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Blackburn 5-3 Leicester - February 28, 1998 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 28

Ewood Park - Blackburn - England

February 28, 1998

24 854

5 - 3

Leicester

Martin Dahlin

11'

Chris Sutton

25'

Chris Sutton

45'

Chris Sutton

47'

Colin Hendry

63'

68'

Stuart Wilson

80'

Muzzy Izzet

81'

Robert Ullathorne

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11' - Goal Martin Dahlin11

21' - Substitution Spencer Prioris substituted by Robert Ullathorne

25' - Goal Chris Sutton25

45' - Goal Chris Sutton45

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46' - Substitution Stéphane Henchozis substituted by Marlon Broomes46

47' - Goal Chris Sutton47

63' - Goal Colin Hendry63

68' - Substitution Martin Dahlinis substituted by Lars Bohinen68

68' - Goal Stuart Wilson photo Stuart Wilson

68' - Substitution Graham Fentonis substituted by Stuart Wilson

80' - Goal Muzzy Izzet

81' - Goal Robert Ullathorne

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackburn

5 - 3

Leicester

Blackburn Leicester

Team line-ups

Blackburn

Fettis

Alan Fettis

Northern Ireland

B.date01/02/1971

Age27 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Henchoz46

Stéphane Henchoz

Switzerland

B.date07/03/1974

Age23 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Hendry63

Colin Hendry

Scotland

B.date07/12/1965

Age32 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Flitcroft

Garry Flitcroft

England

B.date06/11/1972

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Kenna

Jeff Kenna

Republic of Ireland

B.date27/08/1970

Age27 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Croft

Gary Croft

England

B.date17/02/1974

Age24 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Sherwood

Tim Sherwood

England

B.date06/02/1969

Age29 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

Duff

Damien Duff

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/03/1979

Age18 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Dahlin1168

Martin Dahlin

Sweden

B.date16/04/1968

Age29 years

H1m84

positionStriker

Sutton454725

Chris Sutton

England

B.date10/03/1973

Age24 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Wilcox

Jason Wilcox

England

B.date15/07/1971

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alan Fettis		27	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stéphane Henchoz	46	23	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Hendry	63	32	237	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Garry Flitcroft		25	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Kenna		27	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Croft		24	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tim Sherwood		29	247	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Damien Duff		18	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Martin Dahlin	1168	29	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Sutton	454725	24	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jason Wilcox		26	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Leicester

13 Keller

Kasey Keller

United States

B.date29/11/1969

Age28 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Prior21

Spencer Prior

England

B.date22/04/1971

Age26 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

18 Elliott

Matt Elliott

Scotland

B.date01/11/1968

Age29 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

5 Walsh

Steve Walsh

England

B.date03/11/1964

Age33 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

24 Guppy

Steve Guppy

England

B.date29/03/1969

Age28 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

14 Savage

Robbie Savage

Wales

B.date18/10/1974

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

7 Lennon

Neil Lennon

Northern Ireland

B.date25/06/1971

Age26 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

6 Izzet80

Muzzy Izzet

Turkey

B.date31/10/1974

Age23 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Zagorakis

Theodoros Zagorakis

Greece

B.date27/10/1971

Age26 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

21 Fenton68

Graham Fenton

England

B.date22/05/1974

Age23 years

positionForward

11 Heskey

Emile Heskey

England

B.date11/01/1978

Age20 years

H1m88

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Kasey Keller		28	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Spencer Prior	21	26	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Matt Elliott		29	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Steve Walsh		33	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Steve Guppy		28	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Robbie Savage		23	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Neil Lennon		26	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Muzzy Izzet	80	23	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Theodoros Zagorakis		26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Graham Fenton	68	23	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Emile Heskey		20	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Marlon Broomes	46	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Lars Bohinen	68	28	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
19	D		Robert Ullathorne	8121	26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Stuart Wilson	6868	20	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Martin Dahlin

Kevin Gallacher

OUT

Jason Wilcox

Stuart Ripley

OUT

Garry Flitcroft

Billy McKinlay

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kasey Keller

Pegguy Arphexad

OUT

Graham Fenton

Tony Cottee

OUT

Steve Walsh

Pontus Kaamark

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Roy Hodgson

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Hodgson vs Leicester

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 28, 1998

Hodgson vs O'Neill

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 28, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Martin O'Neill

113

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

O'Neill vs Blackburn

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on February 28, 1998

O'Neill vs Hodgson

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 28, 1998

Referee

Neale Barry

6 victories	8 draws	3 losses	Blackburn17 matches	General total	Leicester15 matches	5 victories	4 draws	6 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Blackburn2 matches	Season total	Leicester3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 09, 2005					Latest figure on March 13, 2005

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Key figures

It's the first time since the 22/08/1992 (Oldham Athletic vs Nottingham Forest ) that a game ends with 5-3 in Premier League

It's the first time Chris Sutton scores at least 3 goals during the same game vs Leicester in his professional career

Leicester keeps its 8 matches with at least one goal scored away from home in Premier League running (since 01/11/1997). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 05/11/1983-20/03/1984 time period (9 matches).

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBlackburn 3-0 West Ham20/12/1997

DBlackburn 2-2 Crystal Palace28/12/1997

VBlackburn 4-2 Wigan03/01/1998

VBlackburn 5-0 Aston Villa17/01/1998

LBlackburn 0-3 Tottenham07/02/1998

DBlackburn 1-1 West Ham25/02/1998

Overall

VSheffield Wednesday 0-3 Blackburn26/01/1998

DLiverpool 0-0 Blackburn31/01/1998

LBlackburn 0-3 Tottenham07/02/1998

DWest Ham 2-2 Blackburn14/02/1998

LSouthampton 3-0 Blackburn21/02/1998

DBlackburn 1-1 West Ham25/02/1998

Current form

Away

LSouthampton 2-1 Leicester13/12/1997

LArsenal 2-1 Leicester26/12/1997

DAston Villa 1-1 Leicester10/01/1998

LCrystal Palace 3-0 Leicester24/01/1998

VManchester United 0-1 Leicester31/01/1998

DTottenham 1-1 Leicester14/02/1998

Overall

DLeicester 0-0 Liverpool17/01/1998

LCrystal Palace 3-0 Leicester24/01/1998

VManchester United 0-1 Leicester31/01/1998

VLeicester 1-0 Leeds United07/02/1998

DTottenham 1-1 Leicester14/02/1998

VLeicester 2-0 Chelsea21/02/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	4

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

26	Number of games (Competition total)	27
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
12	Victories (Competition total)	10
8	Victories (Home / Away)	5
9	Draws (Competition total)	10
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
5	Losses (Competition total)	7
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

44	Goals scored (Competition total)	31
30	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
30	Goals conceded (Competition total)	23
15	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	12
1.69	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.15
2.31	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.25
1.15	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.85
1.15	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
11	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
1-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (2 times)

Bookings

40	Yellow cards (Competition total)	36
11	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	20
3	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Chris Sutton	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Matt Elliott
Kevin Gallacher	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Matt Elliott
Chris Sutton	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Garry Parker
Chris Sutton	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Kevin Gallacher	7 goals during the last 13 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Emile Heskey

Historical head to head

Home

41 matches

21 v

12 d

8 l

80 gf

39 ga

Away

43 matches

11 v

10 d

22 l

48 gf

83 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

85 matches

33 v

22 d

30 l

129 gf

122 ga

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

22 v

10 d

11 l

83 gf

48 ga

Away

41 matches

8 v

12 d

21 l

39 gf

80 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

85 matches

30 v

22 d

33 l

122 gf

129 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	December 12, 1931
Home	6 - 0	December 12, 1931

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	October 20, 1956
Away	4 - 2	May 11, 1997

Latest head to head

September 24, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Leicester

1 - 1

Blackburn

May 11, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Blackburn

2 - 4

Leicester

December 07, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Leicester

1 - 1

Blackburn

December 17, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

Leicester

0 - 0

Blackburn

August 23, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

Blackburn

3 - 0

Leicester

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Andrew McEvoy	9 goals	1961 - 1965
Chris Sutton	3 goals	1994 - 1997
Bryan Douglas	3 goals	1960 - 1963
Peter Dobing	2 goals	1960 - 1960
John Byrom	2 goals	1964 - 1965
Frederick Pickering	2 goals	1962 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Dave Gibson	3 goals	1963 - 1965
Ken Keyworth	3 goals	1961 - 1963
Mike Stringfellow	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Billy Hodgson	2 goals	1964 - 1965
Frank McLintock	2 goals	1963 - 1963
Emile Heskey	2 goals	1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Ronnie Clayton	12 matches	1960 - 1966
Bryan Douglas	11 matches	1960 - 1966
Fred Else	9 matches	1961 - 1966
Andrew McEvoy	8 matches	1961 - 1966
Michael McGrath	8 matches	1960 - 1965
Keith Newton	7 matches	1961 - 1966

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Gordon Banks	11 matches	1960 - 1966
Richie Norman	11 matches	1960 - 1966
Colin Appleton	11 matches	1960 - 1966
Frank McLintock	9 matches	1960 - 1964
Ian King	8 matches	1961 - 1964
Dave Gibson	8 matches	1962 - 1966