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Coventry 1-0 Arsenal - March 20, 1982 / Division 1 1981/1982

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Division 1 1981/1982 - Round 32

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

March 20, 1982

Coventry

1 - 0

Arsenal

Mark Hateley

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0' - Goal Mark Hateley0

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46' - Substitution Paul Gormanis substituted by Raphael Meade

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

1 - 0

Arsenal

Coventry Arsenal

Team line-ups

Coventry

Sealey

Les Sealey

England

B.date29/09/1957

Age24 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Roberts

Brian Roberts

England

B.date06/11/1955

Age26 years

H1m73

positionDefender

Dyson

Paul Dyson

England

B.date27/12/1959

Age22 years

positionDefender

Jacobs

Stephen Jacobs

England

B.date05/07/1961

Age20 years

positionDefender

Butterworth

Ian Butterworth

England

B.date25/01/1964

Age18 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Gillespie

Gary Gillespie

Scotland

B.date05/07/1960

Age21 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Thomas

Danny Thomas

England

B.date12/11/1961

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Francis

Gerry Francis

England

B.date06/12/1951

Age30 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Whitton

Steve Whitton

England

B.date04/12/1960

Age21 years

H1m86

positionRight Winger

Hateley0

Mark Hateley

England

B.date07/11/1961

Age20 years

H1m91

positionStriker

English

Thomas English

England

B.date18/10/1961

Age20 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Les Sealey	24	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Roberts	26	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Dyson	22	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Jacobs	20	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Butterworth	18	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Gillespie	21	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Thomas	20	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Francis	30	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Whitton	21	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hateley	20	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Thomas English	20	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

Wood

George Wood

Scotland

B.date26/09/1952

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Gorman46

Paul Gorman

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/08/1963

Age18 years

positionDefender

Hollins

John Hollins

England

B.date16/07/1946

Age35 years

positionCentral defender

Devine

John Devine

Republic of Ireland

B.date11/11/1958

Age23 years

positionDefender

Whyte

Christopher Whyte

England

B.date02/09/1961

Age20 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Sansom

Kenny Sansom

England

B.date26/09/1958

Age23 years

H1m68

positionLeft full-back

Robson

Stewart Robson

England

B.date06/11/1964

Age17 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Davis

Paul Davis

England

B.date09/12/1961

Age20 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Talbot

Brian Talbot

England

B.date21/07/1953

Age28 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Rix

Graham Rix

England

B.date23/10/1957

Age24 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Sunderland

Alan Sunderland

England

B.date01/07/1953

Age28 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	George Wood		29	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Gorman	46	18	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hollins		35	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Devine		23	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Christopher Whyte		20	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Sansom		23	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stewart Robson		17	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Davis		20	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Talbot		28	181	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Rix		24	259	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Sunderland		28	218	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Raphael Meade	46	19	15	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

John Devine

David O'Leary

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

Success rate in this team:

30 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Sexton vs Arsenal

11 victories

9 draws

15 losses

Latest figure on March 20, 1982

Sexton vs Neill

6 victories

4 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on March 20, 1982

Manager

Age

Match num

Terry Neill

323

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Neill vs Coventry

9 victories

7 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on March 20, 1982

Neill vs Sexton

9 victories

4 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on March 20, 1982

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Comments

Key figures

Coventry keeps its 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 09/03/1982).

End of streak for Coventry after 6 consecutive losses at home in Premier League (since 12/12/1981). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 03/03/1979 (3 matches)

Graham Rix played his game number 10 vs in his professional career

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCoventry 3-1 Sheffield Wednesday02/01/1982

LCoventry 2-4 Ipswich Town16/01/1982

LCoventry 0-1 Brighton & Hove30/01/1982

VCoventry 4-0 Oxford United13/02/1982

LCoventry 1-5 Notts County16/02/1982

LCoventry 0-1 Nottingham Forest09/03/1982

Overall

LLiverpool 4-0 Coventry20/02/1982

LAston Villa 2-1 Coventry27/02/1982

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Coventry06/03/1982

LCoventry 0-1 Nottingham Forest09/03/1982

DSwansea 0-0 Coventry13/03/1982

VManchester United 0-1 Coventry17/03/1982

Current form

Away

LTottenham 1-0 Arsenal02/01/1982

VStoke City 0-1 Arsenal20/01/1982

LSouthampton 3-1 Arsenal23/01/1982

DSunderland 0-0 Arsenal06/02/1982

DManchester United 0-0 Arsenal20/02/1982

DManchester City 0-0 Arsenal06/03/1982

Overall

VArsenal 1-0 Middlesbrough16/02/1982

DManchester United 0-0 Arsenal20/02/1982

LArsenal 0-2 Swansea27/02/1982

DManchester City 0-0 Arsenal06/03/1982

VArsenal 1-0 Ipswich Town13/03/1982

DArsenal 2-2 West Bromwich Albion16/03/1982

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	8	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	3	1
Unbeaten streak	3	3
Winless streak	4	1
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	3	0
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	3	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

30	Number of games (Competition total)	29
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
7	Victories (Competition total)	14
5	Victories (Home / Away)	5
7	Draws (Competition total)	8
2	Draws (Home / Away)	4
16	Losses (Competition total)	7
7	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

37	Goals scored (Competition total)	25
22	Goals scored (Home / Away)	12
52	Goals conceded (Competition total)	20
22	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
1.23	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.86
1.57	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.86
1.73	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.69
1.57	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.93

Betting aid

18	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	7
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	17
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	7
11	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	10
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
0-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (4 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 Hunt	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Alan Sunderland
Mark Hateley	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Alan Sunderland
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	John Hollins
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	John Hollins
Steve Whitton	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Alan Sunderland

Historical head to head

Home

16 matches

3 v

6 d

7 l

20 gf

21 ga

Away

17 matches

2 v

5 d

10 l

13 gf

31 ga

Total

33 matches

5 v

11 d

17 l

33 gf

52 ga

Historical head to head

Home

17 matches

10 v

5 d

2 l

31 gf

13 ga

Away

16 matches

7 v

6 d

3 l

21 gf

20 ga

Total

33 matches

17 v

11 d

5 l

52 gf

33 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	November 23, 1974
Home	3 - 0	November 23, 1974

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	October 11, 1975
Away	3 - 1	October 24, 1970

Latest head to head

October 31, 1981 - Division 1 1981/1982

Arsenal

1 - 0

Coventry

January 31, 1981 - Division 1 1980/1981

Arsenal

2 - 2

Coventry

August 23, 1980 - Division 1 1980/1981

Coventry

3 - 1

Arsenal

May 03, 1980 - Division 1 1979/1980

Coventry

0 - 1

Arsenal

December 08, 1979 - Division 1 1979/1980

Arsenal

3 - 1

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Brian Alderson	3 goals	1972 - 1974
David Cross	2 goals	1973 - 1974
Alan Green	2 goals	1976 - 1977
Neil Martin	2 goals	1970 - 1970
Colin Stein	2 goals	1974 - 1974
Ernie Hunt	2 goals	1968 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Frank Stapleton	9 goals	1976 - 1981
John Radford	5 goals	1968 - 1974
Brian Kidd	4 goals	1975 - 1975
George Graham	4 goals	1967 - 1972
Malcolm Macdonald	4 goals	1976 - 1977
Ray Kennedy	3 goals	1970 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Mick Coop	21 matches	1968 - 1980
Tommy Hutchison	14 matches	1972 - 1979
Billy Glazier	13 matches	1967 - 1974
Willie Carr	12 matches	1967 - 1974
Dennis Mortimer	10 matches	1970 - 1975
Chris Cattlin	9 matches	1968 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Pat Rice	23 matches	1970 - 1980
Peter Simpson	19 matches	1967 - 1977
Peter Storey	18 matches	1967 - 1977
George Armstrong	18 matches	1967 - 1977
Robert McNab	16 matches	1967 - 1975
John Radford	15 matches	1968 - 1976