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Wolverhampton 2-1 Coventry - October 18, 2008 / Championship 2008/2009

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Championship 2008/2009 - Round 11

Molineux Ground - Wolverhampton - England

October 18, 2008

25 893

2 - 1

Coventry

Assist by Andy Keogh (right foot) Michael Kightly

42'

Assist by Michael Kightly (header) Sylvan Ebanks-Blake

59'

Michael Mifsud (left foot) Assist by Freddy Eastwood

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6' - Goal Michael Mifsud

42' - Goal Michael Kightly42

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59' - Goal Sylvan Ebanks-Blake59

69' - Substitution Aron Gunnarssonis substituted by Guillaume Beuzelin photo Clinton Morrison

69' - Substitution Michael Mifsudis substituted by Clinton Morrison

81' - Substitution Andy Keoghis substituted by David Edwards photo Carlos Edwards

81' - Substitution Sylvan Ebanks-Blakeis substituted by Carlos Edwards81

85' - Substitution Stephen Wardis substituted by Jason Shackell85

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Wolverhampton

2 - 1

Coventry

Wolverhampton Coventry

Team line-ups

Wolverhampton

Ikeme

Carl Ikeme

Nigeria

B.date08/06/1986

Age22 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Collins

Neill Collins

Scotland

B.date02/09/1983

Age25 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

Stearman

Richard Stearman

England

B.date19/08/1987

Age21 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

Ward85

Stephen Ward

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/08/1985

Age23 years

H1m84

positionLeft full-back

Foley

Kevin Foley

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/11/1984

Age23 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

Henry

Karl Henry

England

B.date26/11/1982

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Kightly42

Michael Kightly

England

B.date24/01/1986

Age22 years

H1m73

positionLeft Midfielder

Jones

David Jones

England

B.date04/11/1984

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

Keogh81

Andy Keogh

Republic of Ireland

B.date16/05/1986

Age22 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Ebanks-Blake5981

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake

England

B.date29/03/1986

Age22 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Iwelumo

Chris Iwelumo

Scotland

B.date01/08/1978

Age30 years

H1m93

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Carl Ikeme		22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Neill Collins		25	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Stearman		21	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Ward	85	23	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Foley		23	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Karl Henry		25	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Kightly	42	22	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Jones		23	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Keogh	81	22	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Sylvan Ebanks-Blake	5981	22	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Iwelumo		30	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Coventry

Westwood

Kieren Westwood

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/10/1984

Age23 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Ward

Elliott Ward

England

B.date19/01/1985

Age23 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Dann

Scott Dann

England

B.date14/02/1987

Age21 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Fox

Danny Fox

Scotland

B.date29/05/1986

Age22 years

H1m82

positionLeft full-back

Osbourne

Isaac Osbourne

England

B.date22/06/1986

Age22 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Gunnarsson69

Aron Gunnarsson

Iceland

B.date22/04/1989

Age19 years

H1m77

positionRight central midfielder

Tabb

Jay Tabb

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/02/1984

Age24 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

Doyle

Michael Doyle

Republic of Ireland

B.date08/07/1981

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft central midfielder

Mifsud669

Michael Mifsud

Malta

B.date17/04/1981

Age27 years

H1m64

positionStriker

Eastwood

Freddy Eastwood

Wales

B.date29/10/1983

Age24 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Best

Leon Best

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/09/1986

Age22 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kieren Westwood		23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Elliott Ward		23	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Scott Dann		21	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Fox		22	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Isaac Osbourne		22	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Aron Gunnarsson	69	19	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jay Tabb		24	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Doyle		27	245	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Mifsud	669	27	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Freddy Eastwood		24	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Leon Best		22	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Jason Shackell	85	25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Carlos Edwards	81	29	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Edwards	81	22	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Guillaume Beuzelin	69	29	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Clinton Morrison	69	29	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Michael Kightly

Carlos Edwards

OUT

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake

David Edwards

OUT

Chris Iwelumo

George Friend

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Michael Mifsud

Leon McKenzie

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Mick McCarthy

116

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

McCarthy vs Coventry

4 victories

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on October 18, 2008

McCarthy vs Coleman

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 18, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Chris Coleman

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Coleman vs Wolverhampton

0 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on October 18, 2008

Coleman vs McCarthy

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 18, 2008

Referee

Steve Bennett

6 victories	2 draws	4 losses	Wolverhampton12 matches	General total	Coventry9 matches	4 victories	1 draw	4 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Wolverhampton1 match	Season total	Coventry1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 13, 2010					Latest figure on March 07, 2009

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Key figures

Coventry keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 30/09/2008).

Coventry keeps its 10 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home running (since 01/04/2008). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 06/10/2007-11/03/2008 time period (15 matches).

Only back at the time of Stan Cullis head of (01/07/1948-01/09/1964), you can see a manager go over Mick McCarthy with 46% of wins (47%).

Read the next 6 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWolverhampton 3-2 Accrington Stanley12/08/2008

VWolverhampton 4-1 Sheffield Wednesday16/08/2008

VWolverhampton 5-1 Nottingham Forest30/08/2008

VWolverhampton 2-1 Crystal Palace16/09/2008

VWolverhampton 2-0 Bristol City27/09/2008

LWolverhampton 0-3 Reading30/09/2008

Overall

VCharlton 1-3 Wolverhampton13/09/2008

VWolverhampton 2-1 Crystal Palace16/09/2008

VPreston North End 1-3 Wolverhampton20/09/2008

VWolverhampton 2-0 Bristol City27/09/2008

LWolverhampton 0-3 Reading30/09/2008

LSwansea 3-1 Wolverhampton04/10/2008

Current form

Away

LCharlton 4-1 Coventry04/05/2008

VBarnsley 1-2 Coventry16/08/2008

LDoncaster Rovers 1-0 Coventry30/08/2008

DSheffield United 1-1 Coventry16/09/2008

DBlackpool 1-1 Coventry27/09/2008

LCardiff City 2-1 Coventry30/09/2008

Overall

DCoventry 0-0 Preston North End13/09/2008

DSheffield United 1-1 Coventry16/09/2008

VCoventry 1-0 Queens Park Rangers20/09/2008

DBlackpool 1-1 Coventry27/09/2008

LCardiff City 2-1 Coventry30/09/2008

VCoventry 4-1 Southampton04/10/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	8	7
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	4	0
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	3	5
Conceding streak	9	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

10	Number of games (Competition total)	10
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
7	Victories (Competition total)	4
4	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	3
0	Draws (Home / Away)	2
2	Losses (Competition total)	3
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

24	Goals scored (Competition total)	12
13	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
13	Goals conceded (Competition total)	10
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	6
2.4	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.2
2.6	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.3	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
1.2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.2

Betting aid

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

Bookings

13	Yellow cards (Competition total)	19
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	10
2	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Chris Iwelumo	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Jay Tabb
Chris Iwelumo	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Freddy Eastwood
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Elliott Ward
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Matthew Jarvis	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Freddy Eastwood
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Freddy Eastwood
Chris Iwelumo	6 goals, 2 assists during the last 10 matches	The fittest player	1 goal, 2 assists during the last 3 matches	Leon McKenzie

Historical head to head

Home

31 matches

13 v

8 d

10 l

34 gf

28 ga

Away

30 matches

7 v

6 d

17 l

27 gf

53 ga

Total

61 matches

20 v

14 d

27 l

61 gf

81 ga

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

17 v

6 d

7 l

53 gf

27 ga

Away

31 matches

10 v

8 d

13 l

28 gf

34 ga

Total

61 matches

27 v

14 d

20 l

81 gf

61 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	April 28, 1973
Home	3 - 0	April 28, 1973

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	December 25, 1922
Away	3 - 0	November 17, 1979

Latest head to head

April 26, 2008 - Championship 2007/2008

Coventry

1 - 1

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

October 06, 2007 - Championship 2007/2008

Wolverhampton

1 - 0

Coventry

March 13, 2007 - Championship 2006/2007

Coventry

2 - 1

Wolverhampton logo Wolverhampton

October 17, 2006 - Championship 2006/2007

Wolverhampton

1 - 0

Coventry

April 08, 2006 - Championship 2005/2006

Wolverhampton

2 - 2

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Coventry

John Richards	6 goals	1972 - 1981
Steve Kindon	3 goals	1974 - 1975
Peter Knowles	3 goals	1967 - 1969
Kenny Hibbitt	2 goals	1973 - 1977
Colin Cameron	2 goals	2002 - 2006
Dean Sturridge	2 goals	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/11/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Wolverhampton

Ferguson Michael	6 goals	1977 - 1984
Tommy Hutchison	3 goals	1978 - 1978
Alan Green	3 goals	1976 - 1976
Gary McSheffrey	3 goals	2004 - 2006
John Craven	2 goals	1974 - 1975
Ian Wallace	2 goals	1978 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/11/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Derek Parkin	26 matches	1968 - 1981
John McAlle	20 matches	1969 - 1981
Kenny Hibbitt	18 matches	1971 - 1984
John Richards	17 matches	1971 - 1981
Geoff Palmer	17 matches	1973 - 1984
Frank Munro	16 matches	1968 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/11/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wolverhampton

Mick Coop	20 matches	1967 - 1980
Billy Glazier	14 matches	1967 - 1974
Tommy Hutchison	14 matches	1973 - 1980
Willie Carr	13 matches	1967 - 1975
Chris Cattlin	10 matches	1968 - 1976
Jim Blyth	8 matches	1976 - 1981