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Coventry 1-4 Liverpool - August 29, 1987 / Division 1 1987/1988

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Division 1 1987/1988 - Journée 4

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

August 29, 1987

27 637

1 - 4

Liverpool

Cyrille Regis

20'

Steve Nicol

49'

Steve Nicol

52'

John Aldridge (penalty)

83'

Peter Beardsley

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0' - Goal Cyrille Regis0

20' - Goal Steve Nicol

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46' - Substitution Greg Downsis substituted by David Phillips photo Keith Houchen

46' - Substitution Micky Gynnis substituted by Keith Houchen46

49' - Goal Steve Nicol

52' - Goal John Aldridge

81' - Substitution John Aldridgeis substituted by Paul Walsh

83' - Goal Peter Beardsley

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

1 - 4

Liverpool

Coventry Liverpool

Team line-ups

Coventry

Ogrizovic

Steve Ogrizovic

England

B.date12/09/1957

Age29 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Borrows

Brian Borrows

England

B.date20/12/1960

Age26 years

H1m78

positionSweeper

Downs46

Greg Downs

England

B.date13/12/1958

Age28 years

positionLeft central defender

Kilcline

Brian Kilcline

England

B.date07/05/1962

Age25 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Peake

Trevor Peake

England

B.date10/02/1957

Age30 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Pickering

Nick Pickering

England

B.date04/08/1963

Age24 years

positionLeft full-back

Gynn46

Micky Gynn

England

B.date19/08/1961

Age26 years

H1m65

positionMidfield

Bennett

Dave Bennett

England

B.date11/06/1959

Age28 years

positionMidfield

McGrath

Lloyd McGrath

England

B.date24/02/1965

Age22 years

H1m65

positionMidfield

Speedie

David Speedie

Scotland

B.date20/02/1960

Age27 years

H1m68

positionForward

Regis0

Cyrille Regis

England

B.date09/02/1958

Age29 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Steve Ogrizovic		29	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Borrows		26	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Greg Downs	46	28	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Kilcline		25	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Trevor Peake		30	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nick Pickering		24	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Micky Gynn	46	26	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dave Bennett		28	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lloyd McGrath		22	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Speedie		27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cyrille Regis		29	109	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

Liverpool

Grobbelaar

Bruce Grobbelaar

Zimbabwe

B.date06/10/1957

Age29 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Hansen

Alan Hansen

Scotland

B.date13/06/1955

Age32 years

H1m88

positionSweeper

Nicol2049

Steve Nicol

Scotland

B.date11/12/1961

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Gillespie

Gary Gillespie

Scotland

B.date05/07/1960

Age27 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Venison

Barry Venison

England

B.date16/08/1964

Age23 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

McMahon

Steve McMahon

England

B.date20/08/1961

Age26 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Johnston

Craig Johnston

England

B.date25/06/1960

Age27 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Whelan

Ronnie Whelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/09/1961

Age25 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Barnes

John Barnes

England

B.date07/11/1963

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Aldridge5281

John Aldridge

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/09/1958

Age28 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Beardsley83

Peter Beardsley

England

B.date18/01/1961

Age26 years

H1m73

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bruce Grobbelaar		29	363	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Hansen		32	523	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Nicol	2049	25	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Gillespie		27	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Barry Venison		23	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve McMahon		26	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Johnston		27	239	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronnie Whelan		25	290	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Barnes		23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Aldridge	5281	28	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Beardsley	83	26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

166

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		David Phillips	46	24	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Keith Houchen	46	27	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Paul Walsh	81	24	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

John Sillett

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Sillett vs Liverpool

1 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on August 29, 1987

Sillett vs Dalglish

1 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on August 29, 1987

Manager

Age

Match num

Kenny Dalglish

122

Success rate in this team:

61 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

61 %

Dalglish vs Coventry

5 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 29, 1987

Dalglish vs Sillett

3 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 29, 1987

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Coventry keeps its 13 matches with at least one goal scored at home running (since 10/01/1987). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 21/10/1980-07/02/1981 time period (14 matches).

Ronnie Whelan played his game number 10 vs in Premier League

It's the first time John Aldridge scores 1 goal vs in his professional career with Liverpool

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCoventry 3-2 Leeds United12/04/1987

VCoventry 4-1 Queens Park Rangers20/04/1987

VCoventry 1-0 Liverpool02/05/1987

DCoventry 1-1 Manchester United06/05/1987

DCoventry 1-1 Southampton09/05/1987

VCoventry 2-1 Tottenham15/08/1987

Overall

DCoventry 1-1 Southampton09/05/1987

VCoventry 3-2 Tottenham16/05/1987

LEverton 1-0 Coventry01/08/1987

VCoventry 2-1 Tottenham15/08/1987

VLuton Town 0-1 Coventry18/08/1987

LNorwich City 3-1 Coventry22/08/1987

Current form

Away

LTottenham 1-0 Liverpool22/03/1987

LNorwich City 2-1 Liverpool11/04/1987

LManchester United 1-0 Liverpool20/04/1987

LCoventry 1-0 Liverpool02/05/1987

DChelsea 3-3 Liverpool09/05/1987

VArsenal 1-2 Liverpool15/08/1987

Overall

LManchester United 1-0 Liverpool20/04/1987

VLiverpool 3-1 Everton25/04/1987

LCoventry 1-0 Liverpool02/05/1987

VLiverpool 1-0 Watford04/05/1987

DChelsea 3-3 Liverpool09/05/1987

VArsenal 1-2 Liverpool15/08/1987

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	10	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	5
Scoring streak	12	3
Conceding streak	3	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	2	3
Conceding streak	7	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	1
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
2	Victories (Competition total)	1
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	2
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
2-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (1 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

Brian Kilcline	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	John Aldridge
Greg Downs	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	John Aldridge
Brian Kilcline	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Brian Kilcline	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	John Aldridge

Historical head to head

Home

23 matches

6 v

10 d

7 l

16 gf

19 ga

Away

24 matches

0 v

3 d

21 l

13 gf

61 ga

Total

47 matches

6 v

13 d

28 l

29 gf

80 ga

Historical head to head

Home

24 matches

21 v

3 d

0 l

61 gf

13 ga

Away

23 matches

7 v

10 d

6 l

19 gf

16 ga

Total

47 matches

28 v

13 d

6 l

80 gf

29 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 10, 1983
Home	4 - 0	December 10, 1983

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 12, 1986
Away	3 - 0	November 09, 1985

Latest head to head

May 02, 1987 - Division 1 1986/1987

Coventry

1 - 0

Liverpool

November 29, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

Liverpool

2 - 0

Coventry

November 26, 1986 - League Cup 1986/1987

Liverpool

3 - 1

Coventry

November 19, 1986 - League Cup 1986/1987

Coventry

0 - 0

Liverpool

April 12, 1986 - Division 1 1985/1986

Liverpool

5 - 0

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Terry Gibson	3 goals	1983 - 1983
Ernie Hunt	2 goals	1970 - 1972
Ferguson Michael	2 goals	1976 - 1978
Brian Alderson	2 goals	1973 - 1975
John O'Rourke	2 goals	1970 - 1971
Nicholas Platnauer	1 goal	1983 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Ian Rush	11 goals	1982 - 1986
Kevin Keegan	5 goals	1972 - 1976
Jan Mölby	5 goals	1986 - 1986
John Toshack	5 goals	1972 - 1976
David Johnson	5 goals	1976 - 1980
Kenny Dalglish	4 goals	1977 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Mick Coop	24 matches	1967 - 1980
Billy Glazier	15 matches	1967 - 1974
Tommy Hutchison	15 matches	1972 - 1980
Willie Carr	14 matches	1967 - 1975
Chris Cattlin	11 matches	1968 - 1975
Dennis Mortimer	11 matches	1970 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Emelyn Hughes	28 matches	1967 - 1979
Ray Clemence	24 matches	1970 - 1980
Phil Neal	24 matches	1975 - 1985
Ian Callaghan	23 matches	1967 - 1978
Alan Hansen	20 matches	1977 - 1987
Phil Thompson	20 matches	1972 - 1982