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Newcastle United 4-0 Coventry - March 15, 1997 / Premier League 1996/1997

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Premier League 1996/1997 - Round 29

St. James Park - Newcastle - England

March 15, 1997

36 571

Newcastle United

4 - 0

Coventry

Steve Watson

12'

Rob Lee

45'

(penalty) Peter Beardsley

76'

Robbie Elliott

87'

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12' - Goal Steve Watson12

45' - Goal Rob Lee45

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46' - Substitution Oleksandr Yevtushokis substituted by Brian Borrows

71' - Red card Brian Borrows

76' - Goal Peter Beardsley76

77' - Substitution Rob Leeis substituted by Lee Clark photo Keith Gillespie

77' - Substitution Faustino Asprillais substituted by Keith Gillespie77

80' - Substitution David Ginolais substituted by Jim Crawford80

80' - Substitution Darren Huckerbyis substituted by Peter Ndlovu

83' - Substitution Kevin Richardsonis substituted by Willie Boland

87' - Goal Robbie Elliott87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Newcastle United

4 - 0

Coventry

Newcastle United Coventry

Team line-ups

Newcastle United

15 Hislop

Shaka Hislop

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date22/02/1969

Age28 years

H1m98

positionGoalkeeper

5 Peacock

Darren Peacock

England

B.date03/02/1968

Age29 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

26 Elliott87

Robbie Elliott

England

B.date25/12/1973

Age23 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

19 Watson12

Steve Watson

England

B.date01/04/1974

Age22 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

2 Barton

Warren Barton

England

B.date19/03/1969

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

27 Albert

Philippe Albert

Belgium

B.date10/08/1967

Age29 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

7 Lee4577

Rob Lee

England

B.date01/02/1966

Age31 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

4 Batty

David Batty

England

B.date02/12/1968

Age28 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

14 Ginola80

David Ginola

France

B.date25/01/1967

Age30 years

H1m86

positionLeft Winger

11 Asprilla77

Faustino Asprilla

Colombia

B.date10/11/1969

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

8 Beardsley76

Peter Beardsley

England

B.date18/01/1961

Age36 years

H1m73

positionSecond striker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
15	G	Shaka Hislop		28	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Darren Peacock		29	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Robbie Elliott	87	23	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Steve Watson	12	22	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Warren Barton		27	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Philippe Albert		29	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Rob Lee	4577	31	171	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	David Batty		28	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	David Ginola	80	30	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Faustino Asprilla	77	27	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Peter Beardsley	76	36	325	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

107

Coventry

Ogrizovic

Steve Ogrizovic

England

B.date12/09/1957

Age39 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Yevtushok46

Oleksandr Yevtushok

Ukraine

B.date01/01/1976

Age21 years

H1m89

positionDefender

Breen

Gary Breen

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/12/1973

Age23 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Shaw

Richard Shaw

England

B.date11/09/1968

Age28 years

H1m76

positionCentral defender

Telfer

Paul Telfer

Scotland

B.date21/10/1971

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Hall

Marcus Hall

England

B.date24/03/1976

Age20 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

Huckerby80

Darren Huckerby

England

B.date23/04/1976

Age20 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

Richardson83

Kevin Richardson

England

B.date04/12/1962

Age34 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Jess

Eoin Jess

Scotland

B.date13/12/1970

Age26 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

McAllister

Gary McAllister

Scotland

B.date25/12/1964

Age32 years

H1m86

positionPlaymaker

Dublin

Dion Dublin

England

B.date22/04/1969

Age27 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Steve Ogrizovic		39	493	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Oleksandr Yevtushok	46	21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Breen		23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Shaw		28	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Telfer		25	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marcus Hall		20	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Huckerby	80	20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Richardson	83	34	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eoin Jess		26	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary McAllister		32	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dion Dublin		27	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
20	M	Lee Clark	77	24	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Jim Crawford	80	23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Keith Gillespie	77	22	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Brian Borrows	4671	36	420	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willie Boland	83	21	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Ndlovu	80	24	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Rob Lee

Lee Clark

OUT

David Ginola

Keith Gillespie

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Marcus Hall

Noel Whelan

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Kenny Dalglish

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

58 %

Dalglish vs Coventry

14 victories

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on March 15, 1997

Dalglish vs Strachan

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 15, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Strachan

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

29 %

Strachan vs Newcastle United

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 15, 1997

Strachan vs Dalglish

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 15, 1997

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Key figures

David Batty played his game number 10 vs Coventry in his professional career

It's the first time Rob Lee scores a goal vs Coventry in his professional career with Newcastle United since the 19/08/1995 (with Newcastle United vs Coventry )

End of streak for Newcastle United after 3 consecutive losses (since 01/03/1997). It was the best streak for the club since 31/03/1992-20/04/1992 (5 matches).

Read the next 7 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VNewcastle United 2-1 Charlton15/01/1997

LNewcastle United 1-2 Nottingham Forest26/01/1997

VNewcastle United 4-1 Everton29/01/1997

VNewcastle United 4-3 Leicester02/02/1997

LNewcastle United 0-1 Southampton01/03/1997

LNewcastle United 0-1 Monaco04/03/1997

Overall

VNewcastle United 4-1 Everton29/01/1997

VNewcastle United 4-3 Leicester02/02/1997

VMiddlesbrough 0-1 Newcastle United22/02/1997

LNewcastle United 0-1 Southampton01/03/1997

LNewcastle United 0-1 Monaco04/03/1997

LLiverpool 4-3 Newcastle United10/03/1997

Current form

Away

VNottingham Forest 0-1 Coventry29/01/1997

DSheffield Wednesday 0-0 Coventry01/02/1997

VWoking 1-2 Coventry04/02/1997

VBlackburn 1-2 Coventry15/02/1997

LAston Villa 2-1 Coventry19/02/1997

LManchester United 3-1 Coventry01/03/1997

Overall

LAston Villa 2-1 Coventry19/02/1997

DCoventry 0-0 Everton22/02/1997

LDerby County 3-2 Coventry26/02/1997

LManchester United 3-1 Coventry01/03/1997

DCoventry 1-1 Wimbledon FC03/03/1997

DCoventry 0-0 Leicester08/03/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	3
Winless streak	2	3
Drawless streak	8	7
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	6	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	2
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	2	6
Drawless streak	4	0
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	4	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

28	Number of games (Competition total)	30
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
14	Victories (Competition total)	6
9	Victories (Home / Away)	3
6	Draws (Competition total)	12
2	Draws (Home / Away)	5
8	Losses (Competition total)	12
3	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

54	Goals scored (Competition total)	26
38	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
35	Goals conceded (Competition total)	39
17	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	23
1.93	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.87
2.71	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.87
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.3
1.21	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.53

Betting aid

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

Bookings

41	Yellow cards (Competition total)	33
16	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	19
1	Red cards (Competition total)	4
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	3

Key players

Alan Shearer	20 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Dion Dublin
Alan Shearer	15 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Dion Dublin
Alan Shearer	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Gary McAllister
Alan Shearer	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Alan Shearer	13 goals during the last 15 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Dion Dublin

Historical head to head

Home

27 matches

17 v

4 d

6 l

62 gf

29 ga

Away

28 matches

7 v

10 d

11 l

36 gf

39 ga

Total

55 matches

24 v

14 d

17 l

98 gf

68 ga

Historical head to head

Home

28 matches

11 v

10 d

7 l

39 gf

36 ga

Away

27 matches

6 v

4 d

17 l

29 gf

62 ga

Total

55 matches

17 v

14 d

24 l

68 gf

98 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 28, 1976
Home	5 - 0	January 28, 1976

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	February 04, 1939
Away	4 - 0	February 04, 1939

Latest head to head

December 17, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Coventry

2 - 1

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

January 14, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Coventry

0 - 1

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

August 19, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Newcastle United

3 - 0

Coventry

December 17, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

Coventry

0 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

August 24, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

Newcastle United

4 - 0

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Malcolm Macdonald	7 goals	1972 - 1974
Andy Cole	5 goals	1994 - 1994
Peter Beardsley	4 goals	1984 - 1995
John Tudor	4 goals	1972 - 1974
Rob Lee	3 goals	1994 - 1995
Micky Burns	2 goals	1975 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Cyrille Regis	4 goals	1986 - 1988
Dave Bennett	3 goals	1985 - 1987
Brian Alderson	3 goals	1973 - 1974
Gerry Baker	2 goals	1968 - 1968
Colin Stein	2 goals	1973 - 1973
Jeff Blockley	2 goals	1971 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Dave Craig	14 matches	1967 - 1977
Willie McFaul	14 matches	1967 - 1974
Frank Clark	13 matches	1968 - 1974
Irving Nattrass	12 matches	1971 - 1978
Bobby Moncur	11 matches	1967 - 1974
Stewart Barrowclough	11 matches	1972 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Steve Ogrizovic	16 matches	1984 - 1996
Mick Coop	15 matches	1967 - 1977
Billy Glazier	12 matches	1967 - 1974
Willie Carr	12 matches	1967 - 1974
Brian Borrows	12 matches	1985 - 1995
Dennis Mortimer	10 matches	1971 - 1975