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Coventry 2-0 Blackburn - May 02, 1998 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 37

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

May 02, 1998

18 794

Coventry

2 - 0

Blackburn

(penalty) Dion Dublin

19'

George Boateng

34'

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19' - Goal Dion Dublin19

34' - Goal George Boateng34

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46' - Substitution Patrick Valéryis substituted by Damien Duff

66' - Substitution Billy McKinlayis substituted by Martin Dahlin

68' - Substitution Darren Huckerbyis substituted by Viorel Moldovan68

86' - Substitution George Boatengis substituted by Willie Boland86

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

2 - 0

Blackburn

Coventry Blackburn

Team line-ups

Coventry

Hedman

Magnus Hedman

Sweden

B.date19/03/1973

Age25 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Breen

Gary Breen

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/12/1973

Age24 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Shaw

Richard Shaw

England

B.date11/09/1968

Age29 years

H1m76

positionCentral defender

Nilsson

Roland Nilsson

Sweden

B.date27/11/1963

Age34 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Burrows

David Burrows

England

B.date25/10/1968

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Telfer

Paul Telfer

Scotland

B.date21/10/1971

Age26 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Boateng3486

George Boateng

Netherlands

B.date05/09/1975

Age22 years

H1m82

positionMidfield

Huckerby68

Darren Huckerby

England

B.date23/04/1976

Age22 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

Soltvedt

Trond-Egil Soltvedt

Norway

B.date15/02/1967

Age31 years

H1m86

positionMidfield

Dublin19

Dion Dublin

England

B.date22/04/1969

Age29 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Whelan

Noel Whelan

England

B.date30/12/1974

Age23 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Magnus Hedman		25	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Breen		24	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Shaw		29	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roland Nilsson		34	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Burrows		29	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Telfer		26	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Boateng	3486	22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Huckerby	68	22	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trond-Egil Soltvedt		31	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dion Dublin	19	29	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Noel Whelan		23	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Blackburn

Filan

John Filan

Australia

B.date08/02/1970

Age28 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Hendry

Colin Hendry

Scotland

B.date07/12/1965

Age32 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Flitcroft

Garry Flitcroft

England

B.date06/11/1972

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Henchoz

Stéphane Henchoz

Switzerland

B.date07/03/1974

Age24 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Valéry46

Patrick Valéry

France

B.date03/07/1969

Age28 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Croft

Gary Croft

England

B.date17/02/1974

Age24 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Kenna

Jeff Kenna

Republic of Ireland

B.date27/08/1970

Age27 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

McKinlay66

Billy McKinlay

Scotland

B.date22/04/1969

Age29 years

H1m73

positionRight central midfielder

Gallacher

Kevin Gallacher

Scotland

B.date23/11/1966

Age31 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Wilcox

Jason Wilcox

England

B.date15/07/1971

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

Sutton

Chris Sutton

England

B.date10/03/1973

Age25 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	John Filan		28	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Hendry		32	246	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Garry Flitcroft		25	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stéphane Henchoz		24	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Patrick Valéry	46	28	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Croft		24	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Kenna		27	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Billy McKinlay	66	29	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Gallacher		31	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jason Wilcox		26	188	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Sutton		25	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

101

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Willie Boland	86	22	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Viorel Moldovan	68	25	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Damien Duff	46	19	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Martin Dahlin	66	30	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

George Boateng

Willie Boland

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gary Croft

Damien Duff

OUT

Jason Wilcox

Tim Sherwood

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Strachan

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Strachan vs Blackburn

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 02, 1998

Strachan vs Hodgson

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 02, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Roy Hodgson

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Hodgson vs Coventry

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 02, 1998

Hodgson vs Strachan

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 02, 1998

Referee

Stephen Lodge

4 victories	8 draws	5 losses	Coventry17 matches	General total	Blackburn14 matches	6 victories	6 draws	2 losses
1 victory	2 draws	0 loss	Coventry3 matches	Season total	Blackburn3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 21, 2000					Latest figure on January 23, 1999

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Key figures

End of streak for Coventry after 6 consecutive matches without a win (since 04/04/1998). It was the best streak for the club since 19/02/1997-22/03/1997 (8 matches).

It's the first time George Boateng scores 1 goal in his professional career with Coventry

Chris Sutton played his game number 10 vs Coventry in his professional career with Blackburn

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCoventry 1-0 Barnsley21/02/1998

DCoventry 1-1 Sheffield United07/03/1998

VCoventry 1-0 Derby County28/03/1998

LCoventry 1-2 Aston Villa11/04/1998

DCoventry 1-1 Liverpool19/04/1998

DCoventry 0-0 Wimbledon FC29/04/1998

Overall

DLeicester 1-1 Coventry04/04/1998

LCoventry 1-2 Aston Villa11/04/1998

DTottenham 1-1 Coventry13/04/1998

DCoventry 1-1 Liverpool19/04/1998

DLeeds United 3-3 Coventry25/04/1998

DCoventry 0-0 Wimbledon FC29/04/1998

Current form

Away

LSouthampton 3-0 Blackburn21/02/1998

LLeeds United 4-0 Blackburn11/03/1998

LEverton 1-0 Blackburn14/03/1998

LBolton Wanderers 2-1 Blackburn11/04/1998

LWest Ham 2-1 Blackburn18/04/1998

VChelsea 0-1 Blackburn29/04/1998

Overall

LBlackburn 1-3 Manchester United06/04/1998

LBolton Wanderers 2-1 Blackburn11/04/1998

LBlackburn 1-4 Arsenal13/04/1998

LWest Ham 2-1 Blackburn18/04/1998

DBlackburn 0-0 Wimbledon FC25/04/1998

VChelsea 0-1 Blackburn29/04/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Winless streak	3	6
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	6	1
Scoring streak	3	1
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

36	Number of games (Competition total)	36
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
11	Victories (Competition total)	15
7	Victories (Home / Away)	5
15	Draws (Competition total)	10
9	Draws (Home / Away)	6
10	Losses (Competition total)	11
2	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

43	Goals scored (Competition total)	56
24	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
43	Goals conceded (Competition total)	50
17	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	24
1.19	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.56
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.94
1.19	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.39
0.94	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.33

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	21
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
12	Clean sheets (Competition total)	13
8	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
13	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	10
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
17	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	18
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
1-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (3 times)

Bookings

66	Yellow cards (Competition total)	54
25	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	38
5	Red cards (Competition total)	4
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	3

Key players

Dion Dublin	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	17 goals	Chris Sutton
Dion Dublin	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Chris Sutton
Dion Dublin	5 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Chris Sutton
Dion Dublin	5 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Darren Huckerby	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 7 matches	Kevin Gallacher

Historical head to head

Home

13 matches

5 v

3 d

5 l

21 gf

13 ga

Away

17 matches

8 v

1 d

8 l

22 gf

27 ga

Total

30 matches

13 v

4 d

13 l

43 gf

40 ga

Historical head to head

Home

17 matches

8 v

1 d

8 l

27 gf

22 ga

Away

13 matches

5 v

3 d

5 l

13 gf

21 ga

Total

30 matches

13 v

4 d

13 l

40 gf

43 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 09, 1995
Home	5 - 0	December 09, 1995

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	January 11, 1997
Away	2 - 0	August 29, 1992

Latest head to head

September 28, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Blackburn

0 - 0

Coventry

February 15, 1997 - FA Cup 1996/1997

Blackburn

1 - 2

Coventry

January 11, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Blackburn

4 - 0

Coventry

September 28, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Coventry

0 - 0

Blackburn

December 09, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Coventry

5 - 0

Blackburn

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Peter Ndlovu	3 goals	1993 - 1995
Mick Quinn	2 goals	1993 - 1993
Dion Dublin	2 goals	1995 - 1995
Julian Darby	2 goals	1994 - 1994
Lee Hurst	1 goal	1993 - 1993
Eoin Jess	1 goal	1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/08/1992. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Alan Shearer	9 goals	1992 - 1995
Chris Sutton	5 goals	1994 - 1997
Colin Hendry	2 goals	1993 - 1995
Kevin Gallacher	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Jason Wilcox	1 goal	1994 - 1994
Graeme Le Saux	1 goal	1994 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/08/1992. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Brian Borrows	11 matches	1992 - 1997
Steve Ogrizovic	11 matches	1992 - 1997
Peter Ndlovu	8 matches	1993 - 1997
Sean Flynn	6 matches	1992 - 1995
Kevin Richardson	6 matches	1995 - 1997
Dion Dublin	6 matches	1994 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/08/1992. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Tim Sherwood	12 matches	1992 - 1997
Colin Hendry	11 matches	1992 - 1997
Tim Flowers	11 matches	1993 - 1997
Chris Sutton	9 matches	1994 - 1997
Graeme Le Saux	9 matches	1993 - 1997
Henning Berg	8 matches	1993 - 1997