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Coventry 2-1 WBA - April 27, 1985 / Division 1 1984/1985

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Division 1 1984/1985 - Round 39

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

April 27, 1985

Coventry

2 - 1

WBA

Kenny Hibbitt

Peter Barnes

Steve MacKenzie

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0' - Goal Kenny Hibbitt photo Peter Barnes

0' - Goal Peter Barnes0

0' - Goal Steve MacKenzie

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46' - Substitution David Bowmanis substituted by Micky Gynn46

46' - Substitution Clive Whiteheadis substituted by Tony Grealish

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Team line-ups

Coventry

Ogrizovic

Steve Ogrizovic

England

B.date12/09/1957

Age27 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Bowman46

David Bowman

Scotland

B.date10/03/1964

Age21 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Peake

Trevor Peake

England

B.date10/02/1957

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Butterworth

Ian Butterworth

England

B.date25/01/1964

Age21 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Stephens

Kirk Stephens

England

B.date27/02/1955

Age30 years

positionRight full-back

Pearce

Stuart Pearce

England

B.date24/04/1962

Age23 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Hibbitt0

Kenny Hibbitt

England

B.date03/01/1951

Age34 years

positionMidfield

McGrath

Lloyd McGrath

England

B.date24/02/1965

Age20 years

H1m65

positionMidfield

Barnes0

Peter Barnes

England

B.date10/06/1957

Age27 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Gibson

Terry Gibson

England

B.date23/12/1962

Age22 years

positionStriker

Regis

Cyrille Regis

England

B.date09/02/1958

Age27 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Steve Ogrizovic		27	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Bowman	46	21	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Trevor Peake		28	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Butterworth		21	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kirk Stephens		30	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stuart Pearce		23	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kenny Hibbitt		34	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lloyd McGrath		20	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Barnes		27	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Terry Gibson		22	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cyrille Regis		27	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

WBA

Godden

Tony Godden

England

B.date02/08/1955

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Bennett

Martyn Bennett

England

B.date04/08/1961

Age23 years

positionDefender

Cowdrill

Barry Cowdrill

England

B.date03/01/1957

Age28 years

positionDefender

Robertson

Ally Robertson

Scotland

B.date09/09/1952

Age32 years

positionCentral defender

Nicholl

Jimmy Nicholl

Northern Ireland

B.date28/12/1956

Age28 years

positionRight full-back

Whitehead46

Clive Whitehead

England

B.date24/11/1955

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Owen

Gary Owen

England

B.date07/07/1958

Age26 years

positionMidfield

MacKenzie0

Steve MacKenzie

England

B.date23/11/1961

Age23 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Thompson

Garry Thompson

England

B.date07/10/1959

Age25 years

H1m85

positionForward

Valentine

Carl Valentine

Canada

B.date04/07/1958

Age26 years

positionForward

Cross

David Cross

England

B.date08/12/1950

Age34 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tony Godden		29	255	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martyn Bennett		23	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Barry Cowdrill		28	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Robertson		32	397	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Nicholl		28	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Clive Whitehead	46	29	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Owen		26	184	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve MacKenzie		23	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garry Thompson		25	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Carl Valentine		26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Cross		34	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

130

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Micky Gynn	46	23	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Tony Grealish	46	28	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Terry Gibson

Bob Latchford

OUT

David Bowman

Dave Bennett

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Clive Whitehead

Tony Grealish

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Don Mackay

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Mackay vs WBA

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 27, 1985

Mackay vs Giles

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 27, 1985

Manager

Age

Match num

Johnny Giles

155

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Giles vs Coventry

1 victory

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on April 27, 1985

Giles vs Mackay

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 27, 1985

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Kenny Hibbitt scores 1 goal vs in Premier League with

Coventry keeps its 18 consecutive matches without a draw in Premier League running (since 04/12/1984). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 14/03/1969 (14 matches)

Coventry keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded at home running (since 23/03/1985).

Read the next 4 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCoventry 2-1 Manchester City04/01/1985

LCoventry 0-3 Aston Villa19/01/1985

VCoventry 1-0 Chelsea23/02/1985

VCoventry 3-0 Queens Park Rangers09/03/1985

VCoventry 3-1 Watford23/03/1985

LCoventry 0-1 Sunderland13/04/1985

Overall

VCoventry 3-0 Queens Park Rangers09/03/1985

VCoventry 3-1 Watford23/03/1985

LNorwich City 2-1 Coventry30/03/1985

LCoventry 0-1 Sunderland13/04/1985

VNewcastle United 0-1 Coventry17/04/1985

LNottingham Forest 2-0 Coventry20/04/1985

Current form

Away

LManchester United 2-0 West Bromwich Albion02/02/1985

LSouthampton 4-3 West Bromwich Albion02/03/1985

DStoke City 0-0 West Bromwich Albion12/03/1985

VNottingham Forest 1-2 West Bromwich Albion16/03/1985

LNewcastle United 1-0 West Bromwich Albion06/04/1985

LEverton 4-1 West Bromwich Albion16/04/1985

Overall

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Ipswich Town03/04/1985

LNewcastle United 1-0 West Bromwich Albion06/04/1985

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Aston Villa08/04/1985

LEverton 4-1 West Bromwich Albion16/04/1985

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-1 Chelsea20/04/1985

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Sunderland24/04/1985

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	9	19
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	3	9
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

34	Number of games (Competition total)	38
17	Number of games (Home / Away)	19
11	Victories (Competition total)	14
8	Victories (Home / Away)	4
4	Draws (Competition total)	6
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
19	Losses (Competition total)	18
6	Losses (Home / Away)	12

Goals

36	Goals scored (Competition total)	48
22	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
54	Goals conceded (Competition total)	57
18	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	37
1.06	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.26
1.29	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.59	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.5
1.06	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.95

Betting aid

18	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	21
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	11
11	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	13
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	19
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	11
1-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-3 (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

Terry Gibson	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	17 goals	Garry Thompson
Terry Gibson	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Garry Thompson
Terry Gibson	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Derek Statham
Terry Gibson	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	3 penalties	Derek Statham
Terry Gibson	8 goals during the last 12 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	David Cross

Historical head to head

Home

21 matches

7 v

6 d

8 l

30 gf

30 ga

Away

24 matches

4 v

6 d

14 l

22 gf

56 ga

Total

45 matches

11 v

12 d

22 l

52 gf

86 ga

Historical head to head

Home

24 matches

14 v

6 d

4 l

56 gf

22 ga

Away

21 matches

8 v

6 d

7 l

30 gf

30 ga

Total

45 matches

22 v

12 d

11 l

86 gf

52 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	December 13, 1980
Home	3 - 0	December 13, 1980

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	October 21, 1978
Away	2 - 0	December 26, 1981

Latest head to head

November 24, 1984 - Division 1 1984/1985

WBA

5 - 2

Coventry

February 25, 1984 - Division 1 1983/1984

WBA

1 - 1

Coventry

October 22, 1983 - Division 1 1983/1984

Coventry

1 - 2

WBA

April 30, 1983 - Division 1 1982/1983

Coventry

0 - 1

WBA

November 27, 1982 - Division 1 1982/1983

WBA

2 - 0

Coventry

Best historical scorers against WBA

Ernie Hunt	5 goals	1968 - 1971
Ferguson Michael	3 goals	1976 - 1978
Willie Carr	3 goals	1969 - 1969
Mick Coop	2 goals	1978 - 1979
Ronnie Rees	2 goals	1967 - 1967
Ernie Machin	2 goals	1967 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Tony Brown	9 goals	1968 - 1979
Cyrille Regis	5 goals	1978 - 1983
Ally Brown	4 goals	1972 - 1979
John Wile	4 goals	1972 - 1978
Jeff Astle	3 goals	1967 - 1968
Peter Barnes	3 goals	1980 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

Mick Coop	16 matches	1967 - 1980
Billy Glazier	13 matches	1967 - 1972
Willie Carr	11 matches	1968 - 1972
Steve Hunt	10 matches	1978 - 1984
Chris Cattlin	9 matches	1968 - 1972
Tommy Hutchison	9 matches	1972 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

John Wile	21 matches	1970 - 1983
Ally Robertson	19 matches	1972 - 1984
Tony Brown	18 matches	1968 - 1979
Derek Statham	12 matches	1977 - 1984
Ally Brown	12 matches	1972 - 1982
Cyrille Regis	10 matches	1977 - 1983