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Coventry 4-1 Norwich City - August 26, 1978 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Journée 3

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

August 26, 1978

Coventry

4 - 1

Norwich City

John Beck

Barry Powell

Ian Wallace

Ferguson Michael

Martin Peters

logo Coventry COV

0' - Goal John Beck photo Barry Powell

0' - Goal Barry Powell photo Ian Wallace

0' - Goal Ian Wallace photo Ferguson Michael

0' - Goal Ferguson Michael0

0' - Goal Martin Peters

logo Coventry COV

46' - Substitution Donato Nardiellois substituted by Gary Bannister46

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

4 - 1

Norwich City

Coventry Norwich City

Team line-ups

Coventry

Sealey

Les Sealey

England

B.date29/09/1957

Age20 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Holton

Jim Holton

Scotland

B.date11/04/1951

Age27 years

positionDefender

Osgood

Keith Osgood

England

B.date08/05/1955

Age23 years

positionDefender

Gillespie

Gary Gillespie

Scotland

B.date05/07/1960

Age18 years

H1m88

positionDefender

McDonald

Bobby McDonald

Scotland

B.date13/04/1955

Age23 years

positionLeft full-back

Nardiello46

Donato Nardiello

Wales

B.date09/04/1957

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Beck0

John Beck

England

B.date25/05/1954

Age24 years

positionCentre Midfield

Hutchison

Tommy Hutchison

Scotland

B.date22/09/1947

Age30 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Powell0

Barry Powell

England

B.date29/01/1954

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Wallace0

Ian Wallace

Scotland

B.date23/05/1956

Age22 years

positionForward

Michael0

Ferguson Michael

England

B.date03/10/1954

Age23 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Les Sealey		20	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jim Holton		27	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Keith Osgood		23	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Gillespie		18	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bobby McDonald		23	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Donato Nardiello	46	21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Beck		24	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Hutchison		30	235	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Barry Powell		24	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Wallace		22	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ferguson Michael		23	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Norwich City

Keelan

Kevin Keelan

England

B.date05/01/1941

Age37 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Sullivan

Colin Sullivan

England

B.date24/06/1951

Age27 years

positionDefender

Powell

Tony Powell

England

B.date11/06/1947

Age31 years

H1m85

positionDefender

Bond

Kevin Bond

England

B.date22/06/1957

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Hoadley

Phil Hoadley

England

B.date06/01/1952

Age26 years

positionDefender

Ryan

John Ryan

England

B.date20/07/1947

Age31 years

positionMidfield

Robson

Keith Robson

England

B.date15/11/1953

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Peters0

Martin Peters

England

B.date08/11/1943

Age34 years

H1m84

positionOffensive Midfielder

Reeves

Kevin Reeves

England

B.date20/10/1957

Age20 years

positionForward

Neighbour

Jimmy Neighbour

England

B.date15/11/1950

Age27 years

positionRight Winger

Chivers

Martin Chivers

England

B.date27/04/1945

Age33 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Kevin Keelan	37	214	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Sullivan	27	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Powell	31	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Bond	21	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Hoadley	26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Ryan	31	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Robson	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Peters	34	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Reeves	20	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Neighbour	27	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Martin Chivers	33	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Gary Bannister	46	18	1	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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Milne

190

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Milne vs Norwich City

7 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 26, 1978

Milne vs Bond

7 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 26, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

John Bond

227

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Bond vs Coventry

1 victory

0 draw

8 losses

Latest figure on August 26, 1978

Bond vs Milne

1 victory

0 draw

7 losses

Latest figure on August 26, 1978

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Martin Peters scores a goal in Premier League since the 02/01/1978 (with Norwich City vs West Ham )

Coventry keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw vs Norwich City at home in Premier League running (since 16/12/1972). It's a record streak. The first of history

Tommy Hutchison played his game number 10 vs Norwich City in Premier League

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LCoventry 2-3 Aston Villa21/03/1978

VCoventry 4-0 Wolverhampton28/03/1978

DCoventry 0-0 Newcastle United04/04/1978

VCoventry 3-2 Everton08/04/1978

DCoventry 0-0 Nottingham Forest22/04/1978

DCoventry 0-0 Nottingham Forest22/08/1978

Overall

LQueens Park Rangers 2-1 Coventry15/04/1978

DCoventry 0-0 Nottingham Forest22/04/1978

LManchester City 3-1 Coventry25/04/1978

DBristol City 1-1 Coventry29/04/1978

VMiddlesbrough 1-2 Coventry19/08/1978

DCoventry 0-0 Nottingham Forest22/08/1978

Current form

Away

DLeicester 2-2 Norwich City18/03/1978

LIpswich Town 4-0 Norwich City27/03/1978

LBirmingham City 2-1 Norwich City08/04/1978

LLiverpool 3-0 Norwich City22/04/1978

DNewcastle United 2-2 Norwich City26/04/1978

DBristol City 1-1 Norwich City22/08/1978

Overall

LNorwich City 1-3 Manchester United15/04/1978

LLiverpool 3-0 Norwich City22/04/1978

DNewcastle United 2-2 Norwich City26/04/1978

DNorwich City 1-1 West Bromwich Albion29/04/1978

VNorwich City 3-1 Southampton19/08/1978

DBristol City 1-1 Norwich City22/08/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	5	3
Winless streak	2	1
Goalless streak	2	1
Invincibility streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Winless streak	23	1
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	7	7

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Ferguson Michael	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	John Ryan
-		Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	John Ryan
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	John Ryan
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	John Ryan
Ferguson Michael	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	John Ryan

Historical head to head

Home

13 matches

12 v

1 d

0 l

28 gf

7 ga

Away

12 matches

4 v

6 d

2 l

17 gf

12 ga

Total

25 matches

16 v

7 d

2 l

45 gf

19 ga

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

2 v

6 d

4 l

12 gf

17 ga

Away

13 matches

0 v

1 d

12 l

7 gf

28 ga

Total

25 matches

2 v

7 d

16 l

19 gf

45 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	February 21, 1976
Home	3 - 0	April 10, 1965

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	February 19, 1977
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

March 25, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Norwich City

1 - 2

Coventry

December 27, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Coventry

5 - 4

Norwich City logo Norwich City

February 19, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Norwich City

3 - 0

Coventry

September 11, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Coventry

2 - 0

Norwich City logo Norwich City

February 21, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

Norwich City

0 - 3

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Norwich City

Ian Wallace	2 goals	1977 - 1978
Ferguson Michael	2 goals	1976 - 1976
Dennis Mortimer	2 goals	1974 - 1975
Colin Stein	2 goals	1972 - 1972
Barry Powell	2 goals	1977 - 1978
Ray Gooding	1 goal	1977 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/12/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Kevin Reeves	4 goals	1977 - 1978
Viv Busby	2 goals	1977 - 1977
Martin Peters	1 goal	1977 - 1977
David Cross	1 goal	1973 - 1973
John Ryan	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Trevor Howard	1 goal	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/12/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Norwich City

Tommy Hutchison	9 matches	1972 - 1978
Alan Dugdale	8 matches	1972 - 1977
Mick Coop	8 matches	1972 - 1977
James Holmes	6 matches	1973 - 1977
Barry Powell	6 matches	1975 - 1978
Bobby McDonald	4 matches	1976 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/12/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Kevin Keelan	9 matches	1972 - 1977
Colin Suggett	7 matches	1973 - 1978
Martin Peters	6 matches	1975 - 1978
Duncan Forbes	6 matches	1973 - 1976
Colin Sullivan	6 matches	1975 - 1978
Tony Powell	5 matches	1975 - 1978