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Coventry 4-2 WBA - August 27, 1968 / Division 1 1968/1969

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Division 1 1968/1969 - Round 6

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

August 27, 1968

Coventry

4 - 2

WBA

Ernie Machin

Ernie Hunt

(penalty) Ernie Hunt

Tony Brown

Ronnie Rees

logo Coventry COV

0' - Goal Ernie Machin photo Ernie Hunt

0' - Goal Ernie Hunt photo Ernie Hunt

0' - Goal Ernie Hunt0

0' - Goal Tony Brown photo Ronnie Rees

0' - Goal Ronnie Rees

logo Coventry COV

logo West Bromwich Albion WBA

Team line-ups

Coventry

Glazier

Billy Glazier

England

B.date02/08/1943

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Bruck

Dietmar Bruck

Germany

B.date19/04/1944

Age24 years

positionDefender

Cattlin

Chris Cattlin

England

B.date25/06/1946

Age22 years

positionDefender

Hill

Brian Hill

England

B.date31/07/1941

Age27 years

positionDefender

Gibson

Ian Gibson

Scotland

B.date30/03/1943

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Machin0

Ernie Machin

England

B.date26/04/1944

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Clements

Dave Clements

Northern Ireland

B.date15/09/1945

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Setters

Maurice Setters

England

B.date16/12/1936

Age31 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Hunt000

Ernie Hunt

England

B.date17/03/1943

Age25 years

H1m70

positionForward

Baker

Gerry Baker

United States

B.date11/04/1938

Age30 years

H1m70

positionForward

Tudor

John Tudor

England

B.date25/06/1946

Age22 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Billy Glazier	25	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dietmar Bruck	24	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Cattlin	22	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Hill	27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Gibson	25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ernie Machin	24	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dave Clements	22	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Maurice Setters	31	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ernie Hunt	25	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gerry Baker	30	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Tudor	22	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

WBA

Sheppard

Dick Sheppard

England

B.date14/02/1945

Age23 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Fraser

Doug Fraser

Scotland

B.date08/12/1941

Age26 years

positionDefender

Talbut

John Talbut

England

B.date20/10/1940

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Clarke

Dennis Clarke

England

B.date18/01/1948

Age20 years

positionDefender

Williams

Graham Williams

Wales

B.date02/04/1938

Age30 years

positionDefender

Kaye

John Kaye

England

B.date03/03/1940

Age28 years

positionDefender

Lovett

Graham Lovett

England

B.date05/08/1947

Age21 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Brown0

Tony Brown

England

B.date03/10/1945

Age22 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Krzywicki

Dick Krzywicki

Wales

B.date02/02/1947

Age21 years

H1m78

positionForward

Astle

Jeff Astle

England

B.date13/05/1942

Age26 years

positionForward

Rees0

Ronnie Rees

Wales

B.date04/04/1944

Age24 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Dick Sheppard	23	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Doug Fraser	26	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Talbut	27	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dennis Clarke	20	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Williams	30	260	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Kaye	28	184	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Lovett	21	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Brown	22	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dick Krzywicki	21	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jeff Astle	26	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ronnie Rees	24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

106

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ernie Hunt

Ernest Hannigan

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dick Sheppard

John Osborne

OUT

Doug Fraser

Bobby Hope

OUT

Graham Lovett

Ian Collard

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Noel Cantwell

Success rate in this team:

23 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

23 %

Cantwell vs WBA

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 27, 1968

Cantwell vs Ashman

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 27, 1968

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Ashman

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Ashman vs Coventry

1 victory

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on August 27, 1968

Ashman vs Cantwell

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 27, 1968

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Key figures

Coventry keeps its 3 matches with at least 2 goals conceded vs WBA running (since 10/11/1965). It's a record streak. The first of history

Coventry keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal scored vs WBA running (since 19/04/1949). It's a record streak. The first of history

Coventry keeps its 5 consecutive wins vs WBA at home running (since 02/09/1946). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCoventry 2-0 Manchester United16/03/1968

VCoventry 1-0 Wolverhampton30/03/1968

LCoventry 0-1 Leeds United13/04/1968

VCoventry 2-0 Stoke City15/04/1968

LCoventry 0-1 Leicester27/04/1968

LCoventry 1-2 West Ham24/08/1968

Overall

LCoventry 0-1 Leicester27/04/1968

DWest Ham 0-0 Coventry04/05/1968

DSouthampton 0-0 Coventry11/05/1968

LSheffield Wednesday 3-0 Coventry17/08/1968

LManchester United 1-0 Coventry21/08/1968

LCoventry 1-2 West Ham24/08/1968

Current form

Away

LLeeds United 3-1 West Bromwich Albion20/04/1968

DSunderland 0-0 West Bromwich Albion04/05/1968

LArsenal 2-1 West Bromwich Albion11/05/1968

LManchester City 6-1 West Bromwich Albion03/08/1968

LChelsea 3-1 West Bromwich Albion17/08/1968

DTottenham 1-1 West Bromwich Albion21/08/1968

Overall

LManchester City 6-1 West Bromwich Albion03/08/1968

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday10/08/1968

VWest Bromwich Albion 3-1 Manchester United14/08/1968

LChelsea 3-1 West Bromwich Albion17/08/1968

DTottenham 1-1 West Bromwich Albion21/08/1968

VWest Bromwich Albion 3-2 Burnley24/08/1968

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	3
Winless streak	2	8
Drawless streak	7	3
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	9	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	4	4
Conceding streak	4	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	5
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
0	Victories (Competition total)	2
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
3	Losses (Competition total)	1
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

1	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
6	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
0.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.6
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.4
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

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

Maurice Setters	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Jeff Astle
Maurice Setters	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Tony Brown
Maurice Setters	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 4 matches	Jeff Astle

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

4 v

2 d

1 l

13 gf

9 ga

Away

6 matches

1 v

1 d

4 l

5 gf

14 ga

Total

13 matches

5 v

3 d

5 l

18 gf

23 ga

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

4 v

1 d

1 l

14 gf

5 ga

Away

7 matches

1 v

2 d

4 l

9 gf

13 ga

Total

13 matches

5 v

3 d

5 l

23 gf

18 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 2	September 23, 1967
Home	4 - 2	September 23, 1967

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	November 10, 1965
Away	3 - 2	February 20, 1937

Latest head to head

February 03, 1968 - Division 1 1967/1968

WBA

0 - 1

Coventry

September 23, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

Coventry

4 - 2

WBA

November 10, 1965 - League Cup 1965/1966

WBA

6 - 1

Coventry

November 03, 1965 - League Cup 1965/1966

Coventry

1 - 1

WBA

April 19, 1949 - Division 2 1948/1949

Coventry

1 - 0

WBA

Best historical scorers against WBA

Ronnie Rees	2 goals	1967 - 1967
Ernest Hannigan	1 goal	1968 - 1968
Brian Lewis	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Ernie Machin	1 goal	1967 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

	Clive Clark	1 goal	1967 - 1967
	Jeff Astle	1 goal	1967 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

Dave Clements	2 matches	1967 - 1968
John Tudor	2 matches	1967 - 1968
Billy Glazier	2 matches	1967 - 1968
Ronnie Rees	2 matches	1967 - 1968
Ernie Machin	2 matches	1967 - 1968
Brian Hill	2 matches	1967 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Bobby Hope	2 matches	1967 - 1968
Graham Williams	2 matches	1967 - 1968
Jeff Astle	2 matches	1967 - 1968
Clive Clark	2 matches	1967 - 1968
John Kaye	2 matches	1967 - 1968
John Talbut	2 matches	1967 - 1968