott

Matt Elliott

Scotland

B.date01/11/1968

Age29 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Sinclair

Frank Sinclair

Jamaica

B.date03/12/1971

Age26 years

H1m73

positionRight central defender

Keller

Kasey Keller

United States

B.date29/11/1969

Age28 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kasey Keller		28	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matt Elliott		29	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Sinclair		26	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Guppy		29	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Ullathorne		27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Theodoros Zagorakis	56	27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robbie Savage	77	24	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Lennon		27	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Muzzy Izzet		24	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Cottee	79	33	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emile Heskey		20	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Liverpool

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Riedle

Karlheinz Riedle

Germany

B.date16/09/1965

Age33 years

H1m79

positionStriker

Owen

Michael Owen

England

B.date14/12/1979

Age18 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Berger80

Patrik Berger

Czech Republic

B.date10/11/1973

Age24 years

H1m85

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Ince

Paul Ince

England

B.date21/10/1967

Age31 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

McAteer86

Jason McAteer

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/06/1971

Age27 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Defender

McManaman

Steve McManaman

England

B.date11/02/1972

Age26 years

H1m83

positionLeft Midfielder

Bjørnebye

Stig Inge Bjørnebye

Norway

B.date11/12/1969

Age28 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age20 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Staunton

Steve Staunton

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/01/1969

Age29 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Heggem

Vegard Heggem

Norway

B.date13/07/1975

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

James

David James

England

B.date01/08/1970

Age28 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David James		28	250	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Staunton		29	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jason McAteer	86	27	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher		20	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vegard Heggem		23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stig Inge Bjørnebye		28	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Ince		31	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve McManaman		26	345	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrik Berger	80	24	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Owen		18	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Karlheinz Riedle		33	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

116

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Steve Walsh	56	33	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Stuart Wilson	77	21	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Robbie Fowler	80	23	225	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

David James

Brad Friedel

OUT

Karlheinz Riedle

Robbie Fowler

OUT

Steve McManaman

David Thompson

OUT

Vegard Heggem

Danny Murphy

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Martin O'Neill

137

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

O'Neill vs Liverpool

2 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on October 31, 1998

O'Neill vs Houllier

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 31, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Gérard Houllier

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Houllier vs Leicester

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 31, 1998

Houllier vs O'Neill

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 31, 1998

Referee

Mike Reed

4 victories	3 draws	5 losses	Leicester12 matches	General total	Liverpool15 matches	5 victories	3 draws	7 losses
2 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Leicester3 matches	Season total	Liverpool2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on April 29, 2000					Latest figure on April 01, 2000

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Key figures

Liverpool keeps its 7 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 29/09/1998).

It's the first time Tony Cottee scores 1 goal vs in his professional career with

Liverpool keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 24/10/1998).

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLeicester 2-0 Everton22/08/1998

LLeicester 0-1 Middlesbrough09/09/1998

DLeicester 1-1 Arsenal12/09/1998

VLeicester 3-0 Chesterfield16/09/1998

DLeicester 1-1 Wimbledon FC27/09/1998

VLeicester 2-1 Tottenham19/10/1998

Overall

VChesterfield 1-3 Leicester22/09/1998

DLeicester 1-1 Wimbledon FC27/09/1998

VLeeds United 0-1 Leicester03/10/1998

VLeicester 2-1 Tottenham19/10/1998

DAston Villa 1-1 Leicester24/10/1998

VCharlton 1-2 Leicester27/10/1998

Current form

Away

VSouthampton 1-2 Liverpool16/08/1998

VNewcastle United 1-4 Liverpool30/08/1998

LWest Ham 2-1 Liverpool12/09/1998

VVSS Kosice 0-3 Liverpool15/09/1998

LManchester United 2-0 Liverpool24/09/1998

DEverton 0-0 Liverpool17/10/1998

Overall

VLiverpool 5-0 VSS Kosice29/09/1998

DLiverpool 1-1 Chelsea04/10/1998

DEverton 0-0 Liverpool17/10/1998

DLiverpool 0-0 Valencia CF20/10/1998

VLiverpool 5-1 Nottingham Forest24/10/1998

VLiverpool 3-1 Fulham27/10/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	4	6
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	4	6
Conceding streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	6
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

10	Number of games (Competition total)	10
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
3	Victories (Competition total)	4
2	Victories (Home / Away)	2
4	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	1
3	Losses (Competition total)	2
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

10	Goals scored (Competition total)	18
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
10	Goals conceded (Competition total)	11
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	6
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.8
1.2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.4
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.1
0.8	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.2

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	5
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
5	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	6
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
1-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (1 times)

Bookings

18	Yellow cards (Competition total)	22
6	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	16
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Tony Cottee	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Michael Owen
Muzzy Izzet	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Michael Owen
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Robbie Fowler
Tony Cottee	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last match	Michael Owen

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

22 v

10 d

12 l

64 gf

56 ga

Away

46 matches

10 v

11 d

25 l

53 gf

89 ga

Total

90 matches

32 v

21 d

37 l

117 gf

145 ga

Historical head to head

Home

46 matches

25 v

11 d

10 l

89 gf

53 ga

Away

44 matches

12 v

10 d

22 l

56 gf

64 ga

Total

90 matches

37 v

21 d

32 l

145 gf

117 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	October 13, 1962
Home	3 - 0	October 13, 1962

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 26, 1977
Away	4 - 0	November 26, 1977

Latest head to head

January 17, 1998 - Premier League 1997/1998

Leicester

0 - 0

Liverpool

August 13, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Liverpool

1 - 2

Leicester

December 26, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Liverpool

1 - 1

Leicester

September 15, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Leicester

0 - 3

Liverpool

April 17, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Liverpool

2 - 0

Leicester

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Keith Weller	6 goals	1972 - 1975
Mike Stringfellow	4 goals	1964 - 1967
Alan Smith	4 goals	1983 - 1987
Ken Keyworth	3 goals	1963 - 1964
Frank Worthington	2 goals	1975 - 1976
Andy Peake	2 goals	1980 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/09/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Ian Rush	9 goals	1983 - 1995
John Toshack	8 goals	1971 - 1976
Kevin Keegan	5 goals	1971 - 1976
Roger Hunt	5 goals	1964 - 1966
Geoff Strong	3 goals	1965 - 1968
Steve McMahon	3 goals	1986 - 1986

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/09/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Graham Cross	30 matches	1962 - 1975
Mike Stringfellow	18 matches	1963 - 1975
John Sjoberg	17 matches	1963 - 1971
Stephen Whitworth	17 matches	1971 - 1978
Peter Shilton	17 matches	1967 - 1974
Dave Gibson	17 matches	1962 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/09/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Ian Callaghan	35 matches	1962 - 1977
Tommy Smith	27 matches	1964 - 1978
Emelyn Hughes	25 matches	1967 - 1978
Chris Lawler	22 matches	1964 - 1973
Ray Clemence	19 matches	1971 - 1981
Ron Yeats	19 matches	1962 - 1970