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Watford 2-1 Coventry - December 13, 2008 / Championship 2008/2009

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Championship 2008/2009 - Round 23

Vicarage Road - Watford - England

December 13, 2008

14 075

Watford

2 - 1

Coventry

(penalty) Tommy Smith

62'

(right foot) John-Joe O'Toole

72'

67'

Clinton Morrison (left foot) Assist by Jay Tabb

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59' - Substitution Jon Harleyis substituted by Theo Robinson59

62' - Goal Tommy Smith62

67' - Goal Clinton Morrison

72' - Goal John-Joe O'Toole72

75' - Substitution Michael Doyleis substituted by Leon Best

81' - Substitution Mat Sadleris substituted by Liam Bridcutt81

87' - Substitution Ross Jenkinsis substituted by Jobi McAnuff87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Watford

2 - 1

Coventry

Watford Coventry

Team line-ups

Watford

Loach

Scott Loach

England

B.date27/05/1988

Age20 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Bromby

Leigh Bromby

England

B.date02/06/1980

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

Harley59

Jon Harley

England

B.date26/09/1979

Age29 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Sadler81

Mat Sadler

England

B.date26/02/1985

Age23 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

Mariappa

Adrian Mariappa

Jamaica

B.date03/10/1986

Age22 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Doyley

Lloyd Doyley

Jamaica

B.date01/12/1982

Age26 years

H1m81

positionFull-back

Jenkins87

Ross Jenkins

England

B.date09/11/1990

Age18 years

H1m91

positionCentre Midfield

Williamson

Lee Williamson

Jamaica

B.date07/06/1982

Age26 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

Smith62

Tommy Smith

England

B.date22/05/1980

Age28 years

H1m79

positionVersatile Midfielder

O'Toole72

John-Joe O'Toole

England

B.date30/09/1988

Age20 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

Priskin

Tamás Priskin

Hungary

B.date27/09/1986

Age22 years

H1m89

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Scott Loach		20	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Leigh Bromby		28	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jon Harley	59	29	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mat Sadler	81	23	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Adrian Mariappa		22	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lloyd Doyley		26	225	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ross Jenkins	87	18	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Williamson		26	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Smith	62	28	227	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John-Joe O'Toole	72	20	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tamás Priskin		22	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Coventry

Westwood

Kieren Westwood

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/10/1984

Age24 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Ward

Elliott Ward

England

B.date19/01/1985

Age23 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Turner

Ben Turner

England

B.date21/01/1988

Age20 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Hall

Marcus Hall

England

B.date24/03/1976

Age32 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

Fox

Danny Fox

Scotland

B.date29/05/1986

Age22 years

H1m82

positionLeft full-back

Doyle75

Michael Doyle

Republic of Ireland

B.date08/07/1981

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft central midfielder

Gunnarsson

Aron Gunnarsson

Iceland

B.date22/04/1989

Age19 years

H1m77

positionRight central midfielder

Tabb

Jay Tabb

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/02/1984

Age24 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

Morrison67

Clinton Morrison

Republic of Ireland

B.date14/05/1979

Age29 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Simpson

Robbie Simpson

England

B.date15/03/1985

Age23 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Eastwood

Freddy Eastwood

Wales

B.date29/10/1983

Age25 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kieren Westwood		24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Elliott Ward		23	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ben Turner		20	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marcus Hall		32	285	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Fox		22	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Doyle	75	27	255	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Aron Gunnarsson		19	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jay Tabb		24	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Clinton Morrison	67	29	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robbie Simpson		23	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Freddy Eastwood		25	24	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

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Liam Bridcutt	81	19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jobi McAnuff	87	27	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Theo Robinson	59	19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Leon Best	75	22	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John-Joe O'Toole

Liam Bridcutt

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Michael Doyle

Michael Mifsud

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Brendan Rodgers

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Rodgers vs Coventry

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 13, 2008

Rodgers vs Coleman

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 13, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Chris Coleman

Success rate in this team:

30 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Coleman vs Watford

1 victory

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 13, 2008

Coleman vs Rodgers

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 13, 2008

Referee

Jonathan Moss

7 victories	4 draws	11 losses	Watford22 matches	General total	Coventry6 matches	2 victories	0 draw	4 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Watford2 matches	Season total	Coventry1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 12, 2022					Latest figure on November 12, 2016

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Key figures

Watford keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 25/11/2008).

Watford keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal scored vs Coventry in Championship running (since 05/03/2005). It's a record streak. The first of history

Watford keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a draw vs Coventry in Championship running (since 18/12/2004). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LWatford 2-3 Wolverhampton25/10/2008

LWatford 3-4 Blackpool01/11/2008

VWatford 3-0 Queens Park Rangers22/11/2008

DWatford 1-1 Doncaster Rovers29/11/2008

LWatford 1-2 Tottenham03/12/2008

VWatford 2-1 Norwich City10/12/2008

Overall

VWatford 3-0 Queens Park Rangers22/11/2008

DBristol City 1-1 Watford25/11/2008

DWatford 1-1 Doncaster Rovers29/11/2008

LWatford 1-2 Tottenham03/12/2008

LBirmingham City 3-2 Watford06/12/2008

VWatford 2-1 Norwich City10/12/2008

Current form

Away

LWolverhampton 2-1 Coventry18/10/2008

DSouthampton 1-1 Coventry28/10/2008

VBirmingham City 0-1 Coventry03/11/2008

VSheffield Wednesday 0-1 Coventry22/11/2008

LReading 3-1 Coventry01/12/2008

VCharlton 1-2 Coventry09/12/2008

Overall

LCoventry 0-1 Plymouth15/11/2008

VSheffield Wednesday 0-1 Coventry22/11/2008

DCoventry 1-1 Swansea25/11/2008

LReading 3-1 Coventry01/12/2008

DCoventry 2-2 Nottingham Forest06/12/2008

VCharlton 1-2 Coventry09/12/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	15	10
Conceding streak	3	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	4	1
Scoring streak	9	5
Conceding streak	2	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

22	Number of games (Competition total)	22
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
6	Victories (Competition total)	7
5	Victories (Home / Away)	4
5	Draws (Competition total)	7
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
11	Losses (Competition total)	8
3	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

34	Goals scored (Competition total)	24
21	Goals scored (Home / Away)	12
38	Goals conceded (Competition total)	27
17	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
1.55	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.09
1.91	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.09
1.73	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.23
1.55	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.18

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	13
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
2-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 times)

Bookings

31	Yellow cards (Competition total)	45
18	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	23
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Tommy Smith	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Clinton Morrison
Tommy Smith	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Clinton Morrison
Tommy Smith	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Elliott Ward
Tommy Smith	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Tommy Smith	5 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	5 assists	Freddy Eastwood
Tommy Smith	4 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Freddy Eastwood
Tommy Smith	11 goals, 5 assists during the last 21 matches	The fittest player	3 goals, 2 assists during the last 5 matches	Danny Fox

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

6 v

3 d

5 l

27 gf

17 ga

Away

16 matches

8 v

1 d

7 l

17 gf

20 ga

Total

30 matches

14 v

4 d

12 l

44 gf

37 ga

Historical head to head

Home

16 matches

7 v

1 d

8 l

20 gf

17 ga

Away

14 matches

5 v

3 d

6 l

17 gf

27 ga

Total

30 matches

12 v

4 d

14 l

37 gf

44 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	February 11, 2006
Home	4 - 0	February 11, 2006

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 09, 1980
Away	3 - 2	March 05, 2005

Latest head to head

April 05, 2008 - Championship 2007/2008

Watford

2 - 1

Coventry

October 23, 2007 - Championship 2007/2008

Coventry

0 - 3

Watford

February 11, 2006 - Championship 2005/2006

Watford

4 - 0

Coventry

September 28, 2005 - Championship 2005/2006

Coventry

3 - 1

Watford

March 05, 2005 - Championship 2004/2005

Watford

2 - 3

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Coventry

John Barnes	3 goals	1983 - 1986
Stephen Glass	3 goals	2001 - 2002
Mark Falco	2 goals	1987 - 1987
Ashley Young	2 goals	2005 - 2006
Darius Henderson	2 goals	2006 - 2007
Wayne Brown	2 goals	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/03/1983. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Watford

Terry Gibson	4 goals	1983 - 1985
Gary McSheffrey	3 goals	2002 - 2005
Keith Houchen	2 goals	1987 - 1987
Trevor Peake	1 goal	1984 - 1984
John Eustace	1 goal	2002 - 2002
David Speedie	1 goal	1988 - 1988

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/03/1983. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Wilf Rostron	11 matches	1982 - 1988
John Barnes	10 matches	1982 - 1987
Nigel Callaghan	9 matches	1982 - 1986
Neil Cox	9 matches	2000 - 2005
Kenny Jackett	9 matches	1982 - 1988
Tommy Smith	8 matches	1999 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/10/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Richard Shaw	9 matches	1999 - 2006
Dave Bennett	8 matches	1984 - 1988
Steve Ogrizovic	8 matches	1984 - 1988
Trevor Peake	8 matches	1984 - 1988
Gary McSheffrey	7 matches	2002 - 2006
Michael Doyle	7 matches	2003 - 2008