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S Wednesday 1-2 Coventry - September 10, 1988 / Division 1 1988/1989

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Division 1 1988/1989 - Round 3

Hillsborough - Sheffield - England

September 10, 1988

S Wednesday

1 - 2

Coventry

David Hirst

Cyrille Regis

David Speedie

logo Sheffield Wednesday SW

0' - Goal David Hirst0

0' - Goal Cyrille Regis photo David Speedie

0' - Goal David Speedie

logo Sheffield Wednesday SW

46' - Substitution Alan Harperis substituted by Ian Cranson photo Carl Bradshaw

46' - Substitution Tony Galvinis substituted by Carl Bradshaw46

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

S Wednesday

1 - 2

Coventry

S Wednesday Coventry

Team line-ups

S Wednesday

Pressman

Kevin Pressman

England

B.date06/11/1967

Age20 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Harper46

Alan Harper

England

B.date01/11/1960

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Pearson

Nigel Pearson

England

B.date21/08/1963

Age25 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Madden

Lawrie Madden

England

B.date28/09/1955

Age32 years

positionLeft full-back

Sterland

Mel Sterland

England

B.date01/10/1961

Age26 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Worthington

Nigel Worthington

Northern Ireland

B.date04/11/1961

Age26 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Megson

Gary Megson

England

B.date02/05/1959

Age29 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Jonsson

Sigurdur Jonsson

Iceland

B.date27/09/1966

Age21 years

H1m85

positionMidfield

Galvin46

Tony Galvin

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/07/1956

Age32 years

positionLeft Winger

West

Colin West

England

B.date13/11/1962

Age25 years

positionForward

Hirst0

David Hirst

England

B.date07/12/1967

Age20 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kevin Pressman		20	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Harper	46	27	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Pearson		25	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lawrie Madden		32	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mel Sterland		26	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Worthington		26	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Megson		29	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sigurdur Jonsson		21	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Galvin	46	32	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Colin West		25	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Hirst		20	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Coventry

Ogrizovic

Steve Ogrizovic

England

B.date12/09/1957

Age30 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Borrows

Brian Borrows

England

B.date20/12/1960

Age27 years

H1m78

positionSweeper

Peake

Trevor Peake

England

B.date10/02/1957

Age31 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Downs

Greg Downs

England

B.date13/12/1958

Age29 years

positionLeft central defender

Sedgley

Steve Sedgley

England

B.date26/05/1968

Age20 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Kilcline

Brian Kilcline

England

B.date07/05/1962

Age26 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Gynn

Micky Gynn

England

B.date19/08/1961

Age27 years

H1m65

positionMidfield

Smith

David Smith

England

B.date29/03/1968

Age20 years

H1m73

positionPlaymaker

Bannister

Gary Bannister

England

B.date22/07/1960

Age28 years

H1m70

positionForward

Regis0

Cyrille Regis

England

B.date09/02/1958

Age30 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Speedie0

David Speedie

Scotland

B.date20/02/1960

Age28 years

H1m68

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Steve Ogrizovic	30	170	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Borrows	27	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Trevor Peake	31	179	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Greg Downs	29	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Sedgley	20	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Kilcline	26	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Micky Gynn	27	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Smith	20	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gary Bannister	28	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cyrille Regis	30	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Speedie	28	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

101

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Ian Cranson	46	24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Carl Bradshaw	46	19	30	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

David Hirst

Mark Proctor

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Howard Wilkinson

263

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Wilkinson vs Coventry

4 victories

2 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on September 10, 1988

Wilkinson vs Sillett

0 victory

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on September 10, 1988

Manager

Age

Match num

John Sillett

105

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Sillett vs S Wednesday

5 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 10, 1988

Sillett vs Wilkinson

5 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 10, 1988

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Key figures

End of streak for Coventry after 3 consecutive matches without a win (since 02/05/1988). It was the best streak for the club since 17/10/1987-13/12/1987 (11 matches).

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before John Sillett has reached 37% of wins in Premier League.

Coventry keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home running (since 12/03/1988).

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LSheffield Wednesday 0-1 Nottingham Forest05/03/1988

VSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Portsmouth19/03/1988

VSheffield Wednesday 2-1 West Ham02/04/1988

DSheffield Wednesday 3-3 Arsenal30/04/1988

LSheffield Wednesday 1-5 Liverpool07/05/1988

VSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Luton Town27/08/1988

Overall

DQueens Park Rangers 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday23/04/1988

DSheffield Wednesday 3-3 Arsenal30/04/1988

DWimbledon FC 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday03/05/1988

LSheffield Wednesday 1-5 Liverpool07/05/1988

VSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Luton Town27/08/1988

DNottingham Forest 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday03/09/1988

Current form

Away

DReading 2-2 Coventry02/03/1988

VSouthampton 1-2 Coventry12/03/1988

DNewcastle United 2-2 Coventry26/03/1988

VWimbledon FC 1-2 Coventry05/04/1988

DWest Ham 1-1 Coventry23/04/1988

DArsenal 1-1 Coventry02/05/1988

Overall

LCoventry 1-2 Everton19/04/1988

DWest Ham 1-1 Coventry23/04/1988

VCoventry 1-0 Portsmouth30/04/1988

DArsenal 1-1 Coventry02/05/1988

DCoventry 0-0 Queens Park Rangers07/05/1988

LCoventry 0-1 Everton03/09/1988

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	5	12
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	7	0
Winless streak	2	3
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	7	0
Goalless streak	0	2
Conceding streak	6	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
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
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
1-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

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

Mel Sterland	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Mel Sterland	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Mel Sterland	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

22 matches

13 v

6 d

3 l

44 gf

24 ga

Away

21 matches

5 v

4 d

12 l

21 gf

44 ga

Total

43 matches

18 v

10 d

15 l

65 gf

68 ga

Historical head to head

Home

21 matches

12 v

4 d

5 l

44 gf

21 ga

Away

22 matches

3 v

6 d

13 l

24 gf

44 ga

Total

43 matches

15 v

10 d

18 l

68 gf

65 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 07, 1967
Home	4 - 0	October 07, 1967

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	April 05, 1947
Away	3 - 0	August 31, 1987

Latest head to head

February 13, 1988 - Division 1 1987/1988

Coventry

3 - 0

S Wednesday

August 31, 1987 - Division 1 1987/1988

S Wednesday

0 - 3

Coventry

March 14, 1987 - FA Cup 1986/1987

S Wednesday

1 - 3

Coventry

March 07, 1987 - Division 1 1986/1987

Coventry

1 - 0

S Wednesday

October 25, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

S Wednesday

2 - 2

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Lee Chapman	3 goals	1985 - 1986
John Fantham	3 goals	1967 - 1968
Peter Eustace	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Mel Sterland	1 goal	1986 - 1986
Jack Whitham	1 goal	1970 - 1970
John Ritchie	1 goal	1968 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against S Wednesday

Neil Martin	4 goals	1968 - 1969
Dave Bennett	2 goals	1988 - 1988
Terry Gibson	2 goals	1984 - 1985
George Curtis	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Ernie Hunt	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Steve Ogrizovic	1 goal	1986 - 1986

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Martin Hodge	8 matches	1984 - 1988
Mel Sterland	8 matches	1984 - 1988
Lee Chapman	7 matches	1984 - 1988
Nigel Worthington	7 matches	1984 - 1988
Brian Marwood	6 matches	1984 - 1988
Gary Megson	5 matches	1986 - 1988

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs S Wednesday

Steve Ogrizovic	8 matches	1984 - 1988
Trevor Peake	7 matches	1984 - 1988
Dave Bennett	7 matches	1984 - 1988
Greg Downs	6 matches	1985 - 1988
Lloyd McGrath	6 matches	1984 - 1987
Cyrille Regis	6 matches	1984 - 1987