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Coventry 0-2 WBA - March 17, 1972 / Division 1 1971/1972

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Division 1 1971/1972 - Journée 33

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

March 17, 1972

Coventry

0 - 2

WBA

Ally Brown

John Wile

logo Coventry COV

0' - Goal Ally Brown photo John Wile

0' - Goal John Wile

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46' - Substitution Ian St-Johnis substituted by Dennis Mortimer46

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Team line-ups

Coventry

Glazier

Billy Glazier

England

B.date02/08/1943

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

Barry

Roy Barry

Scotland

B.date19/09/1942

Age29 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

Parker

Bobby Parker

England

B.date11/11/1952

Age19 years

positionDefender

Smith

Wilf Smith

England

B.date03/09/1946

Age25 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Blockley

Jeff Blockley

England

B.date12/09/1949

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Cattlin

Chris Cattlin

England

B.date25/06/1946

Age25 years

positionDefender

McGuire

Michael McGuire

England

B.date04/09/1952

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Carr

Willie Carr

Scotland

B.date06/01/1950

Age22 years

positionMidfield

St-John46

Ian St-John

Scotland

B.date07/06/1938

Age33 years

positionForward

Chilton

Chris Chilton

England

B.date25/06/1943

Age28 years

H1m80

positionForward

Graham

Bobby Graham

Scotland

B.date22/11/1944

Age27 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Billy Glazier		28	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roy Barry		29	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bobby Parker		19	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wilf Smith		25	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Blockley		22	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Cattlin		25	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael McGuire		19	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willie Carr		22	177	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian St-John	46	33	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Chilton		28	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Graham		27	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

WBA

Osborne

John Osborne

England

B.date01/12/1940

Age31 years

positionGoalkeeper

Ally Brown0

Ally Brown

Scotland

B.date12/04/1951

Age20 years

positionDefender

Robertson

Ally Robertson

Scotland

B.date09/09/1952

Age19 years

positionCentral defender

Suggett

Colin Suggett

England

B.date30/12/1948

Age23 years

positionDefender

Nisbet

Gordon Nisbet

England

B.date18/09/1951

Age20 years

positionRight full-back

Wilson

Ray Wilson

Scotland

B.date08/04/1947

Age24 years

positionLeft full-back

Hartford

Asa Hartford

Scotland

B.date24/10/1950

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Cantello

Len Cantello

England

B.date11/09/1951

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Wile0

John Wile

England

B.date09/03/1947

Age25 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Tony Brown

England

B.date03/10/1945

Age26 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Gould

Bobby Gould

England

B.date12/06/1946

Age25 years

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	John Osborne	31	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Brown	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ally Robertson	19	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Suggett	23	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon Nisbet	20	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ray Wilson	24	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Asa Hartford	21	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Len Cantello	20	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Wile	25	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tony Brown	26	298	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Gould	25	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Dennis Mortimer	46	19	61	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

Bobby Gould

Jeff Astle

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Manager

Age

Match num

Don Howe

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

29 %

Howe vs Coventry

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 17, 1972

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Key figures

Coventry keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a win vs WBA in Premier League running (since 26/12/1970). It's a record streak. The first of history

End of streak for Coventry after 6 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home (since 04/12/1971).

WBA keeps its 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 04/03/1972).

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DCoventry 1-1 Leicester04/12/1971

DCoventry 1-1 Chelsea17/12/1971

VCoventry 1-0 Southampton01/01/1972

DCoventry 1-1 Ipswich Town22/01/1972

LCoventry 0-1 Hull City09/02/1972

DCoventry 0-0 Wolverhampton19/02/1972

Overall

DCoventry 1-1 Ipswich Town22/01/1972

LDerby County 1-0 Coventry29/01/1972

LCoventry 0-1 Hull City09/02/1972

DCrystal Palace 2-2 Coventry12/02/1972

DCoventry 0-0 Wolverhampton19/02/1972

LLeeds United 1-0 Coventry11/03/1972

Current form

Away

LLeeds United 3-0 West Bromwich Albion04/12/1971

LArsenal 2-0 West Bromwich Albion18/12/1971

VIpswich Town 2-3 West Bromwich Albion01/01/1972

LEverton 2-1 West Bromwich Albion22/01/1972

VLeicester 0-1 West Bromwich Albion12/02/1972

LManchester City 2-1 West Bromwich Albion01/03/1972

Overall

VWest Bromwich Albion 2-1 Manchester United29/01/1972

VLeicester 0-1 West Bromwich Albion12/02/1972

VWest Bromwich Albion 3-2 Southampton19/02/1972

LManchester City 2-1 West Bromwich Albion01/03/1972

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Nottingham Forest04/03/1972

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Crystal Palace11/03/1972

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	3	6
Drawless streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	8	0
Scoring streak	4	11
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

30	Number of games (Competition total)	32
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
6	Victories (Competition total)	9
5	Victories (Home / Away)	4
13	Draws (Competition total)	7
8	Draws (Home / Away)	3
11	Losses (Competition total)	16
1	Losses (Home / Away)	9

Goals

31	Goals scored (Competition total)	30
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
47	Goals conceded (Competition total)	44
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	24
1.03	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.94
1.14	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.88
1.57	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.38
0.86	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	12
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
18	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
1-1 (6 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (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

Ernie Hunt	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	15 goals	Tony Brown
Ernie Hunt	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Tony Brown
Willie Carr	1 goal during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	7 goals during the last 10 matches	Tony Brown

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches

6 v

3 d

1 l

21 gf

13 ga

Away

11 matches

3 v

3 d

5 l

10 gf

22 ga

Total

21 matches

9 v

6 d

6 l

31 gf

35 ga

Historical head to head

Home

11 matches

5 v

3 d

3 l

22 gf

10 ga

Away

10 matches

1 v

3 d

6 l

13 gf

21 ga

Total

21 matches

6 v

6 d

9 l

35 gf

31 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	August 12, 1969
Home	3 - 1	August 12, 1969

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	October 09, 1968
Away	3 - 2	February 20, 1937

Latest head to head

January 15, 1972 - FA Cup 1971/1972

WBA

1 - 2

Coventry

August 21, 1971 - Division 1 1971/1972

WBA

1 - 1

Coventry

April 10, 1971 - Division 1 1970/1971

WBA

0 - 0

Coventry

December 26, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Coventry

1 - 1

WBA

August 20, 1969 - Division 1 1969/1970

WBA

0 - 1

Coventry

Best historical scorers against WBA

Ernie Hunt	5 goals	1968 - 1971
Willie Carr	3 goals	1969 - 1969
Ernie Machin	2 goals	1967 - 1968
Ronnie Rees	2 goals	1967 - 1967
Chris Chilton	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Neil Martin	1 goal	1970 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Tony Brown	5 goals	1968 - 1972
Jeff Astle	3 goals	1967 - 1968
Ronnie Rees	2 goals	1968 - 1968
Clive Clark	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Dick Krzywicki	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Asa Hartford	1 goal	1968 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs WBA

Billy Glazier	10 matches	1967 - 1972
Dave Clements	8 matches	1967 - 1971
Willie Carr	8 matches	1968 - 1972
Chris Cattlin	6 matches	1968 - 1972
Brian Hill	6 matches	1967 - 1969
Ernie Machin	5 matches	1967 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Tony Brown	9 matches	1968 - 1972
Jeff Astle	8 matches	1967 - 1971
John Kaye	8 matches	1967 - 1971
Bobby Hope	6 matches	1967 - 1971
John Talbut	6 matches	1967 - 1969
Colin Suggett	6 matches	1969 - 1972