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Liverpool 1-2 Leicester - August 13, 1997 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 2

Anfield - Liverpool - England

August 13, 1997

35 007

Liverpool

1 - 2

Leicester

Paul Ince

85'

Matt Elliott

83'

Graham Fenton

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1' - Goal Matt Elliott

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46' - Substitution Stig Inge Bjørnebyeis substituted by Danny Murphy46

46' - Substitution Muzzy Izzetis substituted by Robbie Savage

73' - Substitution Phil Babbis substituted by Dominic Matteo73

73' - Substitution Ian Marshallis substituted by Graham Fenton

77' - Substitution Michael Thomasis substituted by Jamie Carragher77

83' - Goal Graham Fenton

85' - Goal Paul Ince85

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

1 - 2

Leicester

Liverpool Leicester

Team line-ups

Liverpool

James

David James

England

B.date01/08/1970

Age27 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Wright

Mark Wright

England

B.date01/08/1963

Age34 years

H1m88

positionSweeper

Babb73

Phil Babb

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/11/1970

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Harkness

Steven Harkness

England

B.date27/08/1971

Age25 years

H1m77

positionLeft central defender

Bjørnebye46

Stig Inge Bjørnebye

Norway

B.date11/12/1969

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Jones

Rob Jones

England

B.date05/11/1971

Age25 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Ince85

Paul Ince

England

B.date21/10/1967

Age29 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Thomas77

Michael Thomas

England

B.date24/08/1967

Age29 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

McManaman

Steve McManaman

England

B.date11/02/1972

Age25 years

H1m83

positionVersatile Midfielder

Owen

Michael Owen

England

B.date14/12/1979

Age17 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Riedle

Karlheinz Riedle

Germany

B.date16/09/1965

Age31 years

H1m79

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David James		27	209	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Wright		34	200	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Babb	73	26	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steven Harkness		25	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stig Inge Bjørnebye	46	27	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rob Jones		25	219	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Ince	85	29	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Thomas	77	29	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve McManaman		25	289	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Owen		17	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Karlheinz Riedle		31	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

129

Leicester

13 Keller

Kasey Keller

United States

B.date29/11/1969

Age27 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Prior

Spencer Prior

England

B.date22/04/1971

Age26 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

5 Walsh

Steve Walsh

England

B.date03/11/1964

Age32 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

18 Elliott1

Matt Elliott

Scotland

B.date01/11/1968

Age28 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

15 Kaamark

Pontus Kaamark

Sweden

B.date05/04/1969

Age28 years

positionLeft full-back

24 Guppy

Steve Guppy

England

B.date29/03/1969

Age28 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

6 Izzet46

Muzzy Izzet

Turkey

B.date31/10/1974

Age22 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

7 Lennon

Neil Lennon

Northern Ireland

B.date25/06/1971

Age26 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

Campbell

Stuart Campbell

Scotland

B.date09/12/1977

Age19 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

20 Marshall73

Ian Marshall

England

B.date20/03/1966

Age31 years

H1m86

positionForward

11 Heskey

Emile Heskey

England

B.date11/01/1978

Age19 years

H1m88

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Kasey Keller		27	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Spencer Prior		26	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Steve Walsh		32	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Matt Elliott	1	28	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Pontus Kaamark		28	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Steve Guppy		28	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Muzzy Izzet	46	22	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Neil Lennon		26	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Stuart Campbell		19	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Ian Marshall	73	31	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Emile Heskey		19	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Dominic Matteo	73	23	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher	77	19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Murphy	46	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
14	M		Robbie Savage	46	22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F		Graham Fenton	8373	23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steven Harkness

Neil Ruddock

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Roy Evans

180

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Evans vs Leicester

3 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 13, 1997

Evans vs O'Neill

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 13, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Martin O'Neill

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

O'Neill vs Liverpool

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 13, 1997

O'Neill vs Evans

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 13, 1997

Referee

Jeff Winter

11 victories	4 draws	5 losses	Liverpool20 matches	General total	Leicester12 matches	3 victories	3 draws	6 losses
1 victory	0 draw	3 losses	Liverpool4 matches	Season total	Leicester2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 04, 2004					Latest figure on February 28, 2004

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Key figures

Liverpool keeps its 14 matches with at least one goal scored vs Leicester in Premier League running (since 31/01/1981). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 08/04/1978 (10 matches)

It's the first time Paul Ince scores 1 goal in his professional career with Liverpool

Dominic Matteo played his game number 50 in Premier League

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 4-3 Newcastle United10/03/1997

VLiverpool 3-0 Brann Bergen20/03/1997

LLiverpool 1-2 Coventry06/04/1997

LLiverpool 1-3 Manchester United19/04/1997

VLiverpool 2-0 Paris SG24/04/1997

VLiverpool 2-1 Tottenham03/05/1997

Overall

LLiverpool 1-3 Manchester United19/04/1997

VLiverpool 2-0 Paris SG24/04/1997

VLiverpool 2-1 Tottenham03/05/1997

LWimbledon FC 2-1 Liverpool06/05/1997

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Liverpool11/05/1997

DWimbledon FC 1-1 Liverpool09/08/1997

Current form

Away

DWimbledon FC 1-1 Leicester11/03/1997

DSouthampton 2-2 Leicester22/03/1997

DEverton 1-1 Leicester09/04/1997

LArsenal 2-0 Leicester12/04/1997

LChelsea 2-1 Leicester19/04/1997

VBlackburn 2-4 Leicester11/05/1997

Overall

LChelsea 2-1 Leicester19/04/1997

LLeicester 0-1 West Ham23/04/1997

DLeicester 2-2 Manchester United03/05/1997

VLeicester 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday07/05/1997

VBlackburn 2-4 Leicester11/05/1997

VLeicester 1-0 Aston Villa09/08/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Drawing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Winless streak	0	3
Drawless streak	6	0
Scoring streak	6	8
Conceding streak	1	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	1	4
Drawless streak	3	3
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	6	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

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

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

	Michael Owen	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Ian Marshall
	Michael Owen	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Ian Marshall

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

25 v

11 d

9 l

88 gf

51 ga

Away

43 matches

12 v

9 d

22 l

56 gf

64 ga

Total

88 matches

37 v

20 d

31 l

144 gf

115 ga

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

22 v

9 d

12 l

64 gf

56 ga

Away

45 matches

9 v

11 d

25 l

51 gf

88 ga

Total

88 matches

31 v

20 d

37 l

115 gf

144 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 26, 1977
Home	5 - 1	November 09, 1976

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	October 13, 1962
Away	3 - 0	January 02, 1926

Latest head to head

December 26, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Liverpool

1 - 1

Leicester

September 15, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Leicester

0 - 3

Liverpool

April 17, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Liverpool

2 - 0

Leicester

December 26, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

Leicester

1 - 2

Liverpool

February 14, 1987 - Division 1 1986/1987

Liverpool

4 - 3

Leicester

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Ian Rush	9 goals	1983 - 1995
John Toshack	8 goals	1971 - 1976
Kevin Keegan	5 goals	1971 - 1976
Roger Hunt	5 goals	1964 - 1966
Alun Evans	3 goals	1968 - 1970
Ronnie Whelan	3 goals	1984 - 1986

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 Liverpool

Keith Weller	6 goals	1972 - 1975
Alan Smith	4 goals	1983 - 1987
Mike Stringfellow	4 goals	1964 - 1967
Ken Keyworth	3 goals	1963 - 1964
Derek Dougan	2 goals	1966 - 1966
Gary Lineker	2 goals	1984 - 1984

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	35 matches	1962 - 1977
Tommy Smith	27 matches	1964 - 1978
Emelyn Hughes	25 matches	1967 - 1978
Chris Lawler	22 matches	1964 - 1973
Ian St-John	19 matches	1962 - 1970
Tommy Lawrence	19 matches	1963 - 1970

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	30 matches	1962 - 1975
Mike Stringfellow	18 matches	1963 - 1975
Stephen Whitworth	17 matches	1971 - 1978
Peter Shilton	17 matches	1967 - 1974
Dave Gibson	17 matches	1962 - 1969
John Sjoberg	17 matches	1963 - 1971