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Sunderland 1-0 Coventry - September 21, 1996 / Premier League 1996/1997

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Premier League 1996/1997 - Round 7

Roker Park - Sunderland - England

September 21, 1996

19 459

1 - 0

Coventry

Steve Agnew

51'

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39' - Substitution Niall Quinnis substituted by Craig Russell39

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51' - Goal Steve Agnew51

57' - Substitution Liam Daishis substituted by Marcus Hall

68' - Substitution Richard Shawis substituted by Eoin Jess

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sunderland

1 - 0

Coventry

Sunderland Coventry

Team line-ups

Sunderland

Coton

Tony Coton

England

B.date19/05/1961

Age35 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Melville

Andy Melville

Wales

B.date29/11/1968

Age27 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

Hall

Gareth Hall

Wales

B.date20/03/1969

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight central defender

Scott

Martin Scott

England

B.date07/01/1968

Age28 years

positionDefender

Ord

Richard Ord

England

B.date03/03/1970

Age26 years

positionDefender

Agnew51

Steve Agnew

England

B.date09/11/1965

Age30 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Gray

Michael Gray

England

B.date03/08/1974

Age22 years

H1m71

positionRight Midfielder

Bracewell

Paul Bracewell

England

B.date19/07/1962

Age34 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Stewart

Paul Stewart

England

B.date07/10/1964

Age31 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Ball

Kevin Ball

England

B.date12/11/1964

Age31 years

positionMidfield

Quinn39

Niall Quinn

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/10/1966

Age29 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tony Coton		35	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Melville		27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gareth Hall		27	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Scott		28	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Ord		26	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Agnew	51	30	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Gray		22	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Bracewell		34	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Stewart		31	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Ball		31	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Niall Quinn	39	29	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Coventry

Ogrizovic

Steve Ogrizovic

England

B.date12/09/1957

Age39 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Borrows

Brian Borrows

England

B.date20/12/1960

Age35 years

H1m78

positionSweeper

Daish57

Liam Daish

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/09/1968

Age27 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Shaw68

Richard Shaw

England

B.date11/09/1968

Age28 years

H1m76

positionCentral defender

Telfer

Paul Telfer

Scotland

B.date21/10/1971

Age24 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Burrows

David Burrows

England

B.date25/10/1968

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Salako

John Salako

England

B.date11/02/1969

Age27 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Richardson

Kevin Richardson

England

B.date04/12/1962

Age33 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

McAllister

Gary McAllister

Scotland

B.date25/12/1964

Age31 years

H1m86

positionPlaymaker

Whelan

Noel Whelan

England

B.date30/12/1974

Age21 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Dublin

Dion Dublin

England

B.date22/04/1969

Age27 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Steve Ogrizovic		39	472	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Borrows		35	410	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Liam Daish	57	27	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Shaw	68	28	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Telfer		24	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Burrows		27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Salako		27	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Richardson		33	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary McAllister		31	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Noel Whelan		21	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dion Dublin		27	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29 years

Average number of matches played for the team

113

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Craig Russell	39	22	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Marcus Hall	57	20	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Eoin Jess	68	25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kevin Ball

Alex Rae

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Peter Reid

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Reid vs Coventry

5 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 21, 1996

Reid vs Atkinson

2 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 21, 1996

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Atkinson

Success rate in this team:

27 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Atkinson vs Sunderland

6 victories

6 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on September 21, 1996

Atkinson vs Reid

2 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 21, 1996

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Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Peter Reid has done less than 0.78 goals conceded per game .

Coventry keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a win away from home running (since 21/08/1996).

End of streak for Sunderland after 4 consecutive matches without a win vs Coventry (since 17/01/1990). It's an equilized record streak. The last time the club reached this figure, it was on the 23/03/1968

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSunderland 3-0 Birmingham City16/04/1996

DSunderland 0-0 Stoke City21/04/1996

DSunderland 0-0 West Bromwich Albion27/04/1996

DSunderland 0-0 Leicester17/08/1996

LSunderland 1-2 Newcastle United04/09/1996

DSunderland 0-0 West Ham08/09/1996

Overall

VNottingham Forest 1-4 Sunderland21/08/1996

DLiverpool 0-0 Sunderland24/08/1996

LSunderland 1-2 Newcastle United04/09/1996

DSunderland 0-0 West Ham08/09/1996

LDerby County 1-0 Sunderland14/09/1996

VWatford 0-2 Sunderland17/09/1996

Current form

Away

LManchester United 1-0 Coventry08/04/1996

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Coventry17/04/1996

VWimbledon FC 0-2 Coventry27/04/1996

DWest Ham 1-1 Coventry21/08/1996

LChelsea 2-0 Coventry24/08/1996

LMiddlesbrough 4-0 Coventry07/09/1996

Overall

DWest Ham 1-1 Coventry21/08/1996

LChelsea 2-0 Coventry24/08/1996

LCoventry 0-1 Liverpool04/09/1996

LMiddlesbrough 4-0 Coventry07/09/1996

VCoventry 2-1 Leeds United14/09/1996

DCoventry 1-1 Birmingham City18/09/1996

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	5	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	3	1
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	3	7

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	12
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	7
0.83	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.33
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.33

Betting aid

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

Bookings

14	Yellow cards (Competition total)	9
6	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	6
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Niall Quinn	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	John Salako
Martin Scott	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Gary McAllister
Martin Scott	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Martin Scott	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Niall Quinn	2 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	John Salako

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

5 v

6 d

1 l

12 gf

3 ga

Away

14 matches

3 v

3 d

8 l

15 gf

30 ga

Total

26 matches

8 v

9 d

9 l

27 gf

33 ga

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

8 v

3 d

3 l

30 gf

15 ga

Away

12 matches

1 v

6 d

5 l

3 gf

12 ga

Total

26 matches

9 v

9 d

8 l

33 gf

27 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	March 21, 1981
Home	3 - 0	March 21, 1981

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 24, 1990
Away	1 - 0	January 03, 1977

Latest head to head

February 23, 1991 - Division 1 1990/1991

Coventry

0 - 0

Sunderland logo Sunderland

November 10, 1990 - Division 1 1990/1991

Sunderland

0 - 0

Coventry

January 24, 1990 - League Cup 1989/1990

Coventry

5 - 0

Sunderland logo Sunderland

January 17, 1990 - League Cup 1989/1990

Sunderland

0 - 0

Coventry

April 13, 1985 - Division 1 1984/1985

Coventry

0 - 1

Sunderland logo Sunderland

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Stan Cummins	4 goals	1980 - 1983
Neil Martin	2 goals	1967 - 1967
Joseph Hinnigan	2 goals	1981 - 1981
Colin West	2 goals	1983 - 1984
Gordon Harris	2 goals	1968 - 1968
Malcolm Moore	2 goals	1968 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/10/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Sunderland

Garry Thompson	4 goals	1980 - 1982
Neil Martin	2 goals	1969 - 1969
Mark Hateley	2 goals	1982 - 1982
Brian Lewis	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Gerry Francis	1 goal	1982 - 1982
Ernie Hunt	1 goal	1968 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/10/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Chris Turner	8 matches	1980 - 1985
Gordon Chisholm	8 matches	1980 - 1985
Gary Rowell	8 matches	1977 - 1984
Shaun Elliott	8 matches	1980 - 1985
Billy Hughes	7 matches	1967 - 1977
Stan Cummins	7 matches	1980 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/10/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sunderland

Mick Coop	7 matches	1967 - 1980
Brian Roberts	7 matches	1980 - 1984
Steve Hunt	6 matches	1980 - 1984
Paul Dyson	6 matches	1980 - 1983
Gary Gillespie	6 matches	1980 - 1983
Billy Glazier	6 matches	1967 - 1970