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Coventry 1-4 Arsenal - March 31, 1984 / Division 1 1983/1984

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Division 1 1983/1984 - Round 34

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

March 31, 1984

Coventry

1 - 4

Arsenal

Dave Bennett

Christopher Whyte

Stewart Robson

Brian Talbot

Paul Mariner

logo Coventry COV

0' - Goal Dave Bennett0

0' - Goal Christopher Whyte photo Stewart Robson

0' - Goal Stewart Robson photo Brian Talbot

0' - Goal Brian Talbot photo Paul Mariner

0' - Goal Paul Mariner

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46' - Substitution Martin Singletonis substituted by Graham Withey46

80' - Substitution Pat Jenningsis substituted by John Kay

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

1 - 4

Arsenal

Coventry Arsenal

Team line-ups

Coventry

Suckling

Perry Suckling

England

B.date12/10/1965

Age18 years

positionGoalkeeper

Butterworth

Ian Butterworth

England

B.date25/01/1964

Age20 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Allardyce

Sam Allardyce

England

B.date19/10/1954

Age29 years

positionDefender

Peake

Trevor Peake

England

B.date10/02/1957

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Platnauer

Nicholas Platnauer

England

B.date10/06/1961

Age22 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Adams

Micky Adams

England

B.date08/11/1961

Age22 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Pearce

Stuart Pearce

England

B.date24/04/1962

Age21 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Singleton46

Martin Singleton

England

B.date02/08/1963

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Bennett0

Dave Bennett

England

B.date11/06/1959

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Daly

Gerry Daly

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1954

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Gibson

Terry Gibson

England

B.date23/12/1962

Age21 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Perry Suckling		18	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Butterworth		20	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sam Allardyce		29	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Trevor Peake		27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicholas Platnauer		22	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Micky Adams		22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stuart Pearce		21	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Singleton	46	20	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dave Bennett		24	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Daly		29	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Terry Gibson		21	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

Jennings80

Pat Jennings

Northern Ireland

B.date12/06/1945

Age38 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Whyte0

Christopher Whyte

England

B.date02/09/1961

Age22 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

O'Leary

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Hill

Colin Hill

Northern Ireland

B.date12/11/1963

Age20 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Sparrow

Brian Sparrow

England

B.date24/06/1962

Age21 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

Robson0

Stewart Robson

England

B.date06/11/1964

Age19 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Talbot0

Brian Talbot

England

B.date21/07/1953

Age30 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Rix

Graham Rix

England

B.date23/10/1957

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Mariner0

Paul Mariner

England

B.date22/05/1953

Age30 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Nicholas

Charly Nicholas

Scotland

B.date30/12/1961

Age22 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Woodcock

Tony Woodcock

England

B.date06/12/1955

Age28 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pat Jennings	80	38	305	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Christopher Whyte		22	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary		25	396	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Hill		20	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Sparrow		21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stewart Robson		19	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Talbot		30	272	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Rix		26	355	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Mariner		30	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Charly Nicholas		22	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Woodcock		28	87	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

155

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Graham Withey	46	23	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		John Kay	80	20	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Micky Adams

Ashley Grimes

OUT

Terry Gibson

Graham Withey

OUT

Nicholas Platnauer

Stephen Jacobs

OUT

Martin Singleton

Tommy Langley

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Brian Sparrow

Kenny Sansom

OUT

Christopher Whyte

Tommy Caton

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bobby Gould

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Gould vs Arsenal

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 1984

Gould vs Howe

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 1984

Manager

Age

Match num

Don Howe

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Howe vs Coventry

3 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 1984

Howe vs Gould

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 1984

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Brian Talbot played his game number 10 vs Coventry in his professional career with Arsenal

Pat Jennings played his game number 10 vs Coventry in his professional career with Arsenal

It's the first time Paul Mariner scores 1 goal vs Coventry in his professional career with Arsenal

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCoventry 3-0 Wolverhampton16/01/1984

LCoventry 1-2 West Ham11/02/1984

LCoventry 2-3 Stoke City18/02/1984

LCoventry 0-1 Birmingham City03/03/1984

DCoventry 3-3 Aston Villa13/03/1984

LCoventry 2-4 Tottenham24/03/1984

Overall

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Coventry25/02/1984

LCoventry 0-1 Birmingham City03/03/1984

LQueens Park Rangers 2-1 Coventry10/03/1984

DCoventry 3-3 Aston Villa13/03/1984

LNotts County 2-1 Coventry17/03/1984

LCoventry 2-4 Tottenham24/03/1984

Current form

Away

VLuton Town 1-2 Arsenal14/01/1984

LStoke City 1-0 Arsenal28/01/1984

LLiverpool 2-1 Arsenal11/02/1984

VNottingham Forest 0-1 Arsenal25/02/1984

DSunderland 2-2 Arsenal03/03/1984

LManchester United 4-0 Arsenal17/03/1984

Overall

DArsenal 1-1 Aston Villa18/02/1984

VNottingham Forest 0-1 Arsenal25/02/1984

DSunderland 2-2 Arsenal03/03/1984

VArsenal 4-1 Ipswich Town10/03/1984

LManchester United 4-0 Arsenal17/03/1984

VArsenal 4-1 Wolverhampton24/03/1984

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	5	11
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	5	11

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	2	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

33	Number of games (Competition total)	33
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
10	Victories (Competition total)	13
5	Victories (Home / Away)	6
10	Draws (Competition total)	6
4	Draws (Home / Away)	2
13	Losses (Competition total)	14
7	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

45	Goals scored (Competition total)	54
24	Goals scored (Home / Away)	24
49	Goals conceded (Competition total)	48
24	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	26
1.36	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.64
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
1.48	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.45
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.63

Betting aid

20	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	20
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	10
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
23	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	20
12	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
1-2 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (3 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

Terry Gibson	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	16 goals	Tony Woodcock
Terry Gibson	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	9 goals	Tony Woodcock
Terry Gibson	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	5 penalties	Charly Nicholas
Terry Gibson	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Charly Nicholas
Gerry Daly	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 4 matches	Tony Woodcock

Historical head to head

Home

18 matches

4 v

6 d

8 l

21 gf

23 ga

Away

19 matches

3 v

5 d

11 l

15 gf

33 ga

Total

37 matches

7 v

11 d

19 l

36 gf

56 ga

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

11 v

5 d

3 l

33 gf

15 ga

Away

18 matches

8 v

6 d

4 l

23 gf

21 ga

Total

37 matches

19 v

11 d

7 l

56 gf

36 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	November 23, 1974
Home	3 - 0	November 23, 1974

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	October 11, 1975
Away	2 - 0	September 11, 1982

Latest head to head

October 15, 1983 - Division 1 1983/1984

Arsenal

0 - 1

Coventry

April 09, 1983 - Division 1 1982/1983

Arsenal

2 - 1

Coventry

September 11, 1982 - Division 1 1982/1983

Coventry

0 - 2

Arsenal

March 20, 1982 - Division 1 1981/1982

Coventry

1 - 0

Arsenal

October 31, 1981 - Division 1 1981/1982

Arsenal

1 - 0

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Brian Alderson	3 goals	1972 - 1974
Alan Green	2 goals	1976 - 1977
Neil Martin	2 goals	1970 - 1970
Colin Stein	2 goals	1974 - 1974
Mark Hateley	2 goals	1982 - 1983
Ernie Hunt	2 goals	1968 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Frank Stapleton	9 goals	1976 - 1981
John Radford	5 goals	1968 - 1974
Brian Kidd	4 goals	1975 - 1975
George Graham	4 goals	1967 - 1972
Malcolm Macdonald	4 goals	1976 - 1977
Ray Kennedy	3 goals	1970 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Mick Coop	21 matches	1968 - 1980
Tommy Hutchison	14 matches	1972 - 1979
Billy Glazier	13 matches	1967 - 1974
Willie Carr	12 matches	1967 - 1974
Brian Roberts	11 matches	1977 - 1983
Dennis Mortimer	10 matches	1970 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Pat Rice	23 matches	1970 - 1980
Peter Simpson	19 matches	1967 - 1977
Peter Storey	18 matches	1967 - 1977
George Armstrong	18 matches	1967 - 1977
Robert McNab	16 matches	1967 - 1975
John Radford	15 matches	1968 - 1976