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Leeds United 2-0 Coventry - January 21, 1978 / Division 1 1977/1978

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Division 1 1977/1978 - Round 26

Elland Road - Leeds - England

January 21, 1978

Leeds United

2 - 0

Coventry

Ray Hankin

Carl Harris

45'

logo Leeds United LU

0' - Goal Ray Hankin0

45' - Goal Carl Harris45

logo Leeds United LU

46' - Substitution Carl Harrisis substituted by Brian Flynn46

46' - Substitution Barry Powellis substituted by John Beck

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Leeds United

2 - 0

Coventry

Leeds United Coventry

Team line-ups

Leeds United

Harvey

David Harvey

Scotland

B.date07/02/1948

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Cherry

Trevor Cherry

England

B.date23/02/1948

Age29 years

positionDefender

Parkinson

Keith Parkinson

England

B.date28/01/1956

Age21 years

positionDefender

Madeley

Paul Madeley

England

B.date20/09/1944

Age33 years

positionDefender

Reaney

Paul Reaney

England

B.date22/10/1944

Age33 years

positionRight full-back

Frank Gray

Scotland

B.date27/10/1954

Age23 years

positionLeft full-back

Harris4546

Carl Harris

Wales

B.date03/11/1956

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Currie

Tony Currie

England

B.date01/01/1950

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Eddie Gray

Scotland

B.date17/01/1948

Age30 years

positionLeft Winger

Hankin0

Ray Hankin

England

B.date21/02/1956

Age21 years

positionForward

Lorimer

Peter Lorimer

Scotland

B.date14/12/1946

Age31 years

H1m77

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Harvey		29	263	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Trevor Cherry		29	243	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Keith Parkinson		21	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Madeley		33	547	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Reaney		33	579	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Gray		23	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Carl Harris	4546	21	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Currie		28	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Eddie Gray		30	349	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ray Hankin		21	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Lorimer		31	544	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

256

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

Osgood

Keith Osgood

England

B.date08/05/1955

Age22 years

positionDefender

Coop

Mick Coop

England

B.date10/07/1948

Age29 years

positionRight full-back

McDonald

Bobby McDonald

Scotland

B.date13/04/1955

Age22 years

positionLeft full-back

Powell46

Barry Powell

England

B.date29/01/1954

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Yorath

Terry Yorath

Wales

B.date27/03/1950

Age27 years

H1m77

positionMidfield

Hutchison

Tommy Hutchison

Scotland

B.date22/09/1947

Age30 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Graydon

Ray Graydon

England

B.date21/07/1947

Age30 years

positionWinger

Wallace

Ian Wallace

Scotland

B.date23/05/1956

Age21 years

positionForward

Michael

Ferguson Michael

England

B.date03/10/1954

Age23 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jim Blyth		22	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Roberts		22	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Keith Osgood		22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Coop		29	329	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bobby McDonald		22	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Barry Powell	46	23	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry Yorath		27	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Hutchison		30	218	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ray Graydon		30	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Wallace		21	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ferguson Michael		23	81	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Brian Flynn	46	22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		John Beck	46	23	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Jimmy Armfield

176

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Armfield vs Coventry

4 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on January 21, 1978

Armfield vs Milne

4 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on January 21, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Milne

171

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Milne vs Leeds United

2 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on January 21, 1978

Milne vs Armfield

2 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on January 21, 1978

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Key figures

Leeds United keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored vs Coventry at home running (since 25/10/1975). It's a record streak. The first of history

Tony Currie played his game number 250 in Premier League

Barry Powell played his game number 100 in Premier League with

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLeeds United 3-0 Queens Park Rangers03/12/1977

VLeeds United 2-0 Manchester City17/12/1977

VLeeds United 3-1 Everton27/12/1977

LLeeds United 0-2 Newcastle United02/01/1978

LLeeds United 1-2 Manchester City07/01/1978

VLeeds United 4-1 Everton17/01/1978

Overall

VLeeds United 3-1 Everton27/12/1977

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Leeds United31/12/1977

LLeeds United 0-2 Newcastle United02/01/1978

LLeeds United 1-2 Manchester City07/01/1978

VBirmingham City 2-3 Leeds United14/01/1978

VLeeds United 4-1 Everton17/01/1978

Current form

Away

LEverton 6-0 Coventry26/11/1977

DLiverpool 2-2 Coventry29/11/1977

LNottingham Forest 2-1 Coventry10/12/1977

DAston Villa 1-1 Coventry26/12/1977

LDerby County 4-2 Coventry02/01/1978

LMiddlesbrough 3-0 Coventry07/01/1978

Overall

DAston Villa 1-1 Coventry26/12/1977

VCoventry 5-4 Norwich City27/12/1977

VCoventry 3-0 Manchester United31/12/1977

LDerby County 4-2 Coventry02/01/1978

LMiddlesbrough 3-0 Coventry07/01/1978

VCoventry 5-1 Chelsea14/01/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	7	8
Scoring streak	2	3
Conceding streak	4	7

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	7	0
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	13	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

25	Number of games (Competition total)	25
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
10	Victories (Competition total)	12
6	Victories (Home / Away)	4
8	Draws (Competition total)	6
4	Draws (Home / Away)	3
7	Losses (Competition total)	7
2	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

39	Goals scored (Competition total)	49
19	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
34	Goals conceded (Competition total)	41
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	23
1.56	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.96
1.58	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.33
1.36	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.64
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.92

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	18
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
17	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	21
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
2-2 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (3 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

Ray Hankin	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	15 goals	Ian Wallace
Ray Hankin	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Ian Wallace
Peter Lorimer	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Mick Coop
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Mick Coop
Arthur Graham	3 goals during the last match	The fittest player	8 goals during the last 12 matches	Ian Wallace

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

14 v

4 d

1 l

43 gf

14 ga

Away

20 matches

10 v

3 d

7 l

28 gf

26 ga

Total

39 matches

24 v

7 d

8 l

71 gf

40 ga

Historical head to head

Home

20 matches

7 v

3 d

10 l

26 gf

28 ga

Away

19 matches

1 v

4 d

14 l

14 gf

43 ga

Total

39 matches

8 v

7 d

24 l

40 gf

71 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	February 04, 1950
Home	4 - 0	December 01, 1920

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	January 15, 1949
Away	2 - 1	February 05, 1977

Latest head to head

September 03, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Coventry

2 - 2

Leeds United logo Leeds United

February 05, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Leeds United

1 - 2

Coventry

August 28, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Coventry

4 - 2

Leeds United logo Leeds United

February 28, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

Coventry

0 - 1

Leeds United logo Leeds United

October 25, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Leeds United

2 - 0

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Allan Clarke	5 goals	1969 - 1975
Billy Bremner	4 goals	1969 - 1974
Jack Charlton	4 goals	1970 - 1972
Frank Gray	2 goals	1976 - 1976
Joe Jordan	2 goals	1973 - 1977
Peter Lorimer	2 goals	1967 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/11/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Leeds United

Donal Murphy	2 goals	1976 - 1977
Ferguson Michael	2 goals	1976 - 1977
Ernie Hunt	2 goals	1969 - 1971
James Holmes	1 goal	1974 - 1974
Ian Wallace	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Willie Carr	1 goal	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/11/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Paul Madeley	21 matches	1967 - 1977
Paul Reaney	19 matches	1967 - 1977
Peter Lorimer	18 matches	1967 - 1977
Billy Bremner	17 matches	1967 - 1976
Norman Hunter	16 matches	1967 - 1976
Allan Clarke	14 matches	1969 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/11/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leeds United

Mick Coop	14 matches	1968 - 1977
Billy Glazier	13 matches	1967 - 1974
Willie Carr	13 matches	1968 - 1975
Chris Cattlin	10 matches	1968 - 1976
Tommy Hutchison	10 matches	1972 - 1977
Dave Clements	8 matches	1967 - 1971