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Coventry 1-0 Derby County - March 28, 1998 / Premier League 1997/1998

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Premier League 1997/1998 - Round 31

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

March 28, 1998

18 705

Coventry

1 - 0

Derby County

Darren Huckerby

44'

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44' - Goal Darren Huckerby44

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54' - Substitution Darryl Powellis substituted by Deon Burton

72' - Substitution Igor Stimacis substituted by Gary Rowett

86' - Substitution Francesco Baianois substituted by Mauricio Solis

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

1 - 0

Derby County

Coventry Derby County

Team line-ups

Coventry

Ogrizovic

Steve Ogrizovic

England

B.date12/09/1957

Age40 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

Age29 years

H1m76

positionCentral defender

Burrows

David Burrows

England

B.date25/10/1968

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Nilsson

Roland Nilsson

Sweden

B.date27/11/1963

Age34 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Telfer

Paul Telfer

Scotland

B.date21/10/1971

Age26 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Huckerby44

Darren Huckerby

England

B.date23/04/1976

Age21 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

Soltvedt

Trond-Egil Soltvedt

Norway

B.date15/02/1967

Age31 years

H1m86

positionMidfield

Boateng

George Boateng

Netherlands

B.date05/09/1975

Age22 years

H1m82

positionMidfield

Dublin

Dion Dublin

England

B.date22/04/1969

Age28 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Whelan

Noel Whelan

England

B.date30/12/1974

Age23 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Steve Ogrizovic		40	525	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Breen		24	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Shaw		29	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Burrows		29	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roland Nilsson		34	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Telfer		26	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Huckerby	44	21	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trond-Egil Soltvedt		31	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Boateng		22	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dion Dublin		28	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Noel Whelan		23	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

111

Derby County

Hoult

Russell Hoult

England

B.date22/11/1972

Age25 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Stimac72

Igor Stimac

Croatia

B.date06/09/1967

Age30 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Dailly

Christian Dailly

Scotland

B.date23/10/1973

Age24 years

H1m82

positionVersatile Defender

Laursen

Jacob Laursen

Denmark

B.date06/10/1971

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

C. Powell

Chris Powell

England

B.date08/09/1969

Age28 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

D. Powell54

Darryl Powell

Jamaica

B.date15/11/1971

Age26 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Bohinen

Lars Bohinen

Norway

B.date08/09/1969

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

Carsley

Lee Carsley

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/02/1974

Age24 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Delap

Rory Delap

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/07/1976

Age21 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Baiano86

Francesco Baiano

Italy

B.date24/02/1968

Age30 years

H1m68

positionLeft Winger

Wanchope

Paulo Wanchope

Costa Rica

B.date31/07/1976

Age21 years

H1m92

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Russell Hoult		25	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Igor Stimac	72	30	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Christian Dailly		24	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jacob Laursen		26	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Powell		28	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darryl Powell	54	26	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lars Bohinen		28	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Carsley		24	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Rory Delap		21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Francesco Baiano	86	30	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paulo Wanchope		21	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Gary Rowett	72	24	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mauricio Solis	86	25	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Deon Burton	54	21	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Richard Shaw

Viorel Moldovan

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Russell Hoult

Mart Poom

OUT

Lars Bohinen

Stefano Eranio

OUT

Chris Powell

Gary Rowett

OUT

Rory Delap

Deon Burton

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Strachan

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Strachan vs Derby County

2 victories

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on March 28, 1998

Strachan vs Smith

2 victories

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on March 28, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Jim Smith

130

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Smith vs Coventry

8 victories

3 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on March 28, 1998

Smith vs Strachan

4 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 28, 1998

Referee

Keith Burge

3 victories	3 draws	7 losses	Coventry13 matches	General total	Derby County5 matches	1 victory	1 draw	3 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Coventry2 matches	Season total	Derby County3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 03, 1999					Latest figure on April 17, 1999

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Key figures

Coventry keeps its 3 1-0 at home in Premier League running (since 07/02/1998). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 13/04/1996 (2 matches)

Lars Bohinen played his game number 100 in Premier League

Only back at the time of John Sillett head of Coventry (02/06/1986-14/11/1990), you can see a manager go over Gordon Strachan with 34% of wins in Premier League (36%).

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCoventry 3-2 Manchester United28/12/1997

DCoventry 2-2 Arsenal17/01/1998

VCoventry 2-0 Derby County24/01/1998

VCoventry 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday07/02/1998

VCoventry 1-0 Barnsley21/02/1998

DCoventry 1-1 Sheffield United07/03/1998

Overall

VSouthampton 1-2 Coventry18/02/1998

VCoventry 1-0 Barnsley21/02/1998

VCrystal Palace 0-3 Coventry28/02/1998

DCoventry 1-1 Sheffield United07/03/1998

DNewcastle United 0-0 Coventry14/03/1998

DSheffield United 1-1 Coventry17/03/1998

Current form

Away

DNewcastle United 0-0 Derby County17/12/1997

LBarnsley 1-0 Derby County28/12/1997

DWimbledon FC 0-0 Derby County17/01/1998

LCoventry 2-0 Derby County24/01/1998

VEverton 1-2 Derby County14/02/1998

LManchester United 2-0 Derby County21/02/1998

Overall

VDerby County 2-1 Tottenham31/01/1998

LDerby County 0-1 Aston Villa07/02/1998

VEverton 1-2 Derby County14/02/1998

LManchester United 2-0 Derby County21/02/1998

VDerby County 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday28/02/1998

LDerby County 0-5 Leeds United15/03/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	7	11
Winless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	7	1
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	3	7
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	3	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

29	Number of games (Competition total)	29
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
10	Victories (Competition total)	13
6	Victories (Home / Away)	3
10	Draws (Competition total)	6
7	Draws (Home / Away)	3
9	Losses (Competition total)	10
1	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

35	Goals scored (Competition total)	44
21	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
35	Goals conceded (Competition total)	39
14	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	26
1.21	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.52
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.14
1.21	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.34
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.86

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	17
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
12	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	11
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	8
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
2-2 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (3 times)

Bookings

54	Yellow cards (Competition total)	62
22	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	31
5	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Dion Dublin	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Paulo Wanchope
Dion Dublin	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Francesco Baiano
Dion Dublin	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Stefano Eranio
Dion Dublin	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Dion Dublin	7 goals during the last 9 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 8 matches	Paulo Wanchope

Historical head to head

Home

27 matches

12 v

8 d

7 l

34 gf

28 ga

Away

25 matches

6 v

3 d

16 l

24 gf

45 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

2 gf

4 ga

Total

54 matches

18 v

11 d

25 l

60 gf

77 ga

Historical head to head

Home

25 matches

16 v

3 d

6 l

45 gf

24 ga

Away

27 matches

7 v

8 d

12 l

28 gf

34 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

2 ga

Total

54 matches

25 v

11 d

18 l

77 gf

60 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	April 13, 1991
Home	3 - 0	April 13, 1991

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	December 20, 1924
Away	3 - 0	March 19, 1988

Latest head to head

January 24, 1998 - FA Cup 1997/1998

Coventry

2 - 0

Derby County logo Derby County

November 22, 1997 - Premier League 1997/1998

Derby County

3 - 1

Coventry

May 03, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Coventry

1 - 2

Derby County logo Derby County

February 26, 1997 - FA Cup 1996/1997

Derby County

3 - 2

Coventry

November 30, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Derby County

2 - 1

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Derby County

Ian Wallace	6 goals	1977 - 1980
Ferguson Michael	4 goals	1977 - 1978
Neil Martin	3 goals	1969 - 1970
Dion Dublin	3 goals	1996 - 1998
Darren Huckerby	2 goals	1997 - 1997
Bobby McDonald	2 goals	1978 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Charles George	5 goals	1976 - 1978
Kevin Hector	3 goals	1970 - 1974
Ashley Ward	2 goals	1996 - 1997
Roy McFarland	2 goals	1969 - 1975
Dean Sturridge	2 goals	1997 - 1997
Alan Hinton	2 goals	1970 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Derby County

Tommy Hutchison	16 matches	1972 - 1980
Steve Ogrizovic	12 matches	1987 - 1997
Mick Coop	12 matches	1969 - 1980
Dennis Mortimer	10 matches	1971 - 1975
Willie Carr	9 matches	1969 - 1974
Alan Dugdale	9 matches	1972 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Roy McFarland	16 matches	1969 - 1980
Colin Todd	16 matches	1971 - 1978
Kevin Hector	15 matches	1969 - 1977
Archie Gemmill	12 matches	1971 - 1977
Colin Boulton	12 matches	1971 - 1977
Steve Powell	11 matches	1973 - 1979