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Aston Villa 1-1 Coventry - March 28, 1979 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Round 18

Villa Park - Birmingham - England

March 28, 1979

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Coventry

Allan Evans

Garry Thompson

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0' - Goal Allan Evans0

0' - Goal Garry Thompson

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Coventry

Aston Villa Coventry

Team line-ups

Aston Villa

Rimmer

Jimmy Rimmer

England

B.date10/02/1948

Age31 years

positionGoalkeeper

Williams

Gary Williams

England

B.date17/06/1960

Age18 years

positionDefender

Evans0

Allan Evans

Scotland

B.date12/10/1956

Age22 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Swain

Kenny Swain

England

B.date28/01/1952

Age27 years

positionRight full-back

Gregory

John Gregory

England

B.date11/05/1954

Age24 years

positionVersatile Midfielder

Linton

Ivor Linton

England

B.date20/11/1959

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Cowans

Gordon Cowans

England

B.date27/10/1958

Age20 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Craig

Tommy Craig

Scotland

B.date21/11/1950

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Mortimer

Dennis Mortimer

England

B.date05/04/1952

Age26 years

positionCentre Midfield

Gray

Andy Gray

Scotland

B.date30/11/1955

Age23 years

positionForward

Little

Brian Little

England

B.date25/11/1953

Age25 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Rimmer	31	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Williams	18	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Allan Evans	22	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Swain	27	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Gregory	24	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ivor Linton	19	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Cowans	20	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Craig	28	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Mortimer	26	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Gray	23	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Little	25	124	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

Coventry

Sealey

Les Sealey

England

B.date29/09/1957

Age21 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Holton

Jim Holton

Scotland

B.date11/04/1951

Age27 years

positionDefender

Roberts

Brian Roberts

England

B.date06/11/1955

Age23 years

H1m73

positionDefender

McDonald

Bobby McDonald

Scotland

B.date13/04/1955

Age23 years

positionLeft full-back

Coop

Mick Coop

England

B.date10/07/1948

Age30 years

positionRight full-back

Hutchison

Tommy Hutchison

Scotland

B.date22/09/1947

Age31 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Nardiello

Donato Nardiello

Wales

B.date09/04/1957

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Powell

Barry Powell

England

B.date29/01/1954

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Yorath

Terry Yorath

Wales

B.date27/03/1950

Age29 years

H1m77

positionMidfield

Thompson0

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	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jim Holton	27	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Roberts	23	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bobby McDonald	23	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Coop	30	369	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Hutchison	31	266	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Donato Nardiello	21	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Barry Powell	25	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry Yorath	29	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garry Thompson	19	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Wallace	22	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

117

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ivor Linton

John Gidman

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jim Holton

James Hagan

OUT

Ian Wallace

Andy Blair

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Saunders

248

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Saunders vs Coventry

4 victories

7 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on March 28, 1979

Saunders vs Milne

3 victories

4 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on March 28, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Milne

224

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Milne vs Aston Villa

0 victory

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on March 28, 1979

Milne vs Saunders

0 victory

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on March 28, 1979

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Key figures

Aston Villa keeps its 11 matches with at least one goal scored vs Coventry running (since 30/10/1937). It's a record streak. The first of history

Aston Villa keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Coventry at home running (since 20/11/1976). It's a record streak. The first of history

Ian Wallace played his game number 100 in Premier League

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DAston Villa 1-1 Norwich City16/12/1978

DAston Villa 2-2 Leeds United26/12/1978

VAston Villa 1-0 Birmingham City03/03/1979

VAston Villa 3-0 Bolton Wanderers07/03/1979

VAston Villa 3-1 Queens Park Rangers20/03/1979

LAston Villa 2-3 Tottenham24/03/1979

Overall

DManchester United 1-1 Aston Villa24/02/1979

VAston Villa 1-0 Birmingham City03/03/1979

VAston Villa 3-0 Bolton Wanderers07/03/1979

LMiddlesbrough 2-0 Aston Villa10/03/1979

VAston Villa 3-1 Queens Park Rangers20/03/1979

LAston Villa 2-3 Tottenham24/03/1979

Current form

Away

LWest Bromwich Albion 4-0 Coventry15/01/1979

LLeeds United 1-0 Coventry03/02/1979

VChelsea 1-3 Coventry21/02/1979

DBirmingham City 0-0 Coventry10/03/1979

DIpswich Town 1-1 Coventry13/03/1979

LNottingham Forest 3-0 Coventry24/03/1979

Overall

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

VCoventry 4-3 Manchester United20/03/1979

LNottingham Forest 3-0 Coventry24/03/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	4	5
Scoring streak	7	2
Conceding streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	3	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

28	Number of games (Competition total)	33
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
10	Victories (Competition total)	11
5	Victories (Home / Away)	3
11	Draws (Competition total)	11
6	Draws (Home / Away)	5
7	Losses (Competition total)	11
3	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

37	Goals scored (Competition total)	41
21	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
27	Goals conceded (Competition total)	55
16	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	29
1.32	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.24
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.69
0.96	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.67
1.14	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.81

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	18
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	13
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	9
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	18
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
1-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (3 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

John Gregory	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Ian Wallace
Andy Gray	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Ferguson Michael
John Gidman	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Barry Powell
John Gidman	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
John Gidman	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 7 matches	Garry Thompson

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

3 v

4 d

0 l

10 gf

4 ga

Away

6 matches

3 v

1 d

2 l

9 gf

8 ga

Total

13 matches

6 v

5 d

2 l

19 gf

12 ga

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

2 v

1 d

3 l

8 gf

9 ga

Away

7 matches

0 v

4 d

3 l

4 gf

10 ga

Total

13 matches

2 v

5 d

6 l

12 gf

19 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	January 09, 1965
Home	3 - 0	January 09, 1965

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	January 05, 1946
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

March 21, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Coventry

2 - 3

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

December 26, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Coventry

April 16, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Coventry

2 - 3

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

November 20, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Aston Villa

2 - 2

Coventry

April 13, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

Coventry

1 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Andy Gray	2 goals	1976 - 1978
John Deehan	2 goals	1977 - 1977
Brian Little	2 goals	1977 - 1978
Ken McNaught	1 goal	1978 - 1978
Ray Graydon	1 goal	1975 - 1975
Chris Nicholl	1 goal	1976 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Ian Wallace	3 goals	1977 - 1977
Ferguson Michael	2 goals	1976 - 1976
Bobby McDonald	2 goals	1978 - 1978
Mick Coop	1 goal	1976 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Leighton Phillips	6 matches	1975 - 1978
Dennis Mortimer	5 matches	1976 - 1978
Brian Little	5 matches	1975 - 1978
Frank Carrodus	5 matches	1975 - 1978
Gordon Smith	4 matches	1976 - 1978
Chris Nicholl	4 matches	1975 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Mick Coop	6 matches	1975 - 1978
Tommy Hutchison	6 matches	1975 - 1978
Barry Powell	5 matches	1976 - 1978
John Beck	4 matches	1976 - 1978
Jim Blyth	4 matches	1976 - 1978
Bobby McDonald	4 matches	1976 - 1978