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Watford 2-1 Coventry - April 05, 2008 / Championship 2007/2008

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Championship 2007/2008 - Round 42

Vicarage Road - Watford - England

April 05, 2008

17 188

Watford

2 - 1

Coventry

(left foot) Nathan Ellington

Assist by Richard Lee (right foot) Tommy Smith

79'

59'

Leon Best (header) Assist by Julian Gray

logo Watford WAT

7' - Goal Nathan Ellington7

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46' - Substitution Richard Duffyis substituted by Michael Mifsud

59' - Goal Leon Best

72' - Substitution Robbie Simpsonis substituted by Zavon Hines

79' - Goal Tommy Smith79

82' - Substitution Jobi McAnuffis substituted by Jordan Stewart photo Adrian Mariappa

82' - Substitution Nathan Ellingtonis substituted by Adrian Mariappa82

86' - Substitution Lloyd Doyleyis substituted by Jay DeMerit86

88' - Substitution Julian Grayis substituted by Kevin Thornton

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Watford

2 - 1

Coventry

Watford Coventry

Team line-ups

Watford

Lee

Richard Lee

England

B.date05/10/1982

Age25 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Shittu

Danny Shittu

Nigeria

B.date02/09/1980

Age27 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Doyley86

Lloyd Doyley

Jamaica

B.date01/12/1982

Age25 years

H1m81

positionFull-back

Sadler

Mat Sadler

England

B.date26/02/1985

Age23 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

Bromby

Leigh Bromby

England

B.date02/06/1980

Age27 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

O'Toole

John-Joe O'Toole

England

B.date30/09/1988

Age19 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

Williamson

Lee Williamson

Jamaica

B.date07/06/1982

Age25 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

Smith79

Tommy Smith

England

B.date22/05/1980

Age27 years

H1m79

positionVersatile Midfielder

McAnuff82

Jobi McAnuff

Jamaica

B.date09/11/1981

Age26 years

H1m81

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Ellington782

Nathan Ellington

England

B.date02/07/1981

Age26 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Kabba

Steve Kabba

England

B.date07/03/1981

Age27 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Richard Lee		25	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Shittu		27	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lloyd Doyley	86	25	198	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mat Sadler		23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Leigh Bromby		27	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John-Joe O'Toole		19	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Williamson		25	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Smith	79	27	195	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jobi McAnuff	82	26	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nathan Ellington	782	26	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Kabba		27	28	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

Coventry

Schmeichel

Kasper Schmeichel

Denmark

B.date05/11/1986

Age21 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Duffy46

Richard Duffy

Wales

B.date30/08/1985

Age22 years

H1m81

positionRight central defender

Ward

Elliott Ward

England

B.date19/01/1985

Age23 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Dann

Scott Dann

England

B.date14/02/1987

Age21 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Fox

Danny Fox

Scotland

B.date29/05/1986

Age21 years

H1m82

positionLeft full-back

Osbourne

Isaac Osbourne

England

B.date22/06/1986

Age21 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Hughes

Stephen Hughes

England

B.date18/09/1976

Age31 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Gray88

Julian Gray

England

B.date21/09/1979

Age28 years

H1m85

positionLeft Midfielder

Doyle

Michael Doyle

Republic of Ireland

B.date08/07/1981

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft central midfielder

Simpson72

Robbie Simpson

England

B.date15/03/1985

Age23 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Best59

Leon Best

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/09/1986

Age21 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kasper Schmeichel		21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Duffy	46	22	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Elliott Ward		23	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Scott Dann		21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Fox		21	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Isaac Osbourne		21	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Hughes		31	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Julian Gray	88	28	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Doyle		26	230	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robbie Simpson	72	23	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Leon Best	59	21	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Jay DeMerit	86	28	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jordan Stewart	82	26	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Adrian Mariappa	82	21	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Kevin Thornton	88	21	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Zavon Hines	72	19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Mifsud	46	26	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Lloyd Doyley

Jay DeMerit

OUT

John-Joe O'Toole

Al Bangura

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Leon Best

Michael Mifsud

OUT

Isaac Osbourne

Jay Tabb

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Adrian Boothroyd

151

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Boothroyd vs Coventry

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 05, 2008

Boothroyd vs Coleman

1 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on April 05, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Chris Coleman

Success rate in this team:

27 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Coleman vs Watford

1 victory

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on April 05, 2008

Coleman vs Boothroyd

0 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on April 05, 2008

Referee

Darren Deadman

3 victories	2 draws	3 losses	Watford8 matches	General total	Coventry12 matches	1 victory	4 draws	7 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Watford2 matches	Season total	Coventry1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on August 28, 2013					Latest figure on January 21, 2017

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Comments

Key figures

Coventry keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 29/03/2008).

It's the first time Leon Best scores 1 goal vs Watford in his professional career

It's the first time Tommy Smith scores a goal vs Coventry in his professional career since the 26/08/2002 (with Watford vs Coventry )

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LWatford 1-4 Wolverhampton26/01/2008

VWatford 3-0 Wolverhampton02/02/2008

VWatford 1-0 Leicester12/02/2008

DWatford 0-0 Preston North End23/02/2008

DWatford 1-1 Norwich City04/03/2008

DWatford 0-0 Stoke City15/03/2008

Overall

DBurnley 2-2 Watford01/03/2008

DWatford 1-1 Norwich City04/03/2008

DBristol City 0-0 Watford11/03/2008

DWatford 0-0 Stoke City15/03/2008

DPlymouth 1-1 Watford22/03/2008

LHull City 3-0 Watford29/03/2008

Current form

Away

LPreston North End 1-0 Coventry09/02/2008

LBurnley 2-0 Coventry26/02/2008

LScunthorpe United 2-1 Coventry01/03/2008

LSheffield United 2-1 Coventry11/03/2008

DSouthampton 0-0 Coventry22/03/2008

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Coventry01/04/2008

Overall

VCoventry 1-0 Norwich City08/03/2008

LSheffield United 2-1 Coventry11/03/2008

DCoventry 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday15/03/2008

DSouthampton 0-0 Coventry22/03/2008

VCoventry 3-1 Plymouth29/03/2008

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Coventry01/04/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	3	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	5	0
Winless streak	3	8
Drawless streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Winless streak	8	1
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

40	Number of games (Competition total)	41
19	Number of games (Home / Away)	20
17	Victories (Competition total)	13
7	Victories (Home / Away)	5
14	Draws (Competition total)	10
7	Draws (Home / Away)	3
9	Losses (Competition total)	18
5	Losses (Home / Away)	12

Goals

58	Goals scored (Competition total)	43
24	Goals scored (Home / Away)	20
47	Goals conceded (Competition total)	54
22	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	31
1.45	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.05
1.26	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.18	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.32
1.16	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.55

Betting aid

22	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	18
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
13	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	17
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	9
23	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	19
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
1-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (4 times)

Bookings

60	Yellow cards (Competition total)	76
21	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	38
4	Red cards (Competition total)	3
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Darius Henderson	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Michael Mifsud
Darius Henderson	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Michael Mifsud
Marlon King	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Michael Doyle
Marlon King	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Elliott Ward
Tommy Smith	8 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	8 assists	Jay Tabb
Jobi McAnuff	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	6 assists	Jay Tabb
Darius Henderson	3 goals, 4 assists during the last 16 matches	The fittest player	1 goal, 1 assist during the last 2 matches	Jay Tabb

Historical head to head

Home

13 matches

5 v

3 d

5 l

25 gf

16 ga

Away

16 matches

8 v

1 d

7 l

17 gf

20 ga

Total

29 matches

13 v

4 d

12 l

42 gf

36 ga

Historical head to head

Home

16 matches

7 v

1 d

8 l

20 gf

17 ga

Away

13 matches

5 v

3 d

5 l

16 gf

25 ga

Total

29 matches

12 v

4 d

13 l

36 gf

42 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	February 11, 2006
Home	4 - 0	February 11, 2006

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 09, 1980
Away	3 - 2	March 05, 2005

Latest head to head

October 23, 2007 - Championship 2007/2008

Coventry

0 - 3

Watford

February 11, 2006 - Championship 2005/2006

Watford

4 - 0

Coventry

September 28, 2005 - Championship 2005/2006

Coventry

3 - 1

Watford

March 05, 2005 - Championship 2004/2005

Watford

2 - 3

Coventry

December 18, 2004 - Championship 2004/2005

Coventry

1 - 0

Watford

Best historical scorers against Coventry

John Barnes	3 goals	1983 - 1986
Stephen Glass	3 goals	2001 - 2002
Danny Webber	2 goals	2002 - 2005
Marlon King	2 goals	2006 - 2007
Mark Falco	2 goals	1987 - 1987
Ashley Young	2 goals	2005 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/03/1983. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Watford

Terry Gibson	4 goals	1983 - 1985
Gary McSheffrey	3 goals	2002 - 2005
Keith Houchen	2 goals	1987 - 1987
Dave Bennett	1 goal	1986 - 1986
Dele Adebola	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Greg Downs	1 goal	1987 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/03/1983. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Wilf Rostron	11 matches	1982 - 1988
John Barnes	10 matches	1982 - 1987
Nigel Callaghan	9 matches	1982 - 1986
Neil Cox	9 matches	2000 - 2005
Kenny Jackett	9 matches	1982 - 1988
Luther Blissett	8 matches	1982 - 1988

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/10/1982. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Richard Shaw	9 matches	1999 - 2006
Steve Ogrizovic	8 matches	1984 - 1988
Trevor Peake	8 matches	1984 - 1988
Dave Bennett	8 matches	1984 - 1988
Micky Gynn	7 matches	1983 - 1987
Cyrille Regis	7 matches	1985 - 1988