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Coventry 4-0 Manchester City - February 12, 1983 / Division 1 1982/1983

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Division 1 1982/1983 - Round 27

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

February 12, 1983

Coventry

4 - 0

Manchester City

Gary Gillespie

Steve Hunt

Mark Hateley

James Melrose

90'

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0' - Goal Gary Gillespie photo Steve Hunt

0' - Goal Steve Hunt photo Mark Hateley

0' - Goal Mark Hateley0

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46' - Substitution Mark Hateleyis substituted by James Melrose46

46' - Substitution Bobby McDonaldis substituted by Terry Park

90' - Goal James Melrose90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

4 - 0

Manchester City

Coventry Manchester City

Team line-ups

Coventry

Sealey

Les Sealey

England

B.date29/09/1957

Age25 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Roberts

Brian Roberts

England

B.date06/11/1955

Age27 years

H1m73

positionDefender

Dyson

Paul Dyson

England

B.date27/12/1959

Age23 years

positionDefender

Jacobs

Stephen Jacobs

England

B.date05/07/1961

Age21 years

positionDefender

Butterworth

Ian Butterworth

England

B.date25/01/1964

Age19 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Gillespie0

Gary Gillespie

Scotland

B.date05/07/1960

Age22 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Thomas

Danny Thomas

England

B.date12/11/1961

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Hunt0

Steve Hunt

England

B.date04/08/1956

Age26 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Hateley046

Mark Hateley

England

B.date07/11/1961

Age21 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Whitton

Steve Whitton

England

B.date04/12/1960

Age22 years

H1m86

positionRight Winger

Thompson

Keith Thompson

England

B.date24/04/1965

Age17 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Les Sealey		25	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Roberts		27	172	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Dyson		23	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Jacobs		21	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Butterworth		19	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Gillespie		22	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Thomas		21	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Hunt		26	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hateley	46	21	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Whitton		22	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Keith Thompson		17	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

100

Manchester City

Williams

Alexander Williams

England

B.date13/11/1961

Age21 years

positionGoalkeeper

Bond

Kevin Bond

England

B.date22/06/1957

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Caton

Tommy Caton

England

B.date06/10/1962

Age20 years

positionCentral defender

Ranson

Ray Ranson

England

B.date12/06/1960

Age22 years

H1m75

positionDefender

Reid

Nicky Reid

England

B.date30/10/1960

Age22 years

H1m79

positionDefender

McDonald46

Bobby McDonald

Scotland

B.date13/04/1955

Age27 years

positionLeft full-back

Bodak

Peter Bodak

England

B.date12/08/1961

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Hartford

Asa Hartford

Scotland

B.date24/10/1950

Age32 years

positionMidfield

May

Andy May

England

B.date26/02/1964

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Reeves

Kevin Reeves

England

B.date20/10/1957

Age25 years

positionForward

Cross

David Cross

England

B.date08/12/1950

Age32 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alexander Williams		21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Bond		25	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Caton		20	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ray Ranson		22	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Reid		22	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bobby McDonald	46	27	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Bodak		21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Asa Hartford		32	256	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy May		18	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Reeves		25	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Cross		32	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		James Melrose	9046	24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Terry Park	46	26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Keith Thompson

James Melrose

OUT

Stephen Jacobs

Gerry Francis

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Alexander Williams

Joe Corrigan

OUT

Andy May

Dennis Tueart

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Sexton vs Manchester City

16 victories

9 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on February 12, 1983

Sexton vs Benson

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 12, 1983

Manager

Age

Match num

John Benson

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

10 %

Benson vs Coventry

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 12, 1983

Benson vs Sexton

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 12, 1983

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Key figures

No Coventry manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Dave Sexton has reached 1.36 goals scored per game in Premier League.

The last time Manchester City has lost with a difference of 4 goals away from home in Premier League, It was on the 23/02/1980 (vs )

End of streak for Manchester City after 3 matches with at least one goal scored in Premier League (since 15/01/1983).

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCoventry 2-0 Brighton & Hove04/12/1982

VCoventry 2-0 Stoke City18/12/1982

VCoventry 3-0 Manchester United28/12/1982

VCoventry 3-1 Worcester City08/01/1983

DCoventry 0-0 Swansea22/01/1983

DCoventry 2-2 Norwich City29/01/1983

Overall

VCoventry 3-1 Worcester City08/01/1983

DSouthampton 1-1 Coventry15/01/1983

DCoventry 0-0 Swansea22/01/1983

DCoventry 2-2 Norwich City29/01/1983

LNorwich City 2-1 Coventry02/02/1983

LSunderland 2-1 Coventry05/02/1983

Current form

Away

LLiverpool 5-2 Manchester City27/12/1982

DBirmingham City 2-2 Manchester City01/01/1983

LWatford 2-0 Manchester City03/01/1983

DSunderland 0-0 Manchester City08/01/1983

DAston Villa 1-1 Manchester City22/01/1983

LBrighton & Hove 4-0 Manchester City29/01/1983

Overall

DSunderland 0-0 Manchester City08/01/1983

VManchester City 2-1 Sunderland12/01/1983

VManchester City 4-1 Norwich City15/01/1983

DAston Villa 1-1 Manchester City22/01/1983

LBrighton & Hove 4-0 Manchester City29/01/1983

DManchester City 2-2 Tottenham05/02/1983

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	8	0
Winless streak	2	5
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	14	3
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	2	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

26	Number of games (Competition total)	26
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
11	Victories (Competition total)	10
9	Victories (Home / Away)	2
6	Draws (Competition total)	7
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
9	Losses (Competition total)	9
1	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

34	Goals scored (Competition total)	36
21	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
32	Goals conceded (Competition total)	40
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	28
1.31	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.38
1.62	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.08
1.23	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.54
0.54	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.15

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
11	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
9	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
1-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (2 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

Steve Whitton	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	David Cross
Mark Hateley	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	David Cross
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Dennis Tueart
Steve Whitton	7 goals during the last 12 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 3 matches	David Cross

Historical head to head

Home

21 matches

6 v

9 d

6 l

29 gf

30 ga

Away

24 matches

4 v

2 d

18 l

24 gf

53 ga

Total

45 matches

10 v

11 d

24 l

53 gf

83 ga

Historical head to head

Home

24 matches

18 v

2 d

4 l

53 gf

24 ga

Away

21 matches

6 v

9 d

6 l

30 gf

29 ga

Total

45 matches

24 v

11 d

10 l

83 gf

53 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	January 10, 1970
Home	3 - 0	January 10, 1970

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 27, 1971
Away	3 - 0	February 24, 1979

Latest head to head

October 02, 1982 - Division 1 1982/1983

Manchester City

3 - 2

Coventry

May 08, 1982 - Division 1 1981/1982

Manchester City

1 - 3

Coventry

January 23, 1982 - FA Cup 1981/1982

Manchester City

1 - 3

Coventry

December 12, 1981 - Division 1 1981/1982

Coventry

0 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

January 10, 1981 - Division 1 1980/1981

Coventry

1 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Ferguson Michael	4 goals	1975 - 1977
Willie Carr	3 goals	1970 - 1973
John O'Rourke	3 goals	1970 - 1971
Alan Green	3 goals	1975 - 1978
Steve Whitton	3 goals	1982 - 1982
Colin Stein	3 goals	1972 - 1974

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

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Colin Bell	7 goals	1967 - 1971
Dennis Tueart	5 goals	1975 - 1981
Rodney Marsh	4 goals	1972 - 1974
Francis Lee	4 goals	1969 - 1971
Brian Kidd	3 goals	1976 - 1979
Tommy Booth	3 goals	1968 - 1975

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

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Mick Coop	19 matches	1968 - 1981
Billy Glazier	15 matches	1967 - 1974
Tommy Hutchison	15 matches	1972 - 1980
Willie Carr	11 matches	1967 - 1974
Dennis Mortimer	10 matches	1970 - 1975
Garry Thompson	9 matches	1978 - 1982

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

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Joe Corrigan	21 matches	1969 - 1981
Tommy Booth	20 matches	1968 - 1980
Michael Doyle	19 matches	1967 - 1976
Willie Donachie	19 matches	1971 - 1980
Colin Bell	18 matches	1967 - 1978
Alan Oakes	15 matches	1967 - 1975