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Coventry 0-0 Birmingham City - October 28, 1972 / Division 1 1972/1973

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Division 1 1972/1973 - Round 15

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

October 28, 1972

Coventry

0 - 0

Birmingham City

logo Coventry COV

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

0 - 0

Birmingham City

Coventry Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Coventry

Ramsbottom

Neil Ramsbottom

England

B.date25/02/1946

Age26 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Cattlin

Chris Cattlin

England

B.date25/06/1946

Age26 years

positionDefender

Parker

Bobby Parker

England

B.date11/11/1952

Age19 years

positionDefender

Smith

Wilf Smith

England

B.date03/09/1946

Age26 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Barry

Roy Barry

Scotland

B.date19/09/1942

Age30 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

Coop

Mick Coop

England

B.date10/07/1948

Age24 years

positionRight full-back

Hutchison

Tommy Hutchison

Scotland

B.date22/09/1947

Age25 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Mortimer

Dennis Mortimer

England

B.date05/04/1952

Age20 years

positionCentre Midfield

Carr

Willie Carr

Scotland

B.date06/01/1950

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Stein

Colin Stein

Scotland

B.date10/05/1947

Age25 years

positionForward

Alderson

Brian Alderson

Scotland

B.date05/05/1950

Age22 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Neil Ramsbottom	26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Cattlin	26	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bobby Parker	19	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wilf Smith	26	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roy Barry	30	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Coop	24	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Hutchison	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Mortimer	20	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willie Carr	22	205	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Colin Stein	25	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Alderson	22	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Birmingham City

Latchford

Dave Latchford

England

B.date09/04/1949

Age23 years

positionGoalkeeper

Pendrey

Garry Pendrey

England

B.date09/02/1949

Age23 years

positionDefender

Page

Malcolm Page

Wales

B.date05/02/1947

Age25 years

positionDefender

Carroll

Thomas Carroll

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/08/1942

Age30 years

positionDefender

Hynd

Roger Hynd

Scotland

B.date02/02/1942

Age30 years

positionLeft full-back

Harland

Stan Harland

England

B.date19/06/1940

Age32 years

positionMidfield

Francis

Trevor Francis

England

B.date19/04/1954

Age18 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Hatton

Bob Hatton

England

B.date10/04/1947

Age25 years

positionForward

Taylor

Gordon Taylor

England

B.date28/12/1944

Age27 years

positionWinger

Hope

Bobby Hope

Scotland

B.date28/09/1943

Age29 years

positionLeft Winger

Latchford

Bob Latchford

England

B.date18/01/1951

Age21 years

H1m83

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Dave Latchford	23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Garry Pendrey	23	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Malcolm Page	25	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Thomas Carroll	30	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roger Hynd	30	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stan Harland	32	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Francis	18	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bob Hatton	25	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gordon Taylor	27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Hope	29	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bob Latchford	21	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Neil Ramsbottom

Billy Glazier

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Stan Harland

John Roberts

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Joe Mercer

Bobby Roberts

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Mercer vs Birmingham City

5 victories

4 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on October 28, 1972

Mercer vs Goodwin

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 28, 1972

Manager

Age

Match num

Freddie Goodwin

119

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Goodwin vs Coventry

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 28, 1972

Goodwin vs Mercer

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 28, 1972

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Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Freddie Goodwin has done less than 1.37 goals scored per game .

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Freddie Goodwin has reached 34% of draws .

The last time Birmingham City has ended with the score 0-0 away from home in Premier League, It was on the 24/04/1963 (vs )

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LCoventry 0-1 Wolverhampton29/08/1972

VCoventry 2-1 Stoke City02/09/1972

VCoventry 1-0 Hartlepool United05/09/1972

LCoventry 0-3 Newcastle United16/09/1972

LCoventry 1-3 Chelsea30/09/1972

VCoventry 3-2 Manchester City14/10/1972

Overall

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Coventry23/09/1972

LCoventry 1-3 Chelsea30/09/1972

LBirmingham City 2-1 Coventry03/10/1972

VCrystal Palace 0-1 Coventry07/10/1972

VCoventry 3-2 Manchester City14/10/1972

DLeeds United 1-1 Coventry21/10/1972

Current form

Away

LWolverhampton 3-2 Birmingham City02/09/1972

DLuton Town 1-1 Birmingham City13/09/1972

LDerby County 1-0 Birmingham City16/09/1972

LArsenal 2-0 Birmingham City26/09/1972

LWest Ham 2-0 Birmingham City30/09/1972

LManchester United 1-0 Birmingham City14/10/1972

Overall

LArsenal 2-0 Birmingham City26/09/1972

LWest Ham 2-0 Birmingham City30/09/1972

VBirmingham City 2-1 Coventry03/10/1972

DBirmingham City 2-2 Chelsea07/10/1972

LManchester United 1-0 Birmingham City14/10/1972

DBirmingham City 1-1 Southampton21/10/1972

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	6	0
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	3	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	4	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	9	3
Drawless streak	4	0
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	4	0
Conceding streak	9	7

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

14	Number of games (Competition total)	15
7	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
4	Victories (Competition total)	3
2	Victories (Home / Away)	0
4	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	1
6	Losses (Competition total)	8
3	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

12	Goals scored (Competition total)	18
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
17	Goals conceded (Competition total)	25
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
0.86	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.2
1.14	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.5
1.21	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.67
1.71	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.88

Betting aid

5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	7
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
7	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
1-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (4 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

Willie Carr	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Bob Latchford
Willie Carr	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Kenny Burns
Willie Carr	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 10 matches	Bob Latchford

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

2 v

3 d

3 l

10 gf

14 ga

Away

10 matches

1 v

3 d

6 l

10 gf

22 ga

Total

18 matches

3 v

6 d

9 l

20 gf

36 ga

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches

6 v

3 d

1 l

22 gf

10 ga

Away

8 matches

3 v

3 d

2 l

14 gf

10 ga

Total

18 matches

9 v

6 d

3 l

36 gf

20 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

October 03, 1972 - League Cup 1972/1973

Birmingham City

2 - 1

Coventry

January 07, 1967 - Division 2 1966/1967

Birmingham City

1 - 1

Coventry

September 03, 1966 - Division 2 1966/1967

Coventry

1 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

April 16, 1966 - Division 2 1965/1966

Coventry

4 - 3

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

November 20, 1965 - Division 2 1965/1966

Birmingham City

0 - 1

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Brian Alderson

1 goal

1972 - 1972

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

1 goal

1972 - 1972

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

Billy Glazier	1 match	1972 - 1972
Chris Cattlin	1 match	1972 - 1972
Roy Barry	1 match	1972 - 1972
Dennis Mortimer	1 match	1972 - 1972
Billy Rafferty	1 match	1972 - 1972
Brian Alderson	1 match	1972 - 1972

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	1 match	1972 - 1972
Garry Pendrey	1 match	1972 - 1972
Dave Latchford	1 match	1972 - 1972
Tony Want	1 match	1972 - 1972
Roger Hynd	1 match	1972 - 1972
Kenny Burns	1 match	1972 - 1972