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Reading 1-3 Leicester - January 28, 2003 / First Division 2002/2003

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First Division 2002/2003 - Round 27

Madejski Stadium - Reading - England

January 28, 2003

17 156

Reading

1 - 3

Leicester

Andy Hughes

54'

17'

Paul Dickov

26'

Paul Dickov (penalty)

34'

Matt Heath

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17' - Goal Paul Dickov

26' - Goal Paul Dickov

34' - Goal Matt Heath

45' - Substitution Steve Brownis substituted by Ricky Newman45

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54' - Goal Andy Hughes54

56' - Substitution James Harperis substituted by Martin Butler photo Jamie Cureton

56' - Substitution Sammy Igoeis substituted by Jamie Cureton56

83' - Substitution Trevor Benjaminis substituted by Tommy Wright

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Reading

1 - 3

Leicester

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Team line-ups

Reading

Hahnemann

Marcus Hahnemann

United States

B.date15/06/1972

Age30 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Brown45

Steve Brown

England

B.date13/05/1972

Age30 years

positionDefender

Williams

Ady Williams

Wales

B.date16/08/1971

Age31 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Murty

Graeme Murty

Scotland

B.date13/11/1974

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Shorey

Nicky Shorey

England

B.date19/02/1981

Age21 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Harper56

James Harper

England

B.date09/11/1980

Age22 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Hughes54

Andy Hughes

England

B.date02/01/1978

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

Sidwell

Steve Sidwell

England

B.date14/12/1982

Age20 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Igoe56

Sammy Igoe

England

B.date30/09/1975

Age27 years

H1m68

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Rougier

Tony Rougier

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date17/07/1971

Age31 years

H1m83

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Forster

Nicky Forster

England

B.date08/09/1973

Age29 years

H1m73

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Marcus Hahnemann		30	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Brown	45	30	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ady Williams		31	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Murty		28	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Shorey		21	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Harper	56	22	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Hughes	54	25	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Sidwell		20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy Igoe	56	27	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Rougier		31	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicky Forster		29	32	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

Leicester

Walker

Ian Walker

England

B.date31/10/1971

Age31 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Heath34

Matt Heath

England

B.date01/11/1981

Age21 years

H1m95

positionCentral defender

Elliott

Matt Elliott

Scotland

B.date01/11/1968

Age34 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Sinclair

Frank Sinclair

Jamaica

B.date03/12/1971

Age31 years

H1m73

positionRight central defender

Davidson

Callum Davidson

Scotland

B.date25/06/1976

Age26 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Stewart

Jordan Stewart

England

B.date03/03/1982

Age20 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Rogers

Alan Rogers

England

B.date03/01/1977

Age26 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Izzet

Muzzy Izzet

Turkey

B.date31/10/1974

Age28 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Benjamin83

Trevor Benjamin

Jamaica

B.date08/02/1979

Age23 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Dickov1726

Paul Dickov

Scotland

B.date01/11/1972

Age30 years

H1m65

positionStriker

Scowcroft

James Scowcroft

England

B.date15/11/1975

Age27 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ian Walker		31	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matt Heath	34	21	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matt Elliott		34	262	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Sinclair		31	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Callum Davidson		26	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jordan Stewart		20	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Rogers		26	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Muzzy Izzet		28	262	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Trevor Benjamin	83	23	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Dickov	1726	30	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	James Scowcroft		27	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

102

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Ricky Newman	45	32	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Martin Butler	56	28	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jamie Cureton	56	27	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Tommy Wright	83	18	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ady Williams

John Mackie

OUT

Steve Sidwell

Ricky Newman

OUT

Tony Rougier

Martin Butler

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Trevor Benjamin

Nicky Summerbee

OUT

Jordan Stewart

Billy McKinlay

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Pardew

179

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Pardew vs Leicester

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 28, 2003

Pardew vs Adams

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 28, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Micky Adams

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Adams vs Reading

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 28, 2003

Adams vs Pardew

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 28, 2003

Referee

Mark Warren

1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Reading2 matches	General total	Leicester1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Reading1 match	Season total	Leicester1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 16, 2004					Latest figure on January 28, 2003

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Key figures

It's the first time Matt Heath scores 1 goal vs Reading in his professional career

The last time Reading has lost with a difference of 2 goals vs Leicester, It was on the 14/09/1966 (vs )

No Reading manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Alan Pardew has done less than 26% of losses .

Read the next 21 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VReading 1-0 Watford23/11/2002

DReading 0-0 Portsmouth07/12/2002

LReading 0-2 Sheffield United14/12/2002

VReading 2-1 Derby County28/12/2002

DReading 1-1 Walsall14/01/2003

DReading 0-0 Walsall18/01/2003

Overall

LCoventry 2-0 Reading26/12/2002

VReading 2-1 Derby County28/12/2002

DWalsall 0-0 Reading04/01/2003

LSheffield Wednesday 3-2 Reading11/01/2003

DReading 1-1 Walsall14/01/2003

DReading 0-0 Walsall18/01/2003

Current form

Away

LPreston North End 2-0 Leicester26/11/2002

VGrimsby Town 1-2 Leicester30/11/2002

VBrighton & Hove 0-1 Leicester20/12/2002

VWatford 1-2 Leicester28/12/2002

LGillingham 3-2 Leicester18/01/2003

LWolverhampton 4-1 Leicester25/01/2003

Overall

LLeicester 1-2 Ipswich Town26/12/2002

VWatford 1-2 Leicester28/12/2002

VLeicester 2-0 Bristol City04/01/2003

DLeicester 0-0 Stoke City11/01/2003

LGillingham 3-2 Leicester18/01/2003

LWolverhampton 4-1 Leicester25/01/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	3	2
Winless streak	2	4
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	2
Winless streak	2	3
Drawless streak	6	2
Scoring streak	5	2
Conceding streak	3	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

27	Number of games (Competition total)	28
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
13	Victories (Competition total)	16
7	Victories (Home / Away)	6
4	Draws (Competition total)	7
3	Draws (Home / Away)	5
10	Losses (Competition total)	5
4	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

28	Goals scored (Competition total)	43
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	18
24	Goals conceded (Competition total)	27
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	19
1.04	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.54
1.14	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.29
0.89	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.96
0.79	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.36

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
13	Clean sheets (Competition total)	13
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
7	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	13
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (3 times)

Bookings

44	Yellow cards (Competition total)	66
17	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	39
1	Red cards (Competition total)	6
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	3

Key players

Nicky Forster	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Paul Dickov
Jamie Cureton	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	James Scowcroft
Jamie Cureton	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Paul Dickov
Jamie Cureton	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Nicky Forster	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 6 matches	Paul Dickov

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Away

4 matches

0 v

1 d

3 l

2 gf

9 ga

Total

6 matches

0 v

2 d

4 l

4 gf

12 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

3 v

1 d

0 l

9 gf

2 ga

Away

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

3 gf

2 ga

Total

6 matches

4 v

2 d

0 l

12 gf

4 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 14, 1966
Away	2 - 1	January 30, 1988

Latest head to head

August 24, 2002 - First Division 2002/2003

Leicester

2 - 1

Reading

February 24, 1996 - First Division 1995/1996

Reading

1 - 1

Leicester

September 16, 1995 - First Division 1995/1996

Leicester

1 - 1

Reading

April 23, 1988 - Division 2 1987/1988

Leicester

1 - 0

Reading

January 30, 1988 - Division 2 1987/1988

Reading

1 - 2

Leicester

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Jamie Cureton

1 goal

2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/08/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Reading

	Brian Deane	1 goal	2002 - 2002
	Paul Dickov	1 goal	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/08/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Jamie Cureton	1 match	2002 - 2002
Tony Rougier	1 match	2002 - 2002
Graeme Murty	1 match	2002 - 2002
Ady Williams	1 match	2002 - 2002
Alex Smith	1 match	2002 - 2002
Kevin Watson	1 match	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/08/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Reading

Jordan Stewart	1 match	2002 - 2002
Paul Dickov	1 match	2002 - 2002
Tommy Wright	1 match	2002 - 2002
Andy Impey	1 match	2002 - 2002
Gerry Taggart	1 match	2002 - 2002
James Scowcroft	1 match	2002 - 2002