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Birmingham City 0-1 Coventry - October 26, 1985 / Division 1 1985/1986
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Birmingham City 0-1 Coventry - October 26, 1985 / Division 1 1985/1986

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0photo Terry Gibson 0' - Goal Terry Gibson
HT

logo Birmingham City BC

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Team line-ups

Birmingham City

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forward
offensive midfielder
midfielder
defensive midfielder
defender
sweeper
goalkeeper
logo Birmingham City
Seaman
photo David Seaman
David Seaman
England
B.date19/09/1963
Age22 years
H1m93  
positionGoalkeeper
Jones
photo Mark Jones
Mark Jones
England
B.date22/10/1961
Age24 years
positionDefender
Ranson
photo Ray Ranson
Ray Ranson
England
B.date12/06/1960
Age25 years
H1m75  
positionDefender
Hagan
photo James Hagan
James Hagan
Northern Ireland
B.date10/10/1956
Age29 years
positionDefender
Roberts
photo Brian Roberts
Brian Roberts
England
B.date06/11/1955
Age29 years
H1m73  
positionDefender
Armstrong
photo Kenneth Armstrong
Kenneth Armstrong
England
B.date31/01/1959
Age26 years
H1m88  
positionDefender
Wright
photo Billy Wright
Billy Wright
England
B.date28/04/1958
Age27 years
positionCentral defender
Kuhl
photo Martin Kuhl
Martin Kuhl
England
B.date10/01/1965
Age20 years
H1m80  
positionMidfield
Geddis
photo David Geddis
David Geddis
England
B.date12/03/1958
Age27 years
positionMidfield
Kennedy
photo Andrew Kennedy
Andrew Kennedy
Scotland
B.date08/10/1964
Age21 years
H1m88  
positionForward
Hopkins
photo Robert Hopkins
Robert Hopkins
England
B.date25/10/1961
Age24 years
H1m70  
positionForward

First 11

Age Match num Note
G
David Seaman 22 13 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Mark Jones 24 13 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Ray Ranson 25 10 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
James Hagan 29 69 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Brian Roberts 29 19 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Kenneth Armstrong 26 11 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Billy Wright 27 53 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Martin Kuhl 20 33 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
David Geddis 27 12 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F
Andrew Kennedy 21 11 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F
Robert Hopkins 24 56 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

27

Coventry

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forward
offensive midfielder
midfielder
defensive midfielder
defender
sweeper
goalkeeper
logo Coventry
Ogrizovic
photo Steve Ogrizovic
Steve Ogrizovic
England
B.date12/09/1957
Age28 years
H1m96  
positionGoalkeeper
Borrows
photo Brian Borrows
Brian Borrows
England
B.date20/12/1960
Age24 years
H1m78  
positionSweeper
Kilcline
photo Brian Kilcline
Brian Kilcline
England
B.date07/05/1962
Age23 years
H1m88  
positionCentral defender
Bowman
photo David Bowman
David Bowman
Scotland
B.date10/03/1964
Age21 years
H1m78  
positionDefender
Peake
photo Trevor Peake
Trevor Peake
England
B.date10/02/1957
Age28 years
H1m83  
positionCentral defender
Downs
photo Greg Downs
Greg Downs
England
B.date13/12/1958
Age26 years
positionLeft central defender
Adams
photo Micky Adams
Micky Adams
England
B.date08/11/1961
Age23 years
H1m73  
positionLeft full-back
Bennett
photo Dave Bennett
Dave Bennett
England
B.date11/06/1959
Age26 years
positionMidfield
McGrath
photo Lloyd McGrath
Lloyd McGrath
England
B.date24/02/1965
Age20 years
H1m65  
positionMidfield
Gibson0
photo Terry Gibson
Terry Gibson
England
B.date23/12/1962
Age22 years
positionStriker
Regis
photo Cyrille Regis
Cyrille Regis
England
B.date09/02/1958
Age27 years
H1m83  
positionStriker

First 11

Age Match num Note
G
Steve Ogrizovic 28 56 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Brian Borrows 24 14 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Brian Kilcline 23 39 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
David Bowman 21 22 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Trevor Peake 28 82 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Greg Downs 26 14 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Micky Adams 23 61 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Dave Bennett 26 81 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Lloyd McGrath 20 31 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F
Terry Gibson 22 88 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F
Cyrille Regis 27 43 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

48

Substitutes

Age Match num Note
D
Nicholas Platnauer 24

Substitutes

Age Match num Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

James Hagan

IN

change player

Nicholas Platnauer

OUT

David Geddis

IN

change player

Lee Jenkins

OUT

Brian Roberts

IN

change player

Des Bremner

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Saunders

52

188

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Saunders vs Coventry

12 victories

9 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on October 26, 1985

Saunders vs Mackay

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 26, 1985

Manager

Age

Match num

Don Mackay

45

41

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Mackay vs Birmingham City

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 26, 1985

Mackay vs Saunders

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 26, 1985

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Key figures

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End of streak for Birmingham City after 8 matches with at least one goal scored vs Coventry in Premier League (since 16/08/1980). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 08/10/1977 (5 matches)

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End of streak for Coventry after 6 consecutive matches without a win away from home in Premier League (since 20/08/1985). It was the best streak for the club since 17/12/1983-22/09/1984 (16 matches).

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No Coventry manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Don Mackay has reached 1.37 goals scored per game in Premier League.

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBirmingham City 3-1 Oxford United26/08/1985

VBirmingham City 1-0 Manchester City03/09/1985

DBirmingham City 0-0 Aston Villa07/09/1985

VBirmingham City 2-1 Leicester21/09/1985

LBirmingham City 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday05/10/1985

VBirmingham City 2-1 Bristol Rovers08/10/1985

Overall

VBirmingham City 2-1 Leicester21/09/1985

VBristol Rovers 2-3 Birmingham City24/09/1985

LQueens Park Rangers 3-1 Birmingham City28/09/1985

LBirmingham City 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday05/10/1985

VBirmingham City 2-1 Bristol Rovers08/10/1985

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-1 Birmingham City19/10/1985

Current form

Away

DEverton 1-1 Coventry24/08/1985

LWatford 3-0 Coventry31/08/1985

DAston Villa 1-1 Coventry14/09/1985

DSouthampton 1-1 Coventry21/09/1985

VChester City 1-2 Coventry25/09/1985

DSheffield Wednesday 2-2 Coventry12/10/1985

Overall

VCoventry 3-0 West Bromwich Albion28/09/1985

VCoventry 3-0 Leicester06/10/1985

VCoventry 7-2 Chester City07/10/1985

DSheffield Wednesday 2-2 Coventry12/10/1985

DCoventry 1-1 Millwall15/10/1985

LCoventry 2-3 Tottenham20/10/1985

Running streaks

Home Total
Winning streak 1 0
Loosing streak 0 1
Unbeaten streak 1 0
Winless streak 0 1
Drawless streak 3 7
Scoring streak 1 2
Conceding streak 3 6

Running streaks

Away Total
Drawing streak 1 0
Loosing streak 0 1
Unbeaten streak 4 0
Winless streak 1 3
Drawless streak 0 1
Scoring streak 4 8
Conceding streak 7 4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

12

Number of games (Competition total)

13

6

Number of games (Home / Away)

6

5

Victories (Competition total)

3

4

Victories (Home / Away)

0

1

Draws (Competition total)

5

1

Draws (Home / Away)

4

6

Losses (Competition total)

5

1

Losses (Home / Away)

2

Goals

11

Goals scored (Competition total)

20

7

Goals scored (Home / Away)

5

18

Goals conceded (Competition total)

19

4

Goals conceded (Home / Away)

9

0.92

Goals scored per match average (Competition total)

1.54

1.17

Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)

0.83

1.5

Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)

1.46

0.67

Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)

1.5

Betting aid

6

Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)

7

2

Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)

2

4

Clean sheets (Competition total)

2

3

Clean sheets (Home / Away)

0

4

Matches without scoring (Competition total)

3

2

Matches without scoring (Home / Away)

2

5

The 2 teams score (Competition total)

8

2

The 2 teams score (Home / Away)

4

1-0
(2 times)

Most frequent score (Home / Away)

1-1
(3 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

photo David GeddisDavid Geddis4 goalsTeam's best scorer (Competition total)6 goalsTerry Gibsonphoto Terry Gibson
photo David GeddisDavid Geddis3 goalsTeam's best scorer (Home / Away)3 goalsTerry Gibsonphoto Terry Gibson
-Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)2 penaltiesBrian Kilclinephoto Brian Kilcline
photo Andrew KennedyAndrew Kennedy1 goal during the last matchThe fittest player4 goals during the last 5 matchesTerry Gibsonphoto Terry Gibson

Historical head to head

Home

21 matches
11 v
7 d
3 l

40 gf

21 ga

Away

20 matches
7 v
4 d
9 l

25 gf

27 ga

Total

41 matches
18 v
11 d
12 l

65 gf

48 ga

Historical head to head

Home

20 matches
9 v
4 d
7 l

27 gf

25 ga

Away

21 matches
3 v
7 d
11 l

21 gf

40 ga

Total

41 matches
12 v
11 d
18 l

48 gf

65 ga

Largest victory

Overall
5 - 1
January 12, 1935
Home
5 - 1
January 12, 1935

Largest victory

Overall
4 - 0
March 04, 1978
Away
2 - 1
November 05, 1983

Latest head to head

March 03, 1984 - Division 1 1983/1984

November 05, 1983 - Division 1 1983/1984

April 16, 1983 - Division 1 1982/1983

September 18, 1982 - Division 1 1982/1983

May 15, 1982 - Division 1 1981/1982

Best historical scorers against Coventry

photo Trevor Francis Trevor Francis 5 goals 1972 - 1977
photo Tony Evans Tony Evans 3 goals 1982 - 1982
photo Alan Curbishley Alan Curbishley 3 goals 1980 - 1980
photo Bob Hatton Bob Hatton 2 goals 1973 - 1974
photo Bob Latchford Bob Latchford 2 goals 1973 - 1973
photo Kenny Burns Kenny Burns 2 goals 1975 - 1976
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Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

photo Ferguson Michael Ferguson Michael 4 goals 1977 - 1978
photo Barry Powell Barry Powell 3 goals 1975 - 1977
photo Tommy Hutchison Tommy Hutchison 2 goals 1978 - 1978
photo Alan Green Alan Green 2 goals 1975 - 1976
photo Steve Hunt Steve Hunt 2 goals 1980 - 1982
photo Andy Blair Andy Blair 2 goals 1980 - 1980
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Players with most games played vs Coventry

photo Joe Gallagher Joe Gallagher 13 matches 1973 - 1980
photo Trevor Francis Trevor Francis 12 matches 1972 - 1978
photo Malcolm Page Malcolm Page 10 matches 1972 - 1979
photo Garry Pendrey Garry Pendrey 10 matches 1972 - 1978
photo Dave Latchford Dave Latchford 9 matches 1972 - 1977
photo Kenny Burns Kenny Burns 8 matches 1972 - 1977
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Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

photo Mick Coop Mick Coop 15 matches 1972 - 1980
photo Tommy Hutchison Tommy Hutchison 14 matches 1972 - 1979
photo Brian Roberts Brian Roberts 10 matches 1977 - 1984
photo Alan Dugdale Alan Dugdale 7 matches 1973 - 1977
photo Les Sealey Les Sealey 7 matches 1977 - 1983
photo Bobby McDonald Bobby McDonald 7 matches 1976 - 1980
First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/10/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

77 matches

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12 matches

1972 - 1985

68 matches

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16 matches

1978 - 1985

20 matches

logo Birmingham City
logo Coventry

133 matches

1975 - 1984

18 matches

logo Birmingham City
logo Coventry

217 matches

1976 - 1985

15 matches

logo Birmingham City
logo Coventry

147 matches

1975 - 1983

3 matches

logo Birmingham City
logo Coventry

44 matches

1983 - 1985
Total : 8 players
First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/09/1968. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

18 matches

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217 matches

1976 - 1985

15 matches

logo Birmingham City
logo Coventry

147 matches

1975 - 1983

20 matches

logo Birmingham City
logo Coventry

133 matches

1975 - 1984

2 matches

logo Birmingham City
logo Coventry

86 matches

1980 - 1985

3 matches

logo Birmingham City
logo Coventry

44 matches

1983 - 1985

1 match

logo Birmingham City
logo Coventry

17 matches

1968 - 1970
Total : 8 players
First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/09/1968. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

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