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Liverpool 3-2 Leicester - August 20, 1966 / Division 1 1966/1967

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Division 1 1966/1967 - Round 1

Anfield - Liverpool - England

August 20, 1966

Liverpool

3 - 2

Leicester

Roger Hunt

10'

Geoff Strong

31'

(penalty) Willie Stevenson

65'

39'

Derek Dougan

43'

Derek Dougan

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10' - Goal Roger Hunt10

24' - Substitution Gerry Byrneis substituted by Gordon Milne24

31' - Goal Geoff Strong31

39' - Goal Derek Dougan

43' - Goal Derek Dougan

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65' - Goal Willie Stevenson65

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

3 - 2

Leicester

Liverpool Leicester

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Lawrence

Tommy Lawrence

Scotland

B.date14/05/1940

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

Byrne24

Gerry Byrne

England

B.date29/08/1938

Age27 years

positionDefender

Yeats

Ron Yeats

Scotland

B.date15/11/1937

Age28 years

positionDefender

Smith

Tommy Smith

England

B.date05/04/1945

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Strong31

Geoff Strong

England

B.date19/11/1937

Age28 years

positionLeft central defender

Lawler

Chris Lawler

England

B.date20/10/1943

Age22 years

positionRight full-back

Stevenson65

Willie Stevenson

Scotland

B.date26/10/1939

Age26 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Callaghan

Ian Callaghan

England

B.date10/04/1942

Age24 years

positionRight Midfielder

Thompson

Peter Thompson

England

B.date27/11/1942

Age23 years

positionLeft Winger

St-John

Ian St-John

Scotland

B.date07/06/1938

Age28 years

positionForward

Hunt10

Roger Hunt

England

B.date20/07/1938

Age28 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tommy Lawrence		26	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gerry Byrne	24	27	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Yeats		28	187	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Smith		21	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geoff Strong	31	28	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Lawler		22	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willie Stevenson	65	26	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Callaghan		24	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Thompson		23	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian St-John		28	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roger Hunt	10	28	194	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

156

Leicester

Banks

Gordon Banks

England

B.date30/12/1937

Age28 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

Rodrigues

Peter Rodrigues

Wales

B.date21/01/1944

Age22 years

H1m75

positionSweeper

Sjoberg

John Sjoberg

Scotland

B.date12/06/1941

Age25 years

positionRight central defender

Norman

Richie Norman

England

B.date05/09/1935

Age30 years

positionDefender

Goodfellow

Jimmy Goodfellow

Scotland

B.date30/07/1938

Age28 years

positionDefender

Cross

Graham Cross

England

B.date15/11/1943

Age22 years

positionDefender

Sinclair

Jackie Sinclair

Scotland

B.date21/07/1943

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Roberts

Bobby Roberts

Scotland

B.date02/09/1940

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Gibson

Dave Gibson

Scotland

B.date23/09/1938

Age27 years

positionPlaymaker

Stringfellow

Mike Stringfellow

England

B.date27/01/1943

Age23 years

positionLeft Winger

Dougan4339

Derek Dougan

Northern Ireland

B.date20/01/1938

Age28 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gordon Banks		28	238	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Rodrigues		22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Sjoberg		25	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richie Norman		30	250	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Goodfellow		28	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Cross		22	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jackie Sinclair		23	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Roberts		25	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dave Gibson		27	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mike Stringfellow		23	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Derek Dougan	4339	28	38	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

123

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Gordon Milne	24	29	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

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

John Sjoberg

Colin Appleton

OUT

Peter Rodrigues

Clive Walker

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bill Shankly

329

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Shankly vs Leicester

5 victories

1 draw

6 losses

Latest figure on August 20, 1966

Shankly vs Gillies

5 victories

1 draw

6 losses

Latest figure on August 20, 1966

Manager

Age

Match num

Matt Gillies

342

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Gillies vs Liverpool

6 victories

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on August 20, 1966

Gillies vs Shankly

6 victories

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on August 20, 1966

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Key figures

Liverpool keeps its 14 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Leicester at home in Premier League running (since 25/04/1928). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Roger Hunt scores a goal vs in Premier League since the 21/08/1965 (with vs )

Liverpool keeps its 3 consecutive wins vs Leicester running (since 10/03/1965). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 01/10/1904-13/01/1906 time period (3 matches).

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 2-0 Budapest Honvéd08/03/1966

VLiverpool 1-0 Tottenham12/03/1966

VLiverpool 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday06/04/1966

VLiverpool 2-0 Stoke City16/04/1966

VLiverpool 2-0 Celtic Glasgow19/04/1966

VLiverpool 2-1 Chelsea30/04/1966

Overall

VLiverpool 2-0 Celtic Glasgow19/04/1966

LBurnley 2-0 Liverpool23/04/1966

VLiverpool 2-1 Chelsea30/04/1966

LBorussia Dortmund 2-1 Liverpool05/05/1966

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Liverpool10/05/1966

VEverton 0-1 Liverpool13/08/1966

Current form

Away

DNorthampton Town 2-2 Leicester26/03/1966

VBlackburn 0-2 Leicester08/04/1966

VManchester United 1-2 Leicester09/04/1966

VFulham 0-4 Leicester18/04/1966

LWest Bromwich Albion 5-1 Leicester22/04/1966

LArsenal 1-0 Leicester07/05/1966

Overall

VFulham 0-4 Leicester18/04/1966

LWest Bromwich Albion 5-1 Leicester22/04/1966

VLeicester 2-1 Nottingham Forest30/04/1966

VLeicester 3-0 Everton04/05/1966

LArsenal 1-0 Leicester07/05/1966

VLeicester 2-1 West Ham09/05/1966

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	9	1
Unbeaten streak	9	2
Drawless streak	10	1
Scoring streak	12	4
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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Goals

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Betting aid

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Bookings

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Key players

No statistics here yet

Historical head to head

Home

23 matches

12 v

5 d

6 l

44 gf

28 ga

Away

23 matches

4 v

4 d

15 l

28 gf

43 ga

Total

46 matches

16 v

9 d

21 l

72 gf

71 ga

Historical head to head

Home

23 matches

15 v

4 d

4 l

43 gf

28 ga

Away

23 matches

6 v

5 d

12 l

28 gf

44 ga

Total

46 matches

21 v

9 d

16 l

71 gf

72 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	November 17, 1934
Home	5 - 1	November 17, 1934

Largest victory

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

Latest head to head

January 29, 1966 - Division 1 1965/1966

Liverpool

1 - 0

Leicester

August 21, 1965 - Division 1 1965/1966

Leicester

1 - 3

Liverpool

March 10, 1965 - FA Cup 1964/1965

Liverpool

1 - 0

Leicester

March 06, 1965 - FA Cup 1964/1965

Leicester

0 - 0

Liverpool

October 13, 1964 - Division 1 1964/1965

Liverpool

0 - 1

Leicester

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Roger Hunt	4 goals	1964 - 1965
Gordon Hodgson	3 goals	1934 - 1934
Tommy Johnson	1 goal	1935 - 1935
Chris Lawler	1 goal	1966 - 1966
Alf Arrowsmith	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Vic Wright	1 goal	1934 - 1934

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

Ken Keyworth	3 goals	1963 - 1964
Dave Gibson	2 goals	1962 - 1963
Graham Cross	1 goal	1962 - 1962
Albert Cheesebrough	1 goal	1962 - 1962
Jackie Sinclair	1 goal	1965 - 1965
Frank McLintock	1 goal	1964 - 1964

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

Gerry Byrne	10 matches	1962 - 1966
Ian Callaghan	10 matches	1962 - 1966
Gordon Milne	10 matches	1962 - 1966
Roger Hunt	10 matches	1962 - 1966
Tommy Lawrence	9 matches	1963 - 1966
Ron Yeats	9 matches	1962 - 1966

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	9 matches	1962 - 1966
Dave Gibson	9 matches	1962 - 1966
Gordon Banks	9 matches	1962 - 1966
Richie Norman	9 matches	1962 - 1966
Mike Stringfellow	8 matches	1963 - 1965
Ian King	8 matches	1962 - 1965