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Arsenal 2-0 Coventry - October 29, 1988 / Division 1 1988/1989

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Division 1 1988/1989 - Round 10

Highbury - London - England

October 29, 1988

Arsenal

2 - 0

Coventry

Michael Thomas

Tony Adams

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0' - Goal Michael Thomas0

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0' - Goal Tony Adams0

46' - Substitution David Rocastleis substituted by Perry Groves photo Martin Hayes

46' - Substitution Paul Mersonis substituted by Martin Hayes46

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

2 - 0

Coventry

Arsenal Coventry

Team line-ups

Arsenal

Lukic

John Lukic

England

B.date11/12/1960

Age27 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Adams0

Tony Adams

England

B.date10/10/1966

Age22 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Bould

Steve Bould

England

B.date16/11/1962

Age25 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Dixon

Lee Dixon

England

B.date17/03/1964

Age24 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Winterburn

Nigel Winterburn

England

B.date11/12/1963

Age24 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Rocastle46

David Rocastle

England

B.date02/05/1967

Age21 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Marwood

Brian Marwood

England

B.date05/02/1960

Age28 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Richardson

Kevin Richardson

England

B.date04/12/1962

Age25 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Thomas0

Michael Thomas

England

B.date24/08/1967

Age21 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Merson46

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age20 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Smith

Alan Smith

England

B.date21/11/1962

Age25 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Lukic		27	200	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Adams		22	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bould		25	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Dixon		24	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Winterburn		24	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Rocastle	46	21	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Marwood		28	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Richardson		25	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Thomas		21	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson	46	20	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Smith		25	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Coventry

Ogrizovic

Steve Ogrizovic

England

B.date12/09/1957

Age31 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Borrows

Brian Borrows

England

B.date20/12/1960

Age27 years

H1m78

positionSweeper

Rodger

Graham Rodger

England

B.date01/04/1967

Age21 years

H1m88

positionDefender

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

Phillips

David Phillips

Wales

B.date29/07/1963

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

Regis

Cyrille Regis

England

B.date09/02/1958

Age30 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Speedie

David Speedie

Scotland

B.date20/02/1960

Age28 years

H1m68

positionForward

Houchen

Keith Houchen

England

B.date25/07/1960

Age28 years

positionStriker

Bannister

Gary Bannister

England

B.date22/07/1960

Age28 years

H1m70

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Steve Ogrizovic	31	177	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Borrows	27	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Rodger	21	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Trevor Peake	31	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Greg Downs	29	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Sedgley	20	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Phillips	25	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cyrille Regis	30	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Speedie	28	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Keith Houchen	28	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gary Bannister	28	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Martin Hayes	46	22	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Perry Groves	46	23	89	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

David Phillips

Micky Gynn

OUT

Keith Houchen

David Smith

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

George Graham

121

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Graham vs Coventry

1 victory

4 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on October 29, 1988

Graham vs Sillett

1 victory

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on October 29, 1988

Manager

Age

Match num

John Sillett

114

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Sillett vs Arsenal

1 victory

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on October 29, 1988

Sillett vs Graham

1 victory

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on October 29, 1988

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Key figures

End of streak for Coventry after 11 consecutive matches without a loss away from home (since 27/02/1988). It was the best streak for the club since 03/12/1966-06/05/1967 (12 matches).

No Coventry manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before John Sillett has done less than 1.13 goals conceded per game .

End of streak for Arsenal after 3 consecutive draws vs Coventry (since 18/01/1987). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 03/04/1979 (2 matches)

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DArsenal 1-1 Coventry02/05/1988

LArsenal 2-3 Aston Villa03/09/1988

DArsenal 2-2 Southampton17/09/1988

VArsenal 2-1 Liverpool20/09/1988

VArsenal 3-0 Hull City12/10/1988

VArsenal 2-1 Queens Park Rangers22/10/1988

Overall

VHull City 1-2 Arsenal28/09/1988

VWest Ham 1-4 Arsenal01/10/1988

VArsenal 2-1 Manchester United09/10/1988

VArsenal 3-0 Hull City12/10/1988

VArsenal 2-1 Queens Park Rangers22/10/1988

DLuton Town 1-1 Arsenal25/10/1988

Current form

Away

DArsenal 1-1 Coventry02/05/1988

VSheffield Wednesday 1-2 Coventry10/09/1988

VWimbledon FC 0-1 Coventry24/09/1988

VBournemouth 0-4 Coventry27/09/1988

VNewcastle United 0-3 Coventry08/10/1988

DLiverpool 0-0 Coventry22/10/1988

Overall

VBournemouth 0-4 Coventry27/09/1988

LCoventry 3-4 Middlesbrough01/10/1988

VNewcastle United 0-3 Coventry08/10/1988

VCoventry 3-1 Bournemouth11/10/1988

DCoventry 0-0 Millwall15/10/1988

DLiverpool 0-0 Coventry22/10/1988

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	6
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	0
Scoring streak	6	17
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	12	4
Winless streak	1	2
Goalless streak	1	2
Invincibility streak	4	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

8	Number of games (Competition total)	8
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
4	Victories (Competition total)	4
1	Victories (Home / Away)	3
2	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
2	Losses (Competition total)	2
1	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

20	Goals scored (Competition total)	12
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
13	Goals conceded (Competition total)	6
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
1.63	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.75
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.25

Betting aid

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

Alan Smith	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	David Speedie
Alan Smith	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Cyrille Regis
Brian Marwood	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Brian Marwood	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Alan Smith	11 goals during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 7 matches	David Speedie

Historical head to head

Home

23 matches

13 v

7 d

3 l

39 gf

17 ga

Away

23 matches

11 v

7 d

5 l

32 gf

25 ga

Total

46 matches

24 v

14 d

8 l

71 gf

42 ga

Historical head to head

Home

23 matches

5 v

7 d

11 l

25 gf

32 ga

Away

23 matches

3 v

7 d

13 l

17 gf

39 ga

Total

46 matches

8 v

14 d

24 l

42 gf

71 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	October 11, 1975
Home	5 - 0	October 11, 1975

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	November 23, 1974
Away	2 - 0	November 04, 1972

Latest head to head

May 02, 1988 - Division 1 1987/1988

Arsenal

1 - 1

Coventry

December 13, 1987 - Division 1 1987/1988

Coventry

0 - 0

Arsenal

January 18, 1987 - Division 1 1986/1987

Arsenal

0 - 0

Coventry

August 26, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

Coventry

2 - 1

Arsenal

March 22, 1986 - Division 1 1985/1986

Arsenal

3 - 0

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Frank Stapleton	9 goals	1976 - 1981
Tony Woodcock	5 goals	1982 - 1986
John Radford	5 goals	1968 - 1974
Brian Kidd	4 goals	1975 - 1975
George Graham	4 goals	1967 - 1972
Malcolm Macdonald	4 goals	1976 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Brian Alderson	3 goals	1972 - 1974
Ernie Hunt	2 goals	1968 - 1969
David Cross	2 goals	1973 - 1974
Alan Green	2 goals	1976 - 1977
Mark Hateley	2 goals	1982 - 1983
Neil Martin	2 goals	1970 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Pat Rice	23 matches	1970 - 1980
David O'Leary	21 matches	1975 - 1987
Peter Simpson	19 matches	1967 - 1977
Graham Rix	19 matches	1977 - 1987
Peter Storey	18 matches	1967 - 1977
George Armstrong	18 matches	1967 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Mick Coop	21 matches	1968 - 1980
Tommy Hutchison	14 matches	1972 - 1979
Billy Glazier	13 matches	1967 - 1974
Willie Carr	12 matches	1967 - 1974
Brian Roberts	11 matches	1977 - 1983
Dennis Mortimer	10 matches	1970 - 1975