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Coventry 3-0 Derby County - December 21, 2002 / First Division 2002/2003

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First Division 2002/2003 - Round 24

Ricoh Arena - Coventry - England

December 21, 2002

13 185

Coventry

3 - 0

Derby County

Gary McAllister

30'

Craig Hignett

35'

Jay Bothroyd

54'

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30' - Goal Gary McAllister30

35' - Goal Craig Hignett35

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46' - Substitution Paul Boertienis substituted by Pablo Mills

54' - Goal Jay Bothroyd54

66' - Substitution Jay Bothroydis substituted by Gavin Strachan66

87' - Substitution Gary McAllisteris substituted by John Eustace87

89' - Substitution Dean Holdsworthis substituted by Lee Mills89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

3 - 0

Derby County

Coventry Derby County

Team line-ups

Coventry

Hyldgaard

Morten Hyldgaard

Denmark

B.date26/01/1978

Age24 years

H1m98

positionGoalkeeper

Caldwell

Gary Caldwell

Scotland

B.date12/04/1982

Age20 years

H1m80

positionSweeper

Quinn

Barry Quinn

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/05/1979

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Shaw

Richard Shaw

England

B.date11/09/1968

Age34 years

H1m76

positionCentral defender

Pead

Craig Pead

England

B.date15/09/1981

Age21 years

H1m76

positionRight central defender

Konjic

Muhamed Konjic

Bosnia and Herzegovina

B.date14/05/1970

Age32 years

H1m92

positionCentral defender

Hignett35

Craig Hignett

England

B.date12/01/1970

Age32 years

H1m79

positionCentre Midfield

McAllister3087

Gary McAllister

Scotland

B.date25/12/1964

Age37 years

H1m86

positionPlaymaker

Partridge

Richie Partridge

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/09/1980

Age22 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Holdsworth89

Dean Holdsworth

England

B.date08/11/1968

Age34 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Bothroyd5466

Jay Bothroyd

England

B.date05/05/1982

Age20 years

H1m90

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Morten Hyldgaard		24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Caldwell		20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Barry Quinn		23	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Shaw		34	257	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Craig Pead		21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Muhamed Konjic		32	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Hignett	35	32	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary McAllister	3087	37	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Richie Partridge		22	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dean Holdsworth	89	34	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jay Bothroyd	5466	20	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Derby County

Grant

Lee Grant

England

B.date27/01/1983

Age19 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Barton

Warren Barton

England

B.date19/03/1969

Age33 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Riggott

Chris Riggott

England

B.date01/09/1980

Age22 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Evatt

Ian Evatt

England

B.date19/11/1981

Age21 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

Elliott

Steve Elliott

England

B.date29/10/1978

Age24 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Boertien46

Paul Boertien

England

B.date20/01/1979

Age23 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

Burley

Craig Burley

Scotland

B.date24/09/1971

Age31 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Morris

Lee Morris

England

B.date30/04/1980

Age22 years

H1m76

positionRight Midfielder

Bolder

Adam Bolder

England

B.date25/10/1980

Age22 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

McLeod

Izale McLeod

England

B.date15/10/1984

Age18 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Christie

Malcolm Christie

England

B.date11/04/1979

Age23 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Lee Grant		19	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Warren Barton		33	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Riggott		22	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Evatt		21	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Elliott		24	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Boertien	46	23	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Burley		31	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Morris		22	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Adam Bolder		22	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Izale McLeod		18	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Malcolm Christie		23	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	John Eustace	87	23	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gavin Strachan	66	23	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Lee Mills	89	32	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Pablo Mills	46	18	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Craig Pead

Youssef Safri

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ian Evatt

Danny Higginbotham

OUT

Adam Bolder

Rob Lee

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gary McAllister

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

McAllister vs Derby County

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 2002

McAllister vs Gregory

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

John Gregory

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Gregory vs Coventry

4 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 21, 2002

Gregory vs McAllister

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 2002

Referee

Michael Dean

1 victory	2 draws	6 losses	Coventry9 matches	General total	Derby County14 matches	1 victory	5 draws	8 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Coventry1 match	Season total	Derby County1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on January 29, 2011					Latest figure on February 12, 2022

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Key figures

Coventry keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a loss vs Derby County in Championship running (since 12/04/1966). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Jay Bothroyd scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Coventry keeps its 9 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Derby County running (since 24/01/1998). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 19/08/1975 (7 matches)

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LCoventry 2-3 Millwall28/09/2002

DCoventry 1-1 Norwich City23/10/2002

DCoventry 0-0 Walsall26/10/2002

VCoventry 2-1 Rotherham United02/11/2002

LCoventry 0-2 Wolverhampton16/11/2002

LCoventry 1-2 Preston North End30/11/2002

Overall

LBurnley 3-1 Coventry09/11/2002

LCoventry 0-2 Wolverhampton16/11/2002

LIpswich Town 2-1 Coventry23/11/2002

LCoventry 1-2 Preston North End30/11/2002

VStoke City 1-2 Coventry07/12/2002

VWolverhampton 0-2 Coventry14/12/2002

Current form

Away

VIpswich Town 0-1 Derby County28/09/2002

DBradford 0-0 Derby County12/10/2002

LMillwall 3-0 Derby County26/10/2002

VSheffield Wednesday 1-3 Derby County02/11/2002

LBrighton & Hove 1-0 Derby County16/11/2002

LNorwich City 1-0 Derby County30/11/2002

Overall

LDerby County 1-2 Portsmouth09/11/2002

LBrighton & Hove 1-0 Derby County16/11/2002

VDerby County 3-2 Wimbledon FC25/11/2002

LNorwich City 1-0 Derby County30/11/2002

VDerby County 3-0 Watford07/12/2002

VDerby County 1-0 Brighton & Hove14/12/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	3	9
Scoring streak	1	4
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	4	9
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	4	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

23	Number of games (Competition total)	23
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
9	Victories (Competition total)	10
4	Victories (Home / Away)	4
6	Draws (Competition total)	3
3	Draws (Home / Away)	1
8	Losses (Competition total)	10
4	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

29	Goals scored (Competition total)	28
13	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
30	Goals conceded (Competition total)	28
14	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
1.26	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.22
1.18	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.82
1.3	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.22
1.27	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.18

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	10
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (3 times)

Bookings

37	Yellow cards (Competition total)	49
14	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	30
3	Red cards (Competition total)	5
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	4

Key players

Jay Bothroyd	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Malcolm Christie
Gary McAllister	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Lee Morris
Gary McAllister	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Danny Higginbotham
Gary McAllister	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Gary McAllister	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Danny Higginbotham

Historical head to head

Home

31 matches

15 v

9 d

7 l

40 gf

29 ga

Away

28 matches

6 v

5 d

17 l

24 gf

46 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

2 gf

4 ga

Total

61 matches

21 v

14 d

26 l

66 gf

79 ga

Historical head to head

Home

28 matches

17 v

5 d

6 l

46 gf

24 ga

Away

31 matches

7 v

9 d

15 l

29 gf

40 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

2 ga

Total

61 matches

26 v

14 d

21 l

79 gf

66 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	April 13, 1991
Home	3 - 0	April 13, 1991

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	December 20, 1924
Away	3 - 0	March 19, 1988

Latest head to head

March 31, 2001 - Premier League 2000/2001

Coventry

2 - 0

Derby County logo Derby County

December 16, 2000 - Premier League 2000/2001

Derby County

1 - 0

Coventry

January 22, 2000 - Premier League 1999/2000

Derby County

0 - 0

Coventry

August 21, 1999 - Premier League 1999/2000

Coventry

2 - 0

Derby County logo Derby County

May 08, 1999 - Premier League 1998/1999

Derby County

0 - 0

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Derby County

Ian Wallace	6 goals	1977 - 1980
Ferguson Michael	4 goals	1977 - 1978
Darren Huckerby	3 goals	1997 - 1998
Neil Martin	3 goals	1969 - 1970
Dion Dublin	3 goals	1996 - 1998
Willie Carr	2 goals	1970 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Charles George	5 goals	1976 - 1978
Kevin Hector	3 goals	1970 - 1974
Trevor Hebberd	2 goals	1989 - 1989
John O'Hare	2 goals	1971 - 1973
Ashley Ward	2 goals	1996 - 1997
Roy McFarland	2 goals	1969 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Derby County

Tommy Hutchison	16 matches	1972 - 1980
Steve Ogrizovic	13 matches	1987 - 1998
Mick Coop	12 matches	1969 - 1980
Paul Telfer	12 matches	1996 - 2001
Dennis Mortimer	10 matches	1971 - 1975
Richard Shaw	10 matches	1996 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Colin Todd	16 matches	1971 - 1978
Roy McFarland	16 matches	1969 - 1980
Kevin Hector	15 matches	1969 - 1977
Colin Boulton	12 matches	1971 - 1977
Archie Gemmill	12 matches	1971 - 1977
Darryl Powell	11 matches	1996 - 2001