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Leicester 0-2 Arsenal - August 24, 1996 / Premier League 1996/1997

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Premier League 1996/1997 - Round 3

Filbert Street - Leicester - England

August 24, 1996

20 429

Leicester

0 - 2

Arsenal

27'

Dennis Bergkamp

90'

Ian Wright

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27' - Goal Dennis Bergkamp

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69' - Substitution John Hartsonis substituted by Ian Wright

75' - Substitution Mike Whitlowis substituted by Garry Parker75

82' - Substitution Dennis Bergkampis substituted by David Hillier

90' - Goal Ian Wright

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Leicester

0 - 2

Arsenal

Leicester Arsenal

Team line-ups

Leicester

Keller

Kasey Keller

United States

B.date29/11/1969

Age26 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Whitlow75

Mike Whitlow

England

B.date13/01/1968

Age28 years

positionDefender

Walsh

Steve Walsh

England

B.date03/11/1964

Age31 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Prior

Spencer Prior

England

B.date22/04/1971

Age25 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Watts

Julian Watts

England

B.date17/03/1971

Age25 years

positionDefender

Grayson

Simon Grayson

England

B.date16/12/1969

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Taylor

Scott Taylor

England

B.date23/11/1970

Age25 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Lennon

Neil Lennon

Northern Ireland

B.date25/06/1971

Age25 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

Izzet

Muzzy Izzet

Turkey

B.date31/10/1974

Age21 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Claridge

Steve Claridge

England

B.date10/04/1966

Age30 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Heskey

Emile Heskey

England

B.date11/01/1978

Age18 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kasey Keller		26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Whitlow	75	28	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Walsh		31	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Spencer Prior		25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Julian Watts		25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Simon Grayson		26	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Scott Taylor		25	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Lennon		25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Muzzy Izzet		21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Claridge		30	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emile Heskey		18	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

Seaman

David Seaman

England

B.date19/09/1963

Age32 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Bould

Steve Bould

England

B.date16/11/1962

Age33 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Morrow

Steve Morrow

Northern Ireland

B.date02/07/1970

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

Linighan

Andy Linighan

England

B.date18/06/1962

Age34 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Keown

Martin Keown

England

B.date24/07/1966

Age30 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Dixon

Lee Dixon

England

B.date17/03/1964

Age32 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Winterburn

Nigel Winterburn

England

B.date11/12/1963

Age32 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Parlour

Ray Parlour

England

B.date07/03/1973

Age23 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

Merson

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age28 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

Bergkamp2782

Dennis Bergkamp

Netherlands

B.date10/05/1969

Age27 years

H1m85

positionSecond striker

Hartson69

John Hartson

Wales

B.date05/04/1975

Age21 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Seaman		32	314	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bould		33	274	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Morrow		26	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Linighan		34	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Keown		30	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Dixon		32	390	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Winterburn		32	414	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Parlour		23	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson		28	388	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dennis Bergkamp	2782	27	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Hartson	69	21	48	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

219

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Garry Parker	75	30	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		David Hillier	82	26	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Ian Wright	9069	32	222	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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Martin O'Neill

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

O'Neill vs Arsenal

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 24, 1996

O'Neill vs Houston

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 24, 1996

Manager

Age

Match num

Stewart Houston

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Houston vs Leicester

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 24, 1996

Houston vs O'Neill

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 24, 1996

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Key figures

Arsenal keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 05/05/1996).

End of streak for Arsenal after 4 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home (since 20/03/1996). It was the best streak for the club since 29/10/1994-12/12/1994 (5 matches).

It's the first time Dennis Bergkamp scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LLeicester 1-2 West Bromwich Albion09/04/1996

VLeicester 2-0 Oldham Athletic17/04/1996

VLeicester 2-1 Huddersfield Town20/04/1996

VLeicester 3-0 Birmingham City27/04/1996

DLeicester 0-0 Stoke City12/05/1996

VLeicester 2-1 Southampton21/08/1996

Overall

VWatford 0-1 Leicester05/05/1996

DLeicester 0-0 Stoke City12/05/1996

VStoke City 0-1 Leicester15/05/1996

VLeicester 2-1 Crystal Palace27/05/1996

DSunderland 0-0 Leicester17/08/1996

VLeicester 2-1 Southampton21/08/1996

Current form

Away

DQueens Park Rangers 1-1 Arsenal02/03/1996

VWimbledon FC 0-3 Arsenal16/03/1996

LManchester United 1-0 Arsenal20/03/1996

LSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Arsenal08/04/1996

DBlackburn 1-1 Arsenal27/04/1996

LLiverpool 2-0 Arsenal19/08/1996

Overall

DArsenal 0-0 Tottenham15/04/1996

DBlackburn 1-1 Arsenal27/04/1996

DArsenal 0-0 Liverpool01/05/1996

VArsenal 2-1 Bolton Wanderers05/05/1996

VArsenal 2-0 West Ham17/08/1996

LLiverpool 2-0 Arsenal19/08/1996

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	5	10
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	4	1
Drawless streak	1	3
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	4	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

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

Betting aid

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

Bookings

5	Yellow cards (Competition total)	4
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Emile Heskey	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Dennis Bergkamp
Emile Heskey	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Dennis Bergkamp
Emile Heskey	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Dennis Bergkamp

Historical head to head

Home

58 matches

22 v

18 d

18 l

95 gf

86 ga

Away

56 matches

6 v

19 d

31 l

57 gf

122 ga

Total

114 matches

28 v

37 d

49 l

152 gf

208 ga

Historical head to head

Home

56 matches

31 v

19 d

6 l

122 gf

57 ga

Away

58 matches

18 v

18 d

22 l

86 gf

95 ga

Total

114 matches

49 v

37 d

28 l

208 gf

152 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 2	August 31, 1963
Home	7 - 2	August 31, 1963

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	December 15, 1934
Away	7 - 2	February 05, 1931

Latest head to head

February 11, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Arsenal

1 - 1

Leicester

November 23, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

Leicester

2 - 1

Arsenal

October 08, 1991 - League Cup 1991/1992

Arsenal

2 - 0

Leicester

September 25, 1991 - League Cup 1991/1992

Leicester

1 - 1

Arsenal

April 20, 1987 - Division 1 1986/1987

Arsenal

4 - 1

Leicester

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Ken Keyworth	8 goals	1961 - 1963
Mike Stringfellow	5 goals	1963 - 1973
Frank Worthington	4 goals	1973 - 1977
Frank McLintock	4 goals	1963 - 1964
Kenneth Leek	3 goals	1958 - 1960
Thomas Williams	2 goals	1978 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/12/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Leicester

John Radford	6 goals	1967 - 1975
Joe Hulme	4 goals	1934 - 1935
Frank Stapleton	4 goals	1975 - 1980
Joe Baker	4 goals	1962 - 1965
George Eastham	4 goals	1961 - 1965
Martin Hayes	3 goals	1986 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/12/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Graham Cross	22 matches	1963 - 1974
Stephen Whitworth	18 matches	1971 - 1978
John Sjoberg	17 matches	1963 - 1973
Gordon Banks	16 matches	1959 - 1967
Richie Norman	14 matches	1960 - 1967
Leonard Glover	14 matches	1967 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/12/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

George Armstrong	27 matches	1963 - 1977
Peter Storey	24 matches	1965 - 1976
John Radford	20 matches	1965 - 1975
Peter Simpson	20 matches	1966 - 1975
Pat Rice	18 matches	1971 - 1978
Alan Ball	14 matches	1972 - 1976