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WBA 4-1 Coventry - October 27, 1979 / Division 1 1979/1980

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Division 1 1979/1980 - Round 13

The Hawthorns - West Bromwich - England

October 27, 1979

4 - 1

Coventry

Ally Brown

(penalty) Tony Brown

Ally Brown

Tony Brown

Mick Coop

logo West Bromwich Albion WBA

0' - Goal Ally Brown photo Tony Brown

0' - Goal Tony Brown0

0' - Goal Mick Coop

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0' - Goal Ally Brown photo Tony Brown

0' - Goal Tony Brown0

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Team line-ups

WBA

Godden

Tony Godden

England

B.date02/08/1955

Age24 years

positionGoalkeeper

Robertson

Ally Robertson

Scotland

B.date09/09/1952

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Statham

Derek Statham

England

B.date24/03/1959

Age20 years

positionDefender

Ally Brown00

Ally Brown

Scotland

B.date12/04/1951

Age28 years

positionDefender

Batson

Brendon Batson

England

B.date06/02/1953

Age26 years

positionRight full-back

Owen

Gary Owen

England

B.date07/07/1958

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Robson

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/01/1957

Age22 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Tony Brown00

Tony Brown

England

B.date03/10/1945

Age34 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Wile

John Wile

England

B.date09/03/1947

Age32 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Deehan

John Deehan

England

B.date06/08/1957

Age22 years

positionForward

Mills

David Mills

England

B.date06/12/1951

Age27 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Tony Godden	24	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Robertson	27	231	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Statham	20	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Brown	28	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brendon Batson	26	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Owen	21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Robson	22	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Brown	34	482	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Wile	32	258	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Deehan	22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Mills	27	28	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

145

Coventry

Sealey

Les Sealey

England

B.date29/09/1957

Age22 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Holton

Jim Holton

Scotland

B.date11/04/1951

Age28 years

positionDefender

Jones

Dave Jones

England

B.date17/08/1956

Age23 years

positionFull-back

McDonald

Bobby McDonald

Scotland

B.date13/04/1955

Age24 years

positionLeft full-back

Coop0

Mick Coop

England

B.date10/07/1948

Age31 years

positionRight full-back

Hunt

Steve Hunt

England

B.date04/08/1956

Age23 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Gooding

Ray Gooding

England

B.date16/02/1959

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Hutchison

Tommy Hutchison

Scotland

B.date22/09/1947

Age32 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Blair

Andy Blair

Scotland

B.date18/12/1959

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Wallace

Ian Wallace

Scotland

B.date23/05/1956

Age23 years

positionForward

English

Thomas English

England

B.date18/10/1961

Age18 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Les Sealey	22	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jim Holton	28	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dave Jones	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bobby McDonald	24	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Coop	31	382	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Hunt	23	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Gooding	20	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Hutchison	32	287	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Blair	19	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Wallace	23	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Thomas English	18	9	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

106

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ally Robertson

Garry Pendrey

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Atkinson

100

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Atkinson vs Coventry

5 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on October 27, 1979

Atkinson vs Milne

5 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on October 27, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Milne

248

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Milne vs WBA

0 victory

4 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on October 27, 1979

Milne vs Atkinson

0 victory

2 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on October 27, 1979

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Key figures

WBA keeps its 3 consecutive wins at home running (since 10/10/1979).

Coventry keeps its 10 consecutive matches without a draw away from home running (since 28/04/1979). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 16/01/1974-15/04/1974 time period (11 matches).

WBA keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Coventry in Premier League running (since 17/09/1976). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 19 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWest Bromwich Albion 4-0 Manchester City15/09/1979

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-1 Coventry26/09/1979

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Brighton & Hove29/09/1979

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Carl Zeiss Jena03/10/1979

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Manchester United10/10/1979

VWest Bromwich Albion 4-0 Southampton20/10/1979

Overall

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Brighton & Hove29/09/1979

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Carl Zeiss Jena03/10/1979

LMiddlesbrough 2-1 West Bromwich Albion06/10/1979

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Manchester United10/10/1979

DAston Villa 0-0 West Bromwich Albion13/10/1979

VWest Bromwich Albion 4-0 Southampton20/10/1979

Current form

Away

VIpswich Town 0-1 Coventry29/08/1979

LLiverpool 4-0 Coventry08/09/1979

LManchester City 3-0 Coventry22/09/1979

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-1 Coventry26/09/1979

LBristol City 1-0 Coventry09/10/1979

VSouthampton 2-3 Coventry13/10/1979

Overall

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-1 Coventry26/09/1979

DCoventry 1-1 Tottenham29/09/1979

VCoventry 2-1 Everton06/10/1979

LBristol City 1-0 Coventry09/10/1979

VSouthampton 2-3 Coventry13/10/1979

VCoventry 2-1 Brighton & Hove20/10/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Drawless streak	3	1
Scoring streak	8	1
Invincibility streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	9	4
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	5	9

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

12	Number of games (Competition total)	12
6	Number of games (Home / Away)	6
3	Victories (Competition total)	6
3	Victories (Home / Away)	1
5	Draws (Competition total)	1
2	Draws (Home / Away)	0
4	Losses (Competition total)	5
1	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

16	Goals scored (Competition total)	19
13	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
15	Goals conceded (Competition total)	22
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	17
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.58
2.17	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.83
1.17	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.83

Betting aid

6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
5	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
4-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-3 (1 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	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Ian Wallace
Bryan Robson	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Ian Wallace
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Barry Powell
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Barry Powell
Bryan Robson	5 goals during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	7 goals during the last 7 matches	Ian Wallace

Historical head to head

Home

17 matches

9 v

5 d

3 l

40 gf

16 ga

Away

16 matches

4 v

6 d

6 l

23 gf

26 ga

Total

33 matches

13 v

11 d

9 l

63 gf

42 ga

Historical head to head

Home

16 matches

6 v

6 d

4 l

26 gf

23 ga

Away

17 matches

3 v

5 d

9 l

16 gf

40 ga

Total

33 matches

9 v

11 d

13 l

42 gf

63 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	October 21, 1978
Home	7 - 1	October 21, 1978

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	August 12, 1969
Away	2 - 1	January 15, 1972

Latest head to head

September 26, 1979 - League Cup 1979/1980

WBA

2 - 1

Coventry

March 03, 1979 - Division 1 1978/1979

Coventry

1 - 3

WBA

January 15, 1979 - FA Cup 1978/1979

WBA

4 - 0

Coventry

January 09, 1979 - FA Cup 1978/1979

Coventry

2 - 2

WBA

October 21, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

WBA

7 - 1

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Tony Brown	7 goals	1968 - 1978
John Wile	4 goals	1972 - 1978
Jeff Astle	3 goals	1967 - 1968
Ronnie Rees	2 goals	1968 - 1968
John Trewick	2 goals	1978 - 1978
Cyrille Regis	2 goals	1978 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against WBA

Ernie Hunt	5 goals	1968 - 1971
Willie Carr	3 goals	1969 - 1969
Ferguson Michael	3 goals	1976 - 1978
Ronnie Rees	2 goals	1967 - 1967
Ernie Machin	2 goals	1967 - 1968
Ernest Hannigan	1 goal	1968 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Tony Brown	17 matches	1968 - 1978
John Wile	13 matches	1970 - 1979
Ally Robertson	10 matches	1972 - 1979
Len Cantello	9 matches	1970 - 1978
Asa Hartford	9 matches	1968 - 1972
John Kaye	8 matches	1967 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

Billy Glazier	13 matches	1967 - 1972
Mick Coop	13 matches	1967 - 1979
Willie Carr	11 matches	1968 - 1972
Chris Cattlin	9 matches	1968 - 1972
Dave Clements	8 matches	1967 - 1971
Jeff Blockley	7 matches	1969 - 1972