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Leicester 2-1 Derby County - December 26, 1975 / Division 1 1975/1976

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Division 1 1975/1976 - Round 23

Filbert Street - Leicester - England

December 26, 1975

2 - 1

Derby County

Bob Lee

Frank Worthington

Leighton James

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0' - Goal Bob Lee photo Frank Worthington

0' - Goal Frank Worthington0

0' - Goal Leighton James

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46' - Substitution Bruce Riochis substituted by Kevin Hector

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Leicester

2 - 1

Derby County

Leicester Derby County

Team line-ups

Leicester

Wallington

Mark Wallington

England

B.date17/09/1952

Age23 years

positionGoalkeeper

Lee0

Bob Lee

England

B.date02/02/1953

Age22 years

positionDefender

Woollett

Alan Woollett

England

B.date04/03/1947

Age28 years

positionDefender

Blockley

Jeff Blockley

England

B.date12/09/1949

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Rofe

Dennis Rofe

England

B.date01/06/1950

Age25 years

positionDefender

Whitworth

Stephen Whitworth

England

B.date20/03/1952

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

Kember

Steve Kember

England

B.date08/12/1948

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Weller

Keith Weller

England

B.date11/06/1946

Age29 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Alderson

Brian Alderson

Scotland

B.date05/05/1950

Age25 years

positionForward

Garland

Chris Garland

England

B.date24/04/1949

Age26 years

positionForward

Worthington0

Frank Worthington

England

B.date23/11/1948

Age27 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Wallington	23	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bob Lee	22	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Woollett	28	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Blockley	26	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dennis Rofe	25	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Whitworth	23	217	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Kember	27	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Weller	29	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Alderson	25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Garland	26	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Worthington	27	156	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Derby County

Boulton

Colin Boulton

England

B.date12/09/1945

Age30 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Thomas

Rod Thomas

Wales

B.date11/01/1947

Age28 years

positionDefender

McFarland

Roy McFarland

England

B.date05/04/1948

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Daniel

Peter Daniel

England

B.date22/12/1946

Age29 years

positionDefender

Todd

Colin Todd

England

B.date12/12/1948

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Rioch46

Bruce Rioch

Scotland

B.date06/09/1947

Age28 years

H1m81

positionLeft Midfielder

Newton

Henry Newton

England

B.date18/02/1944

Age31 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

Gemmill

Archie Gemmill

Scotland

B.date24/03/1947

Age28 years

H1m65

positionMidfield

James0

Leighton James

Wales

B.date16/02/1953

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Davies

Roger Davies

England

B.date25/10/1950

Age25 years

H1m91

positionForward

George

Charles George

England

B.date10/10/1950

Age25 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Colin Boulton		30	242	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rod Thomas		28	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roy McFarland		27	242	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Daniel		29	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Todd		27	230	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bruce Rioch	46	28	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Henry Newton		31	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Archie Gemmill		28	241	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Leighton James		22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roger Davies		25	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Charles George		25	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

128

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Kevin Hector	46	31	304	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Chris Garland

Steve Earle

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Peter Daniel

David Nish

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jimmy Bloomfield

221

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

27 %

Bloomfield vs Derby County

1 victory

2 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1975

Bloomfield vs Mackay

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1975

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Mackay

119

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Mackay vs Leicester

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 1975

Mackay vs Bloomfield

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 1975

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Key figures

Leicester keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw vs Derby County running (since 20/10/1973). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 12/12/1953-14/10/1972 time period (4 matches).

It's the first time Leighton James scores 1 goal in Premier League with

It's the first time Bob Lee scores 1 goal vs in his professional career with

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DLeicester 0-0 Middlesbrough11/10/1975

LLeicester 2-3 Tottenham25/10/1975

VLeicester 3-2 Burnley08/11/1975

DLeicester 0-0 Ipswich Town22/11/1975

VLeicester 2-0 Wolverhampton06/12/1975

VLeicester 1-0 Newcastle United13/12/1975

Overall

VSheffield United 1-2 Leicester15/11/1975

DLeicester 0-0 Ipswich Town22/11/1975

DAston Villa 1-1 Leicester29/11/1975

VLeicester 2-0 Wolverhampton06/12/1975

VLeicester 1-0 Newcastle United13/12/1975

LBirmingham City 2-1 Leicester20/12/1975

Current form

Away

DLiverpool 1-1 Derby County25/10/1975

LReal Madrid 5-1 Derby County05/11/1975

VArsenal 0-1 Derby County08/11/1975

DWolverhampton 0-0 Derby County22/11/1975

LBirmingham City 2-1 Derby County06/12/1975

DQueens Park Rangers 1-1 Derby County13/12/1975

Overall

VDerby County 2-1 West Ham15/11/1975

DWolverhampton 0-0 Derby County22/11/1975

VDerby County 3-2 Middlesbrough29/11/1975

LBirmingham City 2-1 Derby County06/12/1975

DQueens Park Rangers 1-1 Derby County13/12/1975

VDerby County 3-2 Sheffield United20/12/1975

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	3	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	2	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

22	Number of games (Competition total)	22
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
4	Victories (Competition total)	12
3	Victories (Home / Away)	2
12	Draws (Competition total)	6
6	Draws (Home / Away)	6
6	Losses (Competition total)	4
2	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

24	Goals scored (Competition total)	34
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
30	Goals conceded (Competition total)	28
16	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	11
1.09	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.55
1.45	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.82
1.36	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.27
1.45	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
3-3 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (4 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Keith Weller	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Francis Lee
Keith Weller	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Charles George
Jon Sammels	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Jon Sammels	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Bob Lee	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 8 matches	Charles George

Historical head to head

Home

26 matches

6 v

11 d

9 l

30 gf

26 ga

Away

26 matches

5 v

4 d

17 l

23 gf

51 ga

Total

52 matches

11 v

15 d

26 l

53 gf

77 ga

Historical head to head

Home

26 matches

17 v

4 d

5 l

51 gf

23 ga

Away

26 matches

9 v

11 d

6 l

26 gf

30 ga

Total

52 matches

26 v

15 d

11 l

77 gf

53 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	February 26, 1910
Home	6 - 0	February 26, 1910

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	December 28, 1914
Away	6 - 0	December 28, 1914

Latest head to head

April 19, 1975 - Division 1 1974/1975

Leicester

0 - 0

Derby County logo Derby County

October 12, 1974 - Division 1 1974/1975

Derby County

1 - 0

Leicester

March 16, 1974 - Division 1 1973/1974

Leicester

0 - 1

Derby County logo Derby County

October 20, 1973 - Division 1 1973/1974

Derby County

2 - 1

Leicester

March 10, 1973 - Division 1 1972/1973

Leicester

0 - 0

Derby County logo Derby County

Best historical scorers against Derby County

	Frank Worthington	1 goal	1973 - 1973
	Keith Weller	1 goal	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/08/1971. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Kevin Hector	3 goals	1971 - 1973
Alan Hinton	2 goals	1971 - 1972
John O'Hare	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Bruce Rioch	1 goal	1974 - 1974
Roy McFarland	1 goal	1974 - 1974
Alan Durban	1 goal	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/08/1971. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Derby County

Stephen Whitworth	8 matches	1971 - 1975
Jon Sammels	8 matches	1971 - 1975
Graham Cross	7 matches	1971 - 1975
Keith Weller	7 matches	1972 - 1975
Peter Shilton	6 matches	1971 - 1974
Alan Birchenall	6 matches	1972 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/08/1971. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Colin Boulton	8 matches	1971 - 1975
Colin Todd	8 matches	1971 - 1975
Kevin Hector	8 matches	1971 - 1975
Archie Gemmill	7 matches	1971 - 1975
Ron Webster	6 matches	1971 - 1974
Roy McFarland	6 matches	1972 - 1975