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Coventry 3-1 Wolverhampton - April 17, 1976 / Division 1 1975/1976

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Division 1 1975/1976 - Round 40

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

April 17, 1976

Coventry

3 - 1

Wolverhampton

Alan Green

Norman Bell

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0' - Goal Alan Green photo Alan Green

0' - Goal Alan Green0

0' - Goal Norman Bell

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46' - Substitution John Cravenis substituted by Donal Murphy46

46' - Substitution John Farleyis substituted by Bobby Gould

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

3 - 1

Wolverhampton

Coventry Wolverhampton

Team line-ups

Coventry

Blyth

Jim Blyth

Scotland

B.date02/02/1955

Age21 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Holmes

James Holmes

Republic of Ireland

B.date11/11/1953

Age22 years

positionDefender

Oakey

Graham Oakey

England

B.date05/10/1954

Age21 years

positionDefender

Cattlin

Chris Cattlin

England

B.date25/06/1946

Age29 years

positionDefender

Coop

Mick Coop

England

B.date10/07/1948

Age27 years

positionRight full-back

Craven46

John Craven

England

B.date15/05/1947

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Powell

Barry Powell

England

B.date29/01/1954

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Hutchison

Tommy Hutchison

Scotland

B.date22/09/1947

Age28 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Cross

David Cross

England

B.date08/12/1950

Age25 years

positionForward

Green000

Alan Green

United States

B.date01/01/1954

Age22 years

H1m73

positionForward

Cartwright

Les Cartwright

Wales

B.date04/03/1952

Age24 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jim Blyth		21	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	James Holmes		22	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Oakey		21	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Cattlin		29	224	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Coop		27	265	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Craven	46	28	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Barry Powell		22	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Hutchison		28	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Cross		25	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Green		22	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Les Cartwright		24	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

103

Wolverhampton

Parkes

Phil Parkes

England

B.date14/07/1947

Age28 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Parkin

Derek Parkin

England

B.date02/01/1948

Age28 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Munro

Frank Munro

Scotland

B.date25/10/1947

Age28 years

positionCentral defender

McAlle

John McAlle

England

B.date31/01/1950

Age26 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Palmer

Geoff Palmer

England

B.date11/07/1954

Age21 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Carr

Willie Carr

Scotland

B.date06/01/1950

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Daley

Steve Daley

England

B.date15/04/1953

Age23 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Hibbitt

Kenny Hibbitt

England

B.date03/01/1951

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Farley46

John Farley

England

B.date21/09/1951

Age24 years

positionWinger

Richards

John Richards

England

B.date09/11/1950

Age25 years

positionStriker

Bell0

Norman Bell

England

B.date16/11/1955

Age20 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Phil Parkes		28	299	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Parkin		28	301	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Munro		28	276	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McAlle		26	280	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geoff Palmer		21	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willie Carr		26	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Daley		23	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kenny Hibbitt		25	224	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Farley	46	24	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Richards		25	209	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Norman Bell		20	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

169

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Donal Murphy	46	21	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Bobby Gould	46	29	56	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

John Farley

Alan Sunderland

OUT

Norman Bell

Jimmy Kelly

OUT

Geoff Palmer

Martin Patching

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Milne

Success rate in this team:

30 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

31 %

Milne vs Wolverhampton

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 17, 1976

Milne vs McGarry

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 17, 1976

Manager

Age

Match num

Bill McGarry

395

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

McGarry vs Coventry

6 victories

6 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on April 17, 1976

McGarry vs Milne

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on April 17, 1976

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time in his career that Alan Green scores at least 3 goals during the same game in Premier League

Coventry keeps its 3 consecutive wins vs Wolverhampton at home in Premier League running (since 08/12/1973). It's a record streak. The first of history

John Craven played his game number 10 vs Wolverhampton in Premier League

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCoventry 2-0 West Ham14/02/1976

LCoventry 0-1 Leeds United28/02/1976

DCoventry 1-1 Arsenal13/03/1976

DCoventry 1-1 Newcastle United27/03/1976

LCoventry 0-2 Leicester03/04/1976

DCoventry 1-1 Aston Villa13/04/1976

Overall

DCoventry 1-1 Arsenal13/03/1976

DBirmingham City 1-1 Coventry20/03/1976

DCoventry 1-1 Newcastle United27/03/1976

LCoventry 0-2 Leicester03/04/1976

VStoke City 0-1 Coventry10/04/1976

DCoventry 1-1 Aston Villa13/04/1976

Current form

Away

LEverton 3-0 Wolverhampton28/02/1976

DManchester United 1-1 Wolverhampton06/03/1976

VSheffield United 1-4 Wolverhampton13/03/1976

LManchester City 3-2 Wolverhampton20/03/1976

DWest Ham 0-0 Wolverhampton03/04/1976

LArsenal 2-1 Wolverhampton13/04/1976

Overall

LWolverhampton 0-1 Tottenham16/03/1976

LManchester City 3-2 Wolverhampton20/03/1976

DWolverhampton 2-2 Leicester27/03/1976

DWest Ham 0-0 Wolverhampton03/04/1976

VWolverhampton 5-0 Newcastle United10/04/1976

LArsenal 2-1 Wolverhampton13/04/1976

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	5	1
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	5	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	3	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

39	Number of games (Competition total)	39
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	20
11	Victories (Competition total)	9
5	Victories (Home / Away)	3
14	Draws (Competition total)	10
9	Draws (Home / Away)	4
14	Losses (Competition total)	20
6	Losses (Home / Away)	13

Goals

40	Goals scored (Competition total)	48
19	Goals scored (Home / Away)	23
51	Goals conceded (Competition total)	62
21	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	40
1.03	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.23
0.95	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.15
1.31	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.59
1.05	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	21
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	12
11	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
12	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	16
6	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	8
18	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	19
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	11
1-1 (6 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-3 (3 times)

Bookings

1	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

David Cross	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	16 goals	John Richards
David Cross	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	John Richards
Mick Coop	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Kenny Hibbitt
Mick Coop	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Mick Coop	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	9 goals during the last 10 matches	John Richards

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

10 v

1 d

4 l

27 gf

12 ga

Away

17 matches

5 v

4 d

8 l

12 gf

21 ga

Total

32 matches

15 v

5 d

12 l

39 gf

33 ga

Historical head to head

Home

17 matches

8 v

4 d

5 l

21 gf

12 ga

Away

15 matches

4 v

1 d

10 l

12 gf

27 ga

Total

32 matches

12 v

5 d

15 l

33 gf

39 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	December 25, 1922
Home	7 - 1	December 25, 1922

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	April 28, 1973
Away	4 - 2	November 15, 1924

Latest head to head

December 26, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Wolverhampton

0 - 1

Coventry

January 11, 1975 - Division 1 1974/1975

Coventry

2 - 1

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

December 07, 1974 - Division 1 1974/1975

Wolverhampton

2 - 0

Coventry

April 20, 1974 - Division 1 1973/1974

Wolverhampton

1 - 1

Coventry

December 08, 1973 - Division 1 1973/1974

Coventry

1 - 0

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

Best historical scorers against Wolverhampton

Willie Carr	2 goals	1971 - 1975
John Craven	2 goals	1974 - 1975
Ernie Hunt	2 goals	1969 - 1969
Brian Joicey	1 goal	1970 - 1970
Larry Lloyd	1 goal	1975 - 1975
Colin Stein	1 goal	1973 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/11/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Steve Kindon	3 goals	1974 - 1975
John Richards	3 goals	1972 - 1973
Peter Knowles	3 goals	1967 - 1969
Alan Sunderland	1 goal	1973 - 1973
Hugh Curran	1 goal	1970 - 1970
Kenny Hibbitt	1 goal	1973 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/11/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wolverhampton

Billy Glazier	14 matches	1967 - 1974
Willie Carr	13 matches	1967 - 1975
Mick Coop	13 matches	1967 - 1975
Chris Cattlin	9 matches	1968 - 1975
Ernie Hunt	8 matches	1968 - 1972
Dennis Mortimer	8 matches	1970 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/11/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Derek Parkin	16 matches	1968 - 1975
Michael A Bailey	15 matches	1967 - 1975
Frank Munro	15 matches	1968 - 1975
Phil Parkes	14 matches	1968 - 1975
John McAlle	13 matches	1969 - 1975
Derek Dougan	13 matches	1967 - 1974