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Chelsea 2-1 Coventry - April 24, 1971 / Division 1 1970/1971

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Division 1 1970/1971 - Round 40

Stamford Bridge - London - England

April 24, 1971

27 517

Chelsea

2 - 1

Coventry

Derek Smethurst

Peter Feely

Ernie Hunt

logo Chelsea CHE

0' - Goal Derek Smethurst photo Peter Feely

0' - Goal Peter Feely0

0' - Goal Ernie Hunt

logo Chelsea CHE

46' - Substitution John Hollinsis substituted by Eddie McCreadie46

logo Coventry COV

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

2 - 1

Coventry

Chelsea Coventry

Team line-ups

Chelsea

Bonetti

Peter Bonetti

England

B.date27/09/1941

Age29 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Hollins46

John Hollins

England

B.date16/07/1946

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

Webb

David Webb

England

B.date09/04/1946

Age25 years

positionDefender

Harris

Ron Harris

England

B.date13/11/1944

Age26 years

positionDefender

Dempsey

John Dempsey

Republic of Ireland

B.date15/03/1946

Age25 years

positionDefender

Boyle

John Boyle

Scotland

B.date25/12/1946

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Hudson

Alan Hudson

England

B.date21/06/1951

Age19 years

positionMidfield

Weller

Keith Weller

England

B.date11/06/1946

Age24 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Smethurst0

Derek Smethurst

South Africa

B.date24/10/1947

Age23 years

positionForward

Houseman

Peter Houseman

England

B.date24/12/1945

Age25 years

positionForward

Feely0

Peter Feely

England

B.date03/01/1950

Age21 years

H1m83

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Bonetti		29	459	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hollins	46	24	359	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Webb		25	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Harris		26	391	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Dempsey		25	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Boyle		24	216	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Hudson		19	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Weller		24	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Derek Smethurst		23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Houseman		25	214	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Feely		21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

185

Coventry

Glazier

Billy Glazier

England

B.date02/08/1943

Age27 years

positionGoalkeeper

Cattlin

Chris Cattlin

England

B.date25/06/1946

Age24 years

positionDefender

Parker

Bobby Parker

England

B.date11/11/1952

Age18 years

positionDefender

Smith

Wilf Smith

England

B.date03/09/1946

Age24 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Blockley

Jeff Blockley

England

B.date12/09/1949

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

Clements

Dave Clements

Northern Ireland

B.date15/09/1945

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Machin

Ernie Machin

England

B.date26/04/1944

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Mortimer

Dennis Mortimer

England

B.date05/04/1952

Age19 years

positionCentre Midfield

Carr

Willie Carr

Scotland

B.date06/01/1950

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Rafferty

Billy Rafferty

Scotland

B.date30/12/1950

Age20 years

H1m1

positionForward

Hunt0

Ernie Hunt

England

B.date17/03/1943

Age28 years

H1m70

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Billy Glazier	27	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Cattlin	24	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bobby Parker	18	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wilf Smith	24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeff Blockley	21	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dave Clements	25	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ernie Machin	26	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Mortimer	19	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willie Carr	21	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Billy Rafferty	20	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ernie Hunt	28	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Eddie McCreadie	46	31	317	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

Peter Bonetti

John Phillips

OUT

Peter Feely

Tommy Baldwin

OUT

Alan Hudson

Eddie McCreadie

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dennis Mortimer

Brian Alderson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sexton

200

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Sexton vs Coventry

7 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on April 24, 1971

Sexton vs Cantwell

7 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 24, 1971

Manager

Age

Match num

Noel Cantwell

185

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Cantwell vs Chelsea

1 victory

0 draw

7 losses

Latest figure on April 24, 1971

Cantwell vs Sexton

1 victory

0 draw

7 losses

Latest figure on April 24, 1971

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Key figures

Chelsea keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a draw vs Coventry in Premier League running (since 10/02/1968). It's a record streak. The first of history

Dave Sexton has registered 100 success since the 01/10/1967 as the manager of next after this match..

Chelsea keeps its 6 consecutive wins vs Coventry in Premier League running (since 10/09/1968). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 20 key stats

General ranking

1	Arsenal	61 pts	39 rd
2	Leeds United	60 pts	40 rd
3	Chelsea	50 pts	40 rd
4	Wolverhampton	49 pts	40 rd
5	Liverpool	48 pts	40 rd

General ranking

+2	10	Derby County	39 pts	40 rd
	11	Newcastle United	39 pts	40 rd
-3	12	Coventry	39 pts	40 rd
	13	Everton	37 pts	41 rd
+1	14	Stoke City	36 pts	39 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DChelsea 0-0 Huddersfield Town20/03/1971

VChelsea 4-0 Club Brugge24/03/1971

VChelsea 3-1 Leeds United27/03/1971

DChelsea 1-1 Crystal Palace10/04/1971

VChelsea 1-0 Liverpool12/04/1971

VChelsea 1-0 Manchester City14/04/1971

Overall

VChelsea 3-1 Leeds United27/03/1971

LArsenal 2-0 Chelsea03/04/1971

DChelsea 1-1 Crystal Palace10/04/1971

VChelsea 1-0 Liverpool12/04/1971

VChelsea 1-0 Manchester City14/04/1971

DManchester City 1-1 Chelsea17/04/1971

Current form

Away

VCrystal Palace 1-2 Coventry20/02/1971

DManchester City 1-1 Coventry20/03/1971

LHuddersfield Town 1-0 Coventry27/03/1971

LArsenal 1-0 Coventry06/04/1971

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Coventry10/04/1971

LEverton 3-0 Coventry12/04/1971

Overall

DCoventry 0-0 Tottenham03/04/1971

LArsenal 1-0 Coventry06/04/1971

DWest Bromwich Albion 0-0 Coventry10/04/1971

LEverton 3-0 Coventry12/04/1971

VCoventry 2-1 Manchester United13/04/1971

VCoventry 3-0 Burnley17/04/1971

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	9	4
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	5	4
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	5	0
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	4	0
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	9
4	General ranking (Home / Away)	12

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

39	Number of games (Competition total)	39
19	Number of games (Home / Away)	20
17	Victories (Competition total)	15
11	Victories (Home / Away)	4
14	Draws (Competition total)	9
6	Draws (Home / Away)	6
8	Losses (Competition total)	15
2	Losses (Home / Away)	10

Goals

50	Goals scored (Competition total)	34
32	Goals scored (Home / Away)	12
40	Goals conceded (Competition total)	36
19	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	24
1.28	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.87
1.68	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.6
1.03	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.92
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.2

Betting aid

18	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
12	Clean sheets (Competition total)	15
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
11	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	20
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	14
21	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
13	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
2-1 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (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

Keith Weller	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Ernie Hunt
John Hollins	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Willie Carr
Keith Weller	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 2 matches	Ernie Hunt

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

3 v

1 d

0 l

5 gf

2 ga

Away

6 matches

5 v

0 d

1 l

10 gf

2 ga

Total

10 matches

8 v

1 d

1 l

15 gf

4 ga

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

1 v

0 d

5 l

2 gf

10 ga

Away

4 matches

0 v

1 d

3 l

2 gf

5 ga

Total

10 matches

1 v

1 d

8 l

4 gf

15 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	February 28, 1970
Home	1 - 0	November 01, 1969

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	February 10, 1968
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

September 19, 1970 - Division 1 1970/1971

Coventry

0 - 1

Chelsea

February 28, 1970 - Division 1 1969/1970

Coventry

0 - 3

Chelsea

November 01, 1969 - Division 1 1969/1970

Chelsea

1 - 0

Coventry

September 02, 1969 - League Cup 1969/1970

Coventry

0 - 1

Chelsea

March 10, 1969 - Division 1 1968/1969

Chelsea

2 - 1

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Ian Hutchinson	2 goals	1969 - 1969
Robert Tambling	2 goals	1968 - 1969
Charlie Cooke	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Tommy Baldwin	1 goal	1970 - 1970
Peter Osgood	1 goal	1968 - 1968
John Boyle	1 goal	1967 - 1967

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

Gerry Baker	1 goal	1968 - 1968
Neil Martin	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Dave Clements	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Ernest Hannigan	1 goal	1968 - 1968

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

John Hollins	8 matches	1967 - 1970
Peter Bonetti	8 matches	1967 - 1970
Ron Harris	7 matches	1967 - 1970
Peter Osgood	7 matches	1967 - 1970
David Webb	6 matches	1968 - 1970
Peter Houseman	6 matches	1968 - 1970

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	8 matches	1967 - 1970
Ernie Machin	7 matches	1967 - 1970
Willie Carr	7 matches	1968 - 1970
Dave Clements	7 matches	1967 - 1970
Mick Coop	6 matches	1968 - 1970
Ernie Hunt	6 matches	1968 - 1970

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

They played in both sides

Tony Hateley

33 matches

17 matches

1966 - 1969

John O'Rourke

1 match

50 matches

1963 - 1971

Total : 2 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/09/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

John O'Rourke

1 match

50 matches

1963 - 1971

Tony Hateley

33 matches

17 matches

1966 - 1969

Total : 2 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/09/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

April 24, 1971

Tottenham

2 0

Crystal Palace

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Arsenal	61	39	27	7	5	69	28	+41
2	Leeds United	60	40	25	10	5	69	30	+39
3	Chelsea	50	40	18	14	8	52	41	+11
4	Wolverhampton	49	40	21	7	12	63	54	+9
5	Liverpool	48	40	16	16	8	39	22	+17
6	Tottenham	47	38	17	13	8	51	31	+20
7	Southampton	44	39	16	12	11	49	41	+8
8	Manchester City	40	39	12	16	11	42	35	+7
+19	Manchester United	40	40	15	10	15	60	62	-2
+210	Derby County	39	40	15	9	16	54	54	0
11	Newcastle United	39	40	13	13	14	41	44	-3
-312	Coventry	39	40	15	9	16	35	38	-3
13	Everton	37	41	12	13	16	54	58	-4
+114	Stoke City	36	39	12	12	15	44	46	-2
+115	West Bromwich Albion	35	40	10	15	15	58	70	-12
-216	Nottingham Forest	35	40	14	7	19	42	59	-17
17	Huddersfield Town	33	40	10	13	17	38	48	-10
18	Crystal Palace	33	39	11	11	17	36	48	-12
19	Ipswich Town	32	40	12	8	20	42	48	-6
20	West Ham	32	40	9	14	17	45	58	-13
21	Burnley	25	40	6	13	21	28	62	-34
22	Blackpool	20	40	3	14	23	30	64	-34

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Chelsea 2-1 Coventry - April 24, 1971 / Division 1 1970/1971

Chelsea

2 - 1

Coventry

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Sexton vs Coventry

Sexton vs Cantwell

Manager

Cantwell vs Chelsea

Cantwell vs Sexton

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking