Man United 2-0 Coventry - September 12, 1998 / Premier League 1998/1999
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21'
MU
21' - Goal
Dwight Yorke21
MU
48' - Goal
Ronny Johnsen48
73' - Substitution
Darren Huckerbyis substituted by Paul Hall
78' - Substitution
David Beckhamis substituted by Nicky Butt
78' - Substitution
Ryan Giggsis substituted by Jesper Blomqvist78
88' - Substitution
Ronny Johnsenis substituted by Henning Berg88
COV
COV
Team line-ups
Man United
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G |
Peter Schmeichel | 34 | 349 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Ronny Johnsen | 4888 | 29 | 81 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
D |
Jaap Stam | 26 | 6 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Phil Neville | 21 | 108 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Gary Neville | 23 | 165 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Roy Keane | 27 | 181 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Ryan Giggs | 78 | 24 | 321 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
M |
David Beckham | 78 | 23 | 157 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
M |
Paul Scholes | 23 | 137 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
Dwight Yorke | 21 | 26 | 3 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
F |
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer | 25 | 80 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
Average age
25.5 years
Average number of matches played for the team
144
Coventry
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G |
Magnus Hedman | 25 | 22 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Jean-Guy Wallemme | 31 | 4 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Richard Shaw | 30 | 111 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Barry Quinn | 19 | 1 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Gary Breen | 24 | 52 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Marc Edworthy | 25 | 3 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
Paul Telfer | 26 | 124 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
D |
David Burrows | 29 | 92 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
M |
Darren Huckerby | 73 | 22 | 74 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
M |
George Boateng | 23 | 24 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
F |
Dion Dublin | 29 | 164 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |||
Average age
25.7 years
Average number of matches played for the team
61
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D |
Henning Berg | 88 | 29 | 41 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
M |
Nicky Butt | 78 | 23 | 163 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
M |
Jesper Blomqvist | 78 | 24 | 2 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F |
Paul Hall | 73 | 26 | 5 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Gary Neville
IN
Denis Irwin
OUT
Ryan Giggs
IN
Jesper Blomqvist
OUT
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Marc Edworthy
IN
Roland Nilsson
OUT
Richard Shaw
IN
Paul Hall
OUT
Barry Quinn
IN
Trond-Egil Soltvedt
OUT
Manager
Age
Match num
56
631
Success rate in this team:
54 %
Success rate since the beginning of his career:
54 %
Ferguson vs Coventry
16 victories
5 draws
4 losses
Ferguson vs Strachan
4 victories
0 draw
1 loss
Manager
Age
Match num
41
83
Success rate in this team:
34 %
Success rate since the beginning of his career:
34 %
Strachan vs Man United
1 victory
0 draw
4 losses
Strachan vs Ferguson
1 victory
0 draw
4 losses
Referee
Uriah Rennie
10 victories |
5 draws |
1 loss |
Man United16 matches | General total | Coventry18 matches | 6 victories |
1 draw |
11 losses |
1 victory |
1 draw |
0 loss |
Man United2 matches | Season total | Coventry5 matches | 2 victories |
1 draw |
2 losses |
| Latest figure on December 26, 2007 | Latest figure on April 12, 2008 | |||||||
Videos
Key figures
Man United keeps its 9 matches with at least one goal scored vs Coventry running (since 03/01/1995). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 01/04/1972 (8 matches)
Only back at the time of Terry Butcher head of Coventry (14/11/1990-06/01/1992), you can see a maanger go beneath Gordon Strachan with 1.29 goals conceded per game in Premier League (1.22).
Gary Neville played his game number 10 vs Coventry in Premier League with Manchester United
Pre-match
Current form
| Home | DManchester United 1-1 Liverpool10/04/1998 | DManchester United 1-1 Newcastle United18/04/1998 | VManchester United 3-0 Leeds United04/05/1998 | VManchester United 2-0 LKS Lodz12/08/1998 | DManchester United 2-2 Leicester15/08/1998 | VManchester United 4-1 Charlton08/09/1998 |
| Overall | LArsenal 3-0 Manchester United09/08/1998 | VManchester United 2-0 LKS Lodz12/08/1998 | DManchester United 2-2 Leicester15/08/1998 | DWest Ham 0-0 Manchester United22/08/1998 | DLKS Lodz 0-0 Manchester United26/08/1998 | VManchester United 4-1 Charlton08/09/1998 |
Current form
| Away | DLeicester 1-1 Coventry04/04/1998 | DTottenham 1-1 Coventry13/04/1998 | DLeeds United 3-3 Coventry25/04/1998 | DEverton 1-1 Coventry10/05/1998 | LNottingham Forest 1-0 Coventry22/08/1998 | LLiverpool 2-0 Coventry09/09/1998 |
| Overall | VCoventry 2-0 Blackburn02/05/1998 | DEverton 1-1 Coventry10/05/1998 | VCoventry 2-1 Chelsea15/08/1998 | LNottingham Forest 1-0 Coventry22/08/1998 | DCoventry 0-0 West Ham29/08/1998 | LLiverpool 2-0 Coventry09/09/1998 |
Running streaks
| Home | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Winning streak | 1 | 1 |
| Unbeaten streak | 8 | 5 |
| Drawless streak | 1 | 1 |
| Scoring streak | 8 | 1 |
| Conceding streak | 2 | 1 |
Running streaks
| Away | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Loosing streak | 2 | 1 |
| Winless streak | 8 | 3 |
| Drawless streak | 2 | 1 |
| Goalless streak | 2 | 3 |
| Conceding streak | 7 | 1 |
Statistical comparison of the season
Results
|
3 |
Number of games (Competition total) |
4 |
|
2 |
Number of games (Home / Away) |
2 |
|
1 |
Victories (Competition total) |
1 |
|
1 |
Victories (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
2 |
Draws (Competition total) |
1 |
|
1 |
Draws (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
0 |
Losses (Competition total) |
2 |
|
0 |
Losses (Home / Away) |
2 |
Goals
|
6 |
Goals scored (Competition total) |
2 |
|
6 |
Goals scored (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
3 |
Goals conceded (Competition total) |
4 |
|
3 |
Goals conceded (Home / Away) |
3 |
|
2 |
Goals scored per match average (Competition total) |
0.5 |
|
3 |
Goals scored per match average (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
1 |
Conceced goals per match average (Competition total) |
1 |
|
1.5 |
Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away) |
1.5 |
Betting aid
|
2 |
Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total) |
1 |
|
2 |
Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
1 |
Clean sheets (Competition total) |
1 |
|
0 |
Clean sheets (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
1 |
Matches without scoring (Competition total) |
3 |
|
0 |
Matches without scoring (Home / Away) |
2 |
|
2 |
The 2 teams score (Competition total) |
1 |
|
2 |
The 2 teams score (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
2-2 |
Most frequent score (Home / Away) |
0-1 |
Bookings
|
2 |
Yellow cards (Competition total) |
8 |
|
1 |
Yellow cards (Home / Away) |
2 |
|
0 |
Red cards (Competition total) |
0 |
|
0 |
Red cards (Home / Away) |
0 |
Key players
| Dwight Yorke | 2 goals | Team's best scorer (Competition total) | 1 goal | Dion Dublin |  |
| Dwight Yorke | 2 goals | Team's best scorer (Home / Away) | - | ||
| Dwight Yorke | 2 goals during the last match | The fittest player | 1 goal during the last 4 matches | Dion Dublin | |
Historical head to head
Home
65 gf
25 ga
Away
50 gf
44 ga
Total
115 gf
69 ga
Historical head to head
Home
44 gf
50 ga
Away
25 gf
65 ga
Total
69 gf
115 ga
Largest victory
| Overall | 5 - 0 |
December 28, 1992 |
| Home | 5 - 0 |
December 28, 1992 |
Largest victory
| Overall | 3 - 0 |
December 28, 1982 |
| Away | 1 - 0 |
April 29, 1989 |
Latest head to head
December 28, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998
August 30, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998
March 01, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997
January 18, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997
April 08, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996
Best historical scorers against Coventry
 |
Mark Hughes | 10 goals | 1984 - 1992 |
 |
Lou Macari | 7 goals | 1976 - 1983 |
 |
George Best | 5 goals | 1967 - 1973 |
 |
Bobby Charlton | 5 goals | 1963 - 1972 |
 |
Andy Cole | 4 goals | 1995 - 1997 |
 |
Éric Cantona | 4 goals | 1992 - 1996 |
Best historical scorers against Man United
|
Brian Alderson | 3 goals | 1973 - 1974 |
 |
Ernie Hunt | 3 goals | 1969 - 1971 |
|
Ferguson Michael | 2 goals | 1977 - 1979 |
|
Terry Gibson | 2 goals | 1983 - 1985 |
|
Willie Carr | 2 goals | 1971 - 1972 |
|
Darren Huckerby | 2 goals | 1997 - 1997 |
Players with most games played vs Coventry
|
Arthur Albiston | 23 matches | 1977 - 1988 |
 |
Martin Buchan | 20 matches | 1972 - 1982 |
 |
Brian McClair | 18 matches | 1987 - 1997 |
 |
Sammy McIlroy | 18 matches | 1971 - 1981 |
|
Mark Hughes | 18 matches | 1984 - 1995 |
|
Alex Stepney | 18 matches | 1967 - 1977 |
Players with most games played vs Man United
 |
Steve Ogrizovic | 24 matches | 1984 - 1997 |
|
Mick Coop | 22 matches | 1967 - 1981 |
|
Brian Borrows | 15 matches | 1985 - 1995 |
|
Trevor Peake | 15 matches | 1983 - 1990 |
|
Lloyd McGrath | 14 matches | 1985 - 1993 |
|
Billy Glazier | 13 matches | 1967 - 1974 |
They played in both sides
206 matches
30 matches
194 matches
54 matches
107 matches
32 matches
96 matches
86 matches
56 matches
160 matches
53 matches
91 matches
They played in both sides
17 matches
163 matches
56 matches
160 matches
27 matches
98 matches
53 matches
91 matches
96 matches
86 matches
194 matches
54 matches
Competition info
The other matches
September 12, 1998
September 13, 1998
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