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Watford 2-3 Coventry - April 30, 1987 / Division 1 1986/1987

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Division 1 1986/1987 - Round 28

Vicarage Road - Watford - England

April 30, 1987

Watford

2 - 3

Coventry

Mark Falco

45'

Mark Falco

90'

Greg Downs

Lloyd McGrath

Keith Houchen

logo Watford WAT

0' - Goal Greg Downs photo Lloyd McGrath

0' - Goal Lloyd McGrath photo Keith Houchen

0' - Goal Keith Houchen

45' - Goal Mark Falco45

logo Watford WAT

90' - Goal Mark Falco90

logo Coventry COV

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Watford

2 - 3

Coventry

Watford Coventry

Team line-ups

Watford

Sherwood

Steve Sherwood

England

B.date12/10/1953

Age33 years

positionGoalkeeper

Rostron

Wilf Rostron

England

B.date29/09/1956

Age30 years

positionDefender

McClelland

John McClelland

Northern Ireland

B.date07/12/1955

Age31 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Gibbs

Nigel Gibbs

England

B.date20/11/1965

Age21 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

Bardsley

David Bardsley

England

B.date11/09/1964

Age22 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Richardson

Kevin Richardson

England

B.date04/12/1962

Age24 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Porter

Gary Porter

England

B.date06/03/1966

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Barnes

John Barnes

England

B.date07/11/1963

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Falco9045

Mark Falco

England

B.date22/10/1960

Age26 years

positionForward

Sterling

Worrell Sterling

England

B.date08/06/1965

Age21 years

positionRight Winger

Blissett

Luther Blissett

England

B.date01/02/1958

Age29 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Steve Sherwood		33	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wilf Rostron		30	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John McClelland		31	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Gibbs		21	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Bardsley		22	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Richardson		24	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Porter		21	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Barnes		23	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Falco	9045	26	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Worrell Sterling		21	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Luther Blissett		29	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

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

Peake

Trevor Peake

England

B.date10/02/1957

Age30 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Sedgley

Steve Sedgley

England

B.date26/05/1968

Age18 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Downs0

Greg Downs

England

B.date13/12/1958

Age28 years

positionLeft central defender

Kilcline

Brian Kilcline

England

B.date07/05/1962

Age24 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Pickering

Nick Pickering

England

B.date04/08/1963

Age23 years

positionLeft full-back

McGrath0

Lloyd McGrath

England

B.date24/02/1965

Age22 years

H1m65

positionMidfield

Gynn

Micky Gynn

England

B.date19/08/1961

Age25 years

H1m65

positionMidfield

Regis

Cyrille Regis

England

B.date09/02/1958

Age29 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Houchen0

Keith Houchen

England

B.date25/07/1960

Age26 years

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Steve Ogrizovic	29	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Borrows	26	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Trevor Peake	30	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Sedgley	18	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Greg Downs	28	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Kilcline	24	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nick Pickering	23	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lloyd McGrath	22	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Micky Gynn	25	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cyrille Regis	29	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Keith Houchen	26	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

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

Steve Sedgley

David Phillips

OUT

Nick Pickering

Dave Bennett

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Graham Taylor

430

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Taylor vs Coventry

5 victories

2 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on April 30, 1987

Taylor vs Sillett

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 30, 1987

Manager

Age

Match num

John Sillett

George Curtis

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Sillett vs Watford

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 30, 1987

Sillett vs Taylor

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 30, 1987

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Coventry keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 12/04/1987).

Watford keeps its 10 consecutive matches without a draw vs Coventry running (since 05/03/1983). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Keith Houchen scores 1 goal vs Watford in Premier League

Read the next 23 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DWatford 4-4 Walsall24/02/1987

VWatford 2-1 Everton08/03/1987

VWatford 2-0 Arsenal21/03/1987

LWatford 0-3 Queens Park Rangers06/04/1987

VWatford 3-1 Chelsea14/04/1987

VWatford 2-0 Luton Town21/04/1987

Overall

LWatford 0-3 Queens Park Rangers06/04/1987

LTottenham 4-1 Watford11/04/1987

VWatford 3-1 Chelsea14/04/1987

VManchester City 1-2 Watford18/04/1987

VWatford 2-0 Luton Town21/04/1987

VLeicester 1-2 Watford25/04/1987

Current form

Away

VSheffield Wednesday 1-3 Coventry14/03/1987

LWimbledon FC 2-1 Coventry24/03/1987

LAston Villa 1-0 Coventry28/03/1987

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Coventry04/04/1987

LLuton Town 2-0 Coventry18/04/1987

DNorwich City 1-1 Coventry25/04/1987

Overall

LAston Villa 1-0 Coventry28/03/1987

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Coventry04/04/1987

VCoventry 3-2 Leeds United12/04/1987

LLuton Town 2-0 Coventry18/04/1987

VCoventry 4-1 Queens Park Rangers20/04/1987

DNorwich City 1-1 Coventry25/04/1987

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Drawless streak	5	8
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	5	1
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	2	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

38	Number of games (Competition total)	37
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	19
17	Victories (Competition total)	15
11	Victories (Home / Away)	2
8	Draws (Competition total)	9
4	Draws (Home / Away)	7
13	Losses (Competition total)	13
3	Losses (Home / Away)	10

Goals

63	Goals scored (Competition total)	43
34	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
49	Goals conceded (Competition total)	40
16	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	25
1.66	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.16
1.89	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.58
1.29	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.08
0.89	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.32

Betting aid

21	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	12
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	12
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	10
24	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
2-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (4 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

Mark Falco	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	12 goals	Cyrille Regis
John Barnes	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Cyrille Regis
Kenny Jackett	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Brian Borrows
Kenny Jackett	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Worrell Sterling	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Cyrille Regis

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

1 v

2 d

2 l

7 gf

6 ga

Away

7 matches

4 v

0 d

3 l

9 gf

11 ga

Total

12 matches

5 v

2 d

5 l

16 gf

17 ga

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

3 v

0 d

4 l

11 gf

9 ga

Away

5 matches

2 v

2 d

1 l

6 gf

7 ga

Total

12 matches

5 v

2 d

5 l

17 gf

16 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	August 31, 1985
Home	3 - 0	August 31, 1985

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 09, 1980
Away	1 - 0	October 06, 1984

Latest head to head

September 27, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

Coventry

1 - 0

Watford

January 18, 1986 - Division 1 1985/1986

Coventry

0 - 2

Watford

January 04, 1986 - FA Cup 1985/1986

Coventry

1 - 3

Watford

August 31, 1985 - Division 1 1985/1986

Watford

3 - 0

Coventry

March 23, 1985 - Division 1 1984/1985

Coventry

3 - 1

Watford

Best historical scorers against Coventry

John Barnes	3 goals	1983 - 1986
Les Taylor	1 goal	1983 - 1983
Wilf Rostron	1 goal	1985 - 1985
Neil Smillie	1 goal	1985 - 1985
Luther Blissett	1 goal	1985 - 1985
George Reilly	1 goal	1984 - 1984

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
Trevor Peake	1 goal	1984 - 1984
Dave Bennett	1 goal	1986 - 1986
Micky Adams	1 goal	1985 - 1985

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

Nigel Callaghan	9 matches	1982 - 1986
John Barnes	9 matches	1982 - 1986
Wilf Rostron	8 matches	1982 - 1986
Kenny Jackett	8 matches	1982 - 1986
Steve Terry	6 matches	1983 - 1986
Les Taylor	6 matches	1982 - 1985

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

Dave Bennett	6 matches	1984 - 1986
Micky Gynn	5 matches	1983 - 1985
Micky Adams	5 matches	1984 - 1986
Terry Gibson	5 matches	1983 - 1985
Steve Ogrizovic	5 matches	1984 - 1986
Trevor Peake	5 matches	1984 - 1986