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Coventry 0-2 Man United - January 18, 1997 / Premier League 1996/1997

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Premier League 1996/1997 - Round 24

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

January 18, 1997

23 085

0 - 2

Man United

60'

Ryan Giggs

79'

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

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60' - Goal Ryan Giggs

63' - Substitution Ronny Johnsenis substituted by Chris Casper

79' - Goal Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

80' - Substitution Eoin Jessis substituted by Marcus Hall80

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

0 - 2

Man United

Coventry Man United

Team line-ups

Coventry

Ogrizovic

Steve Ogrizovic

England

B.date12/09/1957

Age39 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Shaw

Richard Shaw

England

B.date11/09/1968

Age28 years

H1m76

positionCentral defender

Williams

Paul Williams

England

B.date26/03/1971

Age25 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Burrows

David Burrows

England

B.date25/10/1968

Age28 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Telfer

Paul Telfer

Scotland

B.date21/10/1971

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Jess80

Eoin Jess

Scotland

B.date13/12/1970

Age26 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Salako

John Salako

England

B.date11/02/1969

Age27 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Richardson

Kevin Richardson

England

B.date04/12/1962

Age34 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Huckerby

Darren Huckerby

England

B.date23/04/1976

Age20 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

McAllister

Gary McAllister

Scotland

B.date25/12/1964

Age32 years

H1m86

positionPlaymaker

Whelan

Noel Whelan

England

B.date30/12/1974

Age22 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Steve Ogrizovic		39	500	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Shaw		28	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Williams		25	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Burrows		28	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Telfer		25	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eoin Jess	80	26	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Salako		27	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Richardson		34	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Huckerby		20	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary McAllister		32	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Noel Whelan		22	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Man United

Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Denmark

B.date18/11/1963

Age33 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Johnsen63

Ronny Johnsen

Norway

B.date10/06/1969

Age27 years

H1m92

positionCentral defender

Pallister

Gary Pallister

England

B.date30/06/1965

Age31 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Neville

Gary Neville

England

B.date18/02/1975

Age21 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Irwin

Denis Irwin

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/10/1965

Age31 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Keane

Roy Keane

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/08/1971

Age25 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Scholes

Paul Scholes

England

B.date16/11/1974

Age22 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

Giggs60

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age23 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

Poborsky

Karel Poborsky

Czech Republic

B.date30/03/1972

Age24 years

H1m74

positionMidfield

Solskjaer79

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Norway

B.date26/02/1973

Age23 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Cantona

Éric Cantona

France

B.date24/05/1966

Age30 years

H1m86

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Schmeichel		33	279	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ronny Johnsen	63	27	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Pallister		31	377	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Neville		21	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Denis Irwin		31	333	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roy Keane		25	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Scholes		22	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ryan Giggs	60	23	265	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Karel Poborsky		24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ole Gunnar Solskjaer	79	23	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Éric Cantona		30	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

165

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Marcus Hall	80	20	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Chris Casper	63	21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Noel Whelan

Dion Dublin

OUT

David Burrows

Brian Borrows

OUT

Eoin Jess

Liam Daish

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Karel Poborsky

David Beckham

OUT

Denis Irwin

David May

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Strachan

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Strachan vs Man United

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 18, 1997

Strachan vs Ferguson

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 18, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

551

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Ferguson vs Coventry

13 victories

5 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on January 18, 1997

Ferguson vs Strachan

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 18, 1997

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Key figures

Coventry keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 01/01/1997).

Man United keeps its 11 consecutive matches without a loss in Premier League running (since 16/11/1996). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 17/04/1996-12/10/1996 time period (12 matches).

The last time Man United has ended with the score 2-0 away from home in Premier League, It was on the 22/02/1995 (vs )

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LCoventry 0-1 Gillingham12/11/1996

LCoventry 1-2 Aston Villa23/11/1996

LCoventry 1-2 Tottenham07/12/1996

VCoventry 2-1 Newcastle United17/12/1996

VCoventry 3-0 Middlesbrough28/12/1996

DCoventry 2-2 Sunderland01/01/1997

Overall

VCoventry 2-1 Newcastle United17/12/1996

VLeicester 0-2 Coventry21/12/1996

VLeeds United 1-3 Coventry26/12/1996

VCoventry 3-0 Middlesbrough28/12/1996

DCoventry 2-2 Sunderland01/01/1997

LBlackburn 4-0 Coventry11/01/1997

Current form

Away

LLeicester 2-0 Manchester United27/11/1996

VRapid Vienne 0-2 Manchester United04/12/1996

DWest Ham 2-2 Manchester United08/12/1996

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Manchester United18/12/1996

VNottingham Forest 0-4 Manchester United26/12/1996

VTottenham 1-2 Manchester United12/01/1997

Overall

VManchester United 5-0 Sunderland21/12/1996

VNottingham Forest 0-4 Manchester United26/12/1996

VManchester United 1-0 Leeds United28/12/1996

DManchester United 0-0 Aston Villa01/01/1997

VManchester United 2-0 Tottenham05/01/1997

VTottenham 1-2 Manchester United12/01/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	0
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	5	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	5	10
Drawless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	5	2
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

22	Number of games (Competition total)	22
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
5	Victories (Competition total)	11
3	Victories (Home / Away)	4
8	Draws (Competition total)	8
4	Draws (Home / Away)	5
9	Losses (Competition total)	3
4	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

22	Goals scored (Competition total)	44
12	Goals scored (Home / Away)	22
31	Goals conceded (Competition total)	26
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
1.09	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1.41	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.18
1.18	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.64

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (2 times)

Bookings

28	Yellow cards (Competition total)	36
13	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	22
4	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Dion Dublin	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Dion Dublin	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	David Beckham
Gary McAllister	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Éric Cantona
Gary McAllister	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Dion Dublin	7 goals during the last 10 matches	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 8 matches	Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Historical head to head

Home

34 matches

13 v

8 d

13 l

41 gf

46 ga

Away

35 matches

8 v

8 d

19 l

24 gf

59 ga

Total

69 matches

21 v

16 d

32 l

65 gf

105 ga

Historical head to head

Home

35 matches

19 v

8 d

8 l

59 gf

24 ga

Away

34 matches

13 v

8 d

13 l

46 gf

41 ga

Total

69 matches

32 v

16 d

21 l

105 gf

65 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	December 28, 1982
Home	3 - 0	December 28, 1982

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 28, 1992
Away	4 - 0	November 22, 1995

Latest head to head

April 08, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Man United

1 - 0

Coventry

November 22, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Coventry

0 - 4

Man United

May 01, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Coventry

2 - 3

Man United

January 03, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Man United

2 - 0

Coventry

May 08, 1994 - Premier League 1993/1994

Man United

0 - 0

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Man United

Brian Alderson	3 goals	1973 - 1974
Ernie Hunt	3 goals	1969 - 1971
Steve Whitton	2 goals	1981 - 1982
Ferguson Michael	2 goals	1977 - 1979
Terry Gibson	2 goals	1983 - 1985
Willie Carr	2 goals	1971 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/03/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Mark Hughes	10 goals	1984 - 1992
Lou Macari	7 goals	1976 - 1983
George Best	5 goals	1967 - 1973
Bobby Charlton	5 goals	1963 - 1972
Éric Cantona	4 goals	1992 - 1996
Steve Bruce	3 goals	1989 - 1991

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/03/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Mick Coop	22 matches	1967 - 1981
Steve Ogrizovic	21 matches	1984 - 1996
Brian Borrows	15 matches	1985 - 1995
Trevor Peake	15 matches	1983 - 1990
Lloyd McGrath	14 matches	1985 - 1993
Billy Glazier	13 matches	1967 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/03/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Arthur Albiston	23 matches	1977 - 1988
Martin Buchan	20 matches	1972 - 1982
Sammy McIlroy	18 matches	1971 - 1981
Mark Hughes	18 matches	1984 - 1995
Alex Stepney	18 matches	1967 - 1977
Steve Coppell	17 matches	1975 - 1983