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Coventry 0-1 Arsenal - October 31, 1998 / Premier League 1998/1999

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Premier League 1998/1999 - Round 11

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

October 31, 1998

23 040

0 - 1

Arsenal

63'

Nicolas Anelka

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46' - Substitution Freddie Ljungbergis substituted by Luis Boa Morte

63' - Goal Nicolas Anelka

70' - Substitution George Boatengis substituted by Philippe Clément70

77' - Substitution Darren Huckerbyis substituted by Paul Hall photo Trond-Egil Soltvedt

77' - Substitution Gary McAllisteris substituted by Trond-Egil Soltvedt77

80' - Substitution Marc Overmarsis substituted by Stephen Hughes

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

0 - 1

Arsenal

Coventry Arsenal

Team line-ups

Coventry

Hedman

Magnus Hedman

Sweden

B.date19/03/1973

Age25 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Breen

Gary Breen

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/12/1973

Age24 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Shaw

Richard Shaw

England

B.date11/09/1968

Age30 years

H1m76

positionCentral defender

Nilsson

Roland Nilsson

Sweden

B.date27/11/1963

Age34 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Hall

Marcus Hall

England

B.date24/03/1976

Age22 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

Telfer

Paul Telfer

Scotland

B.date21/10/1971

Age27 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Huckerby77

Darren Huckerby

England

B.date23/04/1976

Age22 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

Boateng70

George Boateng

Netherlands

B.date05/09/1975

Age23 years

H1m82

positionMidfield

McAllister77

Gary McAllister

Scotland

B.date25/12/1964

Age33 years

H1m86

positionPlaymaker

Froggatt

Steve Froggatt

England

B.date09/03/1973

Age25 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Whelan

Noel Whelan

England

B.date30/12/1974

Age23 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Magnus Hedman		25	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Breen		24	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Shaw		30	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roland Nilsson		34	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marcus Hall		22	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Telfer		27	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Huckerby	77	22	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Boateng	70	23	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary McAllister	77	33	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Froggatt		25	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Noel Whelan		23	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

Seaman

David Seaman

England

B.date19/09/1963

Age35 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Keown

Martin Keown

England

B.date24/07/1966

Age32 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Bould

Steve Bould

England

B.date16/11/1962

Age35 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Winterburn

Nigel Winterburn

England

B.date11/12/1963

Age34 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Dixon

Lee Dixon

England

B.date17/03/1964

Age34 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Vieira

Patrick Vieira

France

B.date23/06/1976

Age22 years

H1m92

positionDefensive Midfielder

Petit

Emmanuel Petit

France

B.date22/09/1970

Age28 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

Parlour

Ray Parlour

England

B.date07/03/1973

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

Ljungberg46

Freddie Ljungberg

Sweden

B.date16/04/1977

Age21 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Overmars80

Marc Overmars

Netherlands

B.date29/03/1973

Age25 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Anelka63

Nicolas Anelka

France

B.date14/03/1979

Age19 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Seaman		35	391	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Keown		32	258	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bould		35	353	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Winterburn		34	520	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Dixon		34	478	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrick Vieira		22	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Emmanuel Petit		28	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Parlour		25	233	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Freddie Ljungberg	46	21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marc Overmars	80	25	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicolas Anelka	63	19	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

228

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Philippe Clément	70	24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trond-Egil Soltvedt	77	31	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Hall	77	26	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Stephen Hughes	80	22	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Luis Boa Morte	46	21	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Roland Nilsson

Paul Hall

OUT

Steve Froggatt

Ian Brightwell

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Emmanuel Petit

Luis Boa Morte

OUT

Martin Keown

Matthew Upson

OUT

Patrick Vieira

Stephen Hughes

OUT

David Seaman

Alex Manninger

OUT

Nigel Winterburn

Nelson Vivas

OUT

Nicolas Anelka

Christopher Wreh

OUT

Steve Bould

Gilles Grimandi

OUT

Lee Dixon

David Grondin

OUT

Marc Overmars

Alberto Méndez

OUT

Ray Parlour

Rémi Garde

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Strachan

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Strachan vs Arsenal

0 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on October 31, 1998

Strachan vs Wenger

0 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on October 31, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

106

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Wenger vs Coventry

3 victories

3 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on October 31, 1998

Wenger vs Strachan

3 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on October 31, 1998

Referee

Uriah Rennie

6 victories	1 draw	11 losses	Coventry18 matches	General total	Arsenal19 matches	11 victories	5 draws	3 losses
2 victories	1 draw	2 losses	Coventry5 matches	Season total	Arsenal3 matches	3 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 12, 2008					Latest figure on August 26, 2006

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Key figures

Arsenal keeps its 18 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 10/05/1998). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 16/08/1993-03/11/1993 time period (19 matches).

Coventry keeps its 3 consecutive losses running (since 24/10/1998).

Gordon Strachan has registered 100 goal(s) conceded in Premier League since the 05/11/1996 as the manager of Coventry next after this match..

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCoventry 2-1 Chelsea15/08/1998

DCoventry 0-0 West Ham29/08/1998

VCoventry 1-0 Southend16/09/1998

LCoventry 1-5 Newcastle United19/09/1998

LCoventry 1-2 Aston Villa03/10/1998

VCoventry 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday18/10/1998

Overall

VSouthend 0-4 Coventry22/09/1998

DCharlton 1-1 Coventry26/09/1998

LCoventry 1-2 Aston Villa03/10/1998

VCoventry 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday18/10/1998

LSouthampton 2-1 Coventry24/10/1998

LLuton Town 2-0 Coventry27/10/1998

Current form

Away

DChelsea 0-0 Arsenal09/09/1998

DLeicester 1-1 Arsenal12/09/1998

DLens 1-1 Arsenal16/09/1998

LSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Arsenal26/09/1998

VBlackburn 1-2 Arsenal25/10/1998

VDerby County 1-2 Arsenal28/10/1998

Overall

VArsenal 2-1 Panathinaikos30/09/1998

VArsenal 3-0 Newcastle United04/10/1998

DArsenal 1-1 Southampton17/10/1998

DArsenal 1-1 Dynamo Kyiv21/10/1998

VBlackburn 1-2 Arsenal25/10/1998

VDerby County 1-2 Arsenal28/10/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	4	4
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	2	6
Drawless streak	3	2
Scoring streak	2	6
Conceding streak	5	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

7	Goals scored (Competition total)	12
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
16	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
0.7	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.2
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.6
1.6	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
1.6	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.6

Betting aid

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

Bookings

17	Yellow cards (Competition total)	19
10	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	14
0	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Dion Dublin	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Nicolas Anelka
Dion Dublin	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Nicolas Anelka
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Dennis Bergkamp
Dion Dublin	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 5 matches	Nicolas Anelka

Historical head to head

Home

34 matches

8 v

10 d

16 l

31 gf

42 ga

Away

34 matches

5 v

9 d

20 l

25 gf

59 ga

Total

68 matches

13 v

19 d

36 l

56 gf

101 ga

Historical head to head

Home

34 matches

20 v

9 d

5 l

59 gf

25 ga

Away

34 matches

16 v

10 d

8 l

42 gf

31 ga

Total

68 matches

36 v

19 d

13 l

101 gf

56 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	August 14, 1993
Home	3 - 0	November 23, 1974

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	May 11, 1991
Away	4 - 1	March 31, 1984

Latest head to head

January 17, 1998 - Premier League 1997/1998

Coventry

2 - 2

Arsenal

November 18, 1997 - League Cup 1997/1998

Arsenal

1 - 0

Coventry

August 11, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Arsenal

2 - 0

Coventry

April 21, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Coventry

1 - 1

Arsenal

October 19, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Arsenal

0 - 0

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Mick Quinn	4 goals	1993 - 1993
Brian Alderson	3 goals	1972 - 1974
Neil Martin	2 goals	1970 - 1970
Colin Stein	2 goals	1974 - 1974
Noel Whelan	2 goals	1996 - 1998
Ernie Hunt	2 goals	1968 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Frank Stapleton	9 goals	1976 - 1981
Ian Wright	7 goals	1992 - 1997
Anders Limpar	5 goals	1990 - 1991
Tony Woodcock	5 goals	1982 - 1986
John Radford	5 goals	1968 - 1974
Brian Kidd	4 goals	1975 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Steve Ogrizovic	25 matches	1984 - 1997
Brian Borrows	22 matches	1985 - 1997
Mick Coop	21 matches	1968 - 1980
Trevor Peake	15 matches	1983 - 1991
Tommy Hutchison	14 matches	1972 - 1979
Billy Glazier	13 matches	1967 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

David O'Leary	26 matches	1975 - 1991
Pat Rice	23 matches	1970 - 1980
Lee Dixon	21 matches	1988 - 1998
Tony Adams	21 matches	1986 - 1997
Peter Simpson	19 matches	1967 - 1977
Paul Merson	19 matches	1987 - 1997