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Man United 4-1 Coventry - April 21, 1984 / Division 1 1983/1984

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Division 1 1983/1984 - Round 37

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

April 21, 1984

Man United

4 - 1

Coventry

Mark Hughes

45'

Paul McGrath

75'

Ray Wilkins

75'

Mark Hughes

90'

Gerry Daly

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0' - Goal Gerry Daly

45' - Goal Mark Hughes45

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46' - Substitution Micky Adamsis substituted by Terry Gibson

75' - Goal Paul McGrath photo Ray Wilkins

75' - Goal Ray Wilkins photo Norman Whiteside

75' - Substitution Ray Wilkinsis substituted by Norman Whiteside75

90' - Goal Mark Hughes90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

4 - 1

Coventry

Man United Coventry

Team line-ups

Man United

Bailey

Gary Bailey

England

B.date09/08/1958

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

McGrath75

Paul McGrath

Republic of Ireland

B.date04/12/1959

Age24 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Hogg

Graeme Hogg

Scotland

B.date17/06/1964

Age19 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Moran

Kevin Moran

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/04/1956

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Duxbury

Mike Duxbury

England

B.date01/09/1959

Age24 years

positionRight full-back

Albiston

Arthur Albiston

Scotland

B.date14/07/1957

Age26 years

H1m71

positionLeft full-back

Moses

Remi Moses

England

B.date14/11/1960

Age23 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Wilkins7575

Ray Wilkins

England

B.date14/09/1956

Age27 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Graham

Arthur Graham

Scotland

B.date26/10/1952

Age31 years

positionMidfield

Hughes4590

Mark Hughes

Wales

B.date01/11/1963

Age20 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Stapleton

Frank Stapleton

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/07/1956

Age27 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Bailey		25	277	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul McGrath	75	24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Hogg		19	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Moran		27	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Duxbury		24	171	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arthur Albiston		26	336	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Remi Moses		23	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Wilkins	7575	27	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Arthur Graham		31	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hughes	4590	20	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Stapleton		27	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

136

Coventry

Suckling

Perry Suckling

England

B.date12/10/1965

Age18 years

positionGoalkeeper

Butterworth

Ian Butterworth

England

B.date25/01/1964

Age20 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Jacobs

Stephen Jacobs

England

B.date05/07/1961

Age22 years

positionDefender

Platnauer

Nicholas Platnauer

England

B.date10/06/1961

Age22 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Allardyce

Sam Allardyce

England

B.date19/10/1954

Age29 years

positionDefender

Adams46

Micky Adams

England

B.date08/11/1961

Age22 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Grimes

Ashley Grimes

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/08/1957

Age26 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Gynn

Micky Gynn

England

B.date19/08/1961

Age22 years

H1m65

positionMidfield

Daly0

Gerry Daly

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1954

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Bennett

Dave Bennett

England

B.date11/06/1959

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Michael

Ferguson Michael

England

B.date03/10/1954

Age29 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Perry Suckling		18	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Butterworth		20	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Jacobs		22	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicholas Platnauer		22	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sam Allardyce		29	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Micky Adams	46	22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ashley Grimes		26	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Micky Gynn		22	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Daly		29	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dave Bennett		24	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ferguson Michael		29	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Norman Whiteside	75	18	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Terry Gibson	46	21	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mark Hughes

Norman Whiteside

OUT

Remi Moses

Alan Davies

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Micky Gynn

Terry Gibson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Atkinson

157

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Atkinson vs Coventry

9 victories

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on April 21, 1984

Atkinson vs Gould

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 21, 1984

Manager

Age

Match num

Bobby Gould

Success rate in this team:

31 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Gould vs Man United

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 21, 1984

Gould vs Atkinson

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 21, 1984

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Key figures

No Manchester United manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Ron Atkinson has done less than 0.83 goals conceded per game .

Man United keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal scored vs Coventry at home running (since 30/09/1922). It's a record streak. The first of history

The last time Coventry has ended with the score 1-4 away from home, It was on the 07/03/1981 (vs )

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DManchester United 0-0 Norwich City04/02/1984

VManchester United 2-1 Sunderland25/02/1984

VManchester United 4-0 Arsenal17/03/1984

VManchester United 3-0 FC Barcelona21/03/1984

VManchester United 1-0 Birmingham City07/04/1984

DManchester United 1-1 Juventus11/04/1984

Overall

VManchester United 3-0 FC Barcelona21/03/1984

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Manchester United31/03/1984

VManchester United 1-0 Birmingham City07/04/1984

DManchester United 1-1 Juventus11/04/1984

LNotts County 1-0 Manchester United14/04/1984

DWatford 0-0 Manchester United17/04/1984

Current form

Away

LSheffield Wednesday 3-2 Coventry30/01/1984

LIpswich Town 3-1 Coventry04/02/1984

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Coventry25/02/1984

LQueens Park Rangers 2-1 Coventry10/03/1984

LNotts County 2-1 Coventry17/03/1984

LAston Villa 2-0 Coventry07/04/1984

Overall

LNotts County 2-1 Coventry17/03/1984

LCoventry 2-4 Tottenham24/03/1984

LCoventry 1-4 Arsenal31/03/1984

LAston Villa 2-0 Coventry07/04/1984

VCoventry 2-1 Wolverhampton14/04/1984

VCoventry 2-1 Nottingham Forest17/04/1984

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	10	1
Winless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	5	0
Goalless streak	0	2
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	11	0
Drawless streak	3	6
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	8	15

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

36	Number of games (Competition total)	37
17	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
19	Victories (Competition total)	12
12	Victories (Home / Away)	5
11	Draws (Competition total)	10
2	Draws (Home / Away)	6
6	Losses (Competition total)	15
3	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

64	Goals scored (Competition total)	50
36	Goals scored (Home / Away)	21
34	Goals conceded (Competition total)	57
15	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	27
1.78	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.35
2.12	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.17
0.94	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.54
0.88	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

17	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	23
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
15	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
8	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
17	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	26
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	11
1-0 (3 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

Bryan Robson	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	16 goals	Terry Gibson
Frank Stapleton	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Terry Gibson
Arnold Mühren	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Gerry Daly
Arnold Mühren	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Bryan Robson	7 goals during the last 14 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Ferguson Michael

Historical head to head

Home

20 matches

9 v

6 d

5 l

32 gf

18 ga

Away

22 matches

6 v

4 d

12 l

24 gf

33 ga

Total

42 matches

15 v

10 d

17 l

56 gf

51 ga

Historical head to head

Home

22 matches

12 v

4 d

6 l

33 gf

24 ga

Away

20 matches

5 v

6 d

9 l

18 gf

32 ga

Total

42 matches

17 v

10 d

15 l

51 gf

56 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 25, 1967
Home	4 - 0	October 25, 1967

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	December 28, 1982
Away	1 - 0	March 17, 1982

Latest head to head

December 26, 1983 - Division 1 1983/1984

Coventry

1 - 1

Man United

April 02, 1983 - Division 1 1982/1983

Man United

3 - 0

Coventry

December 28, 1982 - Division 1 1982/1983

Coventry

3 - 0

Man United

March 17, 1982 - Division 1 1981/1982

Man United

0 - 1

Coventry

August 29, 1981 - Division 1 1981/1982

Coventry

2 - 1

Man United

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Lou Macari	7 goals	1976 - 1983
George Best	5 goals	1967 - 1973
Bobby Charlton	5 goals	1963 - 1972
John Aston	3 goals	1967 - 1969
Sammy McIlroy	3 goals	1979 - 1980
Joe Jordan	2 goals	1981 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/03/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Ernie Hunt	3 goals	1969 - 1971
Brian Alderson	3 goals	1973 - 1974
Ian Wallace	2 goals	1977 - 1977
Neil Martin	2 goals	1969 - 1970
Garry Thompson	2 goals	1979 - 1980
Steve Whitton	2 goals	1981 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/03/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Martin Buchan	20 matches	1972 - 1982
Sammy McIlroy	18 matches	1971 - 1981
Alex Stepney	18 matches	1967 - 1977
Steve Coppell	17 matches	1975 - 1983
Lou Macari	17 matches	1973 - 1983
Arthur Albiston	13 matches	1977 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/03/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Mick Coop	22 matches	1967 - 1981
Billy Glazier	13 matches	1967 - 1974
Tommy Hutchison	12 matches	1973 - 1980
Chris Cattlin	11 matches	1968 - 1974
Brian Roberts	10 matches	1977 - 1983
Willie Carr	10 matches	1968 - 1972