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Coventry 2-0 Southampton - September 08, 1973 / Division 1 1973/1974

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Division 1 1973/1974 - Round 5

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

September 08, 1973

Coventry

2 - 0

Southampton

Mick Coop

Alan Green

logo Coventry COV

0' - Goal Mick Coop photo Alan Green

0' - Goal Alan Green0

logo Coventry COV

46' - Substitution John McGrathis substituted by Steve Mills

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

2 - 0

Southampton

Coventry Southampton

Team line-ups

Coventry

Glazier

Billy Glazier

England

B.date02/08/1943

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

Holmes

James Holmes

Republic of Ireland

B.date11/11/1953

Age19 years

positionDefender

Dugdale

Alan Dugdale

England

B.date11/09/1952

Age20 years

H1m73

positionCentral defender

Smith

Wilf Smith

England

B.date03/09/1946

Age27 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Coop0

Mick Coop

England

B.date10/07/1948

Age25 years

positionRight full-back

Craven

John Craven

England

B.date15/05/1947

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Hutchison

Tommy Hutchison

Scotland

B.date22/09/1947

Age25 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Mortimer

Dennis Mortimer

England

B.date05/04/1952

Age21 years

positionCentre Midfield

Alderson

Brian Alderson

Scotland

B.date05/05/1950

Age23 years

positionForward

Stein

Colin Stein

Scotland

B.date10/05/1947

Age26 years

positionForward

Green0

Alan Green

United States

B.date01/01/1954

Age19 years

H1m73

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Billy Glazier	30	247	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	James Holmes	19	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Dugdale	20	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wilf Smith	27	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Coop	25	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Craven	26	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Hutchison	25	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Mortimer	21	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Alderson	23	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Colin Stein	26	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Green	19	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Southampton

Martin

Eric Martin

Scotland

B.date31/03/1946

Age27 years

positionGoalkeeper

McGrath46

John McGrath

England

B.date23/08/1938

Age35 years

H1m83

positionDefender

Byrne

Anthony Byrne

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/02/1946

Age27 years

positionDefender

Walker

Dave Walker

England

B.date15/10/1945

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

McCarthy

Bob McCarthy

England

B.date02/11/1948

Age24 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

O'Neil

Brian O'Neil

England

B.date04/01/1944

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Fisher

Hugh Fisher

Scotland

B.date09/01/1944

Age29 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

Channon

Mick Channon

England

B.date28/11/1948

Age24 years

H1m83

positionForward

Stokes

Bobby Stokes

England

B.date30/01/1951

Age22 years

H1m70

positionForward

Gilchrist

Paul Gilchrist

England

B.date05/01/1951

Age22 years

H1m80

positionForward

Paine

Terry Paine

England

B.date23/03/1939

Age34 years

positionWinger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Eric Martin		27	216	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McGrath	46	35	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony Byrne		27	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dave Walker		27	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bob McCarthy		24	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian O'Neil		29	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hugh Fisher		29	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mick Channon		24	241	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Stokes		22	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Gilchrist		22	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Terry Paine		34	294	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

155

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Steve Mills	46	19	7	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 McGrath

Paul Bennett

OUT

Dave Walker

Jim Steele

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Joe Mercer

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Mercer vs Southampton

5 victories

8 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on September 08, 1973

Mercer vs Bates

5 victories

8 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on September 08, 1973

Manager

Age

Match num

Ted Bates

648

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Bates vs Coventry

7 victories

6 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on September 08, 1973

Bates vs Mercer

3 victories

8 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on September 08, 1973

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Key figures

Coventry keeps its 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home running (since 25/08/1973).

Southampton keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 01/09/1973).

The last time Southampton has ended with the score 0-2 away from home in Premier League, It was on the 06/02/1971 (vs )

Read the next 6 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCoventry 2-1 Ipswich Town31/03/1973

LCoventry 0-1 Leeds United02/04/1973

LCoventry 0-2 Derby County14/04/1973

LCoventry 1-2 Liverpool17/04/1973

VCoventry 1-0 Tottenham25/08/1973

VCoventry 1-0 Liverpool28/08/1973

Overall

LChelsea 2-0 Coventry23/04/1973

LWolverhampton 3-0 Coventry28/04/1973

VCoventry 1-0 Tottenham25/08/1973

VCoventry 1-0 Liverpool28/08/1973

DBurnley 2-2 Coventry01/09/1973

LManchester City 1-0 Coventry05/09/1973

Current form

Away

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Southampton24/03/1973

VTottenham 1-2 Southampton07/04/1973

LWest Ham 4-3 Southampton20/04/1973

LChelsea 2-1 Southampton21/04/1973

DQueens Park Rangers 1-1 Southampton25/08/1973

VNewcastle United 0-1 Southampton29/08/1973

Overall

DSouthampton 2-2 Arsenal23/04/1973

VSouthampton 3-1 Leeds United28/04/1973

DQueens Park Rangers 1-1 Southampton25/08/1973

VNewcastle United 0-1 Southampton29/08/1973

VSouthampton 2-1 Wolverhampton01/09/1973

DSouthampton 2-2 Norwich City04/09/1973

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	10	1
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	6
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	7	10
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	4
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
2	Victories (Competition total)	2
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

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

Alan Green	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Mick Channon
Tommy Hutchison	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Mick Channon
Alan Green	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Paul Gilchrist

Historical head to head

Home

21 matches

12 v

7 d

2 l

37 gf

14 ga

Away

21 matches

3 v

5 d

13 l

26 gf

48 ga

Total

42 matches

15 v

12 d

15 l

63 gf

62 ga

Historical head to head

Home

21 matches

13 v

5 d

3 l

48 gf

26 ga

Away

21 matches

2 v

7 d

12 l

14 gf

37 ga

Total

42 matches

15 v

12 d

15 l

62 gf

63 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	March 31, 1970
Home	4 - 0	March 31, 1970

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	November 18, 1959
Away	2 - 1	October 01, 1949

Latest head to head

December 30, 1972 - Division 1 1972/1973

Southampton

2 - 1

Coventry

August 19, 1972 - Division 1 1972/1973

Coventry

1 - 1

Southampton logo Southampton

January 01, 1972 - Division 1 1971/1972

Coventry

1 - 0

Southampton logo Southampton

September 18, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Southampton

3 - 1

Coventry

December 19, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Southampton

3 - 0

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Southampton

Ernie Hunt	3 goals	1970 - 1972
Brian Joicey	2 goals	1970 - 1970
John Tudor	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Brian Alderson	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Dennis Mortimer	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Neil Martin	1 goal	1970 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Terry Paine	2 goals	1968 - 1971
Mick Channon	2 goals	1970 - 1971
Jim Steele	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Brian O'Neil	1 goal	1970 - 1970
Martin Chivers	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Paul Gilchrist	1 goal	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Southampton

Willie Carr	12 matches	1967 - 1972
Billy Glazier	11 matches	1967 - 1972
Mick Coop	9 matches	1968 - 1972
Jeff Blockley	8 matches	1969 - 1972
Ernie Hunt	8 matches	1968 - 1972
Chris Cattlin	7 matches	1968 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Mick Channon	10 matches	1968 - 1972
Ron Davies	10 matches	1967 - 1972
Jimmy Gabriel	9 matches	1967 - 1972
Terry Paine	9 matches	1967 - 1972
Eric Martin	9 matches	1968 - 1972
John McGrath	8 matches	1968 - 1972