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Chelsea 1-3 Coventry - February 21, 1979 / Division 1 1978/1979

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Division 1 1978/1979 - Round 25

Stamford Bridge - London - England

February 21, 1979

Chelsea

1 - 3

Coventry

Tommy Langley

30'

35'

Ian Wallace

39'

Ferguson Michael

40'

Ferguson Michael

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30' - Goal Tommy Langley30

35' - Goal Ian Wallace

39' - Goal Ferguson Michael

40' - Goal Ferguson Michael

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46' - Substitution Ron Harrisis substituted by John Sitton46

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

1 - 3

Coventry

Chelsea Coventry

Team line-ups

Chelsea

Bonetti

Peter Bonetti

England

B.date27/09/1941

Age37 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Harris46

Ron Harris

England

B.date13/11/1944

Age34 years

positionDefender

Nutton

Michael Nutton

England

B.date03/10/1959

Age19 years

positionDefender

Stride

David Stride

England

B.date14/03/1958

Age20 years

H1m75

positionDefender

G. Wilkins

Graham Wilkins

England

B.date28/06/1955

Age23 years

positionDefender

Ray Wilkins

England

B.date14/09/1956

Age22 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Bannon

Eamonn Bannon

Scotland

B.date18/04/1958

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Stanley

Gary Stanley

England

B.date04/03/1954

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Langley30

Tommy Langley

England

B.date08/02/1958

Age21 years

positionForward

Walker

Clive Walker

England

B.date26/05/1957

Age21 years

positionForward

Aylott

Trevor Aylott

England

B.date26/11/1957

Age21 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Bonetti		37	609	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Harris	46	34	654	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Nutton		19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Stride		20	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Wilkins		23	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Wilkins		22	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eamonn Bannon		20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary Stanley		24	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tommy Langley	30	21	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Clive Walker		21	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Trevor Aylott		21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

143

Coventry

Blyth

Jim Blyth

Scotland

B.date02/02/1955

Age24 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Hagan

James Hagan

Northern Ireland

B.date10/10/1956

Age22 years

positionDefender

Holton

Jim Holton

Scotland

B.date11/04/1951

Age27 years

positionDefender

Coop

Mick Coop

England

B.date10/07/1948

Age30 years

positionRight full-back

McDonald

Bobby McDonald

Scotland

B.date13/04/1955

Age23 years

positionLeft full-back

Powell

Barry Powell

England

B.date29/01/1954

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Hutchison

Tommy Hutchison

Scotland

B.date22/09/1947

Age31 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Blair

Andy Blair

Scotland

B.date18/12/1959

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Yorath

Terry Yorath

Wales

B.date27/03/1950

Age28 years

H1m77

positionMidfield

Wallace35

Ian Wallace

Scotland

B.date23/05/1956

Age22 years

positionForward

Michael3940

Ferguson Michael

England

B.date03/10/1954

Age24 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jim Blyth		24	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	James Hagan		22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jim Holton		27	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Coop		30	360	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bobby McDonald		23	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Barry Powell		25	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Hutchison		31	257	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Blair		19	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry Yorath		28	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Wallace	35	22	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ferguson Michael	3940	24	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

119

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		John Sitton	46	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Trevor Aylott

Peter Osgood

OUT

Ron Harris

Michael Droy

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Danny Blanchflower

Success rate in this team:

25 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

25 %

Blanchflower vs Coventry

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 21, 1979

Blanchflower vs Milne

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 21, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Milne

215

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Milne vs Chelsea

4 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 21, 1979

Milne vs Blanchflower

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 21, 1979

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Key figures

Chelsea keeps its 10 matches with at least one goal scored vs Coventry at home in Premier League running (since 30/09/1967). It's a record streak. The first of history

Chelsea keeps its 11 matches with at least one goal scored vs Coventry at home running (since 30/08/1924). It's a record streak. The first of history

Chelsea keeps its 19 matches with at least one goal scored vs Coventry in Premier League running (since 30/09/1967). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DChelsea 3-3 Norwich City28/10/1978

LChelsea 1-3 Tottenham18/11/1978

LChelsea 0-1 Manchester United25/11/1978

LChelsea 0-1 Aston Villa09/12/1978

DChelsea 0-0 Bristol City23/12/1978

VChelsea 2-1 Birmingham City03/02/1979

Overall

DChelsea 0-0 Bristol City23/12/1978

DSouthampton 0-0 Chelsea26/12/1978

LIpswich Town 5-1 Chelsea30/12/1978

LManchester United 3-0 Chelsea15/01/1979

VManchester City 2-3 Chelsea20/01/1979

VChelsea 2-1 Birmingham City03/02/1979

Current form

Away

LNorwich City 1-0 Coventry18/11/1978

LSouthampton 4-0 Coventry16/12/1978

LBristol City 5-0 Coventry26/12/1978

DWolverhampton 1-1 Coventry30/12/1978

LWest Bromwich Albion 4-0 Coventry15/01/1979

LLeeds United 1-0 Coventry03/02/1979

Overall

LBristol City 5-0 Coventry26/12/1978

DWolverhampton 1-1 Coventry30/12/1978

DCoventry 2-2 West Bromwich Albion09/01/1979

LWest Bromwich Albion 4-0 Coventry15/01/1979

LLeeds United 1-0 Coventry03/02/1979

LCoventry 1-3 Tottenham10/02/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Drawless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	3
Winless streak	11	6
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	6	8

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

24	Number of games (Competition total)	24
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
4	Victories (Competition total)	9
2	Victories (Home / Away)	2
6	Draws (Competition total)	7
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
14	Losses (Competition total)	8
7	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

27	Goals scored (Competition total)	30
12	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
51	Goals conceded (Competition total)	39
23	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	24
1.13	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.25
1.09	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.58
2.13	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.63
2.09	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	13
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
0-1 (3 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

Tommy Langley	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Ian Wallace
Ray Wilkins	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Ferguson Michael
Gary Stanley	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Gary Stanley	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Ray Wilkins	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Bobby McDonald

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches

6 v

3 d

1 l

17 gf

11 ga

Away

12 matches

7 v

2 d

3 l

22 gf

15 ga

Total

22 matches

13 v

5 d

4 l

39 gf

26 ga

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

3 v

2 d

7 l

15 gf

22 ga

Away

10 matches

1 v

3 d

6 l

11 gf

17 ga

Total

22 matches

4 v

5 d

13 l

26 gf

39 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	February 28, 1970
Home	2 - 0	April 23, 1973

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	January 14, 1978
Away	2 - 1	August 27, 1977

Latest head to head

September 09, 1978 - Division 1 1978/1979

Coventry

3 - 2

Chelsea

January 14, 1978 - Division 1 1977/1978

Coventry

5 - 1

Chelsea

August 27, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Chelsea

1 - 2

Coventry

November 13, 1974 - Division 1 1974/1975

Chelsea

3 - 3

Coventry

August 24, 1974 - Division 1 1974/1975

Coventry

1 - 3

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Peter Osgood	5 goals	1968 - 1973
Charlie Cooke	3 goals	1969 - 1974
Bill Garner	3 goals	1972 - 1974
John Hollins	3 goals	1970 - 1973
Chris Garland	2 goals	1974 - 1974
Robert Tambling	2 goals	1968 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Ian Wallace	3 goals	1977 - 1978
Mick Coop	3 goals	1974 - 1978
Ray Graydon	2 goals	1978 - 1978
Bobby McDonald	2 goals	1978 - 1978
David Cross	2 goals	1974 - 1974
Ernie Hunt	1 goal	1971 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Ron Harris	19 matches	1967 - 1978
Peter Bonetti	17 matches	1967 - 1978
John Hollins	16 matches	1967 - 1974
Peter Houseman	12 matches	1968 - 1974
David Webb	12 matches	1968 - 1974
Peter Osgood	12 matches	1967 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Billy Glazier	14 matches	1967 - 1974
Mick Coop	13 matches	1968 - 1978
Willie Carr	13 matches	1968 - 1974
Ernie Machin	9 matches	1967 - 1971
Dennis Mortimer	9 matches	1970 - 1974
Dave Clements	8 matches	1967 - 1971