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Blackburn 2-1 Leicester - October 28, 1961 / Division 1 1961/1962

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Division 1 1961/1962 - Round 15

Ewood Park - Blackburn - England

October 28, 1961

Blackburn

2 - 1

Leicester

Andrew McEvoy

26'

Ian Lawther

37'

52'

Ken Keyworth

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26' - Goal Andrew McEvoy26

37' - Goal Ian Lawther37

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52' - Goal Ken Keyworth

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackburn

2 - 1

Leicester

Blackburn Leicester

Team line-ups

Blackburn

Else

Fred Else

England

B.date31/03/1933

Age28 years

H1m78

positionGoalkeeper

Woods

Matt Woods

England

B.date01/11/1931

Age29 years

positionDefender

Taylor

Ken Taylor

England

B.date15/03/1931

Age30 years

positionDefender

Newton

Keith Newton

England

B.date23/06/1941

Age20 years

positionRight full-back

England

Mike England

Wales

B.date02/12/1941

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Clayton

Ronnie Clayton

England

B.date05/08/1934

Age27 years

H1m77

positionRight Midfielder

McEvoy26

Andrew McEvoy

Republic of Ireland

B.date15/07/1938

Age23 years

positionForward

Lawther37

Ian Lawther

Northern Ireland

B.date20/10/1939

Age22 years

positionForward

Douglas

Bryan Douglas

England

B.date27/05/1934

Age27 years

positionRight Winger

Crowe

Christopher Crowe

England

B.date11/06/1939

Age22 years

positionForward

Isherwood

Roy Isherwood

England

B.date24/01/1934

Age27 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Fred Else		28	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matt Woods		29	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ken Taylor		30	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Keith Newton		20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mike England		19	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronnie Clayton		27	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andrew McEvoy	26	23	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Lawther	37	22	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bryan Douglas		27	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Christopher Crowe		22	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roy Isherwood		27	18	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

Leicester

Banks

Gordon Banks

England

B.date30/12/1937

Age23 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

Norman

Richie Norman

England

B.date05/09/1935

Age26 years

positionDefender

Chalmers

Len Chalmers

England

B.date04/09/1936

Age25 years

positionDefender

White

Ian White

Scotland

B.date20/12/1935

Age25 years

H1m73

positionCentral defender

Appleton

Colin Appleton

England

B.date07/03/1936

Age25 years

positionDefender

McLintock

Frank McLintock

Scotland

B.date28/12/1939

Age21 years

positionRight central defender

King

Ian King

Scotland

B.date27/05/1937

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Keyworth52

Ken Keyworth

England

B.date24/02/1934

Age27 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Riley

Howard Riley

England

B.date18/08/1938

Age23 years

positionRight Winger

Mitten

John Mitten

England

B.date30/03/1941

Age20 years

positionLeft Winger

Wills

Gordon Wills

England

B.date24/04/1934

Age27 years

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gordon Banks		23	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richie Norman		26	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Len Chalmers		25	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian White		25	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Appleton		25	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank McLintock		21	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian King		24	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ken Keyworth	52	27	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Howard Riley		23	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Mitten		20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gordon Wills		27	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andrew McEvoy

Joe Haverty

OUT

Mike England

Michael McGrath

OUT

Roy Isherwood

Edward Thomas

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

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Manager

Age

Match num

Matt Gillies

104

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Gillies vs Blackburn

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 28, 1961

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Key figures

It's the first time Ian Lawther scores 1 goal vs Leicester in his professional career

Blackburn keeps its 14 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Leicester at home in Premier League running (since 28/11/1908). It's a record streak. The first of history

Blackburn keeps its 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Leicester at home running (since 02/03/1957). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 3 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBlackburn 2-1 Wolverhampton02/09/1961

VBlackburn 4-2 Aston Villa16/09/1961

DBlackburn 2-2 Ipswich Town18/09/1961

LBlackburn 1-2 Sheffield United30/09/1961

DBlackburn 0-0 Arsenal14/10/1961

VBlackburn 4-0 Bristol Rovers16/10/1961

Overall

DChelsea 1-1 Blackburn23/09/1961

LBlackburn 1-2 Sheffield United30/09/1961

DBristol Rovers 1-1 Blackburn02/10/1961

DBlackburn 0-0 Arsenal14/10/1961

VBlackburn 4-0 Bristol Rovers16/10/1961

LSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Blackburn21/10/1961

Current form

Away

LBurnley 2-0 Leicester05/09/1961

VGlenavon 1-4 Leicester13/09/1961

LFulham 2-1 Leicester16/09/1961

LWest Ham 4-1 Leicester30/09/1961

LYork City 2-1 Leicester09/10/1961

VChelsea 1-3 Leicester14/10/1961

Overall

LWest Ham 4-1 Leicester30/09/1961

VLeicester 4-1 Sheffield United07/10/1961

LYork City 2-1 Leicester09/10/1961

VChelsea 1-3 Leicester14/10/1961

LLeicester 0-2 Blackpool21/10/1961

DLeicester 1-1 Atlético Madrid25/10/1961

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	7	0
Scoring streak	5	1
Conceding streak	13	7

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

13	Number of games (Competition total)	14
7	Number of games (Home / Away)	7
3	Victories (Competition total)	6
2	Victories (Home / Away)	2
5	Draws (Competition total)	1
4	Draws (Home / Away)	1
5	Losses (Competition total)	7
1	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

16	Goals scored (Competition total)	25
10	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
21	Goals conceded (Competition total)	27
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	17
1.23	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.79
1.43	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.14
1.62	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.93
1.14	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.43

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
0-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-3 (1 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

Bryan Douglas	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Gordon Wills
Ian Lawther	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Ken Keyworth
Bryan Douglas	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Howard Riley
Ian Lawther	4 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Gordon Wills

Historical head to head

Home

23 matches

13 v

8 d

2 l

44 gf

11 ga

Away

24 matches

6 v

4 d

14 l

28 gf

53 ga

Total

47 matches

19 v

12 d

16 l

72 gf

64 ga

Historical head to head

Home

24 matches

14 v

4 d

6 l

53 gf

28 ga

Away

23 matches

2 v

8 d

13 l

11 gf

44 ga

Total

47 matches

16 v

12 d

19 l

64 gf

72 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	December 12, 1931
Home	6 - 0	December 12, 1931

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	October 20, 1956
Away	1 - 0	April 23, 1960

Latest head to head

January 14, 1961 - Division 1 1960/1961

Blackburn

1 - 1

Leicester

September 03, 1960 - Division 1 1960/1961

Leicester

2 - 4

Blackburn

April 23, 1960 - Division 1 1959/1960

Blackburn

0 - 1

Leicester

October 10, 1959 - Division 1 1959/1960

Leicester

2 - 3

Blackburn

September 03, 1958 - Division 1 1958/1959

Leicester

1 - 1

Blackburn

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Peter Dobing	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Bryan Douglas	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Alistair MacLeod	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Derek Dougan	1 goal	1961 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Jimmy Walsh	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Kenneth Leek	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Gordon Wills	1 goal	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Alistair MacLeod	2 matches	1960 - 1961
Derek Dougan	2 matches	1960 - 1961
Matt Woods	2 matches	1960 - 1961
Ronnie Clayton	2 matches	1960 - 1961
Peter Dobing	2 matches	1960 - 1961
Christopher Crowe	2 matches	1960 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Jimmy Walsh	2 matches	1960 - 1961
Gordon Wills	2 matches	1960 - 1961
Gordon Banks	2 matches	1960 - 1961
Frank McLintock	2 matches	1960 - 1961
Colin Appleton	2 matches	1960 - 1961
Kenneth Leek	2 matches	1960 - 1961