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Leicester 0-0 Man United - August 23, 1997 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 3

Filbert Street - Leicester - England

August 23, 1997

21 221

Leicester

0 - 0

Man United

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8' - Substitution Jordi Cruyffis substituted by Paul Scholes

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59' - Substitution Ian Marshallis substituted by Steve Claridge photo Robbie Savage

59' - Substitution Stuart Campbellis substituted by Robbie Savage59

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Leicester

0 - 0

Man United

Leicester Man United

Team line-ups

Leicester

13 Keller

Kasey Keller

United States

B.date29/11/1969

Age27 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

5 Walsh

Steve Walsh

England

B.date03/11/1964

Age32 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

18 Elliott

Matt Elliott

Scotland

B.date01/11/1968

Age28 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Prior

Spencer Prior

England

B.date22/04/1971

Age26 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

15 Kaamark

Pontus Kaamark

Sweden

B.date05/04/1969

Age28 years

positionLeft full-back

24 Guppy

Steve Guppy

England

B.date29/03/1969

Age28 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

Campbell59

Stuart Campbell

Scotland

B.date09/12/1977

Age19 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

7 Lennon

Neil Lennon

Northern Ireland

B.date25/06/1971

Age26 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

6 Izzet

Muzzy Izzet

Turkey

B.date31/10/1974

Age22 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

20 Marshall59

Ian Marshall

England

B.date20/03/1966

Age31 years

H1m86

positionForward

11 Heskey

Emile Heskey

England

B.date11/01/1978

Age19 years

H1m88

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Kasey Keller		27	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Steve Walsh		32	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Matt Elliott		28	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Spencer Prior		26	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Pontus Kaamark		28	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Steve Guppy		28	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Stuart Campbell	59	19	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Neil Lennon		26	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Muzzy Izzet		22	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Ian Marshall	59	31	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Emile Heskey		19	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Man United

Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Denmark

B.date18/11/1963

Age33 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Pallister

Gary Pallister

England

B.date30/06/1965

Age32 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Berg

Henning Berg

Norway

B.date01/09/1969

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Neville

Gary Neville

England

B.date18/02/1975

Age22 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Irwin

Denis Irwin

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/10/1965

Age31 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Keane

Roy Keane

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/08/1971

Age26 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Butt

Nicky Butt

England

B.date21/01/1975

Age22 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Giggs

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age23 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Beckham

David Beckham

England

B.date02/05/1975

Age22 years

H1m82

positionRight Midfielder

Cruyff8

Jordi Cruyff

Netherlands

B.date09/02/1974

Age23 years

H1m85

positionVersatile Forward

Sheringham

Teddy Sheringham

England

B.date02/04/1966

Age31 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Schmeichel		33	302	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Pallister		32	398	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Henning Berg		27	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Neville		22	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Denis Irwin		31	353	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roy Keane		26	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nicky Butt		22	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ryan Giggs		23	282	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Beckham		22	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jordi Cruyff	8	23	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Teddy Sheringham		31	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

170

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
14	M		Robbie Savage	59	22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Steve Claridge	59	31	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Paul Scholes	8	22	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

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

David Beckham

Paul Scholes

OUT

Henning Berg

Ronny Johnsen

OUT

Gary Neville

Phil Neville

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Martin O'Neill

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

O'Neill vs Man United

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on August 23, 1997

O'Neill vs Ferguson

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on August 23, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

576

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Ferguson vs Leicester

4 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on August 23, 1997

Ferguson vs O'Neill

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on August 23, 1997

Referee

Dermot Gallagher

5 victories	4 draws	6 losses	Leicester15 matches	General total	Man United30 matches	18 victories	9 draws	3 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Leicester2 matches	Season total	Man United2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 15, 2006					Latest figure on May 01, 2005

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Key figures

End of streak for Leicester after 5 matches with at least one goal scored (since 03/05/1997).

End of streak for Man United after 3 consecutive wins in Premier League (since 11/05/1997).

Only back at the time of Jimmy Bloomfield head of Leicester (01/07/1971-01/07/1977), you can see a manager go over Martin O'Neill with 32% of draws (36%).

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LLeicester 1-3 Middlesbrough15/03/1997

DLeicester 1-1 Tottenham19/03/1997

LLeicester 0-1 West Ham23/04/1997

DLeicester 2-2 Manchester United03/05/1997

VLeicester 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday07/05/1997

VLeicester 1-0 Aston Villa09/08/1997

Overall

LLeicester 0-1 West Ham23/04/1997

DLeicester 2-2 Manchester United03/05/1997

VLeicester 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday07/05/1997

VBlackburn 2-4 Leicester11/05/1997

VLeicester 1-0 Aston Villa09/08/1997

VLiverpool 1-2 Leicester13/08/1997

Current form

Away

VEverton 0-2 Manchester United22/03/1997

LBorussia Dortmund 1-0 Manchester United09/04/1997

VBlackburn 2-3 Manchester United12/04/1997

VLiverpool 1-3 Manchester United19/04/1997

DLeicester 2-2 Manchester United03/05/1997

VTottenham 0-2 Manchester United10/08/1997

Overall

DManchester United 3-3 Middlesbrough05/05/1997

DManchester United 0-0 Newcastle United08/05/1997

VManchester United 2-0 West Ham11/05/1997

DManchester United 1-1 Chelsea03/08/1997

VTottenham 0-2 Manchester United10/08/1997

VManchester United 1-0 Southampton13/08/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	3	5
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	3	5
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	4	7
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	4	4
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

2	Yellow cards (Competition total)	5
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Matt Elliott	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	David Beckham
Ian Marshall	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Nicky Butt
Matt Elliott	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	David Beckham

Historical head to head

Home

53 matches

26 v

12 d

15 l

95 gf

82 ga

Away

50 matches

5 v

12 d

33 l

54 gf

122 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

104 matches

31 v

24 d

49 l

150 gf

207 ga

Historical head to head

Home

50 matches

33 v

12 d

5 l

122 gf

54 ga

Away

53 matches

15 v

12 d

26 l

82 gf

95 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

104 matches

49 v

24 d

31 l

207 gf

150 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	January 21, 1961
Home	6 - 0	January 21, 1961

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 13, 1980
Away	5 - 0	November 13, 1965

Latest head to head

May 03, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Leicester

2 - 2

Man United

November 30, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Man United

3 - 1

Leicester

November 27, 1996 - League Cup 1996/1997

Leicester

2 - 0

Man United

April 15, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Leicester

0 - 4

Man United

December 28, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

Man United

1 - 1

Leicester

Best historical scorers against Man United

Ken Keyworth	9 goals	1961 - 1964
Mike Stringfellow	5 goals	1964 - 1973
Jimmy Walsh	3 goals	1960 - 1961
Colin Appleton	2 goals	1961 - 1964
Gary Lineker	2 goals	1984 - 1985
Alan Birchenall	2 goals	1971 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Denis Law	13 goals	1963 - 1971
David Herd	10 goals	1963 - 1967
Bobby Charlton	7 goals	1957 - 1967
Dennis Viollet	6 goals	1957 - 1961
George Best	5 goals	1965 - 1972
Mark Hughes	4 goals	1984 - 1993

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Graham Cross	19 matches	1963 - 1973
Richie Norman	15 matches	1960 - 1967
Mike Stringfellow	15 matches	1962 - 1973
Gordon Banks	15 matches	1960 - 1967
Dave Gibson	14 matches	1963 - 1969
Stephen Whitworth	13 matches	1971 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/08/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Bobby Charlton	26 matches	1957 - 1972
Bill Foulkes	22 matches	1957 - 1969
Tony Dunne	17 matches	1962 - 1972
Alex Stepney	16 matches	1966 - 1978
George Best	15 matches	1964 - 1972
Nobby Stiles	14 matches	1961 - 1969