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Coventry 0-1 Man United - February 20, 1999 / Premier League 1998/1999

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Premier League 1998/1999 - Round 26

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

February 20, 1999

22 596

Coventry

0 - 1

Man United

78'

Ryan Giggs

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46' - Substitution Jaap Stamis substituted by Henning Berg

64' - Substitution Noel Whelanis substituted by John Aloisi64

73' - Substitution Andy Coleis substituted by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

78' - Goal Ryan Giggs

85' - Substitution David Burrowsis substituted by Trond-Egil Soltvedt85

85' - Substitution Dwight Yorkeis substituted by Phil Neville

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

0 - 1

Man United

Coventry Man United

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

Burrows85

David Burrows

England

B.date25/10/1968

Age30 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Nilsson

Roland Nilsson

Sweden

B.date27/11/1963

Age35 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Telfer

Paul Telfer

Scotland

B.date21/10/1971

Age27 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Huckerby

Darren Huckerby

England

B.date23/04/1976

Age22 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

Boateng

George Boateng

Netherlands

B.date05/09/1975

Age23 years

H1m82

positionMidfield

Froggatt

Steve Froggatt

England

B.date09/03/1973

Age25 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

McAllister

Gary McAllister

Scotland

B.date25/12/1964

Age34 years

H1m86

positionPlaymaker

Whelan64

Noel Whelan

England

B.date30/12/1974

Age24 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Magnus Hedman		25	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Williams		27	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Shaw		30	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Burrows	85	30	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roland Nilsson		35	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Telfer		27	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Huckerby		22	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Boateng		23	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Froggatt		25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary McAllister		34	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Noel Whelan	64	24	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Man United

Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Denmark

B.date18/11/1963

Age35 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Stam46

Jaap Stam

Netherlands

B.date17/07/1972

Age26 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Johnsen

Ronny Johnsen

Norway

B.date10/06/1969

Age29 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Irwin

Denis Irwin

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/10/1965

Age33 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Neville

Gary Neville

England

B.date18/02/1975

Age24 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Keane

Roy Keane

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/08/1971

Age27 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Giggs78

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age25 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Beckham

David Beckham

England

B.date02/05/1975

Age23 years

H1m82

positionRight Midfielder

Scholes

Paul Scholes

England

B.date16/11/1974

Age24 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

Yorke85

Dwight Yorke

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date03/11/1971

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

Cole73

Andy Cole

England

B.date15/10/1971

Age27 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Schmeichel		35	378	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jaap Stam	46	26	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ronny Johnsen		29	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Denis Irwin		33	416	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Neville		24	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roy Keane		27	212	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ryan Giggs	78	25	344	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Beckham		23	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Scholes		24	163	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dwight Yorke	85	27	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Cole	73	27	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

202

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Trond-Egil Soltvedt	85	32	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		John Aloisi	64	23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Henning Berg	46	29	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neville	85	22	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ole Gunnar Solskjaer	73	25	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paul Williams

Muhamed Konjic

OUT

Paul Telfer

Trond-Egil Soltvedt

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Denis Irwin

Phil Neville

OUT

Ryan Giggs

Nicky Butt

OUT

Paul Scholes

Jesper Blomqvist

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Strachan

110

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Strachan vs Man United

1 victory

0 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on February 20, 1999

Strachan vs Ferguson

1 victory

0 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on February 20, 1999

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

666

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Ferguson vs Coventry

17 victories

5 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on February 20, 1999

Ferguson vs Strachan

5 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 20, 1999

Referee

Dermot Gallagher

2 victories	5 draws	6 losses	Coventry13 matches	General total	Man United30 matches	18 victories	9 draws	3 losses
0 victory	0 draw	2 losses	Coventry2 matches	Season total	Man United2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 08, 2006					Latest figure on May 01, 2005

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Key figures

Coventry keeps its 3 consecutive losses running (since 13/02/1999).

Coventry keeps its 10 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Man United running (since 03/01/1995). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 01/04/1972 (8 matches)

Only back at the time of Terry Butcher head of Coventry (14/11/1990-06/01/1992), you can see a maanger go beneath Gordon Strachan with 1.33 goals conceded per game in Premier League (1.22).

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

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

VCoventry 2-1 Liverpool30/01/1999

Overall

LChelsea 2-1 Coventry16/01/1999

VLeicester 0-3 Coventry23/01/1999

VCoventry 2-1 Liverpool30/01/1999

DTottenham 0-0 Coventry06/02/1999

LEverton 2-1 Coventry13/02/1999

LNewcastle United 4-1 Coventry17/02/1999

Current form

Away

DAston Villa 1-1 Manchester United05/12/1998

DTottenham 2-2 Manchester United12/12/1998

DChelsea 0-0 Manchester United29/12/1998

VLeicester 2-6 Manchester United16/01/1999

VCharlton 0-1 Manchester United31/01/1999

VNottingham Forest 1-8 Manchester United06/02/1999

Overall

VManchester United 2-1 Liverpool24/01/1999

VCharlton 0-1 Manchester United31/01/1999

VManchester United 1-0 Derby County03/02/1999

VNottingham Forest 1-8 Manchester United06/02/1999

VManchester United 1-0 Fulham14/02/1999

DManchester United 1-1 Arsenal17/02/1999

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	7	0
Winless streak	0	3
Drawless streak	3	2
Scoring streak	7	2
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	6	11
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	0
Scoring streak	3	9
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

25	Number of games (Competition total)	26
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
6	Victories (Competition total)	14
5	Victories (Home / Away)	5
6	Draws (Competition total)	9
4	Draws (Home / Away)	5
13	Losses (Competition total)	3
3	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

24	Goals scored (Competition total)	60
17	Goals scored (Home / Away)	27
36	Goals conceded (Competition total)	28
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	14
0.96	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.31
1.42	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.25
1.44	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.08
1.08	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.17

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
1-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (2 times)

Bookings

51	Yellow cards (Competition total)	40
23	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	21
0	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Darren Huckerby	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	15 goals	Dwight Yorke
Darren Huckerby	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Dwight Yorke
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Denis Irwin
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Paul Scholes
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Paul Scholes
Noel Whelan	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	7 goals during the last 6 matches	Andy Cole

Historical head to head

Home

36 matches

14 v

8 d

14 l

44 gf

50 ga

Away

38 matches

8 v

8 d

22 l

25 gf

67 ga

Total

74 matches

22 v

16 d

36 l

69 gf

117 ga

Historical head to head

Home

38 matches

22 v

8 d

8 l

67 gf

25 ga

Away

36 matches

14 v

8 d

14 l

50 gf

44 ga

Total

74 matches

36 v

16 d

22 l

117 gf

69 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	December 28, 1982
Home	3 - 0	December 28, 1982

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 28, 1992
Away	4 - 0	November 22, 1995

Latest head to head

September 12, 1998 - Premier League 1998/1999

Man United

2 - 0

Coventry

December 28, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Coventry

3 - 2

Man United

August 30, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Man United

3 - 0

Coventry

March 01, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Man United

3 - 1

Coventry

January 18, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Coventry

0 - 2

Man United

Best historical scorers against Man United

Ernie Hunt	3 goals	1969 - 1971
Brian Alderson	3 goals	1973 - 1974
Terry Gibson	2 goals	1983 - 1985
Willie Carr	2 goals	1971 - 1972
Darren Huckerby	2 goals	1997 - 1997
Ian Wallace	2 goals	1977 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/03/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Mark Hughes	10 goals	1984 - 1992
Lou Macari	7 goals	1976 - 1983
George Best	5 goals	1967 - 1973
Bobby Charlton	5 goals	1963 - 1972
Andy Cole	4 goals	1995 - 1997
Éric Cantona	4 goals	1992 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/03/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Steve Ogrizovic	24 matches	1984 - 1997
Mick Coop	22 matches	1967 - 1981
Trevor Peake	15 matches	1983 - 1990
Brian Borrows	15 matches	1985 - 1995
Lloyd McGrath	14 matches	1985 - 1993
Billy Glazier	13 matches	1967 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/03/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Arthur Albiston	23 matches	1977 - 1988
Martin Buchan	20 matches	1972 - 1982
Mark Hughes	18 matches	1984 - 1995
Alex Stepney	18 matches	1967 - 1977
Brian McClair	18 matches	1987 - 1997
Sammy McIlroy	18 matches	1971 - 1981