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Coventry 3-2 Chelsea - August 09, 1997 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 1

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

August 09, 1997

22 686

Coventry

3 - 2

Chelsea

Dion Dublin

41'

Dion Dublin

82'

Dion Dublin

88'

39'

Frank Sinclair

71'

Tore André Flo

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39' - Goal Frank Sinclair

41' - Goal Dion Dublin41

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68' - Substitution Mark Hughesis substituted by Tore André Flo

71' - Substitution Darren Huckerbyis substituted by Kyle Lightbourne71

71' - Goal Tore André Flo

80' - Substitution Gary Breenis substituted by Willie Boland80

80' - Substitution Roberto Di Matteois substituted by Jody Morris

82' - Goal Dion Dublin82

88' - Goal Dion Dublin88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

3 - 2

Chelsea

Coventry Chelsea

Team line-ups

Coventry

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Huckerby71

Darren Huckerby

England

B.date23/04/1976

Age21 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

Dublin828841

Dion Dublin

England

B.date22/04/1969

Age28 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Soltvedt

Trond-Egil Soltvedt

Norway

B.date15/02/1967

Age30 years

H1m86

positionMidfield

McAllister

Gary McAllister

Scotland

B.date25/12/1964

Age32 years

H1m86

positionPlaymaker

Salako

John Salako

England

B.date11/02/1969

Age28 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Breen80

Gary Breen

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/12/1973

Age23 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Burrows

David Burrows

England

B.date25/10/1968

Age28 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Shaw

Richard Shaw

England

B.date11/09/1968

Age28 years

H1m76

positionCentral defender

Williams

Paul Williams

England

B.date26/03/1971

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Telfer

Paul Telfer

Scotland

B.date21/10/1971

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Ogrizovic

Steve Ogrizovic

England

B.date12/09/1957

Age39 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Steve Ogrizovic		39	520	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Breen	80	23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Shaw		28	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Williams		26	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Telfer		25	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Burrows		28	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Darren Huckerby	71	21	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Salako		28	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trond-Egil Soltvedt		30	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary McAllister		32	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dion Dublin	828841	28	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chelsea

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Zola

Gianfranco Zola

Italy

B.date05/07/1966

Age31 years

H1m68

positionSecond striker

Hughes68

Mark Hughes

Wales

B.date01/11/1963

Age33 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Poyet

Gustavo Poyet

Uruguay

B.date15/11/1967

Age29 years

H1m87

positionPlaymaker

Wise

Dennis Wise

England

B.date15/12/1966

Age30 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Di Matteo80

Roberto Di Matteo

Italy

B.date29/05/1970

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Petrescu

Dan Petrescu

Romania

B.date22/12/1967

Age29 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Le Saux

Graeme Le Saux

England

B.date17/10/1968

Age28 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Leboeuf

Frank Leboeuf

France

B.date22/01/1968

Age29 years

H1m84

positionSweeper

Sinclair39

Frank Sinclair

Jamaica

B.date03/12/1971

Age25 years

H1m73

positionRight central defender

Clarke

Steve Clarke

Scotland

B.date29/08/1963

Age33 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

de Goeij

Ed de Goeij

Netherlands

B.date20/12/1966

Age30 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ed de Goeij		30	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Leboeuf		29	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Sinclair	39	25	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dan Petrescu		29	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Le Saux		28	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Clarke		33	322	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roberto Di Matteo	80	27	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Wise		30	273	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gustavo Poyet		29	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hughes	68	33	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gianfranco Zola		31	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

106

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Willie Boland	80	22	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Kyle Lightbourne	71	28	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Jody Morris	80	18	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Tore André Flo	7168	24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Salako

Kevin Richardson

OUT

Gary Breen

Peter Ndlovu

OUT

Trond-Egil Soltvedt

Noel Whelan

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dan Petrescu

Danny Granville

OUT

Graeme Le Saux

Jody Morris

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Strachan

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Strachan vs Chelsea

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 09, 1997

Strachan vs Gullit

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 09, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Ruud Gullit

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Gullit vs Coventry

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 09, 1997

Gullit vs Strachan

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 09, 1997

Referee

Paul Durkin

3 victories	5 draws	8 losses	Coventry16 matches	General total	Chelsea37 matches	12 victories	13 draws	12 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Coventry2 matches	Season total	Chelsea3 matches	1 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on January 13, 2002					Latest figure on May 01, 2004

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Key figures

It's the first time Dion Dublin scores at least 3 goals during the same game vs in his professional career

John Salako played his game number 10 vs Coventry in Premier League

It's the first time Tore André Flo scores 1 goal in Premier League

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DCoventry 1-1 Wimbledon FC03/03/1997

DCoventry 0-0 Leicester08/03/1997

LCoventry 1-3 West Ham22/03/1997

VCoventry 3-1 Chelsea09/04/1997

DCoventry 1-1 Arsenal21/04/1997

LCoventry 1-2 Derby County03/05/1997

Overall

VLiverpool 1-2 Coventry06/04/1997

VCoventry 3-1 Chelsea09/04/1997

DSouthampton 2-2 Coventry19/04/1997

DCoventry 1-1 Arsenal21/04/1997

LCoventry 1-2 Derby County03/05/1997

VTottenham 1-2 Coventry11/05/1997

Current form

Away

LWest Ham 3-2 Chelsea12/03/1997

LMiddlesbrough 1-0 Chelsea22/03/1997

LCoventry 3-1 Chelsea09/04/1997

LNewcastle United 3-1 Chelsea16/04/1997

VWimbledon FC 0-1 Chelsea22/04/1997

VEverton 1-2 Chelsea11/05/1997

Overall

VChelsea 2-1 Leicester19/04/1997

VWimbledon FC 0-1 Chelsea22/04/1997

DChelsea 0-0 Leeds United03/05/1997

VEverton 1-2 Chelsea11/05/1997

VChelsea 2-0 Middlesbrough17/05/1997

DManchester United 1-1 Chelsea03/08/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	4	7
Conceding streak	4	8

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	6
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	8	0
Scoring streak	4	3
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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Goals

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Betting aid

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Bookings

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Key players

No statistics here yet

Historical head to head

Home

24 matches

9 v

6 d

9 l

35 gf

35 ga

Away

23 matches

4 v

6 d

13 l

25 gf

38 ga

Total

47 matches

13 v

12 d

22 l

60 gf

73 ga

Historical head to head

Home

23 matches

13 v

6 d

4 l

38 gf

25 ga

Away

24 matches

9 v

6 d

9 l

35 gf

35 ga

Total

47 matches

22 v

12 d

13 l

73 gf

60 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	January 14, 1978
Home	5 - 1	January 14, 1978

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	November 03, 1984
Away	3 - 0	February 28, 1970

Latest head to head

April 09, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Coventry

3 - 1

Chelsea

August 24, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Chelsea

2 - 0

Coventry

February 10, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Coventry

1 - 0

Chelsea

August 30, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Chelsea

2 - 2

Coventry

February 04, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Coventry

2 - 2

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Ian Wallace	4 goals	1977 - 1979
Ferguson Michael	3 goals	1978 - 1979
Peter Ndlovu	3 goals	1994 - 1995
Mick Coop	3 goals	1974 - 1978
Micky Gynn	2 goals	1984 - 1991
Steve Morgan	2 goals	1993 - 1994

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

Peter Osgood	5 goals	1968 - 1973
Kerry Dixon	5 goals	1984 - 1990
Bill Garner	3 goals	1972 - 1974
Kevin Wilson	3 goals	1988 - 1989
John Spencer	3 goals	1993 - 1995
John Hollins	3 goals	1970 - 1973

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

Steve Ogrizovic	21 matches	1984 - 1997
Brian Borrows	18 matches	1985 - 1997
Billy Glazier	14 matches	1967 - 1974
Mick Coop	14 matches	1968 - 1979
Willie Carr	13 matches	1968 - 1974
Cyrille Regis	11 matches	1984 - 1991

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

Ron Harris	20 matches	1967 - 1979
Peter Bonetti	18 matches	1967 - 1979
John Hollins	16 matches	1967 - 1974
Steve Clarke	16 matches	1987 - 1997
Kerry Dixon	14 matches	1984 - 1992
David Webb	12 matches	1968 - 1974