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Coventry 1-6 Liverpool - May 05, 1990 / Division 1 1989/1990

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Division 1 1989/1990 - Round 38

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

May 05, 1990

23 204

Coventry

1 - 6

Liverpool

Kevin Gallacher

16'

Ian Rush

37'

John Barnes

39'

John Barnes

50'

Ronny Rosenthal

61'

John Barnes

69'

Ronny Rosenthal

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0' - Goal Kevin Gallacher0

16' - Goal Ian Rush

37' - Goal John Barnes

39' - Goal John Barnes

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50' - Goal Ronny Rosenthal

53' - Substitution Tony Dobsonis substituted by David Titterton53

61' - Goal John Barnes

69' - Goal Ronny Rosenthal

70' - Substitution Kevin Drinkellis substituted by Kevin MacDonald70

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

1 - 6

Liverpool

Coventry Liverpool

Team line-ups

Coventry

Ogrizovic

Steve Ogrizovic

England

B.date12/09/1957

Age32 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Peake

Trevor Peake

England

B.date10/02/1957

Age33 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Dobson53

Tony Dobson

England

B.date05/02/1969

Age21 years

H1m86

positionLeft full-back

McGrath

Lloyd McGrath

England

B.date24/02/1965

Age25 years

H1m65

positionMidfield

Clark

Howard Clark

England

B.date19/09/1968

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Gynn

Micky Gynn

England

B.date19/08/1961

Age28 years

H1m65

positionMidfield

Smith

David Smith

England

B.date29/03/1968

Age22 years

H1m73

positionPlaymaker

Drinkell70

Kevin Drinkell

England

B.date18/06/1960

Age29 years

H1m80

positionForward

Gallacher0

Kevin Gallacher

Scotland

B.date23/11/1966

Age23 years

H1m70

positionRight Winger

Speedie

David Speedie

Scotland

B.date20/02/1960

Age30 years

H1m68

positionForward

Regis

Cyrille Regis

England

B.date09/02/1958

Age32 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Steve Ogrizovic		32	243	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Trevor Peake		33	242	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Dobson	53	21	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lloyd McGrath		25	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Howard Clark		21	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Micky Gynn		28	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Smith		22	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Drinkell	70	29	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Gallacher		23	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Speedie		30	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cyrille Regis		32	205	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

116

Liverpool

Grobbelaar

Bruce Grobbelaar

Zimbabwe

B.date06/10/1957

Age32 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Hysen

Glenn Hysen

Sweden

B.date30/10/1959

Age30 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Ablett

Gary Ablett

England

B.date19/11/1965

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Staunton

Steve Staunton

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/01/1969

Age21 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Gillespie

Gary Gillespie

Scotland

B.date05/07/1960

Age29 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Venison

Barry Venison

England

B.date16/08/1964

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

McMahon

Steve McMahon

England

B.date20/08/1961

Age28 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Mölby

Jan Mölby

Denmark

B.date04/07/1963

Age26 years

H1m86

positionDefensive Midfielder

Barnes396137

John Barnes

England

B.date07/11/1963

Age26 years

H1m80

positionLeft Midfielder

Rosenthal5069

Ronny Rosenthal

Israel

B.date04/10/1963

Age26 years

H1m80

positionLeft Winger

Rush16

Ian Rush

Wales

B.date20/10/1961

Age28 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bruce Grobbelaar		32	485	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Glenn Hysen		30	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Ablett		24	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Staunton		21	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Gillespie		29	179	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Barry Venison		25	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve McMahon		28	223	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jan Mölby		26	177	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Barnes	396137	26	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ronny Rosenthal	5069	26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Rush	16	28	411	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

176

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		David Titterton	53	18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Kevin MacDonald	70	29	22	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

Lloyd McGrath

Kevin MacDonald

OUT

Howard Clark

Brian Borrows

OUT

Cyrille Regis

Paul Edwards

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ronny Rosenthal

Ray Houghton

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

John Sillett

194

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Sillett vs Liverpool

2 victories

2 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on May 05, 1990

Sillett vs Dalglish

2 victories

2 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on May 05, 1990

Manager

Age

Match num

Kenny Dalglish

273

Success rate in this team:

61 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

61 %

Dalglish vs Coventry

8 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on May 05, 1990

Dalglish vs Sillett

6 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on May 05, 1990

Referee

Ffrangcon Roberts

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Coventry1 match	General total	Liverpool1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Coventry1 match	Season total	Liverpool1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on May 05, 1990					Latest figure on May 05, 1990

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Key figures

Liverpool keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 21/04/1990).

It's the first time since the 06/05/1967 (West Ham vs Manchester United ) that a game ends with 1-6 in Premier League

Kenny Dalglish has registered 200 participation in Premier League since the 01/06/1985 as the manager of Liverpool next after this match..

Read the next 24 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DCoventry 0-0 Nottingham Forest25/02/1990

VCoventry 2-0 Aston Villa04/03/1990

LCoventry 1-4 Sheffield Wednesday17/03/1990

LCoventry 1-2 Charlton24/03/1990

VCoventry 1-0 Derby County07/04/1990

DCoventry 1-1 Queens Park Rangers16/04/1990

Overall

LManchester United 3-0 Coventry31/03/1990

VCoventry 1-0 Derby County07/04/1990

LTottenham 3-2 Coventry14/04/1990

DCoventry 1-1 Queens Park Rangers16/04/1990

DWimbledon FC 0-0 Coventry21/04/1990

LSouthampton 3-0 Coventry28/04/1990

Current form

Away

DNorwich City 0-0 Liverpool10/02/1990

DQueens Park Rangers 2-2 Liverpool11/03/1990

VManchester United 1-2 Liverpool18/03/1990

LTottenham 1-0 Liverpool21/03/1990

VCharlton 0-4 Liverpool11/04/1990

DArsenal 1-1 Liverpool18/04/1990

Overall

VCharlton 0-4 Liverpool11/04/1990

DLiverpool 2-2 Nottingham Forest14/04/1990

DArsenal 1-1 Liverpool18/04/1990

VLiverpool 4-1 Chelsea21/04/1990

VLiverpool 2-1 Queens Park Rangers28/04/1990

VLiverpool 1-0 Derby County01/05/1990

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	1	4
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	5	0
Goalless streak	0	2
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	3
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	2	6
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	3
Scoring streak	2	9
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

37	Number of games (Competition total)	37
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
14	Victories (Competition total)	22
11	Victories (Home / Away)	9
7	Draws (Competition total)	10
2	Draws (Home / Away)	5
16	Losses (Competition total)	5
5	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

38	Goals scored (Competition total)	72
23	Goals scored (Home / Away)	34
53	Goals conceded (Competition total)	36
19	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
1.03	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.95
1.28	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.89
1.43	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.97
1.06	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.17

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	22
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	11
13	Clean sheets (Competition total)	12
8	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
12	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	22
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	11
1-0 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (3 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

David Speedie	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	19 goals	John Barnes
David Smith	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	11 goals	Ian Rush
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	5 penalties	John Barnes
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	3 penalties	John Barnes
David Smith	2 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	9 goals during the last 17 matches	John Barnes

Historical head to head

Home

25 matches

6 v

10 d

9 l

18 gf

26 ga

Away

27 matches

1 v

4 d

22 l

14 gf

65 ga

Total

52 matches

7 v

14 d

31 l

32 gf

91 ga

Historical head to head

Home

27 matches

22 v

4 d

1 l

65 gf

14 ga

Away

25 matches

9 v

10 d

6 l

26 gf

18 ga

Total

52 matches

31 v

14 d

7 l

91 gf

32 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 10, 1983
Home	4 - 0	December 10, 1983

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 12, 1986
Away	4 - 1	August 29, 1987

Latest head to head

November 04, 1989 - Division 1 1989/1990

Liverpool

0 - 1

Coventry

March 22, 1989 - Division 1 1988/1989

Coventry

1 - 3

Liverpool

October 22, 1988 - Division 1 1988/1989

Liverpool

0 - 0

Coventry

January 01, 1988 - Division 1 1987/1988

Liverpool

4 - 0

Coventry

August 29, 1987 - Division 1 1987/1988

Coventry

1 - 4

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Terry Gibson	3 goals	1983 - 1983
Ernie Hunt	2 goals	1970 - 1972
Ferguson Michael	2 goals	1976 - 1978
Cyrille Regis	2 goals	1987 - 1989
Brian Alderson	2 goals	1973 - 1975
John O'Rourke	2 goals	1970 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Ian Rush	11 goals	1982 - 1986
John Toshack	5 goals	1972 - 1976
David Johnson	5 goals	1976 - 1980
Jan Mölby	5 goals	1986 - 1986
Kevin Keegan	5 goals	1972 - 1976
Kenny Dalglish	4 goals	1977 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Mick Coop	24 matches	1967 - 1980
Billy Glazier	15 matches	1967 - 1974
Tommy Hutchison	15 matches	1972 - 1980
Willie Carr	14 matches	1967 - 1975
Dennis Mortimer	11 matches	1970 - 1975
Trevor Peake	11 matches	1983 - 1989

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Emelyn Hughes	28 matches	1967 - 1979
Phil Neal	24 matches	1975 - 1985
Ray Clemence	24 matches	1970 - 1980
Alan Hansen	23 matches	1977 - 1989
Ian Callaghan	23 matches	1967 - 1978
Phil Thompson	20 matches	1972 - 1982