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Coventry 4-3 Man United - March 20, 1979 / Division 1 1978/1979

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2' - Goal Barry Powell2

8' - Goal Garry Thompson8

36' - Goal Steve Coppell

42' - Goal Tommy Hutchison42

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47' - Goal Bobby McDonald47

64' - Goal Sammy McIlroy

89' - Goal Steve Coppell

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

4 - 3

Man United

Coventry Man United

Team line-ups

Coventry

Sealey

Les Sealey

England

B.date29/09/1957

Age21 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Holton

Jim Holton

Scotland

B.date11/04/1951

Age27 years

positionDefender

Hagan

James Hagan

Northern Ireland

B.date10/10/1956

Age22 years

positionDefender

Coop

Mick Coop

England

B.date10/07/1948

Age30 years

positionRight full-back

McDonald47

Bobby McDonald

Scotland

B.date13/04/1955

Age23 years

positionLeft full-back

Nardiello

Donato Nardiello

Wales

B.date09/04/1957

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Yorath

Terry Yorath

Wales

B.date27/03/1950

Age28 years

H1m77

positionMidfield

Powell2

Barry Powell

England

B.date29/01/1954

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Hutchison42

Tommy Hutchison

Scotland

B.date22/09/1947

Age31 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Thompson8

Garry Thompson

England

B.date07/10/1959

Age19 years

H1m85

positionForward

Wallace

Ian Wallace

Scotland

B.date23/05/1956

Age22 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Les Sealey		21	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jim Holton		27	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	James Hagan		22	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Coop		30	367	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bobby McDonald	47	23	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Donato Nardiello		21	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry Yorath		28	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Barry Powell	2	25	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Hutchison	42	31	264	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garry Thompson	8	19	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Wallace		22	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

112

Man United

Bailey

Gary Bailey

England

B.date09/08/1958

Age20 years

positionGoalkeeper

McQueen

Gordon McQueen

Scotland

B.date26/06/1952

Age26 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Greenhoff

Brian Greenhoff

England

B.date28/04/1953

Age25 years

H1m75

positionCentral defender

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age30 years

positionCentral defender

Albiston

Arthur Albiston

Scotland

B.date14/07/1957

Age21 years

H1m71

positionLeft full-back

Nicholl

Jimmy Nicholl

Northern Ireland

B.date28/12/1956

Age22 years

positionRight full-back

McIlroy64

Sammy McIlroy

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1954

Age24 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Thomas

Mickey Thomas

Wales

B.date07/07/1954

Age24 years

H1m68

positionLeft Midfielder

Coppell8936

Steve Coppell

England

B.date09/07/1955

Age23 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Greenhoff

Jimmy Greenhoff

England

B.date19/06/1946

Age32 years

positionStriker

Jordan

Joe Jordan

Scotland

B.date15/12/1951

Age27 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Bailey		20	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon McQueen		26	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Greenhoff		25	213	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan		30	278	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arthur Albiston		21	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Nicholl		22	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy McIlroy	64	24	257	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mickey Thomas		24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Coppell	8936	23	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Greenhoff		32	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Jordan		27	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

127

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

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

Brian Greenhoff

Ashley Grimes

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Milne

222

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Milne vs Man United

2 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on March 20, 1979

Milne vs Sexton

3 victories

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on March 20, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Sexton vs Coventry

14 victories

7 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on March 20, 1979

Sexton vs Milne

4 victories

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on March 20, 1979

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Key figures

It's the first time Steve Coppell scores at least 2 goals during the same game vs Coventry in his professional career

The last time Coventry has conceded at least 3 goals vs Man United, It was on the 01/04/1972

End of streak for Coventry after 5 consecutive matches without a win vs Man United (since 27/08/1975). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 12/09/1970 (3 matches)

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DCoventry 2-2 West Bromwich Albion09/01/1979

LCoventry 1-3 Tottenham10/02/1979

LCoventry 0-3 Manchester City24/02/1979

LCoventry 1-3 West Bromwich Albion03/03/1979

DCoventry 0-0 Liverpool06/03/1979

DCoventry 2-2 Bolton Wanderers17/03/1979

Overall

LCoventry 0-3 Manchester City24/02/1979

LCoventry 1-3 West Bromwich Albion03/03/1979

DCoventry 0-0 Liverpool06/03/1979

DBirmingham City 0-0 Coventry10/03/1979

DIpswich Town 1-1 Coventry13/03/1979

DCoventry 2-2 Bolton Wanderers17/03/1979

Current form

Away

LBolton Wanderers 3-0 Manchester United22/12/1978

DFulham 1-1 Manchester United31/01/1979

VManchester City 0-3 Manchester United10/02/1979

VColchester United 0-1 Manchester United20/02/1979

VBristol City 1-2 Manchester United03/03/1979

DTottenham 1-1 Manchester United10/03/1979

Overall

VColchester United 0-1 Manchester United20/02/1979

DManchester United 1-1 Aston Villa24/02/1979

VManchester United 2-0 Queens Park Rangers28/02/1979

VBristol City 1-2 Manchester United03/03/1979

DTottenham 1-1 Manchester United10/03/1979

VManchester United 2-0 Tottenham14/03/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Winless streak	6	6
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	5	8
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	5	8
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

31	Number of games (Competition total)	27
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
10	Victories (Competition total)	12
7	Victories (Home / Away)	6
11	Draws (Competition total)	7
6	Draws (Home / Away)	3
10	Losses (Competition total)	8
3	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

37	Goals scored (Competition total)	40
26	Goals scored (Home / Away)	21
49	Goals conceded (Competition total)	43
23	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	24
1.19	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.48
1.63	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.62
1.58	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.59
1.44	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.85

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
12	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
17	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
11	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
0-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-3 (3 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Ian Wallace	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Jimmy Greenhoff
Ian Wallace	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Jimmy Greenhoff
Barry Powell	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Jimmy Greenhoff
Barry Powell	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Ian Wallace	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Jimmy Greenhoff

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

8 v

3 d

4 l

21 gf

15 ga

Away

14 matches

3 v

4 d

7 l

15 gf

27 ga

Total

29 matches

11 v

7 d

11 l

36 gf

42 ga

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

7 v

4 d

3 l

27 gf

15 ga

Away

15 matches

4 v

3 d

8 l

15 gf

21 ga

Total

29 matches

11 v

7 d

11 l

42 gf

36 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

December 31, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Coventry

3 - 0

Man United

August 24, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Man United

2 - 1

Coventry

January 15, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Man United

2 - 0

Coventry

August 24, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Coventry

0 - 2

Man United

February 07, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

Coventry

1 - 1

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
Neil Martin	2 goals	1969 - 1970
Maurice Setters	1 goal	1968 - 1968

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	4 goals	1976 - 1977
John Aston	3 goals	1967 - 1969
Denis Law	2 goals	1969 - 1971
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	14 matches	1967 - 1977
Billy Glazier	13 matches	1967 - 1974
Chris Cattlin	11 matches	1968 - 1974
Willie Carr	10 matches	1968 - 1972
Ernie Machin	9 matches	1967 - 1972
Jeff Blockley	8 matches	1969 - 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
Bobby Charlton	12 matches	1963 - 1973
George Best	12 matches	1967 - 1973
Martin Buchan	11 matches	1972 - 1977
Sammy McIlroy	10 matches	1971 - 1977
Brian Kidd	9 matches	1967 - 1974