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Sheffield United 0-0 Coventry - December 28, 2002 / First Division 2002/2003

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First Division 2002/2003 - Round 26

Bramall Lane - Sheffield - England

December 28, 2002

20 465

0 - 0

Coventry

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45' - Substitution Craig Hignettis substituted by Craig Pead

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68' - Substitution Steve Kabbais substituted by Paul Peschisolido68

69' - Substitution Richie Partridgeis substituted by Gary McSheffrey

71' - Red card Dean Gordon

81' - Substitution Dean Holdsworthis substituted by John Eustace

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sheffield United

0 - 0

Coventry

Sheffield United Coventry

Team line-ups

Sheffield United

Kenny

Paddy Kenny

Republic of Ireland

B.date17/05/1978

Age24 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Jagielka

Phil Jagielka

England

B.date17/08/1982

Age20 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Page

Robert Page

Wales

B.date03/09/1974

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Murphy

Shaun Murphy

Australia

B.date05/11/1970

Age32 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Harley

Jon Harley

England

B.date26/09/1979

Age23 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

McCall

Stuart McCall

Scotland

B.date10/06/1964

Age38 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Brown

Michael Brown

England

B.date25/01/1977

Age25 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Tonge

Michael Tonge

England

B.date07/04/1983

Age19 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Kabba68

Steve Kabba

England

B.date07/03/1981

Age21 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Ndlovu

Peter Ndlovu

Zimbabwe

B.date25/02/1973

Age29 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Allison

Wayne Allison

England

B.date16/10/1968

Age34 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paddy Kenny		24	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Jagielka		20	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Page		28	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Shaun Murphy		32	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jon Harley		23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stuart McCall		38	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Brown		25	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Tonge		19	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Kabba	68	21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Ndlovu		29	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wayne Allison		34	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

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

Shaw

Richard Shaw

England

B.date11/09/1968

Age34 years

H1m76

positionCentral defender

Gordon71

Dean Gordon

England

B.date10/02/1973

Age29 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Konjic

Muhamed Konjic

Bosnia and Herzegovina

B.date14/05/1970

Age32 years

H1m92

positionCentral defender

Safri

Youssef Safri

Morocco

B.date03/01/1977

Age25 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Hignett45

Craig Hignett

England

B.date12/01/1970

Age32 years

H1m79

positionCentre Midfield

Partridge69

Richie Partridge

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/09/1980

Age22 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

McAllister

Gary McAllister

Scotland

B.date25/12/1964

Age38 years

H1m86

positionPlaymaker

Holdsworth81

Dean Holdsworth

England

B.date08/11/1968

Age34 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Bothroyd

Jay Bothroyd

England

B.date05/05/1982

Age20 years

H1m90

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Morten Hyldgaard		24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Caldwell		20	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Shaw		34	259	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dean Gordon	71	29	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Muhamed Konjic		32	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Youssef Safri		25	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Hignett	45	32	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Richie Partridge	69	22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary McAllister		38	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dean Holdsworth	81	34	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jay Bothroyd		20	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Paul Peschisolido	68	31	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Craig Pead	45	21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Eustace	81	23	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gary McSheffrey	69	20	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steve Kabba

Carl Asaba

OUT

Michael Tonge

Nick Montgomery

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dean Gordon

Barry Quinn

OUT

Youssef Safri

Craig Pead

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Neil Warnock

160

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Warnock vs Coventry

1 victory

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on December 28, 2002

Warnock vs McAllister

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Gary McAllister

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

McAllister vs Sheffield United

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 2002

McAllister vs Warnock

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 2002

Referee

Roy Pearson

2 victories	2 draws	1 loss	Sheffield United5 matches	General total	Coventry3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Sheffield United2 matches	Season total	Coventry1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 16, 2004					Latest figure on October 25, 2003

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Key figures

End of streak for Coventry after 11 matches with at least one goal scored away from home in Championship (since 17/08/2002). It was the best streak for the club since 10/09/1966-18/02/1967 (13 matches).

Stuart McCall played his game number 10 vs Coventry in his professional career

End of streak for Sheffield United after 3 consecutive losses vs Coventry (since 15/09/2001). It's an equilized record streak. The last time the club reached this figure, it was on the 27/10/1990

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSheffield United 2-1 Leeds United06/11/2002

DSheffield United 0-0 Ipswich Town09/11/2002

VSheffield United 2-1 Crystal Palace30/11/2002

VSheffield United 2-0 Sunderland03/12/2002

VSheffield United 3-1 Crystal Palace17/12/2002

VSheffield United 1-0 Preston North End21/12/2002

Overall

VSheffield United 2-0 Sunderland03/12/2002

DLeicester 0-0 Sheffield United07/12/2002

VReading 0-2 Sheffield United14/12/2002

VSheffield United 3-1 Crystal Palace17/12/2002

VSheffield United 1-0 Preston North End21/12/2002

VWalsall 0-1 Sheffield United26/12/2002

Current form

Away

LLeicester 2-1 Coventry29/10/2002

LCrystal Palace 3-0 Coventry06/11/2002

LBurnley 3-1 Coventry09/11/2002

LIpswich Town 2-1 Coventry23/11/2002

VStoke City 1-2 Coventry07/12/2002

VWolverhampton 0-2 Coventry14/12/2002

Overall

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

VCoventry 3-0 Derby County21/12/2002

VCoventry 2-0 Reading26/12/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	4
Unbeaten streak	9	10
Drawless streak	4	4
Scoring streak	4	4
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Drawless streak	6	11
Scoring streak	4	6
Invincibility streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

24	Number of games (Competition total)	25
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
13	Victories (Competition total)	11
6	Victories (Home / Away)	5
6	Draws (Competition total)	6
4	Draws (Home / Away)	3
5	Losses (Competition total)	8
1	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

37	Goals scored (Competition total)	34
15	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
24	Goals conceded (Competition total)	30
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	16
1.54	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.36
1.36	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.33
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.2
0.82	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.33

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
1-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (2 times)

Bookings

32	Yellow cards (Competition total)	42
9	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	23
2	Red cards (Competition total)	3
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Carl Asaba	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Jay Bothroyd
Wayne Allison	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Jay Bothroyd
Carl Asaba	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Gary McAllister
Michael Brown	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Gary McAllister
Michael Brown	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Craig Hignett

Historical head to head

Home

18 matches

6 v

6 d

6 l

19 gf

17 ga

Away

19 matches

4 v

7 d

8 l

26 gf

31 ga

Total

37 matches

10 v

13 d

14 l

45 gf

48 ga

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

8 v

7 d

4 l

31 gf

26 ga

Away

18 matches

6 v

6 d

6 l

17 gf

19 ga

Total

37 matches

14 v

13 d

10 l

48 gf

45 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	April 29, 1939
Home	3 - 1	April 21, 1973

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	December 26, 1991
Away	3 - 0	December 26, 1991

Latest head to head

August 10, 2002 - First Division 2002/2003

Coventry

2 - 1

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

March 06, 2002 - First Division 2001/2002

Coventry

1 - 0

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

September 15, 2001 - First Division 2001/2002

Sheffield United

0 - 1

Coventry

March 17, 1998 - FA Cup 1997/1998

Sheffield United

1 - 1

Coventry

March 07, 1998 - FA Cup 1997/1998

Coventry

1 - 1

Sheffield United logo Sheffield United

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Alan Woodward	5 goals	1967 - 1975
Tony Currie	2 goals	1972 - 1972
William Dearden	2 goals	1973 - 1974
Jimmy Bone	1 goal	1973 - 1973
Ian Bryson	1 goal	1991 - 1991
Carl Asaba	1 goal	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/08/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Sheffield United

David Cross	3 goals	1973 - 1975
Brian Alderson	2 goals	1972 - 1972
Tommy Hutchison	1 goal	1974 - 1974
Robert Rosario	1 goal	1991 - 1991
Gary McSheffrey	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Willie Carr	1 goal	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/08/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Len Badger	11 matches	1967 - 1975
Alan Woodward	10 matches	1967 - 1976
Edmond Colquhoun	10 matches	1971 - 1976
Tony Currie	9 matches	1971 - 1976
Simon Tracey	7 matches	1990 - 2002
Ted Hemsley	7 matches	1972 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/08/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sheffield United

Steve Ogrizovic	10 matches	1990 - 1998
Tommy Hutchison	8 matches	1972 - 1976
Brian Borrows	8 matches	1990 - 1994
Billy Glazier	7 matches	1967 - 1974
Mick Coop	7 matches	1971 - 1976
Dennis Mortimer	7 matches	1971 - 1975