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Coventry 2-1 Liverpool - January 30, 1999 / Premier League 1998/1999

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Premier League 1998/1999 - Journée 23

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

January 30, 1999

23 056

2 - 1

Liverpool

George Boateng

60'

Noel Whelan

71'

86'

Steve McManaman

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46' - Substitution Roland Nilssonis substituted by Gary Breen46

60' - Goal George Boateng60

68' - Substitution Rigobert Songis substituted by Steve McManaman

71' - Goal Noel Whelan71

77' - Substitution Patrik Bergeris substituted by Karlheinz Riedle

86' - Goal Steve McManaman photo Steven Gerrard

86' - Substitution Steve Stauntonis substituted by Steven Gerrard

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

2 - 1

Liverpool

Coventry Liverpool

Team line-ups

Coventry

Hedman

Magnus Hedman

Sweden

B.date19/03/1973

Age25 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Williams

Paul Williams

England

B.date26/03/1971

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Shaw

Richard Shaw

England

B.date11/09/1968

Age30 years

H1m76

positionCentral defender

Nilsson46

Roland Nilsson

Sweden

B.date27/11/1963

Age35 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Burrows

David Burrows

England

B.date25/10/1968

Age30 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Soltvedt

Trond-Egil Soltvedt

Norway

B.date15/02/1967

Age31 years

H1m86

positionMidfield

Huckerby

Darren Huckerby

England

B.date23/04/1976

Age22 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

Boateng60

George Boateng

Netherlands

B.date05/09/1975

Age23 years

H1m82

positionMidfield

McAllister

Gary McAllister

Scotland

B.date25/12/1964

Age34 years

H1m86

positionPlaymaker

Froggatt

Steve Froggatt

England

B.date09/03/1973

Age25 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Whelan71

Noel Whelan

England

B.date30/12/1974

Age24 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Magnus Hedman		25	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Williams		27	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Shaw		30	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roland Nilsson	46	35	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Burrows		30	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trond-Egil Soltvedt		31	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Huckerby		22	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Boateng	60	23	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary McAllister		34	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Froggatt		25	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Noel Whelan	71	24	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Liverpool

James

David James

England

B.date01/08/1970

Age28 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Staunton86

Steve Staunton

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/01/1969

Age30 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Song68

Rigobert Song

Cameroon

B.date01/07/1976

Age22 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Matteo

Dominic Matteo

Scotland

B.date28/04/1974

Age24 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

Heggem

Vegard Heggem

Norway

B.date13/07/1975

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

Bjørnebye

Stig Inge Bjørnebye

Norway

B.date11/12/1969

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Ince

Paul Ince

England

B.date21/10/1967

Age31 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Redknapp

Jamie Redknapp

England

B.date25/06/1973

Age25 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Berger77

Patrik Berger

Czech Republic

B.date10/11/1973

Age25 years

H1m85

positionPlaymaker

Owen

Michael Owen

England

B.date14/12/1979

Age19 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Fowler

Robbie Fowler

England

B.date09/04/1975

Age23 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David James		28	267	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Staunton	86	30	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rigobert Song	68	22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dominic Matteo		24	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vegard Heggem		23	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stig Inge Bjørnebye		29	177	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Ince		31	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jamie Redknapp		25	262	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrik Berger	77	25	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Owen		19	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robbie Fowler		23	242	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

131

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Gary Breen	46	25	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Steve McManaman	8668	26	350	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Gerrard	86	18	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Karlheinz Riedle	77	33	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Roland Nilsson

Marc Edworthy

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steve Staunton

Jamie Carragher

OUT

Rigobert Song

Steven Harkness

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Strachan

106

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Strachan vs Liverpool

3 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 30, 1999

Strachan vs Houllier

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 30, 1999

Manager

Age

Match num

Gérard Houllier

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Houllier vs Coventry

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 30, 1999

Houllier vs Strachan

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 30, 1999

Referee

Mike Riley

3 victories	4 draws	3 losses	Coventry10 matches	General total	Liverpool38 matches	19 victories	7 draws	12 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Coventry2 matches	Season total	Liverpool1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 24, 2009					Latest figure on April 11, 2009

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Key figures

Coventry keeps its 9 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home running (since 18/10/1998). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 16/10/1993-26/03/1994 time period (12 matches).

It's the first time Steve McManaman scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

It's the first time George Boateng scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCoventry 3-0 Everton15/11/1998

DCoventry 1-1 Leicester28/11/1998

DCoventry 1-1 Derby County19/12/1998

DCoventry 1-1 Tottenham26/12/1998

VCoventry 7-0 Macclesfield Town02/01/1999

VCoventry 4-0 Nottingham Forest09/01/1999

Overall

DCoventry 1-1 Tottenham26/12/1998

LWest Ham 2-0 Coventry28/12/1998

VCoventry 7-0 Macclesfield Town02/01/1999

VCoventry 4-0 Nottingham Forest09/01/1999

LChelsea 2-1 Coventry16/01/1999

VLeicester 0-3 Coventry23/01/1999

Current form

Away

LTottenham 2-1 Liverpool05/12/1998

LWimbledon FC 1-0 Liverpool13/12/1998

VMiddlesbrough 1-3 Liverpool26/12/1998

VPort Vale 0-3 Liverpool03/01/1999

DArsenal 0-0 Liverpool09/01/1999

LManchester United 2-1 Liverpool24/01/1999

Overall

VMiddlesbrough 1-3 Liverpool26/12/1998

VLiverpool 4-2 Newcastle United28/12/1998

VPort Vale 0-3 Liverpool03/01/1999

DArsenal 0-0 Liverpool09/01/1999

VLiverpool 7-1 Southampton16/01/1999

LManchester United 2-1 Liverpool24/01/1999

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	6	1
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	6	4
Invincibility streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

22	Number of games (Competition total)	22
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
5	Victories (Competition total)	10
4	Victories (Home / Away)	4
5	Draws (Competition total)	5
4	Draws (Home / Away)	2
12	Losses (Competition total)	7
3	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

21	Goals scored (Competition total)	43
15	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
31	Goals conceded (Competition total)	26
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
0.95	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.95
1.36	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.36
1.41	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.18
1.09	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.18

Betting aid

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

Bookings

44	Yellow cards (Competition total)	46
23	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	31
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Darren Huckerby	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	Michael Owen
Darren Huckerby	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Michael Owen
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Robbie Fowler
Darren Huckerby	4 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last match	Robbie Fowler

Historical head to head

Home

34 matches

9 v

13 d

12 l

28 gf

37 ga

Away

37 matches

4 v

6 d

27 l

23 gf

79 ga

Total

71 matches

13 v

19 d

39 l

51 gf

116 ga

Historical head to head

Home

37 matches

27 v

6 d

4 l

79 gf

23 ga

Away

34 matches

12 v

13 d

9 l

37 gf

28 ga

Total

71 matches

39 v

19 d

13 l

116 gf

51 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	December 19, 1992
Home	5 - 1	December 19, 1992

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	May 05, 1990
Away	6 - 1	May 05, 1990

Latest head to head

September 09, 1998 - Premier League 1998/1999

Liverpool

2 - 0

Coventry

April 19, 1998 - Premier League 1997/1998

Coventry

1 - 1

Liverpool

January 03, 1998 - FA Cup 1997/1998

Liverpool

1 - 3

Coventry

December 20, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Liverpool

1 - 0

Coventry

April 06, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Liverpool

1 - 2

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Peter Ndlovu	3 goals	1995 - 1995
Terry Gibson	3 goals	1983 - 1983
Dion Dublin	3 goals	1997 - 1998
Ernie Hunt	2 goals	1970 - 1972
Kevin Gallacher	2 goals	1990 - 1992
Ferguson Michael	2 goals	1976 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Ian Rush	15 goals	1982 - 1994
Jan Mölby	6 goals	1986 - 1995
John Toshack	5 goals	1972 - 1976
David Johnson	5 goals	1976 - 1980
Kevin Keegan	5 goals	1972 - 1976
Ronnie Whelan	4 goals	1986 - 1989

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Mick Coop	24 matches	1967 - 1980
Steve Ogrizovic	22 matches	1984 - 1998
Brian Borrows	20 matches	1985 - 1996
Billy Glazier	15 matches	1967 - 1974
Tommy Hutchison	15 matches	1972 - 1980
Willie Carr	14 matches	1967 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Emelyn Hughes	28 matches	1967 - 1979
Ian Rush	27 matches	1982 - 1996
Phil Neal	24 matches	1975 - 1985
Ray Clemence	24 matches	1970 - 1980
Ian Callaghan	23 matches	1967 - 1978
Alan Hansen	23 matches	1977 - 1989