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Coventry 0-2 Man United - April 11, 1981 / Division 1 1980/1981

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Division 1 1980/1981 - Round 38

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

April 11, 1981

Coventry

0 - 2

Man United

Joe Jordan

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

0 - 2

Man United

Coventry Man United

Team line-ups

Coventry

Sealey

Les Sealey

England

B.date29/09/1957

Age23 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Roberts

Brian Roberts

England

B.date06/11/1955

Age25 years

H1m73

positionDefender

Gillespie

Gary Gillespie

Scotland

B.date05/07/1960

Age20 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Dyson

Paul Dyson

England

B.date27/12/1959

Age21 years

positionDefender

Coop

Mick Coop

England

B.date10/07/1948

Age32 years

positionRight full-back

Thomas

Danny Thomas

England

B.date12/11/1961

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Hunt

Steve Hunt

England

B.date04/08/1956

Age24 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Daly

Gerry Daly

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1954

Age26 years

positionMidfield

English

Thomas English

England

B.date18/10/1961

Age19 years

positionForward

Thompson

Garry Thompson

England

B.date07/10/1959

Age21 years

H1m85

positionForward

Bannister

Gary Bannister

England

B.date22/07/1960

Age20 years

H1m70

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Les Sealey	23	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Roberts	25	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Gillespie	20	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Dyson	21	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Coop	32	433	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Thomas	19	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Hunt	24	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Daly	26	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Thomas English	19	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garry Thompson	21	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gary Bannister	20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

100

Man United

Bailey

Gary Bailey

England

B.date09/08/1958

Age22 years

positionGoalkeeper

Moran

Kevin Moran

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/04/1956

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age32 years

positionCentral defender

McQueen

Gordon McQueen

Scotland

B.date26/06/1952

Age28 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Duxbury

Mike Duxbury

England

B.date01/09/1959

Age21 years

positionRight full-back

Albiston

Arthur Albiston

Scotland

B.date14/07/1957

Age23 years

H1m71

positionLeft full-back

Wilkins

Ray Wilkins

England

B.date14/09/1956

Age24 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Macari

Lou Macari

Scotland

B.date04/06/1949

Age31 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Coppell

Steve Coppell

England

B.date09/07/1955

Age25 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Birtles

Garry Birtles

England

B.date27/07/1956

Age24 years

H1m83

positionForward

Jordan00

Joe Jordan

Scotland

B.date15/12/1951

Age29 years

H1m85

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Bailey	22	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Moran	24	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan	32	366	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon McQueen	28	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Duxbury	21	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arthur Albiston	23	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Wilkins	24	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lou Macari	31	314	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Coppell	25	302	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garry Birtles	24	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Jordan	29	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

152

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gary Bannister

Peter Bodak

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ray Wilkins

Mickey Thomas

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Milne

330

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Milne vs Man United

4 victories

4 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on April 11, 1981

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Key figures

Man United keeps its 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 18/03/1981).

Man United keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 14/03/1981).

Coventry keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a win running (since 21/03/1981).

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LCoventry 1-2 Aston Villa17/01/1981

VCoventry 3-2 Birmingham City24/01/1981

DCoventry 2-2 Wolverhampton07/02/1981

LCoventry 0-4 Ipswich Town28/02/1981

VCoventry 4-1 Leicester14/03/1981

LCoventry 0-1 Tottenham28/03/1981

Overall

LCoventry 0-4 Ipswich Town28/02/1981

LBrighton & Hove 4-1 Coventry07/03/1981

VCoventry 4-1 Leicester14/03/1981

LSunderland 3-0 Coventry21/03/1981

LCoventry 0-1 Tottenham28/03/1981

LLeeds United 3-0 Coventry04/04/1981

Current form

Away

LSunderland 2-0 Manchester United28/01/1981

LLeicester 1-0 Manchester United07/02/1981

LManchester City 1-0 Manchester United21/02/1981

LSouthampton 1-0 Manchester United07/03/1981

DAston Villa 3-3 Manchester United14/03/1981

VEverton 0-1 Manchester United28/03/1981

Overall

LSouthampton 1-0 Manchester United07/03/1981

DAston Villa 3-3 Manchester United14/03/1981

DManchester United 1-1 Nottingham Forest18/03/1981

VManchester United 2-1 Ipswich Town21/03/1981

VEverton 0-1 Manchester United28/03/1981

VManchester United 1-0 Crystal Palace04/04/1981

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	3
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	3	9
Goalless streak	1	3
Conceding streak	8	7

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	2	5
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

37	Number of games (Competition total)	38
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	19
11	Victories (Competition total)	11
8	Victories (Home / Away)	4
8	Draws (Competition total)	18
5	Draws (Home / Away)	7
18	Losses (Competition total)	9
5	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

43	Goals scored (Competition total)	45
28	Goals scored (Home / Away)	18
63	Goals conceded (Competition total)	35
26	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	22
1.16	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.18
1.56	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.95
1.7	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.92
1.44	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.16

Betting aid

24	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	14
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
15	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	15
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	9
18	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
11	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
2-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (5 times)

Bookings

2	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Thomas English	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Joe Jordan
Steve Hunt	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Joe Jordan
Gerry Daly	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Sammy McIlroy
Gerry Daly	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Sammy McIlroy
Thomas English	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 5 matches	Joe Jordan

Historical head to head

Home

18 matches

10 v

3 d

5 l

27 gf

20 ga

Away

18 matches

4 v

6 d

8 l

17 gf

29 ga

Total

36 matches

14 v

9 d

13 l

44 gf

49 ga

Historical head to head

Home

18 matches

8 v

6 d

4 l

29 gf

17 ga

Away

18 matches

5 v

3 d

10 l

20 gf

27 ga

Total

36 matches

13 v

9 d

14 l

49 gf

44 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	December 31, 1977
Home	3 - 0	December 31, 1977

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 25, 1967
Away	2 - 0	August 24, 1976

Latest head to head

November 08, 1980 - Division 1 1980/1981

Man United

0 - 0

Coventry

September 02, 1980 - League Cup 1980/1981

Coventry

1 - 0

Man United

August 26, 1980 - League Cup 1980/1981

Man United

0 - 1

Coventry

April 26, 1980 - Division 1 1979/1980

Man United

2 - 1

Coventry

December 15, 1979 - Division 1 1979/1980

Coventry

1 - 2

Man United

Best historical scorers against Man United

Ernie Hunt	3 goals	1969 - 1971
Brian Alderson	3 goals	1973 - 1974
Willie Carr	2 goals	1971 - 1972
Ian Wallace	2 goals	1977 - 1977
Ferguson Michael	2 goals	1977 - 1979
Neil Martin	2 goals	1969 - 1970

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 Coventry

Bobby Charlton	5 goals	1963 - 1972
George Best	5 goals	1967 - 1973
Lou Macari	5 goals	1976 - 1979
Sammy McIlroy	3 goals	1979 - 1980
John Aston	3 goals	1967 - 1969
Gordon Hill	2 goals	1976 - 1977

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	21 matches	1967 - 1980
Billy Glazier	13 matches	1967 - 1974
Tommy Hutchison	12 matches	1973 - 1980
Chris Cattlin	11 matches	1968 - 1974
Willie Carr	10 matches	1968 - 1972
Ernie Machin	9 matches	1967 - 1972

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

Alex Stepney	18 matches	1967 - 1977
Martin Buchan	17 matches	1972 - 1980
Sammy McIlroy	17 matches	1971 - 1980
Lou Macari	14 matches	1973 - 1980
Steve Coppell	13 matches	1975 - 1980
Bobby Charlton	12 matches	1963 - 1973