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Coventry 2-3 Newcastle United - August 26, 2008 / League Cup 2008/2009

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League Cup 2008/2009 - 2nd round

Ricoh Arena - Coventry - England

August 26, 2008

19 249

2 - 3

After extra time

Newcastle United

(right foot) Clinton Morrison

45'

Assist by Aron Gunnarsson (header) Scott Dann

90'

21'

Scott Dann (o.g)

38'

James Milner (right foot)

97'

Michael Owen (right foot) Assist by José Enrique

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21' - Own goal Scott Dann

38' - Goal James Milner

45' - Goal Clinton Morrison45

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63' - Substitution Guillaume Beuzelinis substituted by Michael Doyle63

74' - Substitution Leon McKenzieis substituted by Julian Gray74

75' - Substitution Geremiis substituted by Michael Owen

88' - Substitution Jay Tabbis substituted by Robbie Simpson88

90' - Goal Scott Dann90

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97' - Goal Michael Owen

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

2 - 3

Newcastle United

Coventry Newcastle United

Team line-ups

Coventry

Marshall

Andy Marshall

England

B.date14/04/1975

Age33 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Dann2190

Scott Dann

England

B.date14/02/1987

Age21 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Ward

Elliott Ward

England

B.date19/01/1985

Age23 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Hall

Marcus Hall

England

B.date24/03/1976

Age32 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

Fox

Danny Fox

Scotland

B.date29/05/1986

Age22 years

H1m82

positionLeft full-back

Beuzelin63

Guillaume Beuzelin

France

B.date14/04/1979

Age29 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Tabb88

Jay Tabb

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/02/1984

Age24 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

Gunnarsson

Aron Gunnarsson

Iceland

B.date22/04/1989

Age19 years

H1m77

positionRight central midfielder

McKenzie74

Leon McKenzie

England

B.date17/05/1978

Age30 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Mifsud

Michael Mifsud

Malta

B.date17/04/1981

Age27 years

H1m64

positionStriker

Morrison45

Clinton Morrison

Republic of Ireland

B.date14/05/1979

Age29 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Andy Marshall		33	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Scott Dann	2190	21	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Elliott Ward		23	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marcus Hall		32	274	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Fox		22	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Guillaume Beuzelin	63	29	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jay Tabb	88	24	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Aron Gunnarsson		19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Leon McKenzie	74	30	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Mifsud		27	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Clinton Morrison	45	29	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Newcastle United

1 Given

Shay Given

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/04/1976

Age32 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

2 Coloccini

Fabricio Coloccini

Argentina

B.date22/01/1982

Age26 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

12 Bassong

Sébastien Bassong

Cameroon

B.date09/07/1986

Age22 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

20 Geremi75

Geremi

Cameroon

B.date20/12/1978

Age29 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

21 Beye

Habib Beye

Senegal

B.date19/10/1977

Age30 years

H1m82

positionRight full-back

3 José Enrique

José Enrique

Spain

B.date23/01/1986

Age22 years

H1m84

positionLeft full-back

22 Butt

Nicky Butt

England

B.date21/01/1975

Age33 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

14 N'Zogbia

Charles N'Zogbia

France

B.date28/05/1986

Age22 years

H1m70

positionLeft Midfielder

8 Guthrie

Danny Guthrie

England

B.date18/04/1987

Age21 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

16 Milner38

James Milner

England

B.date04/01/1986

Age22 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

18 Gutiérrez

Jonás Gutiérrez

Argentina

B.date05/07/1983

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Shay Given		32	440	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Fabricio Coloccini		26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Sébastien Bassong		22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Geremi	75	29	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Habib Beye		30	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	José Enrique		22	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Nicky Butt		33	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Charles N'Zogbia		22	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Danny Guthrie		21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	James Milner	38	22	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Jonás Gutiérrez		25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Julian Gray	74	28	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Doyle	63	27	237	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robbie Simpson	88	23	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
10	F		Michael Owen	9775	28	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andy Marshall

Kieren Westwood

OUT

Leon McKenzie

Freddy Eastwood

OUT

Marcus Hall

Julian Gray

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Sébastien Bassong

Steven Taylor

OUT

Geremi

Obafemi Martins

OUT

José Enrique

Damien Duff

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Chris Coleman

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Coleman vs Newcastle United

5 victories

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on August 26, 2008

Coleman vs Keegan

0 victory

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on August 26, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Kevin Keegan

271

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Keegan vs Coventry

7 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on August 26, 2008

Keegan vs Coleman

1 victory

3 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on August 26, 2008

Referee

Anthony Bates

7 victories	1 draw	6 losses	Coventry14 matches	General total	Newcastle United3 matches	3 victories	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Coventry1 match	Season total	Newcastle United1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 09, 2013					Latest figure on February 27, 2010

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Key figures

Newcastle United keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw in League Cup running (since 20/12/2006). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 29/10/2003-25/10/2006 time period (6 matches).

It's the first time Scott Dann scores 1 goal in his professional career with Coventry

It's the first time Michael Owen scores a goal in League Cup since the 29/08/2007 (with Newcastle United vs Barnsley )

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCoventry 3-1 Plymouth29/03/2008

LCoventry 1-2 Stoke City12/04/2008

DCoventry 1-1 Wolverhampton26/04/2008

VCoventry 2-0 Norwich City09/08/2008

VCoventry 3-1 Aldershot Town13/08/2008

LCoventry 0-3 Bristol City23/08/2008

Overall

DCoventry 1-1 Wolverhampton26/04/2008

LCharlton 4-1 Coventry04/05/2008

VCoventry 2-0 Norwich City09/08/2008

VCoventry 3-1 Aldershot Town13/08/2008

VBarnsley 1-2 Coventry16/08/2008

LCoventry 0-3 Bristol City23/08/2008

Current form

Away

DBirmingham City 1-1 Newcastle United17/03/2008

VTottenham 1-4 Newcastle United30/03/2008

DPortsmouth 0-0 Newcastle United12/04/2008

DWest Ham 2-2 Newcastle United26/04/2008

LEverton 3-1 Newcastle United11/05/2008

DManchester United 1-1 Newcastle United17/08/2008

Overall

VNewcastle United 2-0 Sunderland20/04/2008

DWest Ham 2-2 Newcastle United26/04/2008

LNewcastle United 0-2 Chelsea05/05/2008

LEverton 3-1 Newcastle United11/05/2008

DManchester United 1-1 Newcastle United17/08/2008

VNewcastle United 1-0 Bolton Wanderers23/08/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	3	5
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	3

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

0	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	146
0	FBDB index ranking (National)	13

Results

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

Goals

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

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
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
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
3-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

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

Key players

Robbie Simpson	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Robbie Simpson	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Freddy Eastwood	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	-
Freddy Eastwood	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	-
Robbie Simpson	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

32 matches

12 v

11 d

9 l

46 gf

46 ga

Away

33 matches

6 v

5 d

22 l

32 gf

78 ga

Total

65 matches

18 v

16 d

31 l

78 gf

124 ga

Historical head to head

Home

33 matches

22 v

5 d

6 l

78 gf

32 ga

Away

32 matches

9 v

11 d

12 l

46 gf

46 ga

Total

65 matches

31 v

16 d

18 l

124 gf

78 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	February 04, 1939
Home	4 - 1	October 16, 1999

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 28, 1976
Away	5 - 1	September 19, 1998

Latest head to head

January 29, 2005 - FA Cup 2004/2005

Newcastle United

3 - 1

Coventry

January 13, 2001 - Premier League 2000/2001

Newcastle United

3 - 1

Coventry

September 06, 2000 - Premier League 2000/2001

Coventry

0 - 2

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

April 29, 2000 - Premier League 1999/2000

Newcastle United

2 - 0

Coventry

October 16, 1999 - Premier League 1999/2000

Coventry

4 - 1

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Cyrille Regis	4 goals	1986 - 1988
Dave Bennett	3 goals	1985 - 1987
Brian Alderson	3 goals	1973 - 1974
Gerry Baker	2 goals	1968 - 1968
Colin Stein	2 goals	1973 - 1973
Jeff Blockley	2 goals	1971 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Alan Shearer	8 goals	1996 - 2005
Malcolm Macdonald	7 goals	1972 - 1974
Andy Cole	5 goals	1994 - 1994
Rob Lee	5 goals	1994 - 1997
Peter Beardsley	5 goals	1984 - 1997
John Tudor	4 goals	1972 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Steve Ogrizovic	19 matches	1984 - 1998
Mick Coop	15 matches	1967 - 1977
Brian Borrows	13 matches	1985 - 1997
Billy Glazier	12 matches	1967 - 1974
Willie Carr	12 matches	1967 - 1974
Tommy Hutchison	10 matches	1973 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Willie McFaul	14 matches	1967 - 1974
Dave Craig	14 matches	1967 - 1977
Rob Lee	14 matches	1993 - 2000
Frank Clark	13 matches	1968 - 1974
Irving Nattrass	12 matches	1971 - 1978
Stewart Barrowclough	11 matches	1972 - 1978