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Coventry 0-1 Birmingham City - May 15, 1982 / Division 1 1981/1982

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Division 1 1981/1982 - Round 42

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

May 15, 1982

Coventry

0 - 1

Birmingham City

Mick Harford

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0' - Goal Mick Harford

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46' - Substitution Ian Butterworthis substituted by Peter Hormantschuk46

46' - Substitution Tony Evansis substituted by Ian Handysides

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

0 - 1

Birmingham City

Coventry Birmingham City

Team line-ups

Coventry

Sealey

Les Sealey

England

B.date29/09/1957

Age24 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Butterworth46

Ian Butterworth

England

B.date25/01/1964

Age18 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Dyson

Paul Dyson

England

B.date27/12/1959

Age22 years

positionDefender

Jacobs

Stephen Jacobs

England

B.date05/07/1961

Age20 years

positionDefender

Roberts

Brian Roberts

England

B.date06/11/1955

Age26 years

H1m73

positionDefender

Thomas

Danny Thomas

England

B.date12/11/1961

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Francis

Gerry Francis

England

B.date06/12/1951

Age30 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Singleton

Martin Singleton

England

B.date02/08/1963

Age18 years

positionMidfield

Whitton

Steve Whitton

England

B.date04/12/1960

Age21 years

H1m86

positionRight Winger

Thompson

Garry Thompson

England

B.date07/10/1959

Age22 years

H1m85

positionForward

English

Thomas English

England

B.date18/10/1961

Age20 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Les Sealey		24	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Butterworth	46	18	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Dyson		22	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Jacobs		20	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Roberts		26	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Thomas		20	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Francis		30	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Singleton		18	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Whitton		21	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Garry Thompson		22	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Thomas English		20	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

21.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Birmingham City

Coton

Tony Coton

England

B.date19/05/1961

Age20 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Stevenson

Byron Stevenson

Wales

B.date07/09/1956

Age25 years

positionDefender

Hawker

Philip Hawker

England

B.date07/12/1962

Age19 years

positionDefender

Van Den Hauwe

Pat Van Den Hauwe

Wales

B.date16/12/1960

Age21 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Langan

David Langan

Republic of Ireland

B.date15/02/1957

Age25 years

positionRight full-back

Phillips

Les Phillips

England

B.date07/01/1963

Age19 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

Dillon

Kevin Dillon

England

B.date18/12/1959

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Curbishley

Alan Curbishley

England

B.date08/11/1957

Age24 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Evans46

Tony Evans

England

B.date11/01/1954

Age28 years

positionForward

Van Mierlo

Toine Van Mierlo

Netherlands

B.date24/08/1957

Age24 years

positionForward

Harford0

Mick Harford

England

B.date12/02/1959

Age23 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tony Coton		20	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Byron Stevenson		25	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Philip Hawker		19	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pat Van Den Hauwe		21	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Langan		25	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Les Phillips		19	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Dillon		22	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Curbishley		24	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Evans	46	28	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Toine Van Mierlo		24	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mick Harford		23	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Peter Hormantschuk	46	19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Ian Handysides	46	19	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Thomas English

Mark Hateley

OUT

Danny Thomas

Steve Hunt

OUT

Gerry Francis

Gary Gillespie

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Les Phillips

Kevan Broadhurst

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Sexton vs Birmingham City

9 victories

7 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on May 15, 1982

Sexton vs Saunders

8 victories

10 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on May 15, 1982

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Saunders

Jim Smith

187

Success rate in this team:

26 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Saunders vs Coventry

9 victories

9 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on May 15, 1982

Saunders vs Sexton

6 victories

10 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on May 15, 1982

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Key figures

End of streak for Birmingham City after 3 consecutive matches without a win (since 04/05/1982).

It's the first time Mick Harford scores 1 goal vs Coventry in his professional career with Birmingham City

Coventry keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 04/05/1982).

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCoventry 1-0 Arsenal20/03/1982

DCoventry 0-0 Wolverhampton27/03/1982

VCoventry 1-0 Everton13/04/1982

VCoventry 1-0 West Ham17/04/1982

VCoventry 6-1 Sunderland27/04/1982

DCoventry 0-0 Tottenham01/05/1982

Overall

VCoventry 1-0 West Ham17/04/1982

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Coventry24/04/1982

VCoventry 6-1 Sunderland27/04/1982

DCoventry 0-0 Tottenham01/05/1982

DSouthampton 5-5 Coventry04/05/1982

VManchester City 1-3 Coventry08/05/1982

Current form

Away

LLiverpool 3-1 Birmingham City30/03/1982

LSunderland 2-0 Birmingham City12/04/1982

DWolverhampton 1-1 Birmingham City17/04/1982

DTottenham 1-1 Birmingham City28/04/1982

VNotts County 1-4 Birmingham City01/05/1982

DLeeds United 3-3 Birmingham City12/05/1982

Overall

VBirmingham City 2-1 Swansea24/04/1982

DTottenham 1-1 Birmingham City28/04/1982

VNotts County 1-4 Birmingham City01/05/1982

LBirmingham City 0-1 Arsenal04/05/1982

LBirmingham City 0-1 Liverpool08/05/1982

DLeeds United 3-3 Birmingham City12/05/1982

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	6	8
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	4	1
Winless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	4	1
Conceding streak	17	11

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

41	Number of games (Competition total)	41
20	Number of games (Home / Away)	20
13	Victories (Competition total)	9
9	Victories (Home / Away)	1
11	Draws (Competition total)	14
4	Draws (Home / Away)	8
17	Losses (Competition total)	18
7	Losses (Home / Away)	11

Goals

56	Goals scored (Competition total)	52
31	Goals scored (Home / Away)	23
61	Goals conceded (Competition total)	61
23	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	36
1.37	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.27
1.55	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.15
1.49	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.49
1.15	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.8

Betting aid

22	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	20
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
12	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
15	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	14
6	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
20	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	23
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	15
0-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (5 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 Hateley	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	15 goals	Tony Evans
Mark Hateley	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Mick Harford
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Frank Worthington
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Frank Worthington
Steve Whitton	5 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 7 matches	Mick Harford

Historical head to head

Home

17 matches

9 v

4 d

4 l

27 gf

22 ga

Away

19 matches

2 v

7 d

10 l

19 gf

38 ga

Total

36 matches

11 v

11 d

14 l

46 gf

60 ga

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

10 v

7 d

2 l

38 gf

19 ga

Away

17 matches

4 v

4 d

9 l

22 gf

27 ga

Total

36 matches

14 v

11 d

11 l

60 gf

46 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	March 04, 1978
Home	4 - 0	March 04, 1978

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	January 12, 1935
Away	4 - 0	December 11, 1920

Latest head to head

January 26, 1982 - Division 1 1981/1982

Birmingham City

3 - 3

Coventry

January 24, 1981 - FA Cup 1980/1981

Coventry

3 - 2

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

November 15, 1980 - Division 1 1980/1981

Coventry

2 - 1

Birmingham City logo Birmingham City

August 16, 1980 - Division 1 1980/1981

Birmingham City

3 - 1

Coventry

March 10, 1979 - Division 1 1978/1979

Birmingham City

0 - 0

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Birmingham City

Ferguson Michael	4 goals	1977 - 1978
Barry Powell	3 goals	1975 - 1977
Andy Blair	2 goals	1980 - 1980
Steve Hunt	2 goals	1980 - 1982
Tommy Hutchison	2 goals	1978 - 1978
Alan Green	2 goals	1975 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/10/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Trevor Francis	5 goals	1972 - 1977
Alan Curbishley	3 goals	1980 - 1980
Bob Latchford	2 goals	1973 - 1973
Kenny Burns	2 goals	1975 - 1976
Bob Hatton	2 goals	1973 - 1974
Tony Evans	2 goals	1982 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/10/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Birmingham City

Mick Coop	15 matches	1972 - 1980
Tommy Hutchison	14 matches	1972 - 1979
Brian Alderson	7 matches	1972 - 1975
Dennis Mortimer	7 matches	1972 - 1975
Alan Green	7 matches	1974 - 1979
Bobby McDonald	7 matches	1976 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/10/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Joe Gallagher	13 matches	1973 - 1980
Trevor Francis	12 matches	1972 - 1978
Malcolm Page	10 matches	1972 - 1979
Garry Pendrey	10 matches	1972 - 1978
Dave Latchford	9 matches	1972 - 1977
Kenny Burns	8 matches	1972 - 1977