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Coventry 1-0 Leicester - March 11, 1978 / Division 1 1977/1978

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Division 1 1977/1978 - Round 32

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

March 11, 1978

Coventry

1 - 0

Leicester

Donato Nardiello

logo Coventry COV

0' - Goal Donato Nardiello0

logo Coventry COV

46' - Substitution Ferguson Michaelis substituted by John Beck46

46' - Substitution Keith Welleris substituted by David Webb

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

1 - 0

Leicester

Coventry Leicester

Team line-ups

Coventry

Blyth

Jim Blyth

Scotland

B.date02/02/1955

Age23 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Holton

Jim Holton

Scotland

B.date11/04/1951

Age26 years

positionDefender

Roberts

Brian Roberts

England

B.date06/11/1955

Age22 years

H1m73

positionDefender

Coop

Mick Coop

England

B.date10/07/1948

Age29 years

positionRight full-back

McDonald

Bobby McDonald

Scotland

B.date13/04/1955

Age22 years

positionLeft full-back

Hutchison

Tommy Hutchison

Scotland

B.date22/09/1947

Age30 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Yorath

Terry Yorath

Wales

B.date27/03/1950

Age27 years

H1m77

positionMidfield

Powell

Barry Powell

England

B.date29/01/1954

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Nardiello0

Donato Nardiello

Wales

B.date09/04/1957

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Michael46

Ferguson Michael

England

B.date03/10/1954

Age23 years

positionForward

Wallace

Ian Wallace

Scotland

B.date23/05/1956

Age21 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jim Blyth		23	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jim Holton		26	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Roberts		22	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Coop		29	333	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bobby McDonald		22	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Hutchison		30	222	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry Yorath		27	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Barry Powell		24	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Donato Nardiello		20	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ferguson Michael	46	23	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Wallace		21	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Leicester

Wallington

Mark Wallington

England

B.date17/09/1952

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Sims

Steve Sims

England

B.date02/07/1957

Age20 years

positionCentral defender

Woollett

Alan Woollett

England

B.date04/03/1947

Age31 years

positionDefender

Rofe

Dennis Rofe

England

B.date01/06/1950

Age27 years

positionDefender

Williams

Thomas Williams

England

B.date18/12/1957

Age20 years

positionDefender

Whitworth

Stephen Whitworth

England

B.date20/03/1952

Age25 years

positionRight full-back

Kelly

Eddie Kelly

Scotland

B.date07/02/1951

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Salmons

Geoffrey Salmons

England

B.date14/01/1948

Age30 years

positionMidfield

Weller46

Keith Weller

England

B.date11/06/1946

Age31 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Hughes

Billy Hughes

Scotland

B.date30/12/1948

Age29 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Christie

Trevor Christie

England

B.date28/02/1959

Age19 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Wallington		25	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Sims		20	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Woollett		31	213	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dennis Rofe		27	237	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Thomas Williams		20	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Whitworth		25	303	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie Kelly		27	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Geoffrey Salmons		30	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Weller	46	31	257	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Billy Hughes		29	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Trevor Christie		19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

118

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		John Beck	46	23	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		David Webb	46	31	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Donato Nardiello

Alan Green

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Eddie Kelly

Mark Goodwin

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Milne

175

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Milne vs Leicester

4 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on March 11, 1978

Milne vs McLintock

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 11, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Frank McLintock

Success rate in this team:

12 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

12 %

McLintock vs Coventry

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 11, 1978

McLintock vs Milne

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 11, 1978

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Key figures

End of streak for Coventry after 6 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Leicester at home (since 04/12/1971). It was the best streak for the club since 24/03/1923-27/04/1968 (11 matches).

No Coventry manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Gordon Milne has done less than 33% of wins .

Gordon Milne has registered 50 success in Premier League since the 01/07/1974 as the manager of Coventry next after this match..

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LCoventry 0-2 Liverpool20/12/1977

VCoventry 5-4 Norwich City27/12/1977

VCoventry 3-0 Manchester United31/12/1977

VCoventry 5-1 Chelsea14/01/1978

VCoventry 1-0 Liverpool04/02/1978

VCoventry 4-0 Birmingham City04/03/1978

Overall

LMiddlesbrough 3-0 Coventry07/01/1978

VCoventry 5-1 Chelsea14/01/1978

LLeeds United 2-0 Coventry21/01/1978

VCoventry 1-0 Liverpool04/02/1978

DWest Bromwich Albion 3-3 Coventry25/02/1978

VCoventry 4-0 Birmingham City04/03/1978

Current form

Away

LWest Ham 3-2 Leicester31/12/1977

VHull City 0-1 Leicester07/01/1978

DBristol City 0-0 Leicester14/01/1978

LWalsall 1-0 Leicester28/01/1978

LEverton 2-0 Leicester04/02/1978

DAston Villa 0-0 Leicester04/03/1978

Overall

DLeicester 0-0 Queens Park Rangers21/01/1978

LWalsall 1-0 Leicester28/01/1978

LEverton 2-0 Leicester04/02/1978

DLeicester 1-1 Arsenal11/02/1978

VLeicester 1-0 Wolverhampton25/02/1978

DAston Villa 0-0 Leicester04/03/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	1
Unbeaten streak	5	3
Drawless streak	7	1
Scoring streak	5	3
Invincibility streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	4	1
Goalless streak	4	1
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

29	Number of games (Competition total)	30
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
14	Victories (Competition total)	3
10	Victories (Home / Away)	0
7	Draws (Competition total)	11
3	Draws (Home / Away)	5
8	Losses (Competition total)	16
2	Losses (Home / Away)	10

Goals

57	Goals scored (Competition total)	13
38	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
46	Goals conceded (Competition total)	44
18	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	24
1.97	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.43
2.53	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.33
1.59	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.47
1.2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.6

Betting aid

20	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	10
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	19
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	11
22	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
11	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
1-2 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (4 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	4
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Ferguson Michael	17 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Steve Sims
Ferguson Michael	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Frank Worthington
Mick Coop	5 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Jon Sammels
Mick Coop	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Ferguson Michael	6 goals during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Mark Goodwin

Historical head to head

Home

23 matches

7 v

5 d

11 l

30 gf

41 ga

Away

23 matches

5 v

6 d

12 l

19 gf

32 ga

Total

46 matches

12 v

11 d

23 l

49 gf

73 ga

Historical head to head

Home

23 matches

12 v

6 d

5 l

32 gf

19 ga

Away

23 matches

11 v

5 d

7 l

41 gf

30 ga

Total

46 matches

23 v

11 d

12 l

73 gf

49 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	September 27, 1975
Home	4 - 1	January 14, 1952

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 1	December 01, 1964
Away	8 - 1	December 01, 1964

Latest head to head

October 15, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Leicester

1 - 2

Coventry

March 12, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Leicester

3 - 1

Coventry

October 02, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Coventry

1 - 1

Leicester

April 03, 1976 - Division 1 1975/1976

Coventry

0 - 2

Leicester

September 27, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Leicester

0 - 3

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Ferguson Michael	3 goals	1975 - 1977
Mick Coop	2 goals	1977 - 1977
David Cross	2 goals	1975 - 1975
Alan Green	1 goal	1975 - 1975
Willie Carr	1 goal	1973 - 1973
Ernie Hunt	1 goal	1968 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/04/1968. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Frank Worthington	5 goals	1973 - 1977
Leonard Glover	2 goals	1972 - 1973
Bob Lee	2 goals	1975 - 1976
Keith Weller	2 goals	1973 - 1976
Jon Sammels	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Ally Brown	1 goal	1971 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/04/1968. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Mick Coop	11 matches	1967 - 1977
Tommy Hutchison	10 matches	1973 - 1977
Billy Glazier	10 matches	1967 - 1973
Chris Cattlin	8 matches	1968 - 1976
Willie Carr	7 matches	1968 - 1973
Alan Dugdale	7 matches	1973 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Stephen Whitworth	13 matches	1971 - 1977
Keith Weller	13 matches	1971 - 1977
Jon Sammels	11 matches	1971 - 1977
Dennis Rofe	11 matches	1972 - 1977
Peter Shilton	11 matches	1967 - 1974
Graham Cross	11 matches	1968 - 1975