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Crystal Palace 0-3 Coventry - February 28, 1998 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 28

Selhurst Park - London - England

February 28, 1998

21 810

0 - 3

Coventry

Paul Telfer

40'

Viorel Moldovan

77'

Dion Dublin

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1' - Goal Paul Telfer

40' - Goal Viorel Moldovan

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46' - Substitution Simon Rodgeris substituted by Matt Jansen46

72' - Substitution Bruce Dyeris substituted by Marcus Bent72

77' - Goal Dion Dublin

79' - Substitution Tomas Brolinis substituted by Leon McKenzie79

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

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Crystal Palace

0 - 3

Coventry

Crystal Palace Coventry

Team line-ups

Crystal Palace

Miller

Kevin Miller

England

B.date15/03/1969

Age28 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Ismaël

Valérien Ismaël

France

B.date28/09/1975

Age22 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Gordon

Dean Gordon

England

B.date10/02/1973

Age25 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Hreidarsson

Hermann Hreidarsson

Iceland

B.date11/07/1974

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Edworthy

Marc Edworthy

England

B.date24/12/1972

Age25 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Smith

Jamie Smith

England

B.date17/09/1974

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

Rodger46

Simon Rodger

England

B.date03/10/1971

Age26 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Fullarton

Jamie Fullarton

Scotland

B.date20/07/1974

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Roberts

Andy Roberts

England

B.date20/03/1974

Age23 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Dyer72

Bruce Dyer

Montserrat

B.date13/04/1975

Age22 years

H1m82

positionStriker

Brolin79

Tomas Brolin

Sweden

B.date29/11/1969

Age28 years

H1m76

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kevin Miller		28	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Valérien Ismaël		22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dean Gordon		25	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hermann Hreidarsson		23	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marc Edworthy		25	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Smith		23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Simon Rodger	46	26	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jamie Fullarton		23	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Roberts		23	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bruce Dyer	72	22	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tomas Brolin	79	28	9	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

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

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

Telfer1

Paul Telfer

Scotland

B.date21/10/1971

Age26 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Soltvedt82

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

Whelan

Noel Whelan

England

B.date30/12/1974

Age23 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Dublin77

Dion Dublin

England

B.date22/04/1969

Age28 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Moldovan40

Viorel Moldovan

Romania

B.date08/07/1972

Age25 years

H1m77

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Magnus Hedman		24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Breen		24	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marcus Hall		21	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roland Nilsson		34	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Telfer	1	26	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trond-Egil Soltvedt	82	31	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Huckerby		21	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Boateng		22	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Noel Whelan		23	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dion Dublin	77	28	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Viorel Moldovan	40	25	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
F	Matt Jansen	46	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcus Bent	72	19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Leon McKenzie	79	19	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Gavin Strachan	82	19	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

Marcus Hall

David Burrows

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Coppell

547

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Coppell vs Coventry

2 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on February 28, 1998

Coppell vs Strachan

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 28, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Strachan

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Strachan vs Crystal Palace

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 28, 1998

Strachan vs Coppell

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 28, 1998

Referee

David Elleray

0 victory	2 draws	6 losses	Crystal Palace8 matches	General total	Coventry12 matches	5 victories	1 draw	6 losses
0 victory	1 draw	2 losses	Crystal Palace3 matches	Season total	Coventry2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 26, 2002					Latest figure on March 22, 2003

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Key figures

Roland Nilsson played his game number 150 in Premier League

Coventry keeps its 8 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 17/01/1998). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 04/04/1994-20/08/1994 time period (8 matches).

Crystal Palace keeps its 13 consecutive matches without a win in Premier League running (since 29/11/1997). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 20/12/1980-04/04/1981 time period (15 matches).

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCrystal Palace 2-0 Scunthorpe United03/01/1998

LCrystal Palace 1-3 Everton10/01/1998

VCrystal Palace 3-0 Leicester24/01/1998

LCrystal Palace 0-2 Leeds United31/01/1998

LCrystal Palace 0-3 Wimbledon FC09/02/1998

LCrystal Palace 1-2 Arsenal25/02/1998

Overall

VCrystal Palace 3-0 Leicester24/01/1998

LCrystal Palace 0-2 Leeds United31/01/1998

LCrystal Palace 0-3 Wimbledon FC09/02/1998

DArsenal 0-0 Crystal Palace15/02/1998

LArsenal 1-0 Crystal Palace21/02/1998

LCrystal Palace 1-2 Arsenal25/02/1998

Current form

Away

LWest Ham 1-0 Coventry26/12/1997

VLiverpool 1-3 Coventry03/01/1998

LChelsea 3-1 Coventry10/01/1998

VBolton Wanderers 1-5 Coventry31/01/1998

VAston Villa 0-1 Coventry14/02/1998

VSouthampton 1-2 Coventry18/02/1998

Overall

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

VCoventry 1-0 Barnsley21/02/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	3	2
Winless streak	3	5
Drawless streak	6	2
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	3	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3	6
Unbeaten streak	3	7
Drawless streak	12	6
Scoring streak	5	10
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

26	Number of games (Competition total)	27
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
5	Victories (Competition total)	9
0	Victories (Home / Away)	3
8	Draws (Competition total)	9
4	Draws (Home / Away)	2
13	Losses (Competition total)	9
8	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

21	Goals scored (Competition total)	32
7	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
38	Goals conceded (Competition total)	35
23	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
0.81	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.19
0.58	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.85
1.46	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.3
1.92	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.62

Betting aid

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

Bookings

52	Yellow cards (Competition total)	51
22	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	29
2	Red cards (Competition total)	5
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	4

Key players

Neil Shipperley	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Dion Dublin
Neil Shipperley	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Darren Huckerby
Bruce Dyer	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Dion Dublin
Bruce Dyer	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Neil Shipperley	1 goal during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 7 matches	Dion Dublin

Historical head to head

Home

18 matches

2 v

8 d

8 l

12 gf

22 ga

Away

20 matches

6 v

7 d

7 l

29 gf

28 ga

Total

38 matches

8 v

15 d

15 l

41 gf

50 ga

Historical head to head

Home

20 matches

7 v

7 d

6 l

28 gf

29 ga

Away

18 matches

8 v

8 d

2 l

22 gf

12 ga

Total

38 matches

15 v

15 d

8 l

50 gf

41 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	November 02, 1994
Home	3 - 1	January 05, 1924

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	February 17, 1981
Away	3 - 0	February 17, 1981

Latest head to head

September 24, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Coventry

1 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

February 11, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Crystal Palace

0 - 2

Coventry

November 02, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

Coventry

1 - 4

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

February 27, 1993 - Premier League 1992/1993

Crystal Palace

0 - 0

Coventry

October 03, 1992 - Premier League 1992/1993

Coventry

2 - 2

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Gerald Queen	3 goals	1969 - 1972
Mark Bright	2 goals	1990 - 1991
Andy Preece	2 goals	1994 - 1994
Eddie McGoldrick	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Vince Hilaire	1 goal	1980 - 1980
Marco Gabbiadini	1 goal	1991 - 1991

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/09/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

Dion Dublin	3 goals	1994 - 1997
Willie Carr	3 goals	1971 - 1972
Neil Martin	3 goals	1969 - 1970
Thomas English	3 goals	1980 - 1981
Brian Kilcline	3 goals	1989 - 1991
Gerry Daly	2 goals	1980 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/09/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Eddie McGoldrick	8 matches	1989 - 1993
Nigel Martyn	8 matches	1990 - 1994
David Payne	7 matches	1969 - 1973
Richard Shaw	7 matches	1990 - 1995
John Jackson	7 matches	1969 - 1972
Mel Blyth	6 matches	1969 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/09/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crystal Palace

Steve Ogrizovic	11 matches	1989 - 1997
Brian Borrows	9 matches	1989 - 1995
Mick Coop	9 matches	1969 - 1980
Billy Glazier	8 matches	1969 - 1973
Willie Carr	7 matches	1969 - 1973
David Smith	6 matches	1989 - 1993