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Man United 2-1 Coventry - April 26, 1980 / Division 1 1979/1980

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Division 1 1979/1980 - Round 41

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

April 26, 1980

Man United

2 - 1

Coventry

Sammy McIlroy

(penalty) Sammy McIlroy

Garry Thompson

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0' - Goal Sammy McIlroy0

0' - Goal Garry Thompson

5' - Goal Sammy McIlroy5

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46' - Substitution Jimmy Greenhoffis substituted by Thomas Sloan46

46' - Substitution Thomas Englishis substituted by Gary Bannister

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

2 - 1

Coventry

Man United Coventry

Team line-ups

Man United

Bailey

Gary Bailey

England

B.date09/08/1958

Age21 years

positionGoalkeeper

Buchan

Martin Buchan

Scotland

B.date06/03/1949

Age31 years

positionCentral defender

Moran

Kevin Moran

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/04/1956

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Albiston

Arthur Albiston

Scotland

B.date14/07/1957

Age22 years

H1m71

positionLeft full-back

Nicholl

Jimmy Nicholl

Northern Ireland

B.date28/12/1956

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

Thomas

Mickey Thomas

Wales

B.date07/07/1954

Age25 years

H1m68

positionLeft Midfielder

McIlroy50

Sammy McIlroy

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1954

Age25 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Macari

Lou Macari

Scotland

B.date04/06/1949

Age30 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Coppell

Steve Coppell

England

B.date09/07/1955

Age24 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Greenhoff46

Jimmy Greenhoff

England

B.date19/06/1946

Age33 years

positionStriker

Jordan

Joe Jordan

Scotland

B.date15/12/1951

Age28 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Bailey		21	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Buchan		31	336	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Moran		23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arthur Albiston		22	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Nicholl		23	202	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mickey Thomas		25	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy McIlroy	5	25	316	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lou Macari		30	273	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Coppell		24	255	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Greenhoff	46	33	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Jordan		28	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

171

Coventry

Blyth

Jim Blyth

Scotland

B.date02/02/1955

Age25 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Dyson

Paul Dyson

England

B.date27/12/1959

Age20 years

positionDefender

Gillespie

Gary Gillespie

Scotland

B.date05/07/1960

Age19 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Jones

Dave Jones

England

B.date17/08/1956

Age23 years

positionFull-back

Coop

Mick Coop

England

B.date10/07/1948

Age31 years

positionRight full-back

Hunt

Steve Hunt

England

B.date04/08/1956

Age23 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Hutchison

Tommy Hutchison

Scotland

B.date22/09/1947

Age32 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Blair

Andy Blair

Scotland

B.date18/12/1959

Age20 years

positionMidfield

English46

Thomas English

England

B.date18/10/1961

Age18 years

positionForward

Thompson0

Garry Thompson

England

B.date07/10/1959

Age20 years

H1m85

positionForward

Van Gool

Roger Van Gool

Belgium

B.date01/06/1950

Age29 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jim Blyth		25	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Dyson		20	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Gillespie		19	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dave Jones		23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Coop		31	406	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Hunt		23	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Hutchison		32	313	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Blair		20	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Thomas English	46	18	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garry Thompson		20	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roger Van Gool		29	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

100

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Thomas Sloan	46	20	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Gary Bannister	46	19	10	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

Dave Jones

David Barnes

OUT

Andy Blair

Ian Wallace

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

151

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Sexton vs Coventry

16 victories

8 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on April 26, 1980

Sexton vs Milne

6 victories

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 26, 1980

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Milne

277

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Milne vs Man United

2 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on April 26, 1980

Milne vs Sexton

3 victories

4 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on April 26, 1980

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Key figures

Man United keeps its 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Coventry at home running (since 27/08/1975). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 12/09/1970 (4 matches)

Man United keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a loss vs Coventry at home in Premier League running (since 27/08/1975). It's a record streak. The first of history

Only back at the time of Sir Matt Busby head of Manchester United (28/12/1970-02/06/1971), you can see a manager go over Dave Sexton with 1.54 goals scored per game in Premier League (1.98).

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 2-0 Bolton Wanderers27/02/1980

DManchester United 0-0 Everton12/03/1980

VManchester United 1-0 Manchester City22/03/1980

VManchester United 2-1 Liverpool05/04/1980

VManchester United 4-1 Tottenham12/04/1980

VManchester United 2-1 Aston Villa23/04/1980

Overall

LNottingham Forest 2-0 Manchester United02/04/1980

VManchester United 2-1 Liverpool05/04/1980

VBolton Wanderers 1-3 Manchester United07/04/1980

VManchester United 4-1 Tottenham12/04/1980

VNorwich City 0-2 Manchester United19/04/1980

VManchester United 2-1 Aston Villa23/04/1980

Current form

Away

DBrighton & Hove 1-1 Coventry01/03/1980

DEverton 1-1 Coventry15/03/1980

DLeeds United 0-0 Coventry22/03/1980

VMiddlesbrough 1-2 Coventry05/04/1980

LIpswich Town 3-0 Coventry12/04/1980

DBolton Wanderers 1-1 Coventry15/04/1980

Overall

LCoventry 1-3 Wolverhampton29/03/1980

VMiddlesbrough 1-2 Coventry05/04/1980

VCoventry 2-1 Derby County07/04/1980

LIpswich Town 3-0 Coventry12/04/1980

DBolton Wanderers 1-1 Coventry15/04/1980

VCoventry 2-1 Crystal Palace19/04/1980

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	5
Unbeaten streak	7	5
Drawless streak	4	8
Scoring streak	4	5
Conceding streak	3	1

Running streaks

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

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

40	Number of games (Competition total)	39
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	20
23	Victories (Competition total)	16
16	Victories (Home / Away)	4
10	Draws (Competition total)	7
3	Draws (Home / Away)	5
7	Losses (Competition total)	16
1	Losses (Home / Away)	11

Goals

63	Goals scored (Competition total)	54
41	Goals scored (Home / Away)	21
32	Goals conceded (Competition total)	61
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	40
1.58	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.38
2.05	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.05
0.8	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.56
0.35	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	26
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	13
19	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
13	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	11
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	8
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	22
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	11
1-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-3 (3 times)

Bookings

1	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Joe Jordan	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	12 goals	Ian Wallace
Joe Jordan	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Ian Wallace
Sammy McIlroy	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Barry Powell
Sammy McIlroy	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Barry Powell
Joe Jordan	6 goals during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Garry Thompson

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

7 v

5 d

3 l

27 gf

15 ga

Away

17 matches

5 v

3 d

9 l

20 gf

26 ga

Total

32 matches

12 v

8 d

12 l

47 gf

41 ga

Historical head to head

Home

17 matches

9 v

3 d

5 l

26 gf

20 ga

Away

15 matches

3 v

5 d

7 l

15 gf

27 ga

Total

32 matches

12 v

8 d

12 l

41 gf

47 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 25, 1967
Home	4 - 0	October 25, 1967

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	December 31, 1977
Away	3 - 2	December 15, 1973

Latest head to head

December 15, 1979 - Division 1 1979/1980

Coventry

1 - 2

Man United

April 16, 1979 - Division 1 1978/1979

Man United

0 - 0

Coventry

March 20, 1979 - Division 1 1978/1979

Coventry

4 - 3

Man United

December 31, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Coventry

3 - 0

Man United

August 24, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Man United

2 - 1

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Bobby Charlton	5 goals	1963 - 1972
George Best	5 goals	1967 - 1973
Lou Macari	5 goals	1976 - 1979
John Aston	3 goals	1967 - 1969
Steve Coppell	2 goals	1979 - 1979
Gordon Hill	2 goals	1976 - 1977

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 Man United

Ernie Hunt	3 goals	1969 - 1971
Brian Alderson	3 goals	1973 - 1974
Willie Carr	2 goals	1971 - 1972
Ian Wallace	2 goals	1977 - 1977
Ferguson Michael	2 goals	1977 - 1979
Neil Martin	2 goals	1969 - 1970

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

Alex Stepney	18 matches	1967 - 1977
Martin Buchan	14 matches	1972 - 1979
Sammy McIlroy	13 matches	1971 - 1979
Bobby Charlton	12 matches	1963 - 1973
George Best	12 matches	1967 - 1973
Lou Macari	10 matches	1973 - 1979

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	17 matches	1967 - 1979
Billy Glazier	13 matches	1967 - 1974
Chris Cattlin	11 matches	1968 - 1974
Tommy Hutchison	11 matches	1973 - 1979
Willie Carr	10 matches	1968 - 1972
Ernie Machin	9 matches	1967 - 1972