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Leicester 2-2 Wolverhampton - December 26, 1973 / Division 1 1973/1974

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Division 1 1973/1974 - Journée 22

Filbert Street - Leicester - England

December 26, 1973

30 547

Leicester

2 - 2

Wolverhampton

Frank Worthington

45'

(penalty) Frank Worthington

45'

Alan Sunderland

John Richards

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0' - Goal Alan Sunderland photo John Richards

0' - Goal John Richards

45' - Goal Frank Worthington photo Frank Worthington

45' - Goal Frank Worthington45

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Leicester

2 - 2

Wolverhampton

Leicester Wolverhampton

Team line-ups

Leicester

Shilton

Peter Shilton

England

B.date18/09/1949

Age24 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Cross

Graham Cross

England

B.date15/11/1943

Age30 years

positionDefender

Rofe

Dennis Rofe

England

B.date01/06/1950

Age23 years

positionDefender

Munro

Malcolm Munro

England

B.date21/05/1953

Age20 years

positionDefender

Earle

Steve Earle

England

B.date01/11/1945

Age28 years

positionDefender

Whitworth

Stephen Whitworth

England

B.date20/03/1952

Age21 years

positionRight full-back

Birchenall

Alan Birchenall

England

B.date22/08/1945

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Sammels

Jon Sammels

England

B.date23/07/1945

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Weller

Keith Weller

England

B.date11/06/1946

Age27 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Worthington4545

Frank Worthington

England

B.date23/11/1948

Age25 years

positionForward

Glover

Leonard Glover

England

B.date31/01/1944

Age29 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Shilton		24	228	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Cross		30	404	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dennis Rofe		23	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Malcolm Munro		20	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Earle		28	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Whitworth		21	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Birchenall		28	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jon Sammels		28	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Weller		27	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Worthington	4545	25	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Leonard Glover		29	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

126

Wolverhampton

Parkes

Phil Parkes

England

B.date14/07/1947

Age26 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Munro

Frank Munro

Scotland

B.date25/10/1947

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Parkin

Derek Parkin

England

B.date02/01/1948

Age25 years

H1m78

positionDefender

McAlle

John McAlle

England

B.date31/01/1950

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Palmer

Geoff Palmer

England

B.date11/07/1954

Age19 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Bailey

Michael A Bailey

England

B.date27/02/1942

Age31 years

positionRight Midfielder

Powell

Barry Powell

England

B.date29/01/1954

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Kindon

Steve Kindon

England

B.date17/12/1950

Age23 years

positionLeft Winger

Sunderland0

Alan Sunderland

England

B.date01/07/1953

Age20 years

positionStriker

Wagstaffe

David Wagstaffe

England

B.date05/04/1943

Age30 years

positionWinger

Richards0

John Richards

England

B.date09/11/1950

Age23 years

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Phil Parkes	26	240	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Munro	26	195	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Parkin	25	215	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McAlle	23	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geoff Palmer	19	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael A Bailey	31	222	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Barry Powell	19	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Kindon	23	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Sunderland	20	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Wagstaffe	30	231	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Richards	23	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

139

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

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

Steve Kindon

Derek Dougan

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jimmy Bloomfield

116

Success rate in this team:

28 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

26 %

Bloomfield vs Wolverhampton

2 victories

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1973

Bloomfield vs McGarry

2 victories

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1973

Manager

Age

Match num

Bill McGarry

262

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

McGarry vs Leicester

3 victories

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1973

McGarry vs Bloomfield

2 victories

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1973

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Key figures

Wolverhampton keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 15/12/1973).

Leicester keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal scored at home running (since 10/11/1973).

End of streak for Leicester after 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home (since 27/10/1973). It was the best streak for the club since 20/01/1973-15/09/1973 (11 matches).

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DLeicester 2-2 Leeds United13/10/1973

LLeicester 0-1 Southampton27/10/1973

VLeicester 1-0 Newcastle United10/11/1973

VLeicester 2-0 Burnley17/11/1973

VLeicester 3-0 Tottenham01/12/1973

VLeicester 2-0 Queens Park Rangers15/12/1973

Overall

VLeicester 2-0 Burnley17/11/1973

LBirmingham City 3-0 Leicester24/11/1973

VLeicester 3-0 Tottenham01/12/1973

LChelsea 3-2 Leicester08/12/1973

VLeicester 2-0 Queens Park Rangers15/12/1973

VCoventry 1-2 Leicester22/12/1973

Current form

Away

DTranmere Rovers 1-1 Wolverhampton31/10/1973

LLiverpool 1-0 Wolverhampton10/11/1973

VTottenham 1-3 Wolverhampton24/11/1973

DArsenal 2-2 Wolverhampton04/12/1973

LCoventry 1-0 Wolverhampton08/12/1973

VStoke City 2-3 Wolverhampton15/12/1973

Overall

VTottenham 1-3 Wolverhampton24/11/1973

DArsenal 2-2 Wolverhampton04/12/1973

LCoventry 1-0 Wolverhampton08/12/1973

VStoke City 2-3 Wolverhampton15/12/1973

VWolverhampton 1-0 Liverpool19/12/1973

VWolverhampton 2-0 Chelsea22/12/1973

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	2
Unbeaten streak	4	2
Drawless streak	5	11
Scoring streak	4	4
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	4	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	9	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	21
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
8	Victories (Competition total)	6
5	Victories (Home / Away)	2
7	Draws (Competition total)	5
3	Draws (Home / Away)	2
6	Losses (Competition total)	10
2	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

26	Goals scored (Competition total)	25
13	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
22	Goals conceded (Competition total)	32
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
1.24	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.19
1.3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.18
1.05	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.52
0.7	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.91

Betting aid

7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	10
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
1-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (2 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Frank Worthington	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Derek Dougan
Leonard Glover	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	John Richards
Leonard Glover	6 goals during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 4 matches	John Richards

Historical head to head

Home

33 matches

13 v

8 d

12 l

50 gf

38 ga

Away

33 matches

7 v

10 d

16 l

31 gf

68 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

67 matches

20 v

18 d

29 l

82 gf

109 ga

Historical head to head

Home

33 matches

16 v

10 d

7 l

68 gf

31 ga

Away

33 matches

12 v

8 d

13 l

38 gf

50 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

67 matches

29 v

18 d

20 l

109 gf

82 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	March 10, 1923
Home	7 - 0	March 10, 1923

Largest victory

Overall	10 - 1	April 15, 1938
Away	3 - 0	March 20, 1915

Latest head to head

December 26, 1972 - Division 1 1972/1973

Wolverhampton

2 - 0

Leicester

September 23, 1972 - Division 1 1972/1973

Leicester

1 - 1

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

April 01, 1972 - Division 1 1971/1972

Wolverhampton

0 - 1

Leicester

January 19, 1972 - FA Cup 1971/1972

Leicester

2 - 0

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

January 15, 1972 - FA Cup 1971/1972

Wolverhampton

1 - 1

Leicester

Best historical scorers against Wolverhampton

Dave Gibson	5 goals	1962 - 1968
John Farrington	3 goals	1972 - 1972
Leonard Glover	2 goals	1968 - 1972
Frank McLintock	2 goals	1964 - 1964
Ken Keyworth	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Ian King	2 goals	1960 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Derek Dougan	3 goals	1968 - 1972
Alan Hinton	3 goals	1962 - 1963
Raymond Crawford	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Peter Knowles	2 goals	1964 - 1967
Jimmy Murray	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Peter Broadbent	2 goals	1960 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wolverhampton

Richie Norman	11 matches	1960 - 1967
John Sjoberg	11 matches	1963 - 1972
Dave Gibson	11 matches	1962 - 1968
Graham Cross	11 matches	1963 - 1972
Colin Appleton	10 matches	1960 - 1964
Gordon Banks	10 matches	1960 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Ronald Flowers	10 matches	1960 - 1964
Robert Thomson	9 matches	1962 - 1968
Peter Broadbent	8 matches	1960 - 1964
Phil Parkes	8 matches	1968 - 1972
Derek Dougan	8 matches	1967 - 1972
Fred Davies	7 matches	1962 - 1967