Leicester 1-1 Coventry - April 04, 1998 / Premier League 1997/1998
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80'
Noel Whelan
LEI
LEI
46' - Substitution
Tony Cotteeis substituted by Graham Fenton46 72' - Substitution
Spencer Prioris substituted by Stuart Wilson72 78' - Goal
Stuart Wilson78 80' - Goal
Noel Whelan
COV
COV
Team line-ups
Leicester
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | G |
Kasey Keller | 28 | 73 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
D |
Spencer Prior | 72 | 26 | 76 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 18 | D |
Matt Elliott | 29 | 53 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 24 | D |
Steve Guppy | 29 | 48 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 15 | D |
Pontus Kaamark | 28 | 48 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 7 | M |
Neil Lennon | 26 | 82 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 6 | M |
Muzzy Izzet | 23 | 81 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
M |
Theodoros Zagorakis | 26 | 7 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
| 14 | M |
Robbie Savage | 23 | 32 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Tony Cottee | 46 | 32 | 18 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 11 | F |
Emile Heskey | 20 | 84 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
Average age
26.4 years
Average number of matches played for the team
55
Coventry
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G |
Steve Ogrizovic | 40 | 526 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Richard Shaw | 29 | 99 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Gary Breen | 24 | 41 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Paul Telfer | 26 | 113 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Roland Nilsson | 34 | 32 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
David Burrows | 29 | 81 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Trond-Egil Soltvedt | 31 | 29 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Darren Huckerby | 21 | 62 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
George Boateng | 22 | 16 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
Noel Whelan | 80 | 23 | 85 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Dion Dublin | 28 | 152 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
Average age
27.9 years
Average number of matches played for the team
112
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M |
Stuart Wilson | 7872 | 20 | 16 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 21 | F |
Graham Fenton | 46 | 23 | 22 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Muzzy Izzet
IN
Garry Parker
OUT
Tony Cottee
IN
Robert Ullathorne
OUT
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
No changes regarding the previous match for the starting playersManager
Age
Match num
46
116
Success rate in this team:
36 %
Success rate since the beginning of his career:
41 %
O'Neill vs Coventry
2 victories
2 draws
2 losses
O'Neill vs Strachan
1 victory
2 draws
1 loss
Manager
Age
Match num
41
71
Success rate in this team:
37 %
Success rate since the beginning of his career:
37 %
Strachan vs Leicester
1 victory
2 draws
1 loss
Strachan vs O'Neill
1 victory
2 draws
1 loss
Referee
Graham Barber
8 victories |
8 draws |
3 losses |
Leicester19 matches | General total | Coventry12 matches | 3 victories |
3 draws |
6 losses |
0 victory |
3 draws |
0 loss |
Leicester3 matches | Season total | Coventry3 matches | 0 victory |
2 draws |
1 loss |
| Latest figure on November 22, 2003 | Latest figure on March 15, 2003 | |||||||
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Key figures
Only back at the time of Frank O'Farrell head of Leicester (01/12/1968-01/07/1971), you can see a maanger go beneath Martin O'Neill with 1.18 goals conceded per game (0.93).
Coventry keeps its 13 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 17/01/1998). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 04/02/1967-13/05/1967 time period (15 matches).
End of streak for Coventry after 4 matches without conceding any goal in Premier League (since 21/02/1998). It was the best streak for the club since 01/02/1992-04/03/1992 (5 matches).
Pre-match
Current form
| Home | LLeicester 0-1 Everton20/12/1997 | DLeicester 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday28/12/1997 | VLeicester 4-0 Northampton Town03/01/1998 | DLeicester 0-0 Liverpool17/01/1998 | VLeicester 1-0 Leeds United07/02/1998 | VLeicester 2-0 Chelsea21/02/1998 |
| Overall | VLeicester 1-0 Leeds United07/02/1998 | DTottenham 1-1 Leicester14/02/1998 | VLeicester 2-0 Chelsea21/02/1998 | LBlackburn 5-3 Leicester28/02/1998 | LWimbledon FC 2-1 Leicester14/03/1998 | LBolton Wanderers 2-0 Leicester28/03/1998 |
Current form
| Away | VBolton Wanderers 1-5 Coventry31/01/1998 | VAston Villa 0-1 Coventry14/02/1998 | VSouthampton 1-2 Coventry18/02/1998 | VCrystal Palace 0-3 Coventry28/02/1998 | DNewcastle United 0-0 Coventry14/03/1998 | DSheffield United 1-1 Coventry17/03/1998 |
| Overall | VCoventry 1-0 Barnsley21/02/1998 | VCrystal Palace 0-3 Coventry28/02/1998 | DCoventry 1-1 Sheffield United07/03/1998 | DNewcastle United 0-0 Coventry14/03/1998 | DSheffield United 1-1 Coventry17/03/1998 | VCoventry 1-0 Derby County28/03/1998 |
Running streaks
| Home | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Winning streak | 2 | 0 |
| Loosing streak | 0 | 3 |
| Unbeaten streak | 5 | 0 |
| Winless streak | 0 | 3 |
| Drawless streak | 2 | 4 |
| Scoring streak | 2 | 0 |
| Goalless streak | 0 | 1 |
| Conceding streak | 0 | 3 |
| Invincibility streak | 4 | 0 |
Running streaks
| Away | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Winning streak | 0 | 1 |
| Drawing streak | 2 | 0 |
| Unbeaten streak | 6 | 12 |
| Winless streak | 2 | 0 |
| Drawless streak | 0 | 1 |
| Scoring streak | 1 | 2 |
| Conceding streak | 1 | 0 |
| Invincibility streak | 0 | 1 |
Statistical comparison of the season
Results
|
30 |
Number of games (Competition total) |
30 |
|
15 |
Number of games (Home / Away) |
15 |
|
10 |
Victories (Competition total) |
11 |
|
5 |
Victories (Home / Away) |
4 |
|
10 |
Draws (Competition total) |
10 |
|
7 |
Draws (Home / Away) |
3 |
|
10 |
Losses (Competition total) |
9 |
|
3 |
Losses (Home / Away) |
8 |
Goals
|
35 |
Goals scored (Competition total) |
36 |
|
16 |
Goals scored (Home / Away) |
14 |
|
32 |
Goals conceded (Competition total) |
35 |
|
11 |
Goals conceded (Home / Away) |
21 |
|
1.17 |
Goals scored per match average (Competition total) |
1.2 |
|
1.07 |
Goals scored per match average (Home / Away) |
0.93 |
|
1.07 |
Conceced goals per match average (Competition total) |
1.17 |
|
0.73 |
Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away) |
1.4 |
Betting aid
|
10 |
Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total) |
14 |
|
4 |
Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away) |
8 |
|
11 |
Clean sheets (Competition total) |
11 |
|
7 |
Clean sheets (Home / Away) |
4 |
|
8 |
Matches without scoring (Competition total) |
12 |
|
5 |
Matches without scoring (Home / Away) |
9 |
|
14 |
The 2 teams score (Competition total) |
12 |
|
6 |
The 2 teams score (Home / Away) |
5 |
|
0-0 |
Most frequent score (Home / Away) |
0-0 |
Bookings
|
39 |
Yellow cards (Competition total) |
55 |
|
16 |
Yellow cards (Home / Away) |
32 |
|
2 |
Red cards (Competition total) |
5 |
|
0 |
Red cards (Home / Away) |
4 |
Key players
 | Matt Elliott | 5 goals | Team's best scorer (Competition total) | 14 goals | Dion Dublin |  |
 | Emile Heskey | 5 goals | Team's best scorer (Home / Away) | 5 goals | Darren Huckerby | |
 | Garry Parker | 1 penalty | Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total) | 4 penalties | Dion Dublin | |
| Garry Parker | 1 penalty | Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away) | - | ||
| Emile Heskey | 2 goals during the last 4 matches | The fittest player | 1 goal during the last match | Darren Huckerby | |
Historical head to head
Home
44 gf
30 ga
Away
47 gf
47 ga
Total
91 gf
77 ga
Historical head to head
Home
47 gf
47 ga
Away
30 gf
44 ga
Total
77 gf
91 ga
Largest victory
| Overall | 8 - 1 |
December 01, 1964 |
| Home | 5 - 1 |
December 23, 1984 |
Largest victory
| Overall | 3 - 0 |
October 06, 1985 |
| Away | 3 - 0 |
September 27, 1975 |
Latest head to head
November 29, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998
March 08, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997
December 21, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997
February 25, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995
October 03, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995
Best historical scorers against Coventry
 |
Gary Lineker | 5 goals | 1980 - 1984 |
 |
Frank Worthington | 5 goals | 1973 - 1977 |
|
Iwan Roberts | 3 goals | 1994 - 1995 |
|
Bob Lee | 2 goals | 1975 - 1976 |
|
Keith Weller | 2 goals | 1973 - 1976 |
|
Leonard Glover | 2 goals | 1972 - 1973 |
Best historical scorers against Leicester
|
Thomas English | 4 goals | 1980 - 1981 |
|
Ferguson Michael | 3 goals | 1975 - 1977 |
|
Dion Dublin | 3 goals | 1994 - 1996 |
|
David Cross | 2 goals | 1975 - 1975 |
|
Sean Flynn | 2 goals | 1995 - 1995 |
 |
Cyrille Regis | 2 goals | 1985 - 1986 |
Players with most games played vs Coventry
|
Keith Weller | 14 matches | 1971 - 1978 |
|
Stephen Whitworth | 14 matches | 1971 - 1978 |
|
Mark Wallington | 12 matches | 1975 - 1984 |
|
Dennis Rofe | 12 matches | 1972 - 1978 |
|
Jon Sammels | 11 matches | 1971 - 1977 |
 |
Peter Shilton | 11 matches | 1967 - 1974 |
Players with most games played vs Leicester
|
Mick Coop | 13 matches | 1967 - 1980 |
|
Tommy Hutchison | 11 matches | 1973 - 1978 |
 |
Steve Ogrizovic | 11 matches | 1984 - 1997 |
|
Billy Glazier | 10 matches | 1967 - 1973 |
|
Chris Cattlin | 8 matches | 1968 - 1976 |
|
Dave Bennett | 8 matches | 1983 - 1987 |
They played in both sides
91 matches
131 matches
77 matches
30 matches
77 matches
151 matches
70 matches
64 matches
36 matches
24 matches
23 matches
11 matches
They played in both sides
77 matches
151 matches
91 matches
131 matches
2 matches
122 matches
21 matches
90 matches
16 matches
68 matches
70 matches
64 matches
Competition info
The other matches
March 18, 1998
April 04, 1998
April 05, 1998
April 06, 1998
May 06, 1998
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