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Coventry 5-4 Norwich City - December 27, 1977 / Division 1 1977/1978

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Division 1 1977/1978 - Round 22

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

December 27, 1977

Coventry

5 - 4

Norwich City

Bobby McDonald

Ray Gooding

Barry Powell

Ian Wallace

Ray Graydon

John Ryan (penalty)

Martin Peters

Kevin Reeves

logo Coventry COV

0' - Goal Bobby McDonald photo Ray Gooding

0' - Goal Ray Gooding photo Barry Powell

0' - Goal Barry Powell photo Ian Wallace

0' - Goal Ian Wallace photo Ray Graydon

0' - Goal Ray Graydon0

0' - Goal John Ryan photo Martin Peters

0' - Goal Martin Peters photo Kevin Reeves

0' - Goal Kevin Reeves photo Kevin Reeves

0' - Goal Kevin Reeves

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

5 - 4

Norwich City

Coventry Norwich City

Team line-ups

Coventry

Blyth

Jim Blyth

Scotland

B.date02/02/1955

Age22 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Roberts

Brian Roberts

England

B.date06/11/1955

Age22 years

H1m73

positionDefender

McDonald0

Bobby McDonald

Scotland

B.date13/04/1955

Age22 years

positionLeft full-back

Gooding0

Ray Gooding

England

B.date16/02/1959

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Hutchison

Tommy Hutchison

Scotland

B.date22/09/1947

Age30 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Powell0

Barry Powell

England

B.date29/01/1954

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Beck

John Beck

England

B.date25/05/1954

Age23 years

positionCentre Midfield

Yorath

Terry Yorath

Wales

B.date27/03/1950

Age27 years

H1m77

positionMidfield

Wallace0

Ian Wallace

Scotland

B.date23/05/1956

Age21 years

positionForward

Michael

Ferguson Michael

England

B.date03/10/1954

Age23 years

positionForward

Graydon0

Ray Graydon

England

B.date21/07/1947

Age30 years

positionWinger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Jim Blyth	22	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Roberts	22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bobby McDonald	22	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Gooding	18	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Hutchison	30	214	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Barry Powell	23	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Beck	23	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry Yorath	27	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Wallace	21	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ferguson Michael	23	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ray Graydon	30	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Norwich City

Keelan

Kevin Keelan

England

B.date05/01/1941

Age36 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Jones

David Jones

Wales

B.date11/02/1952

Age25 years

positionDefender

Sullivan

Colin Sullivan

England

B.date24/06/1951

Age26 years

positionDefender

Suggett

Colin Suggett

England

B.date30/12/1948

Age28 years

positionDefender

Bond

Kevin Bond

England

B.date22/06/1957

Age20 years

positionCentral defender

Powell

Tony Powell

England

B.date11/06/1947

Age30 years

H1m85

positionDefender

Gibbins

Roger Gibbins

England

B.date06/09/1955

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Ryan0

John Ryan

England

B.date20/07/1947

Age30 years

positionMidfield

Peters0

Martin Peters

England

B.date08/11/1943

Age34 years

H1m84

positionOffensive Midfielder

Reeves00

Kevin Reeves

England

B.date20/10/1957

Age20 years

positionForward

Neighbour

Jimmy Neighbour

England

B.date15/11/1950

Age27 years

positionRight Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Kevin Keelan	36	204	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Jones	25	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Sullivan	26	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Suggett	28	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Bond	20	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Powell	30	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roger Gibbins	22	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Ryan	30	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Peters	34	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Reeves	20	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Neighbour	27	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ray Gooding

Mick Coop

OUT

John Beck

Graham Oakey

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kevin Reeves

Graham Paddon

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Milne

166

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Milne vs Norwich City

5 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 27, 1977

Milne vs Bond

5 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 27, 1977

Manager

Age

Match num

John Bond

202

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Bond vs Coventry

1 victory

0 draw

6 losses

Latest figure on December 27, 1977

Bond vs Milne

1 victory

0 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on December 27, 1977

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Key figures

It's the first time since the 15/03/1975 (Ipswich Town vs Newcastle United ) that a game ends with 5-4 in Premier League

It's the first time in his career that Ray Gooding scores at least 1 goals during the same game in Premier League

Coventry keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw vs Norwich City at home in Premier League running (since 16/12/1972). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 37 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DCoventry 1-1 Ipswich Town22/10/1977

VCoventry 1-0 West Ham05/11/1977

VCoventry 4-1 Queens Park Rangers19/11/1977

DCoventry 1-1 Bristol City03/12/1977

LCoventry 1-2 Arsenal17/12/1977

LCoventry 0-2 Liverpool20/12/1977

Overall

DLiverpool 2-2 Coventry29/11/1977

DCoventry 1-1 Bristol City03/12/1977

LNottingham Forest 2-1 Coventry10/12/1977

LCoventry 1-2 Arsenal17/12/1977

LCoventry 0-2 Liverpool20/12/1977

DAston Villa 1-1 Coventry26/12/1977

Current form

Away

LAston Villa 3-0 Norwich City15/10/1977

DDerby County 2-2 Norwich City29/10/1977

DLeeds United 2-2 Norwich City05/11/1977

LManchester United 1-0 Norwich City19/11/1977

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Norwich City03/12/1977

DChelsea 1-1 Norwich City17/12/1977

Overall

LManchester United 1-0 Norwich City19/11/1977

VNorwich City 1-0 Birmingham City26/11/1977

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Norwich City03/12/1977

VNorwich City 2-1 Liverpool10/12/1977

DChelsea 1-1 Norwich City17/12/1977

VNorwich City 1-0 Ipswich Town26/12/1977

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	3	7
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	4	9

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Winless streak	10	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	21
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
9	Victories (Competition total)	9
5	Victories (Home / Away)	1
6	Draws (Competition total)	8
3	Draws (Home / Away)	5
6	Losses (Competition total)	4
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

34	Goals scored (Competition total)	23
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
32	Goals conceded (Competition total)	23
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
1.62	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.1
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.9
1.52	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.1
1.3	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.8

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
18	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	10
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
1-2 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-3 (2 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	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Roger Gibbins
Ferguson Michael	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Kevin Reeves
Mick Coop	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	John Ryan
Mick Coop	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Ian Wallace	5 goals during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	John Ryan

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

11 v

1 d

0 l

23 gf

3 ga

Away

11 matches

3 v

6 d

2 l

15 gf

11 ga

Total

23 matches

14 v

7 d

2 l

38 gf

14 ga

Historical head to head

Home

11 matches

2 v

6 d

3 l

11 gf

15 ga

Away

12 matches

0 v

1 d

11 l

3 gf

23 ga

Total

23 matches

2 v

7 d

14 l

14 gf

38 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	February 21, 1976
Home	3 - 0	April 10, 1965

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	February 19, 1977
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

February 19, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Norwich City

3 - 0

Coventry

September 11, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Coventry

2 - 0

Norwich City logo Norwich City

February 21, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

Norwich City

0 - 3

Coventry

November 15, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Coventry

1 - 0

Norwich City logo Norwich City

January 04, 1975 - FA Cup 1974/1975

Coventry

2 - 0

Norwich City logo Norwich City

Best historical scorers against Norwich City

Ferguson Michael	2 goals	1976 - 1976
Dennis Mortimer	2 goals	1974 - 1975
Colin Stein	2 goals	1972 - 1972
John Craven	1 goal	1976 - 1976
Brian Alderson	1 goal	1972 - 1972
David Cross	1 goal	1976 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/12/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Viv Busby	2 goals	1977 - 1977
Kevin Reeves	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Trevor Howard	1 goal	1972 - 1972
David Cross	1 goal	1973 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/12/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Norwich City

Mick Coop	8 matches	1972 - 1977
Alan Dugdale	8 matches	1972 - 1977
Tommy Hutchison	7 matches	1972 - 1977
James Holmes	6 matches	1973 - 1977
Dennis Mortimer	4 matches	1972 - 1975
Barry Powell	4 matches	1975 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/12/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Kevin Keelan	8 matches	1972 - 1977
Duncan Forbes	6 matches	1973 - 1976
Colin Suggett	5 matches	1973 - 1976
Dave Stringer	5 matches	1972 - 1976
Martin Peters	4 matches	1975 - 1977
Philip Boyer	4 matches	1974 - 1976