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Man United 1-1 Coventry - August 27, 1975 / Division 1 1975/1976

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Division 1 1975/1976 - Round 4

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

August 27, 1975

1 - 1

Coventry

Stuart Pearson

23'

69'

Alan Green

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23' - Goal Stuart Pearson23

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46' - Substitution Larry Lloydis substituted by Ferguson Michael

69' - Goal Alan Green

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

1 - 1

Coventry

Man United Coventry

Team line-ups

Man United

Stepney

Alex Stepney

England

B.date18/09/1942

Age32 years

positionGoalkeeper

Houston

Stewart Houston

Scotland

B.date20/08/1949

Age26 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Greenhoff

Brian Greenhoff

England

B.date28/04/1953

Age22 years

H1m75

positionCentral defender

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Forsyth

Alex Forsyth

Scotland

B.date05/02/1952

Age23 years

positionLeft full-back

Macari

Lou Macari

Scotland

B.date04/06/1949

Age26 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

McIlroy

Sammy McIlroy

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1954

Age21 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Jackson

Tommy Jackson

Northern Ireland

B.date03/11/1946

Age28 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Daly

Gerry Daly

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1954

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Coppell

Steve Coppell

England

B.date09/07/1955

Age20 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Pearson23

Stuart Pearson

England

B.date21/06/1949

Age26 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alex Stepney		32	361	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stewart Houston		26	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Greenhoff		22	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan		26	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alex Forsyth		23	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lou Macari		26	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy McIlroy		21	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Jackson		28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Daly		21	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Coppell		20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stuart Pearson	23	26	3	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

Coventry

King

Bryan King

England

B.date18/05/1947

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

Lloyd46

Larry Lloyd

England

B.date06/10/1948

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Holmes

James Holmes

Republic of Ireland

B.date11/11/1953

Age21 years

positionDefender

Oakey

Graham Oakey

England

B.date05/10/1954

Age20 years

positionDefender

Brogan

Jim Brogan

Scotland

B.date05/06/1944

Age31 years

positionLeft full-back

Coop

Mick Coop

England

B.date10/07/1948

Age27 years

positionRight full-back

Mortimer

Dennis Mortimer

England

B.date05/04/1952

Age23 years

positionCentre Midfield

Craven

John Craven

England

B.date15/05/1947

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Hutchison

Tommy Hutchison

Scotland

B.date22/09/1947

Age27 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Green69

Alan Green

United States

B.date01/01/1954

Age21 years

H1m73

positionForward

Cross

David Cross

England

B.date08/12/1950

Age24 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bryan King		28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Larry Lloyd	46	26	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	James Holmes		21	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Oakey		20	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jim Brogan		31	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Coop		27	229	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Mortimer		23	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Craven		28	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Hutchison		27	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Green	69	21	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Cross		24	55	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Ferguson Michael	46	20	13	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

Tommy Docherty

121

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Docherty vs Coventry

0 victory

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on August 27, 1975

Docherty vs Milne

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 27, 1975

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Milne

Success rate in this team:

30 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

32 %

Milne vs Man United

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 27, 1975

Milne vs Docherty

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 27, 1975

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Man United keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored vs Coventry running (since 27/01/1973). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 21/08/1968-01/04/1972 time period (8 matches).

Mick Coop played his game number 10 vs Manchester United in Premier League with Coventry

Man United keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Coventry running (since 13/04/1971). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 30/03/1970 (3 matches)

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DManchester United 1-1 Norwich City15/03/1975

VManchester United 2-1 York City29/03/1975

VManchester United 3-2 Oldham Athletic31/03/1975

VManchester United 1-0 Fulham12/04/1975

VManchester United 4-0 Blackpool26/04/1975

VManchester United 5-1 Sheffield United23/08/1975

Overall

VManchester United 1-0 Fulham12/04/1975

DNotts County 2-2 Manchester United19/04/1975

VManchester United 4-0 Blackpool26/04/1975

VWolverhampton 0-2 Manchester United16/08/1975

VBirmingham City 0-2 Manchester United19/08/1975

VManchester United 5-1 Sheffield United23/08/1975

Current form

Away

LManchester City 1-0 Coventry22/03/1975

LEverton 1-0 Coventry31/03/1975

DCarlisle United 0-0 Coventry05/04/1975

LArsenal 2-0 Coventry08/04/1975

VWest Ham 1-2 Coventry19/04/1975

VEverton 1-4 Coventry16/08/1975

Overall

VCoventry 1-0 Birmingham City12/04/1975

VWest Ham 1-2 Coventry19/04/1975

LCoventry 0-2 Middlesbrough26/04/1975

VEverton 1-4 Coventry16/08/1975

DCoventry 1-1 Derby County19/08/1975

VCoventry 2-0 Manchester City23/08/1975

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	4
Unbeaten streak	8	14
Drawless streak	5	4
Scoring streak	8	14
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Drawless streak	3	1
Scoring streak	2	3
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

9	Goals scored (Competition total)	7
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.33
5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	4
0.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.67
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Sammy McIlroy	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	David Cross
Stuart Pearson	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	David Cross
Sammy McIlroy	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 3 matches	Alan Green

Historical head to head

Home

11 matches

5 v

3 d

3 l

22 gf

13 ga

Away

12 matches

3 v

2 d

7 l

12 gf

17 ga

Total

23 matches

8 v

5 d

10 l

34 gf

30 ga

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

7 v

2 d

3 l

17 gf

12 ga

Away

11 matches

3 v

3 d

5 l

13 gf

22 ga

Total

23 matches

10 v

5 d

8 l

30 gf

34 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 25, 1967
Home	4 - 0	October 25, 1967

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	March 16, 1968
Away	3 - 2	December 15, 1973

Latest head to head

February 02, 1974 - Division 1 1973/1974

Coventry

1 - 0

Man United

December 15, 1973 - Division 1 1973/1974

Man United

2 - 3

Coventry

January 27, 1973 - Division 1 1972/1973

Coventry

1 - 1

Man United

September 09, 1972 - Division 1 1972/1973

Man United

0 - 1

Coventry

April 01, 1972 - Division 1 1971/1972

Coventry

2 - 3

Man United

Best historical scorers against Coventry

George Best	5 goals	1967 - 1973
Bobby Charlton	5 goals	1963 - 1972
John Aston	3 goals	1967 - 1969
Denis Law	2 goals	1969 - 1971
Brian Kidd	1 goal	1970 - 1970
Willie Morgan	1 goal	1973 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/03/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Brian Alderson	3 goals	1973 - 1974
Ernie Hunt	3 goals	1969 - 1971
Willie Carr	2 goals	1971 - 1972
Neil Martin	2 goals	1969 - 1970
Ernie Machin	1 goal	1968 - 1968
Quintin Young	1 goal	1971 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/03/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Alex Stepney	13 matches	1967 - 1974
George Best	12 matches	1967 - 1973
Bobby Charlton	12 matches	1963 - 1973
Tony Dunne	9 matches	1963 - 1972
David Sadler	9 matches	1967 - 1972
Brian Kidd	9 matches	1967 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/03/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Billy Glazier	13 matches	1967 - 1974
Chris Cattlin	11 matches	1968 - 1974
Willie Carr	10 matches	1968 - 1972
Ernie Machin	9 matches	1967 - 1972
Mick Coop	9 matches	1967 - 1974
Jeff Blockley	8 matches	1969 - 1972