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Everton 3-2 Coventry - December 28, 1981 / Division 1 1981/1982

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Division 1 1981/1982 - Round 22

Goodison Park - Liverpool - England

December 28, 1981

Everton

3 - 2

Coventry

Mark Higgins

45'

Mark Higgins

45'

Graeme Sharp

45'

Danny Thomas

Peter Bodak

logo Everton EVE

0' - Goal Danny Thomas photo Peter Bodak

0' - Goal Peter Bodak

45' - Goal Mark Higgins photo Mark Higgins

45' - Goal Mark Higgins photo Graeme Sharp

45' - Goal Graeme Sharp45

logo Everton EVE

46' - Substitution Thomas Englishis substituted by Ruud Kaiser

logo Coventry COV

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Everton

3 - 2

Coventry

Everton Coventry

Team line-ups

Everton

Southall

Neville Southall

Wales

B.date16/09/1958

Age23 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Higgins4545

Mark Higgins

England

B.date29/09/1958

Age23 years

positionDefender

Michael

Lyons Michael

England

B.date12/12/1951

Age30 years

positionDefender

Ratcliffe

Kevin Ratcliffe

Wales

B.date12/11/1960

Age21 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Stevens

Gary Stevens

England

B.date27/03/1963

Age18 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

McMahon

Steve McMahon

England

B.date20/08/1961

Age20 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Kendall

Howard Kendall

England

B.date22/05/1946

Age35 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

Irvine

James Alan Irvine

Scotland

B.date12/07/1958

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Ross

Trevor Ross

England

B.date16/01/1957

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Sharp45

Graeme Sharp

Scotland

B.date16/10/1960

Age21 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Eastoe

Peter Eastoe

England

B.date02/08/1953

Age28 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Neville Southall		23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Higgins	4545	23	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lyons Michael		30	390	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Ratcliffe		21	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Stevens		18	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve McMahon		20	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Howard Kendall		35	273	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Alan Irvine		23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Ross		24	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Graeme Sharp	45	21	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Eastoe		28	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Coventry

Blyth

Jim Blyth

Scotland

B.date02/02/1955

Age26 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Roberts

Brian Roberts

England

B.date06/11/1955

Age26 years

H1m73

positionDefender

Dyson

Paul Dyson

England

B.date27/12/1959

Age22 years

positionDefender

Gillespie

Gary Gillespie

Scotland

B.date05/07/1960

Age21 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Jacobs

Stephen Jacobs

England

B.date05/07/1961

Age20 years

positionDefender

Thomas0

Danny Thomas

England

B.date12/11/1961

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Daly

Gerry Daly

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1954

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Hunt

Steve Hunt

England

B.date04/08/1956

Age25 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Bodak0

Peter Bodak

England

B.date12/08/1961

Age20 years

positionMidfield

English46

Thomas English

England

B.date18/10/1961

Age20 years

positionForward

Thompson

Garry Thompson

England

B.date07/10/1959

Age22 years

H1m85

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jim Blyth		26	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Roberts		26	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Dyson		22	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Gillespie		21	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Jacobs		20	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Thomas		20	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Daly		27	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Hunt		25	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Bodak		20	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Thomas English	46	20	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garry Thompson		22	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Ruud Kaiser	46	21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steve McMahon

Paul Lodge

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Thomas English

Mark Hateley

OUT

Peter Bodak

John Hendrie

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Howard Kendall

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Kendall vs Coventry

3 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 1981

Kendall vs Sexton

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 1981

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

Success rate in this team:

27 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Sexton vs Everton

9 victories

10 draws

12 losses

Latest figure on December 28, 1981

Sexton vs Kendall

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 28, 1981

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Key figures

Coventry keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw away from home running (since 17/10/1981).

Coventry keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a win running (since 12/12/1981).

End of streak for Everton after 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most in Premier League (since 28/11/1981).

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LEverton 0-1 Manchester City31/10/1981

VEverton 1-0 Oxford United10/11/1981

LEverton 1-2 Sunderland21/11/1981

LEverton 2-3 Ipswich Town30/11/1981

VEverton 3-1 Swansea05/12/1981

VEverton 2-0 Aston Villa19/12/1981

Overall

LEverton 1-2 Sunderland21/11/1981

DNotts County 2-2 Everton24/11/1981

LArsenal 1-0 Everton28/11/1981

LEverton 2-3 Ipswich Town30/11/1981

VEverton 3-1 Swansea05/12/1981

VEverton 2-0 Aston Villa19/12/1981

Current form

Away

DEverton 1-1 Coventry06/10/1981

LNottingham Forest 2-1 Coventry17/10/1981

LArsenal 1-0 Coventry31/10/1981

LWolverhampton 1-0 Coventry07/11/1981

LWest Ham 5-2 Coventry21/11/1981

VTottenham 1-2 Coventry05/12/1981

Overall

LWest Ham 5-2 Coventry21/11/1981

VCoventry 3-0 Stoke City24/11/1981

DCoventry 1-1 Middlesbrough28/11/1981

VTottenham 1-2 Coventry05/12/1981

LCoventry 0-1 Manchester City12/12/1981

LCoventry 0-2 West Bromwich Albion26/12/1981

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Drawless streak	7	4
Scoring streak	5	3
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	5	3
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	2
Conceding streak	6	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

18	Number of games (Competition total)	19
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
7	Victories (Competition total)	6
6	Victories (Home / Away)	1
4	Draws (Competition total)	4
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
7	Losses (Competition total)	9
2	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

24	Goals scored (Competition total)	27
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
23	Goals conceded (Competition total)	29
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.42
1.78	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.89
1.28	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.53
0.89	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

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

Peter Eastoe	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Steve Hunt
Peter Eastoe	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Steve Hunt
Peter Eastoe	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 6 matches	Steve Hunt

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

12 v

5 d

2 l

42 gf

14 ga

Away

16 matches

6 v

2 d

8 l

26 gf

27 ga

Total

35 matches

18 v

7 d

10 l

68 gf

41 ga

Historical head to head

Home

16 matches

8 v

2 d

6 l

27 gf

26 ga

Away

19 matches

2 v

5 d

12 l

14 gf

42 ga

Total

35 matches

10 v

7 d

18 l

41 gf

68 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	November 26, 1977
Home	6 - 0	November 26, 1977

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	August 16, 1975
Away	4 - 1	August 16, 1975

Latest head to head

October 27, 1981 - League Cup 1981/1982

Coventry

0 - 1

Everton

October 06, 1981 - League Cup 1981/1982

Everton

1 - 1

Coventry

February 21, 1981 - Division 1 1980/1981

Everton

3 - 0

Coventry

September 27, 1980 - Division 1 1980/1981

Coventry

0 - 5

Everton

March 15, 1980 - Division 1 1979/1980

Everton

1 - 1

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Bob Latchford	10 goals	1974 - 1980
Joe Royle	8 goals	1967 - 1971
John Hurst	5 goals	1968 - 1974
Lyons Michael	4 goals	1971 - 1978
Peter Eastoe	3 goals	1980 - 1981
Andy King	3 goals	1976 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/11/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Everton

Ian Wallace	7 goals	1976 - 1979
Ernie Hunt	4 goals	1970 - 1972
David Cross	3 goals	1975 - 1975
Garry Thompson	3 goals	1978 - 1980
Alan Green	3 goals	1973 - 1978
Mick Coop	2 goals	1975 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/11/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Lyons Michael	18 matches	1971 - 1981
John Hurst	17 matches	1967 - 1975
Bob Latchford	13 matches	1974 - 1980
Roger Kenyon	13 matches	1970 - 1976
Colin Harvey	11 matches	1967 - 1974
Howard Kendall	11 matches	1967 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/11/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Everton

Mick Coop	23 matches	1967 - 1980
Tommy Hutchison	16 matches	1972 - 1980
Billy Glazier	13 matches	1967 - 1974
Willie Carr	12 matches	1968 - 1974
Chris Cattlin	11 matches	1968 - 1975
Ernie Hunt	9 matches	1968 - 1972