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Coventry 0-1 Chelsea - September 10, 1968 / Division 1 1968/1969

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Division 1 1968/1969 - Round 1

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

September 10, 1968

Coventry

0 - 1

Chelsea

Peter Osgood

logo Coventry COV

0' - Goal Peter Osgood

logo Coventry COV

46' - Substitution Gerry Bakeris substituted by Willie Carr46

logo Chelsea CHE

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

0 - 1

Chelsea

Coventry Chelsea

Team line-ups

Coventry

Glazier

Billy Glazier

England

B.date02/08/1943

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Cattlin

Chris Cattlin

England

B.date25/06/1946

Age22 years

positionDefender

Hill

Brian Hill

England

B.date31/07/1941

Age27 years

positionDefender

Coop

Mick Coop

England

B.date10/07/1948

Age20 years

positionRight full-back

Gibson

Ian Gibson

Scotland

B.date30/03/1943

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Machin

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

Baker46

Gerry Baker

United States

B.date11/04/1938

Age30 years

H1m70

positionForward

Hunt

Ernie Hunt

England

B.date17/03/1943

Age25 years

H1m70

positionForward

Tudor

John Tudor

England

B.date25/06/1946

Age22 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Billy Glazier		25	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Cattlin		22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Hill		27	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Coop		20	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Gibson		25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ernie Machin		24	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dave Clements		22	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Maurice Setters		31	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gerry Baker	46	30	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ernie Hunt		25	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Tudor		22	43	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

Chelsea

Bonetti

Peter Bonetti

England

B.date27/09/1941

Age26 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Hinton

Marvin Hinton

England

B.date02/02/1940

Age28 years

positionDefender

Hollins

John Hollins

England

B.date16/07/1946

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Webb

David Webb

England

B.date09/04/1946

Age22 years

positionDefender

McCreadie

Eddie McCreadie

Scotland

B.date15/04/1940

Age28 years

positionDefender

Birchenall

Alan Birchenall

England

B.date22/08/1945

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Baldwin

Tommy Baldwin

England

B.date10/06/1945

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Boyle

John Boyle

Scotland

B.date25/12/1946

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Cooke

Charlie Cooke

Scotland

B.date14/10/1942

Age25 years

positionRight Winger

Tambling

Robert Tambling

England

B.date18/09/1941

Age26 years

positionStriker

Osgood0

Peter Osgood

England

B.date20/02/1947

Age21 years

H1m85

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Bonetti	26	328	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marvin Hinton	28	216	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hollins	22	211	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Webb	22	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eddie McCreadie	28	221	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Birchenall	23	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Baldwin	23	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Boyle	21	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Charlie Cooke	25	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robert Tambling	26	278	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Osgood	21	118	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

160

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Willie Carr	46	18	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

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

Manager

Age

Match num

Noel Cantwell

Success rate in this team:

26 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

26 %

Cantwell vs Chelsea

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 10, 1968

Cantwell vs Sexton

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 10, 1968

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Sexton vs Coventry

1 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on September 10, 1968

Sexton vs Cantwell

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 10, 1968

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Key figures

Coventry keeps its 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Chelsea in Premier League running (since 30/09/1967). It's a record streak. The first of history

Coventry keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Chelsea in Premier League running (since 30/09/1967). It's a record streak. The first of history

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Noel Cantwell has reached 44% of losses .

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCoventry 2-0 Stoke City15/04/1968

LCoventry 0-1 Leicester27/04/1968

LCoventry 1-2 West Ham24/08/1968

VCoventry 4-2 West Bromwich Albion27/08/1968

VCoventry 2-0 Portsmouth03/09/1968

VCoventry 2-1 Newcastle United07/09/1968

Overall

LManchester United 1-0 Coventry21/08/1968

LCoventry 1-2 West Ham24/08/1968

VCoventry 4-2 West Bromwich Albion27/08/1968

DBurnley 1-1 Coventry31/08/1968

VCoventry 2-0 Portsmouth03/09/1968

VCoventry 2-1 Newcastle United07/09/1968

Current form

Away

LEverton 2-1 Chelsea20/04/1968

LWolverhampton 3-0 Chelsea04/05/1968

VSheffield United 1-2 Chelsea11/05/1968

LNewcastle United 3-2 Chelsea21/08/1968

VManchester United 0-4 Chelsea24/08/1968

VBirmingham City 0-1 Chelsea03/09/1968

Overall

LNewcastle United 3-2 Chelsea21/08/1968

VManchester United 0-4 Chelsea24/08/1968

VChelsea 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday28/08/1968

DChelsea 2-2 Tottenham31/08/1968

VBirmingham City 0-1 Chelsea03/09/1968

DChelsea 1-1 Everton07/09/1968

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	2
Unbeaten streak	3	4
Drawless streak	10	2
Scoring streak	4	5
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	7	0
Scoring streak	4	9
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	14
7	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
10	Goals conceded (Competition total)	8
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
2.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3
1.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.14
1.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

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

Ernie Hunt	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Robert Tambling
Ernie Hunt	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Robert Tambling
Ernie Hunt	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Peter Osgood
Ernie Hunt	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Ian Gibson	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Peter Osgood

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

4 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

4 matches

1 v

1 d

2 l

3 gf

6 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Away

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

4 gf

2 ga

Total

4 matches

2 v

1 d

1 l

6 gf

3 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	February 10, 1968
Home	2 - 1	February 10, 1968

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	December 27, 1924
Away	3 - 0	December 27, 1924

Latest head to head

February 10, 1968 - Division 1 1967/1968

Coventry

2 - 1

Chelsea

September 30, 1967 - Division 1 1967/1968

Chelsea

1 - 1

Coventry

December 27, 1924 - Division 2 1924/1925

Coventry

0 - 3

Chelsea

August 30, 1924 - Division 2 1924/1925

Chelsea

1 - 0

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Gerry Baker	1 goal	1968 - 1968
Dave Clements	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Ernest Hannigan	1 goal	1968 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

	John Boyle	1 goal	1967 - 1967
	Robert Tambling	1 goal	1968 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Dietmar Bruck	2 matches	1967 - 1968
John Tudor	2 matches	1967 - 1968
Billy Glazier	2 matches	1967 - 1968
Brian Hill	2 matches	1967 - 1968
Ernie Machin	2 matches	1967 - 1968
Dave Clements	2 matches	1967 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Eddie McCreadie	2 matches	1967 - 1968
John Boyle	2 matches	1967 - 1968
Peter Bonetti	2 matches	1967 - 1968
Charlie Cooke	2 matches	1967 - 1968
Peter Osgood	2 matches	1967 - 1968
Robert Tambling	2 matches	1967 - 1968