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Leeds United 2-0 Grimsby Town - January 24, 1998 / FA Cup 1997/1998

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FA Cup 1997/1998 - Round of 32

Elland Road - Leeds - England

January 24, 1998

29 598

Leeds United

2 - 0

Grimsby Town

Robert Molenaar

45'

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

79'

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45' - Goal Robert Molenaar45

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58' - Substitution Kevin Joblingis substituted by Daryl Clare

79' - Goal Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink79

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Leeds United

2 - 0

Grimsby Town

Leeds United Grimsby Town

Team line-ups

Leeds United

Martyn

Nigel Martyn

England

B.date11/08/1966

Age31 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Molenaar45

Robert Molenaar

Netherlands

B.date27/02/1969

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Ribeiro

Bruno Ribeiro

Portugal

B.date22/10/1975

Age22 years

H1m72

positionLeft central defender

Wetherall

David Wetherall

England

B.date14/03/1971

Age26 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Kelly

Gary Kelly

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/07/1974

Age23 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Robertson

David Robertson

Scotland

B.date17/10/1968

Age29 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Hopkin

David Hopkin

Scotland

B.date21/08/1970

Age27 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Bowyer

Lee Bowyer

England

B.date03/01/1977

Age21 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Kewell

Harry Kewell

Australia

B.date22/09/1978

Age19 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

Wallace

Rod Wallace

England

B.date02/10/1969

Age28 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Hasselbaink79

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Netherlands

B.date27/03/1972

Age25 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Nigel Martyn		31	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Molenaar	45	28	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bruno Ribeiro		22	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Wetherall		26	211	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Kelly		23	214	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Robertson		29	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Hopkin		27	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Bowyer		21	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Harry Kewell		19	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Rod Wallace		28	247	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	79	25	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Grimsby Town

Davison

Aidan Davison

Northern Ireland

B.date11/05/1968

Age29 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Lever

Mark Lever

England

B.date29/03/1970

Age27 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Handyside

Peter Handyside

Scotland

B.date31/07/1974

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Gallimore

Tony Gallimore

England

B.date21/02/1972

Age25 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

McDermott

John McDermott

England

B.date03/02/1969

Age28 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

Jobling58

Kevin Jobling

England

B.date01/01/1968

Age30 years

positionMidfield

Donovan

Kevin Donovan

England

B.date17/12/1971

Age26 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

Black

Kingsley Black

Northern Ireland

B.date22/06/1968

Age29 years

H1m73

positionLeft Midfielder

Groves

Paul Groves

England

B.date28/02/1966

Age31 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Smith

David Smith

England

B.date29/03/1968

Age29 years

H1m73

positionPlaymaker

Livingstone

Steve Livingstone

England

B.date08/09/1969

Age28 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Aidan Davison		29	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Lever		27	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Handyside		23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Gallimore		25	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McDermott		28	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Jobling	58	30	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Donovan		26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kingsley Black		29	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Groves		31	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Smith		29	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Livingstone		28	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Daryl Clare	58	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nigel Martyn

Mark Beeney

OUT

Lee Bowyer

Lucas Radebe

OUT

Rod Wallace

Alan Maybury

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

George Graham

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Graham vs Grimsby Town

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 24, 1998

Graham vs Buckley

2 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on January 24, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Buckley

275

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Buckley vs Leeds United

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 24, 1998

Buckley vs Graham

1 victory

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on January 24, 1998

Referee

Graham Barber

5 victories	5 draws	6 losses	Leeds United16 matches	General total	Grimsby Town1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Leeds United1 match	Season total	Grimsby Town1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on December 22, 2003					Latest figure on January 24, 1998

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Comments

Key figures

Leeds United keeps its 3 matches without conceding any goal vs Grimsby Town running (since 25/10/1986). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 09/02/1985 (2 matches)

No Grimsby Town manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Alan Buckley has done less than 29% of losses .

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Alan Buckley has done less than 0.95 goals conceded per game .

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLeeds United 3-1 West Ham23/11/1997

DLeeds United 0-0 Everton06/12/1997

VLeeds United 2-0 Bolton Wanderers20/12/1997

DLeeds United 1-1 Aston Villa28/12/1997

VLeeds United 4-0 Oxford United03/01/1998

LLeeds United 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday17/01/1998

Overall

VLeeds United 2-0 Bolton Wanderers20/12/1997

LLiverpool 3-1 Leeds United26/12/1997

DLeeds United 1-1 Aston Villa28/12/1997

VLeeds United 4-0 Oxford United03/01/1998

LArsenal 2-1 Leeds United10/01/1998

LLeeds United 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday17/01/1998

Current form

Away

LLiverpool 3-0 Grimsby Town18/11/1997

VGillingham 0-2 Grimsby Town29/11/1997

VChesterfield 0-2 Grimsby Town06/12/1997

VBristol Rovers 0-4 Grimsby Town12/12/1997

DYork City 0-0 Grimsby Town26/12/1997

LBristol City 4-1 Grimsby Town10/01/1998

Overall

VGrimsby Town 1-0 Carlisle United20/12/1997

DYork City 0-0 Grimsby Town26/12/1997

VGrimsby Town 3-1 Preston North End28/12/1997

VGrimsby Town 3-0 Norwich City03/01/1998

LBristol City 4-1 Grimsby Town10/01/1998

VGrimsby Town 4-0 Brentford17/01/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	4	6
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	1	4
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	5
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
1	Victories (Competition total)	3
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	12
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
4	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.4
4	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.6
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
4-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (1 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Harry Kewell	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	John McDermott
Harry Kewell	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Harry Kewell	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	John McDermott

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

12 v

5 d

2 l

34 gf

11 ga

Away

19 matches

4 v

5 d

10 l

21 gf

35 ga

Total

38 matches

16 v

10 d

12 l

55 gf

46 ga

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

10 v

5 d

4 l

35 gf

21 ga

Away

19 matches

2 v

5 d

12 l

11 gf

34 ga

Total

38 matches

12 v

10 d

16 l

46 gf

55 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	November 02, 1929
Home	6 - 0	November 02, 1929

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	March 26, 1949
Away	1 - 0	April 08, 1939

Latest head to head

March 07, 1987 - Division 2 1986/1987

Leeds United

2 - 0

Grimsby Town logo Grimsby Town

October 25, 1986 - Division 2 1986/1987

Grimsby Town

0 - 0

Leeds United logo Leeds United

February 08, 1986 - Division 2 1985/1986

Grimsby Town

1 - 0

Leeds United logo Leeds United

October 19, 1985 - Division 2 1985/1986

Leeds United

1 - 1

Grimsby Town logo Grimsby Town

February 09, 1985 - Division 2 1984/1985

Leeds United

0 - 0

Grimsby Town logo Grimsby Town

Best historical scorers against Grimsby Town

Aubrey Powell	1 goal	1938 - 1938
Gordon Hodgson	1 goal	1937 - 1937
Sammy Armes	1 goal	1938 - 1938
Arthur Buckley	1 goal	1938 - 1938

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/1937. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Leeds United

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/1937. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Grimsby Town

Gordon Hodgson	4 matches	1937 - 1939
George Ainsley	3 matches	1937 - 1939
Tom Holley	3 matches	1937 - 1939
Eric Stephenson	3 matches	1937 - 1938
Sammy Armes	3 matches	1937 - 1938
Jack Milburn	3 matches	1937 - 1938