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Wolverhampton 2-0 Leicester - December 26, 1972 / Division 1 1972/1973

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Division 1 1972/1973 - Round 24

Molineux Ground - Wolverhampton - England

December 26, 1972

Wolverhampton

2 - 0

Leicester

John Richards

Derek Dougan

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0' - Goal John Richards photo Derek Dougan

0' - Goal Derek Dougan0

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46' - Substitution Steve Kindonis substituted by Steve Daley46

46' - Substitution Alan Woollettis substituted by David Tomlin

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Wolverhampton

2 - 0

Leicester

Wolverhampton Leicester

Team line-ups

Wolverhampton

Parkes

Phil Parkes

England

B.date14/07/1947

Age25 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Jefferson

Derek Jefferson

England

B.date05/09/1948

Age24 years

positionDefender

Taylor

Gerry Taylor

England

B.date15/08/1947

Age25 years

positionDefender

McAlle

John McAlle

England

B.date31/01/1950

Age22 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Shaw

Bernard Shaw

England

B.date14/03/1945

Age27 years

H1m70

positionDefender

Bailey

Michael A Bailey

England

B.date27/02/1942

Age30 years

positionRight Midfielder

Hegan

Daniel Hegan

Northern Ireland

B.date14/06/1943

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Hibbitt

Kenny Hibbitt

England

B.date03/01/1951

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Kindon46

Steve Kindon

England

B.date17/12/1950

Age22 years

positionLeft Winger

Richards0

John Richards

England

B.date09/11/1950

Age22 years

positionStriker

Dougan0

Derek Dougan

Northern Ireland

B.date20/01/1938

Age34 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Phil Parkes		25	199	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Jefferson		24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gerry Taylor		25	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McAlle		22	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bernard Shaw		27	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael A Bailey		30	198	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Daniel Hegan		29	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kenny Hibbitt		21	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Kindon	46	22	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Richards		22	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Derek Dougan		34	190	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

109

Leicester

Shilton

Peter Shilton

England

B.date18/09/1949

Age23 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Woollett46

Alan Woollett

England

B.date04/03/1947

Age25 years

positionDefender

Manley

Malcolm Manley

Scotland

B.date01/12/1949

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Farrington

John Farrington

England

B.date19/06/1947

Age25 years

positionDefender

Jopling

Joe Jopling

England

B.date21/04/1951

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Rofe

Dennis Rofe

England

B.date01/06/1950

Age22 years

positionDefender

Whitworth

Stephen Whitworth

England

B.date20/03/1952

Age20 years

positionRight full-back

Birchenall

Alan Birchenall

England

B.date22/08/1945

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Weller

Keith Weller

England

B.date11/06/1946

Age26 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Glover

Leonard Glover

England

B.date31/01/1944

Age28 years

positionLeft Winger

Worthington

Frank Worthington

England

B.date23/11/1948

Age24 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Shilton		23	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Woollett	46	25	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Malcolm Manley		23	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Farrington		25	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joe Jopling		21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dennis Rofe		22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Whitworth		20	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Birchenall		27	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Weller		26	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Leonard Glover		28	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Worthington		24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Steve Daley	46	19	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		David Tomlin	46	19	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Derek Dougan

Alan Sunderland

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Joe Jopling

Graham Cross

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bill McGarry

206

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

McGarry vs Leicester

3 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1972

McGarry vs Bloomfield

2 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1972

Manager

Age

Match num

Jimmy Bloomfield

Success rate in this team:

28 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

25 %

Bloomfield vs Wolverhampton

2 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1972

Bloomfield vs McGarry

2 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1972

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Comments

Key figures

No Wolverhampton manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Bill McGarry has done less than 1.48 goals scored per game .

Wolverhampton keeps its 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most in Premier League running (since 09/12/1972).

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Bill McGarry has done less than 1.34 goals conceded per game .

Read the next 5 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LWolverhampton 1-3 Arsenal11/11/1972

LWolverhampton 0-1 Ipswich Town18/11/1972

DWolverhampton 1-1 Blackpool21/11/1972

LWolverhampton 1-2 Derby County02/12/1972

VWolverhampton 1-0 Chelsea16/12/1972

LWolverhampton 1-2 Tottenham20/12/1972

Overall

VBlackpool 0-1 Wolverhampton28/11/1972

LWolverhampton 1-2 Derby County02/12/1972

VEverton 0-1 Wolverhampton09/12/1972

VWolverhampton 1-0 Chelsea16/12/1972

LWolverhampton 1-2 Tottenham20/12/1972

DNorwich City 1-1 Wolverhampton23/12/1972

Current form

Away

VIpswich Town 0-2 Leicester30/09/1972

LDerby County 2-1 Leicester14/10/1972

LStoke City 1-0 Leicester28/10/1972

DChelsea 1-1 Leicester11/11/1972

DBirmingham City 1-1 Leicester09/12/1972

LSheffield United 2-0 Leicester16/12/1972

Overall

DChelsea 1-1 Leicester11/11/1972

LLeicester 0-1 Tottenham18/11/1972

VLeicester 3-1 West Bromwich Albion02/12/1972

DBirmingham City 1-1 Leicester09/12/1972

LSheffield United 2-0 Leicester16/12/1972

VLeicester 2-1 Crystal Palace23/12/1972

Running streaks

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

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	5	0
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	5	10

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

23	Number of games (Competition total)	22
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
9	Victories (Competition total)	5
6	Victories (Home / Away)	1
6	Draws (Competition total)	7
1	Draws (Home / Away)	3
8	Losses (Competition total)	10
4	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

35	Goals scored (Competition total)	24
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
35	Goals conceded (Competition total)	31
16	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	17
1.52	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.09
1.82	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.9
1.52	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.41
1.45	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.7

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
3-2 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 times)

Bookings

0	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

John Richards	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Frank Worthington
John Richards	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Leonard Glover
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Frank Worthington
Derek Dougan	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 4 matches	Frank Worthington

Historical head to head

Home

32 matches

15 v

10 d

7 l

66 gf

31 ga

Away

33 matches

12 v

8 d

13 l

38 gf

50 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

66 matches

28 v

18 d

20 l

107 gf

82 ga

Historical head to head

Home

33 matches

13 v

8 d

12 l

50 gf

38 ga

Away

32 matches

7 v

10 d

15 l

31 gf

66 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

66 matches

20 v

18 d

28 l

82 gf

107 ga

Largest victory

Overall	10 - 1	April 15, 1938
Home	10 - 1	April 15, 1938

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	March 10, 1923
Away	3 - 0	December 12, 1959

Latest head to head

September 23, 1972 - Division 1 1972/1973

Leicester

1 - 1

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

April 01, 1972 - Division 1 1971/1972

Wolverhampton

0 - 1

Leicester

January 19, 1972 - FA Cup 1971/1972

Leicester

2 - 0

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

January 15, 1972 - FA Cup 1971/1972

Wolverhampton

1 - 1

Leicester

December 27, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Leicester

1 - 2

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Alan Hinton	3 goals	1962 - 1963
Peter Broadbent	2 goals	1960 - 1964
Derek Dougan	2 goals	1968 - 1971
Raymond Crawford	2 goals	1963 - 1964
Peter Knowles	2 goals	1964 - 1967
Jimmy Murray	2 goals	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Wolverhampton

Dave Gibson	5 goals	1962 - 1968
John Farrington	3 goals	1972 - 1972
Mike Stringfellow	2 goals	1967 - 1968
Gordon Wills	2 goals	1960 - 1961
Leonard Glover	2 goals	1968 - 1972
Frank McLintock	2 goals	1964 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Ronald Flowers	10 matches	1960 - 1964
Robert Thomson	9 matches	1962 - 1968
Peter Broadbent	8 matches	1960 - 1964
Phil Parkes	7 matches	1968 - 1972
Fred Davies	7 matches	1962 - 1967
Peter Knowles	7 matches	1963 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wolverhampton

John Sjoberg	11 matches	1963 - 1972
Dave Gibson	11 matches	1962 - 1968
Graham Cross	11 matches	1963 - 1972
Richie Norman	11 matches	1960 - 1967
Colin Appleton	10 matches	1960 - 1964
Gordon Banks	10 matches	1960 - 1964