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Leicester 2-0 Southampton - December 05, 1998 / Premier League 1998/1999

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Premier League 1998/1999 - Journée 16

Filbert Street - Leicester - England

December 05, 1998

18 423

Leicester

2 - 0

Southampton

Emile Heskey

61'

Steve Walsh

63'

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61' - Goal Emile Heskey61

63' - Goal Steve Walsh63

73' - Substitution Stuart Ripleyis substituted by James Beattie photo Hassan Kachloul

73' - Substitution Mark Hughesis substituted by Hassan Kachloul

74' - Substitution Theodoros Zagorakisis substituted by Robbie Savage74

84' - Substitution Steve Walshis substituted by Gerry Taggart84

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Leicester

2 - 0

Southampton

Leicester Southampton

Team line-ups

Leicester

Keller

Kasey Keller

United States

B.date29/11/1969

Age29 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Walsh6384

Steve Walsh

England

B.date03/11/1964

Age34 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Elliott

Matt Elliott

Scotland

B.date01/11/1968

Age30 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Sinclair

Frank Sinclair

Jamaica

B.date03/12/1971

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight central defender

Ullathorne

Robert Ullathorne

England

B.date11/10/1971

Age27 years

H1m71

positionLeft full-back

Impey

Andy Impey

England

B.date30/09/1971

Age27 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Guppy

Steve Guppy

England

B.date29/03/1969

Age29 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

Zagorakis74

Theodoros Zagorakis

Greece

B.date27/10/1971

Age27 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Izzet

Muzzy Izzet

Turkey

B.date31/10/1974

Age24 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Lennon

Neil Lennon

Northern Ireland

B.date25/06/1971

Age27 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

Heskey61

Emile Heskey

England

B.date11/01/1978

Age20 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kasey Keller		29	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Walsh	6384	34	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matt Elliott		30	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Sinclair		27	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Ullathorne		27	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Impey		27	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Guppy		29	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Theodoros Zagorakis	74	27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Muzzy Izzet		24	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Lennon		27	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emile Heskey	61	20	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Southampton

Jones

Paul Jones

Wales

B.date18/04/1967

Age31 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Lundekvam

Claus Lundekvam

Norway

B.date22/02/1973

Age25 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Palmer

Carlton Palmer

England

B.date05/12/1965

Age32 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Hiley

Scott Hiley

England

B.date29/09/1968

Age30 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

Benali

Francis Benali

England

B.date30/12/1968

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Dodd

Jason Dodd

England

B.date02/11/1970

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Ripley73

Stuart Ripley

England

B.date20/11/1967

Age31 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

Oakley

Matt Oakley

England

B.date17/08/1977

Age21 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Hughes73

Mark Hughes

Wales

B.date01/11/1963

Age35 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Le Tissier

Matt Le Tissier

England

B.date14/10/1968

Age30 years

H1m86

positionForward

Ostenstad

Egil Ostenstad

Norway

B.date02/01/1972

Age26 years

H1m83

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Jones		31	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Claus Lundekvam		25	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Carlton Palmer		32	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Scott Hiley		30	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Francis Benali		29	299	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jason Dodd		28	285	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stuart Ripley	73	31	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matt Oakley		21	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hughes	73	35	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Matt Le Tissier		30	461	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Egil Ostenstad		26	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

133

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Gerry Taggart	84	28	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Robbie Savage	74	24	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Hassan Kachloul	73	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		James Beattie	73	20	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Theodoros Zagorakis

Robbie Savage

OUT

Muzzy Izzet

Garry Parker

OUT

Andy Impey

Graham Fenton

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Matt Le Tissier

James Beattie

OUT

Egil Ostenstad

Hassan Kachloul

OUT

Claus Lundekvam

Garry Monk

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Martin O'Neill

144

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

O'Neill vs Southampton

2 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 05, 1998

O'Neill vs Jones

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 05, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Jones

Success rate in this team:

31 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Jones vs Leicester

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 05, 1998

Jones vs O'Neill

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 05, 1998

Referee

Dermot Gallagher

5 victories	4 draws	6 losses	Leicester15 matches	General total	Southampton21 matches	7 victories	3 draws	11 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Leicester2 matches	Season total	Southampton3 matches	1 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on April 15, 2006					Latest figure on April 12, 2004

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Key figures

No Southampton manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Dave Jones has reached 51% of losses .

End of streak for Southampton after 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most away from home (since 15/09/1998). It was the best streak for the club since 01/03/1997-13/08/1997 (8 matches).

Southampton keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 14/11/1998).

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DLeicester 1-1 Wimbledon FC27/09/1998

VLeicester 2-1 Tottenham19/10/1998

VLeicester 1-0 Liverpool31/10/1998

VLeicester 2-1 Leeds United11/11/1998

LLeicester 2-4 Chelsea21/11/1998

VLeicester 1-0 Blackburn02/12/1998

Overall

DCharlton 0-0 Leicester07/11/1998

VLeicester 2-1 Leeds United11/11/1998

LWest Ham 3-2 Leicester14/11/1998

LLeicester 2-4 Chelsea21/11/1998

DCoventry 1-1 Leicester28/11/1998

VLeicester 1-0 Blackburn02/12/1998

Current form

Away

LNewcastle United 4-0 Southampton12/09/1998

DFulham 1-1 Southampton15/09/1998

LWest Ham 1-0 Southampton28/09/1998

DArsenal 1-1 Southampton17/10/1998

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Southampton31/10/1998

VBlackburn 0-2 Southampton21/11/1998

Overall

VSouthampton 2-1 Coventry24/10/1998

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Southampton31/10/1998

DSouthampton 3-3 Middlesbrough07/11/1998

LSouthampton 1-4 Aston Villa14/11/1998

VBlackburn 0-2 Southampton21/11/1998

LSouthampton 0-1 Derby County28/11/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	5	1
Scoring streak	8	5
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

15	Number of games (Competition total)	15
7	Number of games (Home / Away)	7
4	Victories (Competition total)	2
3	Victories (Home / Away)	1
6	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
5	Losses (Competition total)	9
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

16	Goals scored (Competition total)	12
9	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
18	Goals conceded (Competition total)	31
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	14
1.07	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.8
1.29	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.43
1.2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.07
1.14	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

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

Bookings

26	Yellow cards (Competition total)	33
8	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	21
1	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Tony Cottee	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Matt Le Tissier
Muzzy Izzet	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Matt Oakley
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Matt Le Tissier
Emile Heskey	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 6 matches	Matt Le Tissier

Historical head to head

Home

29 matches

14 v

9 d

6 l

57 gf

39 ga

Away

28 matches

1 v

12 d

15 l

29 gf

57 ga

Total

57 matches

15 v

21 d

21 l

86 gf

96 ga

Historical head to head

Home

28 matches

15 v

12 d

1 l

57 gf

29 ga

Away

29 matches

6 v

9 d

14 l

39 gf

57 ga

Total

57 matches

21 v

21 d

15 l

96 gf

86 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	October 14, 1967
Home	4 - 1	April 20, 1968

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	October 23, 1948
Away	3 - 1	March 19, 1949

Latest head to head

April 14, 1998 - Premier League 1997/1998

Leicester

3 - 3

Southampton logo Southampton

December 13, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Southampton

2 - 1

Leicester

March 22, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Southampton

2 - 2

Leicester

August 21, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Leicester

2 - 1

Southampton logo Southampton

May 14, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Southampton

2 - 2

Leicester

Best historical scorers against Southampton

Stephen Lynex	3 goals	1981 - 1985
John Farrington	3 goals	1970 - 1970
Emile Heskey	3 goals	1996 - 1997
Gary Lineker	3 goals	1983 - 1984
Mike Stringfellow	3 goals	1967 - 1968
Thomas Sweenie	2 goals	1967 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/09/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Ron Davies	8 goals	1966 - 1972
Matt Le Tissier	7 goals	1987 - 1997
Danny Wallace	3 goals	1984 - 1986
Egil Ostenstad	3 goals	1997 - 1998
Steve Moran	3 goals	1980 - 1984
David Armstrong	2 goals	1985 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/09/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Southampton

Peter Shilton	13 matches	1967 - 1974
Graham Cross	12 matches	1966 - 1974
John Sjoberg	11 matches	1966 - 1972
John O'Neill	9 matches	1980 - 1987
Leonard Glover	9 matches	1969 - 1973
David Nish	9 matches	1967 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/09/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Mick Channon	12 matches	1968 - 1982
Terry Paine	12 matches	1966 - 1974
Nick Holmes	9 matches	1980 - 1986
Danny Wallace	9 matches	1982 - 1987
Steve Moran	8 matches	1980 - 1986
David Armstrong	8 matches	1982 - 1987