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Leicester 3-2 Liverpool - August 30, 1972 / Division 1 1972/1973

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Division 1 1972/1973 - Round 6

Filbert Street - Leicester - England

August 30, 1972

Leicester

3 - 2

Liverpool

Keith Weller

25'

Keith Weller

31'

Keith Weller

45+5'

John Toshack

16'

John Toshack

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8' - Goal John Toshack

16' - Goal John Toshack

25' - Goal Keith Weller25

31' - Goal Keith Weller31

50' - Goal Keith Weller50

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Leicester

3 - 2

Liverpool

Leicester Liverpool

Team line-ups

Leicester

Shilton

Peter Shilton

England

B.date18/09/1949

Age22 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Farrington

John Farrington

England

B.date19/06/1947

Age25 years

positionDefender

Cross

Graham Cross

England

B.date15/11/1943

Age28 years

positionDefender

Rofe

Dennis Rofe

England

B.date01/06/1950

Age22 years

positionDefender

Woollett

Alan Woollett

England

B.date04/03/1947

Age25 years

positionDefender

Whitworth

Stephen Whitworth

England

B.date20/03/1952

Age20 years

positionRight full-back

Sammels

Jon Sammels

England

B.date23/07/1945

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Weller253150

Keith Weller

England

B.date11/06/1946

Age26 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Stringfellow

Mike Stringfellow

England

B.date27/01/1943

Age29 years

positionLeft Winger

Glover

Leonard Glover

England

B.date31/01/1944

Age28 years

positionLeft Winger

Worthington

Frank Worthington

England

B.date23/11/1948

Age23 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Shilton		22	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Farrington		25	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Cross		28	347	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dennis Rofe		22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Woollett		25	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Whitworth		20	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jon Sammels		27	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Weller	253150	26	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mike Stringfellow		29	269	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Leonard Glover		28	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Worthington		23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

109

Liverpool

Clemence

Ray Clemence

England

B.date05/08/1948

Age24 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Smith

Tommy Smith

England

B.date05/04/1945

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Hughes

Emelyn Hughes

England

B.date28/08/1947

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Lindsay

Alec Lindsay

England

B.date27/02/1948

Age24 years

positionDefender

Lloyd

Larry Lloyd

England

B.date06/10/1948

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Lawler

Chris Lawler

England

B.date20/10/1943

Age28 years

positionRight full-back

Hall

Brian Hall

Scotland

B.date22/11/1946

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Callaghan

Ian Callaghan

England

B.date10/04/1942

Age30 years

positionRight Midfielder

Keegan

Kevin Keegan

England

B.date14/02/1951

Age21 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Toshack816

John Toshack

Wales

B.date22/03/1949

Age23 years

positionForward

Heighway

Steve Heighway

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/11/1947

Age24 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Clemence		24	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Smith		27	405	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emelyn Hughes		25	286	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alec Lindsay		24	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Larry Lloyd		23	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Lawler		28	446	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Hall		25	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Callaghan		30	496	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Keegan		21	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Toshack	816	23	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Heighway		24	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

209

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mike Stringfellow

Alan Birchenall

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Jimmy Bloomfield

Success rate in this team:

30 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

26 %

Bloomfield vs Liverpool

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 30, 1972

Bloomfield vs Shankly

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 30, 1972

Manager

Age

Match num

Bill Shankly

664

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Shankly vs Leicester

10 victories

3 draws

12 losses

Latest figure on August 30, 1972

Shankly vs Bloomfield

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on August 30, 1972

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Key figures

Leicester keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a loss at home running (since 16/08/1972).

Liverpool keeps its 3 matches with at least 2 goals scored running (since 23/08/1972).

The last time Leicester has ended with the score 3-2 in Premier League, It was on the 09/05/1967 (vs )

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DLeicester 0-0 Arsenal04/04/1972

VLeicester 2-0 Manchester United08/04/1972

VLeicester 1-0 Coventry22/04/1972

LLeicester 0-1 Arsenal12/08/1972

DLeicester 1-1 Chelsea16/08/1972

DLeicester 0-0 Coventry26/08/1972

Overall

LTottenham 4-3 Leicester29/04/1972

LLeicester 0-1 Arsenal12/08/1972

DLeicester 1-1 Chelsea16/08/1972

LWest Ham 5-2 Leicester19/08/1972

DManchester United 1-1 Leicester23/08/1972

DLeicester 0-0 Coventry26/08/1972

Current form

Away

VManchester United 0-3 Liverpool03/04/1972

VWest Ham 0-2 Liverpool15/04/1972

LDerby County 1-0 Liverpool01/05/1972

DArsenal 0-0 Liverpool08/05/1972

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Liverpool19/08/1972

VChelsea 1-2 Liverpool23/08/1972

Overall

DArsenal 0-0 Liverpool08/05/1972

VLiverpool 2-0 Manchester City12/08/1972

VLiverpool 2-0 Manchester United15/08/1972

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Liverpool19/08/1972

VChelsea 1-2 Liverpool23/08/1972

VLiverpool 3-2 West Ham26/08/1972

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Winless streak	3	6
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	3	6
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	2	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

5	Number of games (Competition total)	5
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
0	Victories (Competition total)	4
0	Victories (Home / Away)	1
3	Draws (Competition total)	1
2	Draws (Home / Away)	1
2	Losses (Competition total)	0
1	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	10
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
8	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
0.8	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
0.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
1.6	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.8
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Mike Stringfellow	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	John Toshack
John Farrington	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	John Toshack
Frank Worthington	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 4 matches	John Toshack

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

19 v

5 d

6 l

50 gf

34 ga

Away

29 matches

7 v

6 d

16 l

34 gf

57 ga

Total

59 matches

26 v

11 d

22 l

84 gf

91 ga

Historical head to head

Home

29 matches

16 v

6 d

7 l

57 gf

34 ga

Away

30 matches

6 v

5 d

19 l

34 gf

50 ga

Total

59 matches

22 v

11 d

26 l

91 gf

84 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	October 13, 1962
Home	3 - 0	October 13, 1962

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 21, 1968
Away	3 - 0	January 28, 1905

Latest head to head

January 08, 1972 - Division 1 1971/1972

Leicester

1 - 0

Liverpool

August 28, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Liverpool

3 - 2

Leicester

August 07, 1971 - Charity Shield 1971

Leicester

1 - 0

Liverpool

February 11, 1970 - FA Cup 1969/1970

Leicester

0 - 2

Liverpool

February 07, 1970 - FA Cup 1969/1970

Liverpool

0 - 0

Leicester

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Mike Stringfellow	4 goals	1964 - 1967
Ken Keyworth	3 goals	1963 - 1964
Graham Cross	2 goals	1962 - 1967
Dave Gibson	2 goals	1962 - 1963
Derek Dougan	2 goals	1966 - 1966
Rodney Fern	2 goals	1968 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/09/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Roger Hunt	5 goals	1964 - 1966
Gordon Hodgson	3 goals	1934 - 1934
Ian Callaghan	3 goals	1968 - 1969
Geoff Strong	3 goals	1965 - 1968
Alun Evans	3 goals	1968 - 1970
Emelyn Hughes	1 goal	1969 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/09/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Graham Cross	22 matches	1962 - 1972
John Sjoberg	17 matches	1963 - 1971
Dave Gibson	17 matches	1962 - 1969
Bobby Roberts	15 matches	1964 - 1970
Mike Stringfellow	13 matches	1963 - 1968
Peter Shilton	11 matches	1967 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/09/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Ian Callaghan	22 matches	1962 - 1972
Tommy Lawrence	19 matches	1963 - 1970
Ron Yeats	19 matches	1962 - 1970
Ian St-John	19 matches	1962 - 1970
Chris Lawler	19 matches	1964 - 1972
Tommy Smith	18 matches	1964 - 1972