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Coventry 1-1 Manchester City - April 15, 1972 / Division 1 1971/1972

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Division 1 1971/1972 - Round 40

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

April 15, 1972

Coventry

1 - 1

Manchester City

Dennis Mortimer

Tony Towers

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0' - Goal Dennis Mortimer0

0' - Goal Tony Towers

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

1 - 1

Manchester City

Coventry Manchester City

Team line-ups

Coventry

Glazier

Billy Glazier

England

B.date02/08/1943

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

Cattlin

Chris Cattlin

England

B.date25/06/1946

Age25 years

positionDefender

Barry

Roy Barry

Scotland

B.date19/09/1942

Age29 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

Smith

Wilf Smith

England

B.date03/09/1946

Age25 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Blockley

Jeff Blockley

England

B.date12/09/1949

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Machin

Ernie Machin

England

B.date26/04/1944

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Mortimer0

Dennis Mortimer

England

B.date05/04/1952

Age20 years

positionCentre Midfield

McGuire

Michael McGuire

England

B.date04/09/1952

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Carr

Willie Carr

Scotland

B.date06/01/1950

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Hunt

Ernie Hunt

England

B.date17/03/1943

Age29 years

H1m70

positionForward

Graham

Bobby Graham

Scotland

B.date22/11/1944

Age27 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Billy Glazier	28	205	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Cattlin	25	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roy Barry	29	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wilf Smith	25	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Blockley	22	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ernie Machin	27	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Mortimer	20	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael McGuire	19	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willie Carr	22	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ernie Hunt	29	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Graham	27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

104

Manchester City

Healey

Ronald Healey

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/08/1952

Age19 years

positionGoalkeeper

Donachie

Willie Donachie

Scotland

B.date05/10/1951

Age20 years

H1m75

positionDefender

Book

Tony Book

England

B.date04/09/1934

Age37 years

positionCentral defender

Booth

Tommy Booth

England

B.date09/11/1949

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Towers0

Tony Towers

England

B.date13/04/1952

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Oakes

Alan Oakes

England

B.date07/09/1942

Age29 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Doyle

Michael Doyle

England

B.date25/11/1946

Age25 years

positionRight Midfielder

Bell

Colin Bell

England

B.date26/02/1946

Age26 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Davies

Wyn Davies

Wales

B.date20/03/1942

Age30 years

positionForward

Summerbee

Mike Summerbee

England

B.date15/12/1942

Age29 years

positionRight Winger

Lee

Francis Lee

England

B.date29/04/1944

Age27 years

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Ronald Healey	19	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Willie Donachie	20	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Book	37	238	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Booth	22	156	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Towers	20	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Oakes	29	348	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Doyle	25	244	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Colin Bell	26	245	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wyn Davies	30	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mike Summerbee	29	240	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Francis Lee	27	215	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

171

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

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Manager

Age

Match num

Malcom Allison

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Allison vs Coventry

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 15, 1972

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Key figures

Manchester City keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 08/04/1972).

Manchester City keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 08/04/1972).

Coventry keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a win vs Manchester City in Premier League running (since 20/03/1971). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LCoventry 0-1 Hull City09/02/1972

DCoventry 0-0 Wolverhampton19/02/1972

LCoventry 0-2 West Bromwich Albion17/03/1972

DCoventry 1-1 West Ham21/03/1972

LCoventry 2-3 Manchester United01/04/1972

VCoventry 4-1 Everton04/04/1972

Overall

LNottingham Forest 4-0 Coventry25/03/1972

LTottenham 1-0 Coventry31/03/1972

LCoventry 2-3 Manchester United01/04/1972

VCoventry 4-1 Everton04/04/1972

LLiverpool 3-1 Coventry08/04/1972

VHuddersfield Town 0-1 Coventry11/04/1972

Current form

Away

DSheffield United 3-3 Manchester City12/02/1972

LLiverpool 3-0 Manchester City26/02/1972

VEverton 1-2 Manchester City11/03/1972

DNewcastle United 0-0 Manchester City25/03/1972

LSouthampton 2-0 Manchester City04/04/1972

VManchester United 1-3 Manchester City12/04/1972

Overall

VManchester City 1-0 Chelsea18/03/1972

DNewcastle United 0-0 Manchester City25/03/1972

LManchester City 1-2 Stoke City01/04/1972

LSouthampton 2-0 Manchester City04/04/1972

VManchester City 3-1 West Ham08/04/1972

VManchester United 1-3 Manchester City12/04/1972

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	2	6
Scoring streak	3	4
Conceding streak	4	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	2	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

38	Number of games (Competition total)	39
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	19
8	Victories (Competition total)	22
6	Victories (Home / Away)	7
14	Draws (Competition total)	10
9	Draws (Home / Away)	7
16	Losses (Competition total)	7
3	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

40	Goals scored (Competition total)	73
23	Goals scored (Home / Away)	27
62	Goals conceded (Competition total)	42
19	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	27
1.05	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.87
1.28	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.42
1.63	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.08
1.06	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.42

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	25
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	12
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	14
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
12	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
22	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	21
12	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	12
1-1 (7 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (3 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

Ernie Hunt	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	32 goals	Francis Lee
Ernie Hunt	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	13 goals	Francis Lee
Ernie Hunt	4 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 4 matches	Francis Lee

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

2 v

4 d

3 l

12 gf

14 ga

Away

11 matches

1 v

2 d

8 l

9 gf

24 ga

Total

20 matches

3 v

6 d

11 l

21 gf

38 ga

Historical head to head

Home

11 matches

8 v

2 d

1 l

24 gf

9 ga

Away

9 matches

3 v

4 d

2 l

14 gf

12 ga

Total

20 matches

11 v

6 d

3 l

38 gf

21 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	January 10, 1970
Home	3 - 0	January 10, 1970

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 27, 1971
Away	3 - 0	September 09, 1967

Latest head to head

November 27, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

Manchester City

4 - 0

Coventry

March 20, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

Manchester City

1 - 1

Coventry

November 07, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Coventry

2 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

January 10, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

Coventry

3 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

September 20, 1969 - Division 1 1969/1970

Manchester City

3 - 1

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

John O'Rourke	3 goals	1970 - 1971
Tony Hateley	2 goals	1968 - 1968
Trevor Shepherd	1 goal	1968 - 1968
Willie Carr	1 goal	1970 - 1970
Ernie Hunt	1 goal	1969 - 1969
John Tudor	1 goal	1968 - 1968

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

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Colin Bell	7 goals	1967 - 1971
Francis Lee	4 goals	1969 - 1971
Neil Young	3 goals	1968 - 1968
Mike Summerbee	2 goals	1967 - 1968
Tommy Booth	1 goal	1968 - 1968
Paul Hince	1 goal	1967 - 1967

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

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Billy Glazier	9 matches	1967 - 1971
Dave Clements	8 matches	1967 - 1971
Willie Carr	7 matches	1967 - 1971
Ernie Machin	6 matches	1968 - 1971
Mick Coop	6 matches	1968 - 1971
Ernie Hunt	6 matches	1968 - 1971

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

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Colin Bell	9 matches	1967 - 1971
Michael Doyle	9 matches	1967 - 1971
Francis Lee	8 matches	1968 - 1971
Alan Oakes	8 matches	1967 - 1971
Glyn Pardoe	7 matches	1967 - 1970
Mike Summerbee	6 matches	1967 - 1971