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Liverpool 1-0 Coventry - December 20, 1997 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 19

Anfield - Liverpool - England

December 20, 1997

39 707

1 - 0

Coventry

Michael Owen

14'

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14' - Goal Michael Owen14

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82' - Substitution Trond-Egil Soltvedtis substituted by Gavin Strachan

85' - Substitution Simon Haworthis substituted by Andy Ducros

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

1 - 0

Coventry

Liverpool Coventry

Team line-ups

Liverpool

James

David James

England

B.date01/08/1970

Age27 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Harkness

Steven Harkness

England

B.date27/08/1971

Age26 years

H1m77

positionLeft central defender

Matteo

Dominic Matteo

Scotland

B.date28/04/1974

Age23 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

McAteer

Jason McAteer

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/06/1971

Age26 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Defender

Kvarme

Björn Tore Kvarme

Norway

B.date17/06/1972

Age25 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age19 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

McManaman

Steve McManaman

England

B.date11/02/1972

Age25 years

H1m83

positionVersatile Midfielder

Redknapp

Jamie Redknapp

England

B.date25/06/1973

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Leonhardsen

Öyvind Leonhardsen

Norway

B.date17/08/1970

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Fowler

Robbie Fowler

England

B.date09/04/1975

Age22 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Owen14

Michael Owen

England

B.date14/12/1979

Age18 years

H1m73

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David James		27	231	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steven Harkness		26	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dominic Matteo		23	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jason McAteer		26	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Björn Tore Kvarme		25	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher		19	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve McManaman		25	311	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jamie Redknapp		24	222	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Öyvind Leonhardsen		27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robbie Fowler		22	203	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Owen	14	18	24	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

122

Coventry

Hedman

Magnus Hedman

Sweden

B.date19/03/1973

Age24 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Shaw

Richard Shaw

England

B.date11/09/1968

Age29 years

H1m76

positionCentral defender

Telfer

Paul Telfer

Scotland

B.date21/10/1971

Age26 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Hall

Marcus Hall

England

B.date24/03/1976

Age21 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

Nilsson

Roland Nilsson

Sweden

B.date27/11/1963

Age34 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Soltvedt82

Trond-Egil Soltvedt

Norway

B.date15/02/1967

Age30 years

H1m86

positionMidfield

Huckerby

Darren Huckerby

England

B.date23/04/1976

Age21 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

Boateng

George Boateng

Netherlands

B.date05/09/1975

Age22 years

H1m82

positionMidfield

Haworth85

Simon Haworth

Wales

B.date30/03/1977

Age20 years

positionForward

Whelan

Noel Whelan

England

B.date30/12/1974

Age22 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Dublin

Dion Dublin

England

B.date22/04/1969

Age28 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Magnus Hedman		24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Shaw		29	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Telfer		26	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marcus Hall		21	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roland Nilsson		34	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trond-Egil Soltvedt	82	30	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Huckerby		21	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Boateng		22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Simon Haworth	85	20	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Noel Whelan		22	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dion Dublin		28	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Gavin Strachan	82	18	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Andy Ducros	85	20	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Trond-Egil Soltvedt

Gary Breen

OUT

George Boateng

Gary McAllister

OUT

Simon Haworth

David Burrows

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Roy Evans

202

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Evans vs Coventry

3 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 20, 1997

Evans vs Strachan

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 20, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Strachan

Success rate in this team:

30 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

30 %

Strachan vs Liverpool

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 20, 1997

Strachan vs Evans

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 20, 1997

Referee

Paul Alcock

4 victories	4 draws	0 loss	Liverpool8 matches	General total	Coventry14 matches	5 victories	5 draws	4 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Liverpool1 match	Season total	Coventry4 matches	1 victory	1 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on May 07, 2000					Latest figure on August 10, 2019

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Key figures

Liverpool keeps its 13 consecutive matches without a draw at home in Premier League running (since 10/03/1997). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 17/12/1988-12/09/1989 time period (13 matches).

Coventry keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw away from home running (since 20/10/1997).

Roy Evans has registered 50 sharing points since the 28/01/1994 as the manager of next after this match..

Read the next 7 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 4-0 Derby County25/10/1997

VLiverpool 2-0 Strasbourg04/11/1997

VLiverpool 4-0 Tottenham08/11/1997

VLiverpool 3-0 Grimsby Town18/11/1997

LLiverpool 0-1 Barnsley22/11/1997

LLiverpool 1-3 Manchester United06/12/1997

Overall

VLiverpool 4-0 Tottenham08/11/1997

VLiverpool 3-0 Grimsby Town18/11/1997

LLiverpool 0-1 Barnsley22/11/1997

VArsenal 0-1 Liverpool30/11/1997

LLiverpool 1-3 Manchester United06/12/1997

VCrystal Palace 0-3 Liverpool13/12/1997

Current form

Away

DBlackburn 0-0 Coventry28/09/1997

LBarnsley 2-0 Coventry20/10/1997

VWimbledon FC 1-2 Coventry01/11/1997

LArsenal 1-0 Coventry18/11/1997

LDerby County 3-1 Coventry22/11/1997

LAston Villa 3-0 Coventry06/12/1997

Overall

DCoventry 2-2 Newcastle United08/11/1997

LArsenal 1-0 Coventry18/11/1997

LDerby County 3-1 Coventry22/11/1997

LCoventry 0-2 Leicester29/11/1997

LAston Villa 3-0 Coventry06/12/1997

VCoventry 4-0 Tottenham13/12/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	7	7
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	5	5
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	5	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	18
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
8	Victories (Competition total)	4
5	Victories (Home / Away)	1
4	Draws (Competition total)	8
0	Draws (Home / Away)	2
5	Losses (Competition total)	6
3	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

30	Goals scored (Competition total)	17
19	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
17	Goals conceded (Competition total)	24
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	14
1.76	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.94
2.38	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.38
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.33
1.13	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.75

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	7
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
4-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (2 times)

Bookings

26	Yellow cards (Competition total)	38
9	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	19
1	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	3

Key players

Robbie Fowler	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Dion Dublin
Robbie Fowler	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Darren Huckerby
Robbie Fowler	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Robbie Fowler	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Steve McManaman	4 goals during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 6 matches	Darren Huckerby

Historical head to head

Home

34 matches

25 v

6 d

3 l

75 gf

20 ga

Away

33 matches

12 v

12 d

9 l

36 gf

27 ga

Total

67 matches

37 v

18 d

12 l

111 gf

47 ga

Historical head to head

Home

33 matches

9 v

12 d

12 l

27 gf

36 ga

Away

34 matches

3 v

6 d

25 l

20 gf

75 ga

Total

67 matches

12 v

18 d

37 l

47 gf

111 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	May 05, 1990
Home	5 - 0	April 12, 1986

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	December 19, 1992
Away	2 - 1	April 06, 1997

Latest head to head

April 06, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Liverpool

1 - 2

Coventry

September 04, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Coventry

0 - 1

Liverpool

April 06, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Coventry

1 - 0

Liverpool

October 14, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Liverpool

0 - 0

Coventry

March 14, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Liverpool

2 - 3

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Ian Rush	15 goals	1982 - 1994
Jan Mölby	6 goals	1986 - 1995
David Johnson	5 goals	1976 - 1980
Kevin Keegan	5 goals	1972 - 1976
John Toshack	5 goals	1972 - 1976
Peter Beardsley	4 goals	1987 - 1990

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Peter Ndlovu	3 goals	1995 - 1995
Terry Gibson	3 goals	1983 - 1983
John O'Rourke	2 goals	1970 - 1971
Kevin Gallacher	2 goals	1990 - 1992
Cyrille Regis	2 goals	1987 - 1989
Noel Whelan	2 goals	1996 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Emelyn Hughes	28 matches	1967 - 1979
Ian Rush	27 matches	1982 - 1996
Ray Clemence	24 matches	1970 - 1980
Phil Neal	24 matches	1975 - 1985
Alan Hansen	23 matches	1977 - 1989
Ian Callaghan	23 matches	1967 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Mick Coop	24 matches	1967 - 1980
Steve Ogrizovic	21 matches	1984 - 1997
Brian Borrows	20 matches	1985 - 1996
Tommy Hutchison	15 matches	1972 - 1980
Billy Glazier	15 matches	1967 - 1974
Trevor Peake	14 matches	1983 - 1991