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Coventry 0-1 Birmingham City - April 16, 1983 / Division 1 1982/1983

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Division 1 1982/1983 - Round 25

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

April 16, 1983

Coventry

0 - 1

Birmingham City

Les Phillips

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0' - Goal Les Phillips

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46' - Substitution Ferguson Michaelis substituted by Ian Handysides

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

0 - 1

Birmingham City

Coventry Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Coventry

Sealey

Les Sealey

England

B.date29/09/1957

Age25 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Gillespie

Gary Gillespie

Scotland

B.date05/07/1960

Age22 years

H1m88

positionDefender

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

Hunt

Steve Hunt

England

B.date04/08/1956

Age26 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Francis

Gerry Francis

England

B.date06/12/1951

Age31 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Thomas

Danny Thomas

England

B.date12/11/1961

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Hendrie

John Hendrie

Scotland

B.date24/10/1963

Age19 years

H1m73

positionRight Winger

Hateley

Mark Hateley

England

B.date07/11/1961

Age21 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Whitton

Steve Whitton

England

B.date04/12/1960

Age22 years

H1m86

positionRight Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Les Sealey	25	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Gillespie	22	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Roberts	27	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Dyson	23	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Jacobs	21	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Hunt	26	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Francis	31	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Thomas	21	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Hendrie	19	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hateley	21	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Whitton	22	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

110

Birmingham City

Coton

Tony Coton

England

B.date19/05/1961

Age21 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Dennis

Mark Dennis

England

B.date02/05/1961

Age21 years

positionDefender

Hagan

James Hagan

Northern Ireland

B.date10/10/1956

Age26 years

positionDefender

Blake

Noel Blake

Jamaica

B.date12/01/1962

Age21 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Van Den Hauwe

Pat Van Den Hauwe

Wales

B.date16/12/1960

Age22 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Halsall

Mick Halsall

England

B.date21/07/1961

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Phillips0

Les Phillips

England

B.date07/01/1963

Age20 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

Michael46

Ferguson Michael

England

B.date03/10/1954

Age28 years

positionForward

Harford

Mick Harford

England

B.date12/02/1959

Age24 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Hopkins

Robert Hopkins

England

B.date25/10/1961

Age21 years

H1m70

positionForward

Gayle

Howard Gayle

England

B.date18/05/1958

Age24 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tony Coton		21	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Dennis		21	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	James Hagan		26	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Noel Blake		21	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Van Den Hauwe		22	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mick Halsall		21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Les Phillips		20	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ferguson Michael	46	28	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mick Harford		24	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Hopkins		21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Howard Gayle		24	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Ian Handysides	46	20	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

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

Mark Dennis

Byron Stevenson

OUT

Les Phillips

Kevan Broadhurst

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Sexton vs Birmingham City

9 victories

7 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on April 16, 1983

Sexton vs Saunders

8 victories

10 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on April 16, 1983

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Saunders

Success rate in this team:

25 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Saunders vs Coventry

11 victories

9 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on April 16, 1983

Saunders vs Sexton

8 victories

10 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on April 16, 1983

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Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Birmingham City after 22 consecutive matches without a win away from home (since 28/08/1982). It was the best streak for the club since 10/01/1981-28/04/1982 (30 matches).

End of streak for Birmingham City after 7 consecutive losses away from home (since 22/01/1983). It was the best streak for the club since 16/09/1978-01/05/1979 (18 matches).

No Birmingham City manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Ron Saunders has done less than 0.98 goals scored per game .

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DCoventry 2-2 Norwich City29/01/1983

VCoventry 4-0 Manchester City12/02/1983

LCoventry 0-1 Watford05/03/1983

DCoventry 1-1 Tottenham12/03/1983

LCoventry 1-2 Nottingham Forest05/04/1983

DCoventry 0-0 Liverpool12/04/1983

Overall

LAston Villa 4-0 Coventry19/03/1983

DNorwich City 1-1 Coventry23/03/1983

LManchester United 3-0 Coventry02/04/1983

LCoventry 1-2 Nottingham Forest05/04/1983

LArsenal 2-1 Coventry09/04/1983

DCoventry 0-0 Liverpool12/04/1983

Current form

Away

LCrystal Palace 1-0 Birmingham City29/01/1983

LIpswich Town 3-1 Birmingham City05/03/1983

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Birmingham City19/03/1983

LWatford 2-1 Birmingham City22/03/1983

LAston Villa 1-0 Birmingham City04/04/1983

LLuton Town 3-1 Birmingham City12/04/1983

Overall

LWatford 2-1 Birmingham City22/03/1983

VBirmingham City 3-0 Notts County26/03/1983

DBirmingham City 1-1 Swansea02/04/1983

LAston Villa 1-0 Birmingham City04/04/1983

LBirmingham City 0-4 Norwich City09/04/1983

LLuton Town 3-1 Birmingham City12/04/1983

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	4	9
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	7	3
Winless streak	22	4
Drawless streak	7	3
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	7	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

36	Number of games (Competition total)	36
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
12	Victories (Competition total)	7
10	Victories (Home / Away)	0
9	Draws (Competition total)	13
5	Draws (Home / Away)	7
15	Losses (Competition total)	16
3	Losses (Home / Away)	11

Goals

43	Goals scored (Competition total)	32
27	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
51	Goals conceded (Competition total)	53
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	30
1.19	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.89
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.39
1.42	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.47
0.61	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.67

Betting aid

17	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	18
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
13	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
11	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
12	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	15
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	11
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
1-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (5 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	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Ferguson Michael
Mark Hateley	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	David Langan
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Byron Stevenson
Mark Hateley	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Robert Hopkins

Historical head to head

Home

18 matches

9 v

4 d

5 l

27 gf

23 ga

Away

20 matches

2 v

7 d

11 l

19 gf

39 ga

Total

38 matches

11 v

11 d

16 l

46 gf

62 ga

Historical head to head

Home

20 matches

11 v

7 d

2 l

39 gf

19 ga

Away

18 matches

5 v

4 d

9 l

23 gf

27 ga

Total

38 matches

16 v

11 d

11 l

62 gf

46 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	March 04, 1978
Home	4 - 0	March 04, 1978

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	January 12, 1935
Away	4 - 0	December 11, 1920

Latest head to head

September 18, 1982 - Division 1 1982/1983

Birmingham City

1 - 0

Coventry

May 15, 1982 - Division 1 1981/1982

Coventry

0 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

January 26, 1982 - Division 1 1981/1982

Birmingham City

3 - 3

Coventry

January 24, 1981 - FA Cup 1980/1981

Coventry

3 - 2

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

November 15, 1980 - Division 1 1980/1981

Coventry

2 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Ferguson Michael	4 goals	1977 - 1978
Barry Powell	3 goals	1975 - 1977
Tommy Hutchison	2 goals	1978 - 1978
Alan Green	2 goals	1975 - 1976
Steve Hunt	2 goals	1980 - 1982
Andy Blair	2 goals	1980 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/10/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Trevor Francis	5 goals	1972 - 1977
Alan Curbishley	3 goals	1980 - 1980
Tony Evans	3 goals	1982 - 1982
Bob Hatton	2 goals	1973 - 1974
Bob Latchford	2 goals	1973 - 1973
Kenny Burns	2 goals	1975 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/10/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Mick Coop	15 matches	1972 - 1980
Tommy Hutchison	14 matches	1972 - 1979
Bobby McDonald	7 matches	1976 - 1980
Brian Roberts	7 matches	1977 - 1982
Alan Dugdale	7 matches	1973 - 1977
Alan Green	7 matches	1974 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/10/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Joe Gallagher	13 matches	1973 - 1980
Trevor Francis	12 matches	1972 - 1978
Malcolm Page	10 matches	1972 - 1979
Garry Pendrey	10 matches	1972 - 1978
Dave Latchford	9 matches	1972 - 1977
Kenny Burns	8 matches	1972 - 1977