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Coventry 2-1 Birmingham City - September 25, 1976 / Division 1 1976/1977

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Division 1 1976/1977 - Round 7

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

September 25, 1976

Coventry

2 - 1

Birmingham City

Terry Yorath

Alan Green

45'

Kenny Burns

logo Coventry COV

0' - Goal Terry Yorath0

0' - Goal Kenny Burns

45' - Goal Alan Green45

logo Coventry COV

46' - Substitution Alan Greenis substituted by Donal Murphy46

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

2 - 1

Birmingham City

Coventry Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Coventry

Blyth

Jim Blyth

Scotland

B.date02/02/1955

Age21 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Dugdale

Alan Dugdale

England

B.date11/09/1952

Age24 years

H1m73

positionCentral defender

Holmes

James Holmes

Republic of Ireland

B.date11/11/1953

Age22 years

positionDefender

Coop

Mick Coop

England

B.date10/07/1948

Age28 years

positionRight full-back

McDonald

Bobby McDonald

Scotland

B.date13/04/1955

Age21 years

positionLeft full-back

Beck

John Beck

England

B.date25/05/1954

Age22 years

positionCentre Midfield

Hutchison

Tommy Hutchison

Scotland

B.date22/09/1947

Age29 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Powell

Barry Powell

England

B.date29/01/1954

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Yorath0

Terry Yorath

Wales

B.date27/03/1950

Age26 years

H1m77

positionMidfield

Green4546

Alan Green

United States

B.date01/01/1954

Age22 years

H1m73

positionForward

Michael

Ferguson Michael

England

B.date03/10/1954

Age21 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jim Blyth		21	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Dugdale		24	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	James Holmes		22	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Coop		28	274	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bobby McDonald		21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Beck		22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Hutchison		29	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Barry Powell		22	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry Yorath		26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Green	4546	22	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ferguson Michael		21	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Birmingham City

Latchford

Dave Latchford

England

B.date09/04/1949

Age27 years

positionGoalkeeper

Burns0

Kenny Burns

Scotland

B.date23/09/1953

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Want

Tony Want

England

B.date13/12/1948

Age27 years

positionDefender

Page

Malcolm Page

Wales

B.date05/02/1947

Age29 years

positionDefender

Calderwood

Jimmy Calderwood

Scotland

B.date28/02/1955

Age21 years

positionDefender

Gallagher

Joe Gallagher

England

B.date11/01/1955

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Styles

Arthur Styles

England

B.date03/09/1949

Age27 years

positionLeft full-back

Francis

Trevor Francis

England

B.date19/04/1954

Age22 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Hibbitt

Terry Hibbitt

England

B.date01/12/1947

Age28 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Jones

Gary Jones

England

B.date05/01/1951

Age25 years

positionWinger

Connolly

John Connolly

Scotland

B.date13/06/1950

Age26 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Dave Latchford	27	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Burns	23	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Want	27	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Malcolm Page	29	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Calderwood	21	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joe Gallagher	21	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arthur Styles	27	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Francis	22	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry Hibbitt	28	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gary Jones	25	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Connolly	26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Donal Murphy	46	21	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

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

Jimmy Calderwood

Howard Kendall

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Milne

102

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Milne vs Birmingham City

4 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 25, 1976

Milne vs Bell

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 25, 1976

Manager

Age

Match num

Willie Bell

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Bell vs Coventry

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 25, 1976

Bell vs Milne

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 25, 1976

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Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Terry Yorath scores a goal in Premier League since the 08/11/1975 (with vs )

Coventry keeps its 4 consecutive wins vs Birmingham City running (since 05/10/1974). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 16/04/1966 (2 matches)

Coventry keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored vs Birmingham City at home in Premier League running (since 12/04/1975). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LCoventry 0-2 Leicester03/04/1976

DCoventry 1-1 Aston Villa13/04/1976

VCoventry 3-1 Wolverhampton17/04/1976

LCoventry 0-2 Manchester United24/08/1976

VCoventry 4-2 Leeds United28/08/1976

VCoventry 2-0 Norwich City11/09/1976

Overall

VCoventry 4-2 Leeds United28/08/1976

VBristol City 0-1 Coventry31/08/1976

LLiverpool 3-1 Coventry04/09/1976

VCoventry 2-0 Norwich City11/09/1976

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Coventry17/09/1976

VNottingham Forest 0-3 Coventry21/09/1976

Current form

Away

LStoke City 1-0 Birmingham City19/04/1976

DSheffield United 1-1 Birmingham City04/05/1976

DManchester United 2-2 Birmingham City21/08/1976

LBlackpool 2-1 Birmingham City31/08/1976

LNorwich City 1-0 Birmingham City04/09/1976

VAston Villa 1-2 Birmingham City18/09/1976

Overall

DBirmingham City 0-0 Leeds United24/08/1976

VBirmingham City 2-1 Liverpool28/08/1976

LBlackpool 2-1 Birmingham City31/08/1976

LNorwich City 1-0 Birmingham City04/09/1976

LBirmingham City 0-1 West Bromwich Albion11/09/1976

VAston Villa 1-2 Birmingham City18/09/1976

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Drawless streak	4	1
Scoring streak	2	6
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	3	5
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	32	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	6
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
2	Victories (Competition total)	2
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
3	Losses (Competition total)	2
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
9	Goals conceded (Competition total)	6
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.33
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.33

Betting aid

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

Ferguson Michael	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Kenny Burns
Ferguson Michael	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Kenny Burns
Ferguson Michael	4 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Kenny Burns

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

4 v

4 d

4 l

14 gf

17 ga

Away

14 matches

2 v

4 d

8 l

13 gf

28 ga

Total

26 matches

6 v

8 d

12 l

27 gf

45 ga

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

8 v

4 d

2 l

28 gf

13 ga

Away

12 matches

4 v

4 d

4 l

17 gf

14 ga

Total

26 matches

12 v

8 d

6 l

45 gf

27 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	September 11, 1950
Home	3 - 1	September 11, 1950

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	January 12, 1935
Away	4 - 0	December 11, 1920

Latest head to head

March 20, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

Birmingham City

1 - 1

Coventry

November 29, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Coventry

3 - 2

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

April 12, 1975 - Division 1 1974/1975

Coventry

1 - 0

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

October 05, 1974 - Division 1 1974/1975

Birmingham City

1 - 2

Coventry

March 02, 1974 - Division 1 1973/1974

Coventry

0 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Barry Powell	2 goals	1975 - 1976
Donal Murphy	1 goal	1975 - 1975
James Holmes	1 goal	1974 - 1974
Alan Green	1 goal	1975 - 1975
Brian Alderson	1 goal	1972 - 1972
David Cross	1 goal	1975 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/10/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Trevor Francis	3 goals	1972 - 1976
Bob Latchford	2 goals	1973 - 1973
Bob Hatton	2 goals	1973 - 1974
Gordon Taylor	1 goal	1973 - 1973
Howard Kendall	1 goal	1975 - 1975
Kenny Burns	1 goal	1975 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/10/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Mick Coop	8 matches	1972 - 1976
Tommy Hutchison	8 matches	1972 - 1976
Brian Alderson	7 matches	1972 - 1975
Dennis Mortimer	7 matches	1972 - 1975
Chris Cattlin	6 matches	1972 - 1976
David Cross	5 matches	1973 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/10/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Trevor Francis	8 matches	1972 - 1976
Bob Hatton	8 matches	1972 - 1976
Garry Pendrey	8 matches	1972 - 1976
Dave Latchford	7 matches	1972 - 1975
Ray Martin	7 matches	1972 - 1976
Joe Gallagher	6 matches	1973 - 1976