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Coventry 2-1 Newcastle United - December 17, 1996 / Premier League 1996/1997

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Premier League 1996/1997 - Round 17

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

December 17, 1996

21 538

Coventry

2 - 1

Newcastle United

Darren Huckerby

Gary McAllister

31'

61'

Alan Shearer

logo Coventry COV

6' - Goal Darren Huckerby6

31' - Goal Gary McAllister31

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61' - Goal Alan Shearer

77' - Substitution Noel Whelanis substituted by Eoin Jess77

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

2 - 1

Newcastle United

Coventry Newcastle United

Team line-ups

Coventry

Ogrizovic

Steve Ogrizovic

England

B.date12/09/1957

Age39 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Williams

Paul Williams

England

B.date26/03/1971

Age25 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Daish

Liam Daish

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/09/1968

Age28 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Shaw

Richard Shaw

England

B.date11/09/1968

Age28 years

H1m76

positionCentral defender

Telfer

Paul Telfer

Scotland

B.date21/10/1971

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Richardson

Kevin Richardson

England

B.date04/12/1962

Age34 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Huckerby6

Darren Huckerby

England

B.date23/04/1976

Age20 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

Salako

John Salako

England

B.date11/02/1969

Age27 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

McAllister31

Gary McAllister

Scotland

B.date25/12/1964

Age31 years

H1m86

positionPlaymaker

Whelan77

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	494	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Williams		25	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Liam Daish		28	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Shaw		28	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Telfer		25	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Richardson		34	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Huckerby	6	20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Salako		27	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary McAllister	31	31	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Noel Whelan	77	21	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dion Dublin		27	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Newcastle United

1 Srnicek

Pavel Srnicek

Czech Republic

B.date10/03/1968

Age28 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

26 Elliott

Robbie Elliott

England

B.date25/12/1973

Age22 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

5 Peacock

Darren Peacock

England

B.date03/02/1968

Age28 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

27 Albert

Philippe Albert

Belgium

B.date10/08/1967

Age29 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

19 Watson

Steve Watson

England

B.date01/04/1974

Age22 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

7 Lee

Rob Lee

England

B.date01/02/1966

Age30 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

18 Gillespie

Keith Gillespie

Northern Ireland

B.date18/02/1975

Age21 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

14 Ginola

David Ginola

France

B.date25/01/1967

Age29 years

H1m86

positionLeft Winger

9 Shearer61

Alan Shearer

England

B.date13/08/1970

Age26 years

H1m80

positionStriker

10 Ferdinand

Les Ferdinand

England

B.date08/12/1966

Age30 years

H1m80

positionStriker

8 Beardsley

Peter Beardsley

England

B.date18/01/1961

Age35 years

H1m73

positionSecond striker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Pavel Srnicek		28	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Robbie Elliott		22	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Darren Peacock		28	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Philippe Albert		29	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Steve Watson		22	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Rob Lee		30	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Keith Gillespie		21	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	David Ginola		29	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Alan Shearer	61	26	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Les Ferdinand		30	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Peter Beardsley		35	312	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

109

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Eoin Jess	77	26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paul Telfer

Brian Borrows

OUT

Kevin Richardson

Eoin Jess

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Strachan

Success rate in this team:

17 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

17 %

Strachan vs Newcastle United

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 17, 1996

Strachan vs Keegan

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 17, 1996

Manager

Age

Match num

Kevin Keegan

246

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Keegan vs Coventry

5 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 17, 1996

Keegan vs Strachan

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 17, 1996

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Key figures

Gary McAllister played his game number 10 vs Newcastle United in Premier League

No Newcastle United manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Kevin Keegan has reached 55% of wins .

Alan Shearer scored 8 goals vs Coventry in Premier League

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DCoventry 0-0 Blackburn28/09/1996

DCoventry 1-1 Southampton13/10/1996

DCoventry 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday26/10/1996

LCoventry 0-1 Gillingham12/11/1996

LCoventry 1-2 Aston Villa23/11/1996

LCoventry 1-2 Tottenham07/12/1996

Overall

DEverton 1-1 Coventry04/11/1996

LCoventry 0-1 Gillingham12/11/1996

DWimbledon FC 2-2 Coventry16/11/1996

LCoventry 1-2 Aston Villa23/11/1996

LDerby County 2-1 Coventry30/11/1996

LCoventry 1-2 Tottenham07/12/1996

Current form

Away

LFerencváros 3-2 Newcastle United15/10/1996

LLeicester 2-0 Newcastle United26/10/1996

DMetz 1-1 Newcastle United19/11/1996

DChelsea 1-1 Newcastle United23/11/1996

LMiddlesbrough 3-1 Newcastle United27/11/1996

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Newcastle United09/12/1996

Overall

DMetz 1-1 Newcastle United19/11/1996

DChelsea 1-1 Newcastle United23/11/1996

LMiddlesbrough 3-1 Newcastle United27/11/1996

LNewcastle United 1-2 Arsenal30/11/1996

VNewcastle United 2-0 Metz03/12/1996

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Newcastle United09/12/1996

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	3	3
Winless streak	7	11
Drawless streak	3	3
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	3	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	6	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

16	Number of games (Competition total)	16
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
1	Victories (Competition total)	9
1	Victories (Home / Away)	4
7	Draws (Competition total)	3
3	Draws (Home / Away)	2
8	Losses (Competition total)	4
4	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

10	Goals scored (Competition total)	26
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
23	Goals conceded (Competition total)	17
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	7
0.63	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.63
0.63	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.88
1.44	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.06
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.88

Betting aid

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

Bookings

21	Yellow cards (Competition total)	21
9	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	14
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Dion Dublin	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Alan Shearer
Dion Dublin	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Les Ferdinand
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Alan Shearer
Dion Dublin	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Alan Shearer

Historical head to head

Home

27 matches

10 v

10 d

7 l

37 gf

35 ga

Away

27 matches

6 v

4 d

17 l

29 gf

62 ga

Total

54 matches

16 v

14 d

24 l

66 gf

97 ga

Historical head to head

Home

27 matches

17 v

4 d

6 l

62 gf

29 ga

Away

27 matches

7 v

10 d

10 l

35 gf

37 ga

Total

54 matches

24 v

14 d

16 l

97 gf

66 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	February 04, 1939
Home	3 - 0	September 13, 1986

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 28, 1976
Away	3 - 0	September 16, 1972

Latest head to head

January 14, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Coventry

0 - 1

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

August 19, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Newcastle United

3 - 0

Coventry

December 17, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

Coventry

0 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

August 24, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

Newcastle United

4 - 0

Coventry

February 23, 1994 - Premier League 1993/1994

Newcastle United

4 - 0

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Cyrille Regis	4 goals	1986 - 1988
Dave Bennett	3 goals	1985 - 1987
Brian Alderson	3 goals	1973 - 1974
Ian Wallace	2 goals	1977 - 1977
Gerry Baker	2 goals	1968 - 1968
Colin Stein	2 goals	1973 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Malcolm Macdonald	7 goals	1972 - 1974
Andy Cole	5 goals	1994 - 1994
Peter Beardsley	4 goals	1984 - 1995
John Tudor	4 goals	1972 - 1974
Rob Lee	3 goals	1994 - 1995
Wyn Davies	2 goals	1967 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Mick Coop	15 matches	1967 - 1977
Steve Ogrizovic	15 matches	1984 - 1996
Billy Glazier	12 matches	1967 - 1974
Willie Carr	12 matches	1967 - 1974
Brian Borrows	12 matches	1985 - 1995
Dennis Mortimer	10 matches	1971 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Dave Craig	14 matches	1967 - 1977
Willie McFaul	14 matches	1967 - 1974
Frank Clark	13 matches	1968 - 1974
Irving Nattrass	12 matches	1971 - 1978
Bobby Moncur	11 matches	1967 - 1974
Stewart Barrowclough	11 matches	1972 - 1978