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Coventry 1-0 Barnsley - February 21, 1998 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 27

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

February 21, 1998

20 265

Coventry

1 - 0

Barnsley

(penalty) Dion Dublin

89'

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67' - Substitution Viorel Moldovanis substituted by Marcus Hall67

70' - Substitution Jan Age Fjortoftis substituted by John Hendrie

76' - Substitution Trond-Egil Soltvedtis substituted by Gavin Strachan76

79' - Substitution Martin Bullockis substituted by Clint Marcelle

89' - Goal Dion Dublin89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

1 - 0

Barnsley

Coventry Barnsley

Team line-ups

Coventry

Hedman

Magnus Hedman

Sweden

B.date19/03/1973

Age24 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Breen

Gary Breen

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/12/1973

Age24 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Nilsson

Roland Nilsson

Sweden

B.date27/11/1963

Age34 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Burrows

David Burrows

England

B.date25/10/1968

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Telfer

Paul Telfer

Scotland

B.date21/10/1971

Age26 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Soltvedt76

Trond-Egil Soltvedt

Norway

B.date15/02/1967

Age31 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

Moldovan67

Viorel Moldovan

Romania

B.date08/07/1972

Age25 years

H1m77

positionStriker

Whelan

Noel Whelan

England

B.date30/12/1974

Age23 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Dublin89

Dion Dublin

England

B.date22/04/1969

Age28 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Magnus Hedman		24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Breen		24	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roland Nilsson		34	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Burrows		29	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Telfer		26	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trond-Egil Soltvedt	76	31	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Huckerby		21	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Boateng		22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Viorel Moldovan	67	25	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Noel Whelan		23	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dion Dublin	89	28	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Barnsley

Watson

David Watson

England

B.date10/11/1973

Age24 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

Moses

Adie Moses

England

B.date04/05/1975

Age22 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

Markstedt

Peter Markstedt

Sweden

B.date11/01/1972

Age26 years

H1m90

positionDefender

Jones

Scott Jones

England

B.date01/05/1975

Age22 years

positionDefender

Eaden

Nicky Eaden

England

B.date12/12/1972

Age25 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

Sheridan

Darren Sheridan

England

B.date08/12/1967

Age30 years

H1m68

positionDefensive Midfielder

Redfearn

Neil Redfearn

England

B.date20/06/1965

Age32 years

H1m74

positionCentre Midfield

Bullock79

Martin Bullock

England

B.date05/03/1975

Age22 years

H1m63

positionPlaymaker

Fjortoft70

Jan Age Fjortoft

Norway

B.date10/01/1967

Age31 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Ward

Ashley Ward

England

B.date24/11/1970

Age27 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Bosancic

Jovo Bosancic

Serbia

B.date07/08/1970

Age27 years

H1m79

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Watson		24	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Adie Moses		22	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Markstedt		26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Scott Jones		22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Eaden		25	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Sheridan		30	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Redfearn		32	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Bullock	79	22	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jan Age Fjortoft	70	31	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ashley Ward		27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jovo Bosancic		27	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Marcus Hall	67	21	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Gavin Strachan	76	19	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		John Hendrie	70	34	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Clint Marcelle	79	29	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paul Telfer

Marcus Hall

OUT

George Boateng

Gavin Strachan

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Peter Markstedt

Arjan de Zeeuw

OUT

Scott Jones

Chris Morgan

OUT

Jan Age Fjortoft

John Hendrie

OUT

Darren Sheridan

Ales Krizan

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Strachan

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Strachan vs Barnsley

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 21, 1998

Strachan vs Wilson

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 21, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Danny Wilson

187

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Wilson vs Coventry

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 21, 1998

Wilson vs Strachan

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 21, 1998

Referee

Alan Wilkie

6 victories	2 draws	6 losses	Coventry14 matches	General total	Barnsley2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Coventry2 matches	Season total	Barnsley2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on February 05, 2000					Latest figure on February 21, 1998

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Key figures

It's the first time Dion Dublin scores 1 goal vs in his professional career with

Only back at the time of John Sillett head of (02/06/1986-14/11/1990), you can see a manager go over Gordon Strachan with 37% of wins (40%).

Coventry keeps its 6 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 24/01/1998).

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LCoventry 0-2 Leicester29/11/1997

VCoventry 4-0 Tottenham13/12/1997

VCoventry 3-2 Manchester United28/12/1997

DCoventry 2-2 Arsenal17/01/1998

VCoventry 2-0 Derby County24/01/1998

VCoventry 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday07/02/1998

Overall

DCoventry 2-2 Arsenal17/01/1998

VCoventry 2-0 Derby County24/01/1998

VBolton Wanderers 1-5 Coventry31/01/1998

VCoventry 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday07/02/1998

VAston Villa 0-1 Coventry14/02/1998

VSouthampton 1-2 Coventry18/02/1998

Current form

Away

LTottenham 3-0 Barnsley20/12/1997

DBolton Wanderers 1-1 Barnsley26/12/1997

LWest Ham 6-0 Barnsley10/01/1998

DTottenham 1-1 Barnsley24/01/1998

LChelsea 2-0 Barnsley31/01/1998

DManchester United 1-1 Barnsley15/02/1998

Overall

VBarnsley 1-0 Crystal Palace17/01/1998

DTottenham 1-1 Barnsley24/01/1998

LChelsea 2-0 Barnsley31/01/1998

VBarnsley 3-1 Tottenham04/02/1998

DBarnsley 2-2 Everton07/02/1998

DManchester United 1-1 Barnsley15/02/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	5
Unbeaten streak	5	6
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	5	9
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	7	2
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	7	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

26	Number of games (Competition total)	25
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
8	Victories (Competition total)	6
5	Victories (Home / Away)	2
9	Draws (Competition total)	4
7	Draws (Home / Away)	1
9	Losses (Competition total)	15
1	Losses (Home / Away)	10

Goals

31	Goals scored (Competition total)	22
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
35	Goals conceded (Competition total)	61
14	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	39
1.19	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.88
1.54	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.62
1.35	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.44
1.08	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	3

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
11	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
2-2 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (2 times)

Bookings

51	Yellow cards (Competition total)	39
22	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	24
5	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Dion Dublin	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Neil Redfearn
Dion Dublin	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Neil Redfearn
Dion Dublin	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Neil Redfearn
Dion Dublin	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Darren Huckerby	8 goals during the last 14 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Darren Barnard

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

8 v

4 d

2 l

28 gf

14 ga

Away

15 matches

3 v

4 d

8 l

15 gf

28 ga

Total

29 matches

11 v

8 d

10 l

43 gf

42 ga

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

8 v

4 d

3 l

28 gf

15 ga

Away

14 matches

2 v

4 d

8 l

14 gf

28 ga

Total

29 matches

10 v

8 d

11 l

42 gf

43 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 16, 1948
Home	4 - 0	October 16, 1948

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	March 31, 1923
Away	3 - 2	August 25, 1923

Latest head to head

October 20, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Barnsley

2 - 0

Coventry

January 19, 1952 - Division 2 1951/1952

Coventry

0 - 0

Barnsley

September 15, 1951 - Division 2 1951/1952

Barnsley

1 - 0

Coventry

April 14, 1951 - Division 2 1950/1951

Barnsley

3 - 0

Coventry

November 25, 1950 - Division 2 1950/1951

Coventry

3 - 3

Barnsley

Best historical scorers against Barnsley

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/10/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

	Ashley Ward	1 goal	1997 - 1997
	Neil Redfearn	1 goal	1997 - 1997

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Players with most games played vs Barnsley

Steve Ogrizovic	1 match	1997 - 1997
David Burrows	1 match	1997 - 1997
Gary McAllister	1 match	1997 - 1997
Willie Boland	1 match	1997 - 1997
Martin Johansen	1 match	1997 - 1997
Simon Haworth	1 match	1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/10/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Darren Barnard	1 match	1997 - 1997
David Watson	1 match	1997 - 1997
Darren Sheridan	1 match	1997 - 1997
Neil Redfearn	1 match	1997 - 1997
Andy Liddell	1 match	1997 - 1997
Martin Bullock	1 match	1997 - 1997