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S Wednesday 0-1 Leicester - December 26, 1998 / Premier League 1998/1999

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Premier League 1998/1999 - Round 19

Hillsborough - Sheffield - England

December 26, 1998

33 513

S Wednesday

0 - 1

Leicester

34'

Tony Cottee

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34' - Goal Tony Cottee

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67' - Substitution Ritchie Humphreysis substituted by Owen Morrison67

68' - Substitution Niclas Alexanderssonis substituted by Lee Briscoe68

82' - Substitution Andy Impeyis substituted by Robbie Savage

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

S Wednesday

0 - 1

Leicester

S Wednesday Leicester

Team line-ups

S Wednesday

Srnicek

Pavel Srnicek

Czech Republic

B.date10/03/1968

Age30 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Stefanovic

Dejan Stefanovic

Serbia

B.date28/10/1974

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Emerson Thome

Brazil

B.date30/03/1972

Age26 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Walker

Des Walker

England

B.date26/11/1965

Age33 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Atherton

Peter Atherton

England

B.date06/04/1970

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Hinchcliffe

Andy Hinchcliffe

England

B.date05/02/1969

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Jonk

Wim Jonk

Netherlands

B.date12/10/1966

Age32 years

H1m84

positionDefensive Midfielder

Humphreys67

Ritchie Humphreys

England

B.date30/11/1977

Age21 years

H1m78

positionLeft central midfielder

Alexandersson68

Niclas Alexandersson

Sweden

B.date29/12/1971

Age26 years

H1m81

positionRight Midfielder

Rudi

Petter Rudi

Norway

B.date17/09/1973

Age25 years

H1m90

positionCentre Midfield

Booth

Andy Booth

England

B.date06/12/1973

Age25 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pavel Srnicek		30	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dejan Stefanovic		24	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emerson Thome		26	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Des Walker		33	244	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Atherton		28	187	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Hinchcliffe		29	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wim Jonk		32	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ritchie Humphreys	67	21	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Niclas Alexandersson	68	26	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Petter Rudi		25	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Booth		25	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Leicester

Keller

Kasey Keller

United States

B.date29/11/1969

Age29 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Sinclair

Frank Sinclair

Jamaica

B.date03/12/1971

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight central defender

Elliott

Matt Elliott

Scotland

B.date01/11/1968

Age30 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Walsh

Steve Walsh

England

B.date03/11/1964

Age34 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Impey82

Andy Impey

England

B.date30/09/1971

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Guppy

Steve Guppy

England

B.date29/03/1969

Age29 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

Ullathorne

Robert Ullathorne

England

B.date11/10/1971

Age27 years

H1m71

positionLeft full-back

Lennon

Neil Lennon

Northern Ireland

B.date25/06/1971

Age27 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

Izzet

Muzzy Izzet

Turkey

B.date31/10/1974

Age24 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Heskey

Emile Heskey

England

B.date11/01/1978

Age20 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Cottee34

Tony Cottee

England

B.date11/07/1965

Age33 years

H1m70

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kasey Keller		29	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Sinclair		27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matt Elliott		30	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Walsh		34	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Impey	82	27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Guppy		29	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Ullathorne		27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Lennon		27	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Muzzy Izzet		24	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emile Heskey		20	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Cottee	34	33	39	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Lee Briscoe	68	23	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Owen Morrison	67	17	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Robbie Savage	82	24	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ritchie Humphreys

Danny Sonner

OUT

Dejan Stefanovic

Benito Carbone

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steve Walsh

Gerry Taggart

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Danny Wilson

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Wilson vs Leicester

0 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1998

Wilson vs O'Neill

0 victory

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Martin O'Neill

147

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

O'Neill vs S Wednesday

2 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1998

O'Neill vs Wilson

4 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 1998

Referee

Mike Reed

9 victories	4 draws	9 losses	S Wednesday22 matches	General total	Leicester12 matches	4 victories	3 draws	5 losses
3 victories	0 draw	1 loss	S Wednesday4 matches	Season total	Leicester3 matches	2 victories	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 22, 2000					Latest figure on April 29, 2000

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Key figures

S Wednesday keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 21/11/1998).

Leicester keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 02/12/1998). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 27/09/1997-27/10/1997 time period (6 matches).

End of streak for Leicester after 3 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home (since 14/11/1998).

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Arsenal26/09/1998

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Everton24/10/1998

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Southampton31/10/1998

VSheffield Wednesday 3-1 Manchester United21/11/1998

VSheffield Wednesday 3-2 Nottingham Forest07/12/1998

VSheffield Wednesday 3-0 Charlton12/12/1998

Overall

DNewcastle United 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday14/11/1998

VSheffield Wednesday 3-1 Manchester United21/11/1998

DChelsea 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday28/11/1998

VSheffield Wednesday 3-2 Nottingham Forest07/12/1998

VSheffield Wednesday 3-0 Charlton12/12/1998

LLiverpool 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday19/12/1998

Current form

Away

DAston Villa 1-1 Leicester24/10/1998

VCharlton 1-2 Leicester27/10/1998

DCharlton 0-0 Leicester07/11/1998

LWest Ham 3-2 Leicester14/11/1998

DCoventry 1-1 Leicester28/11/1998

LNewcastle United 1-0 Leicester19/12/1998

Overall

LLeicester 2-4 Chelsea21/11/1998

DCoventry 1-1 Leicester28/11/1998

VLeicester 1-0 Blackburn02/12/1998

VLeicester 2-0 Southampton05/12/1998

VLeicester 3-1 Nottingham Forest12/12/1998

LNewcastle United 1-0 Leicester19/12/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	6	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	3
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	4	1
Drawless streak	1	4
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	3	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

18	Number of games (Competition total)	18
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
6	Victories (Competition total)	6
5	Victories (Home / Away)	1
4	Draws (Competition total)	6
2	Draws (Home / Away)	4
8	Losses (Competition total)	6
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

20	Goals scored (Competition total)	21
13	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
19	Goals conceded (Competition total)	20
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	11
1.11	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.17
1.44	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.78
1.06	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.11
0.56	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.22

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	5
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
6	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
0-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (2 times)

Bookings

22	Yellow cards (Competition total)	27
8	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	19
2	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Paolo Di Canio	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Emile Heskey
Niclas Alexandersson	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Tony Cottee
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Matt Elliott
Benito Carbone	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 4 matches	Emile Heskey

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

22 v

13 d

10 l

76 gf

50 ga

Away

45 matches

10 v

13 d

22 l

63 gf

91 ga

Total

90 matches

32 v

26 d

32 l

139 gf

141 ga

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

22 v

13 d

10 l

91 gf

63 ga

Away

45 matches

10 v

13 d

22 l

50 gf

76 ga

Total

90 matches

32 v

26 d

32 l

141 gf

139 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	October 27, 1992
Home	7 - 1	October 27, 1992

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	January 03, 1987
Away	3 - 0	October 24, 1970

Latest head to head

December 28, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Leicester

1 - 1

S Wednesday

August 30, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

S Wednesday

1 - 0

Leicester

May 07, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Leicester

1 - 0

S Wednesday

September 02, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

S Wednesday

2 - 1

Leicester

April 08, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

S Wednesday

1 - 0

Leicester

Best historical scorers against Leicester

John Fantham	4 goals	1961 - 1968
Imre Varadi	4 goals	1984 - 1985
John Ritchie	3 goals	1967 - 1967
Lee Chapman	3 goals	1985 - 1986
Andy Booth	2 goals	1996 - 1997
Colin Dobson	2 goals	1962 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/11/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

Mike Stringfellow	9 goals	1962 - 1967
Jimmy Walsh	5 goals	1960 - 1962
Alan Smith	4 goals	1985 - 1987
Steve Moran	4 goals	1986 - 1987
Jackie Sinclair	2 goals	1965 - 1967
Bobby Roberts	2 goals	1964 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/11/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Don Megson	16 matches	1960 - 1968
John Fantham	14 matches	1960 - 1968
Ron Springett	13 matches	1961 - 1967
Alan Finney	10 matches	1960 - 1964
Colin Dobson	9 matches	1961 - 1966
Vic Mobley	9 matches	1964 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/11/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs S Wednesday

Richie Norman	16 matches	1960 - 1967
Dave Gibson	15 matches	1962 - 1969
Graham Cross	14 matches	1961 - 1969
Mike Stringfellow	14 matches	1962 - 1968
Gordon Banks	14 matches	1960 - 1967
Bobby Roberts	10 matches	1963 - 1969