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WBA 3-3 Coventry - February 25, 1978 / Division 1 1977/1978

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Division 1 1977/1978 - Round 30

The Hawthorns - West Bromwich - England

February 25, 1978

WBA

3 - 3

Coventry

John Trewick

John Wile

Mick Coop (penalty)

Ian Wallace

90'

John Beck

logo West Bromwich Albion WBA

0' - Goal John Trewick photo John Trewick

0' - Goal John Trewick photo John Wile

0' - Goal John Wile0

0' - Goal Mick Coop photo Ian Wallace

0' - Goal Ian Wallace

logo West Bromwich Albion WBA

46' - Substitution Bryan Robsonis substituted by Laurie Cunningham46

46' - Substitution Ray Goodingis substituted by John Beck

90' - Goal John Beck

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Team line-ups

WBA

Godden

Tony Godden

England

B.date02/08/1955

Age22 years

positionGoalkeeper

Ally Brown

Scotland

B.date12/04/1951

Age26 years

positionDefender

Statham

Derek Statham

England

B.date24/03/1959

Age18 years

positionDefender

Robertson

Ally Robertson

Scotland

B.date09/09/1952

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Robson46

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/01/1957

Age21 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Trewick00

John Trewick

England

B.date03/06/1957

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Martin

Mick Martin

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/07/1951

Age26 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Wile0

John Wile

England

B.date09/03/1947

Age30 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Tony Brown

England

B.date03/10/1945

Age32 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Johnston

Willie Johnston

Scotland

B.date19/12/1946

Age31 years

positionLeft Winger

Regis

Cyrille Regis

England

B.date09/02/1958

Age20 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tony Godden		22	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Brown		26	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Statham		18	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Robertson		25	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Robson	46	21	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Trewick		20	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mick Martin		26	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Wile		30	181	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Brown		32	417	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Willie Johnston		31	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cyrille Regis		20	20	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

102

Coventry

Blyth

Jim Blyth

Scotland

B.date02/02/1955

Age23 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

McDonald

Bobby McDonald

Scotland

B.date13/04/1955

Age22 years

positionLeft full-back

Coop0

Mick Coop

England

B.date10/07/1948

Age29 years

positionRight full-back

Gooding46

Ray Gooding

England

B.date16/02/1959

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Hutchison

Tommy Hutchison

Scotland

B.date22/09/1947

Age30 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Powell

Barry Powell

England

B.date29/01/1954

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Nardiello

Donato Nardiello

Wales

B.date09/04/1957

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Michael

Ferguson Michael

England

B.date03/10/1954

Age23 years

positionForward

Wallace0

Ian Wallace

Scotland

B.date23/05/1956

Age21 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jim Blyth		23	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Roberts		22	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Keith Osgood		22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bobby McDonald		22	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Coop		29	331	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Gooding	46	19	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Hutchison		30	220	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Barry Powell		24	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Donato Nardiello		20	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ferguson Michael		23	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Wallace		21	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Laurie Cunningham	46	21	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		John Beck	9046	23	52	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

Donato Nardiello

Ray Graydon

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Atkinson

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

27 %

Atkinson vs Coventry

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 25, 1978

Atkinson vs Milne

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 25, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Milne

173

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Milne vs WBA

0 victory

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on February 25, 1978

Milne vs Atkinson

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 25, 1978

Videos

Comments

Key figures

WBA keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a loss vs Coventry running (since 17/03/1972). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 21/08/1971 (3 matches)

WBA keeps its 4 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

End of streak for WBA after 10 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Coventry in Premier League (since 20/08/1969). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 West Ham17/12/1977

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-3 Arsenal27/12/1977

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

VWest Bromwich Albion 4-1 Blackpool07/01/1978

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-1 Liverpool14/01/1978

VWest Bromwich Albion 3-2 Manchester United01/02/1978

Overall

VWest Bromwich Albion 4-1 Blackpool07/01/1978

LWest Bromwich Albion 0-1 Liverpool14/01/1978

LMiddlesbrough 1-0 West Bromwich Albion21/01/1978

DManchester United 1-1 West Bromwich Albion28/01/1978

VWest Bromwich Albion 3-2 Manchester United01/02/1978

VDerby County 2-3 West Bromwich Albion22/02/1978

Current form

Away

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

LLeeds United 2-0 Coventry21/01/1978

Overall

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

LLeeds United 2-0 Coventry21/01/1978

VCoventry 1-0 Liverpool04/02/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	6	2
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	3	7

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	8	0
Drawless streak	3	7
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	14	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

26	Number of games (Competition total)	27
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
10	Victories (Competition total)	13
8	Victories (Home / Away)	4
8	Draws (Competition total)	6
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
8	Losses (Competition total)	8
2	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

36	Goals scored (Competition total)	50
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
32	Goals conceded (Competition total)	43
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	25
1.38	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.85
1.54	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.23
1.23	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.59
0.62	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.92

Betting aid

16	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
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
8	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	21
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
1-0 (3 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

Tony Brown	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	15 goals	Ian Wallace
Tony Brown	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Ian Wallace
Tony Brown	5 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Mick Coop
Tony Brown	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Mick Coop
Tony Brown	3 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 5 matches	Ferguson Michael

Historical head to head

Home

13 matches

6 v

4 d

3 l

24 gf

11 ga

Away

14 matches

3 v

5 d

6 l

18 gf

23 ga

Total

27 matches

9 v

9 d

9 l

42 gf

34 ga

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

6 v

5 d

3 l

23 gf

18 ga

Away

13 matches

3 v

4 d

6 l

11 gf

24 ga

Total

27 matches

9 v

9 d

9 l

34 gf

42 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	October 09, 1968
Home	6 - 1	October 09, 1968

Largest victory

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

Latest head to head

October 01, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Coventry

1 - 2

WBA

April 19, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Coventry

1 - 1

WBA

September 17, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

WBA

1 - 1

Coventry

December 26, 1972 - Division 1 1972/1973

Coventry

0 - 0

WBA

September 23, 1972 - Division 1 1972/1973

WBA

1 - 0

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Tony Brown	6 goals	1968 - 1977
Jeff Astle	3 goals	1967 - 1968
John Wile	3 goals	1972 - 1977
Ronnie Rees	2 goals	1968 - 1968
Clive Clark	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Dick Krzywicki	1 goal	1969 - 1969

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
Ronnie Rees	2 goals	1967 - 1967
Ferguson Michael	2 goals	1976 - 1977
Ernie Machin	2 goals	1967 - 1968
Chris Chilton	1 goal	1972 - 1972

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	15 matches	1968 - 1977
John Wile	10 matches	1970 - 1977
Asa Hartford	9 matches	1968 - 1972
Colin Suggett	8 matches	1969 - 1972
Jeff Astle	8 matches	1967 - 1971
Len Cantello	8 matches	1970 - 1977

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
Willie Carr	11 matches	1968 - 1972
Mick Coop	10 matches	1967 - 1977
Chris Cattlin	9 matches	1968 - 1972
Dave Clements	8 matches	1967 - 1971
Jeff Blockley	7 matches	1969 - 1972