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Coventry 3-1 Chelsea - April 09, 1997 / Premier League 1996/1997

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Premier League 1996/1997 - Round 33

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

April 09, 1997

19 917

Coventry

3 - 1

Chelsea

Dion Dublin

49'

Paul Williams

51'

Noel Whelan

58'

43'

Paul Hughes

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43' - Goal Paul Hughes

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49' - Goal Dion Dublin49

51' - Goal Paul Williams51

58' - Goal Noel Whelan58

62' - Substitution Paul Hughesis substituted by Gianluca Vialli

79' - Substitution Peter Ndlovuis substituted by Darren Huckerby79

85' - Substitution Mark Hughesis substituted by Danny Granville

87' - Substitution Gordon Strachanis substituted by Kevin Richardson87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

3 - 1

Chelsea

Coventry Chelsea

Team line-ups

Coventry

Ogrizovic

Steve Ogrizovic

England

B.date12/09/1957

Age39 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Borrows

Brian Borrows

England

B.date20/12/1960

Age36 years

H1m78

positionSweeper

Williams51

Paul Williams

England

B.date26/03/1971

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Shaw

Richard Shaw

England

B.date11/09/1968

Age28 years

H1m76

positionCentral defender

Burrows

David Burrows

England

B.date25/10/1968

Age28 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Telfer

Paul Telfer

Scotland

B.date21/10/1971

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Strachan87

Gordon Strachan

Scotland

B.date09/02/1957

Age40 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

McAllister

Gary McAllister

Scotland

B.date25/12/1964

Age32 years

H1m86

positionPlaymaker

Ndlovu79

Peter Ndlovu

Zimbabwe

B.date25/02/1973

Age24 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Dublin49

Dion Dublin

England

B.date22/04/1969

Age27 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Whelan58

Noel Whelan

England

B.date30/12/1974

Age22 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Steve Ogrizovic		39	496	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Borrows		36	421	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Williams	51	26	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Shaw		28	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Burrows		28	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Telfer		25	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Strachan	87	40	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary McAllister		32	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Ndlovu	79	24	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dion Dublin	49	27	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Noel Whelan	58	22	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

145

Chelsea

Grodas

Frode Grodas

Norway

B.date24/10/1964

Age32 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Leboeuf

Frank Leboeuf

France

B.date22/01/1968

Age29 years

H1m84

positionSweeper

Sinclair

Frank Sinclair

Jamaica

B.date03/12/1971

Age25 years

H1m73

positionRight central defender

Minto

Scott Minto

England

B.date06/08/1971

Age25 years

positionLeft full-back

Clarke

Steve Clarke

Scotland

B.date29/08/1963

Age33 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Burley

Craig Burley

Scotland

B.date24/09/1971

Age25 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Newton

Eddie Newton

England

B.date13/12/1971

Age25 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Paul Hughes4362

Paul Hughes

England

B.date19/04/1976

Age20 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Di Matteo

Roberto Di Matteo

Italy

B.date29/05/1970

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Mark Hughes85

Mark Hughes

Wales

B.date01/11/1963

Age33 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Zola

Gianfranco Zola

Italy

B.date05/07/1966

Age30 years

H1m68

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Frode Grodas		32	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Leboeuf		29	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Sinclair		25	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Scott Minto		25	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Clarke		33	307	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Burley		25	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eddie Newton		25	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Hughes	4362	20	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roberto Di Matteo		26	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hughes	85	33	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gianfranco Zola		30	25	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Kevin Richardson	87	34	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Darren Huckerby	79	20	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Danny Granville	85	22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Gianluca Vialli	62	32	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gordon Strachan

Kevin Richardson

OUT

Brian Borrows

Darren Huckerby

OUT

Paul Telfer

Eoin Jess

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Roberto Di Matteo

Jody Morris

OUT

Mark Hughes

Gianluca Vialli

OUT

Frank Sinclair

Erland Johnsen

OUT

Frank Leboeuf

Dan Petrescu

OUT

Eddie Newton

Paul Parker

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Strachan

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Strachan vs Chelsea

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 09, 1997

Strachan vs Gullit

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 09, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Ruud Gullit

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Gullit vs Coventry

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 09, 1997

Gullit vs Strachan

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 09, 1997

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Key figures

Chelsea keeps its 8 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home running (since 11/01/1997).

It's the first time Paul Williams scores a goal in Premier League since the 09/03/1996 (with vs )

Coventry keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 15/03/1997).

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LCoventry 0-2 Manchester United18/01/1997

DCoventry 1-1 Woking25/01/1997

DCoventry 0-0 Everton22/02/1997

DCoventry 1-1 Wimbledon FC03/03/1997

DCoventry 0-0 Leicester08/03/1997

LCoventry 1-3 West Ham22/03/1997

Overall

LManchester United 3-1 Coventry01/03/1997

DCoventry 1-1 Wimbledon FC03/03/1997

DCoventry 0-0 Leicester08/03/1997

LNewcastle United 4-0 Coventry15/03/1997

LCoventry 1-3 West Ham22/03/1997

VLiverpool 1-2 Coventry06/04/1997

Current form

Away

VTottenham 1-2 Chelsea01/02/1997

DLeicester 2-2 Chelsea16/02/1997

LDerby County 3-2 Chelsea01/03/1997

VPortsmouth 1-4 Chelsea09/03/1997

LWest Ham 3-2 Chelsea12/03/1997

LMiddlesbrough 1-0 Chelsea22/03/1997

Overall

VPortsmouth 1-4 Chelsea09/03/1997

LWest Ham 3-2 Chelsea12/03/1997

VChelsea 6-2 Sunderland16/03/1997

VChelsea 1-0 Southampton19/03/1997

LMiddlesbrough 1-0 Chelsea22/03/1997

LChelsea 0-3 Arsenal05/04/1997

Running streaks

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

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	2
Winless streak	2	2
Drawless streak	4	6
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	7	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

33	Number of games (Competition total)	32
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
7	Victories (Competition total)	13
3	Victories (Home / Away)	5
12	Draws (Competition total)	10
7	Draws (Home / Away)	3
14	Losses (Competition total)	9
6	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

29	Goals scored (Competition total)	51
14	Goals scored (Home / Away)	20
47	Goals conceded (Competition total)	47
19	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	26
0.88	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.59
0.88	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.33
1.42	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.47
1.19	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.73

Betting aid

17	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
14	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
7	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	20
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
0-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (2 times)

Bookings

41	Yellow cards (Competition total)	64
15	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	35
5	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Dion Dublin	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Gianluca Vialli
Dion Dublin	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Gianluca Vialli
Gary McAllister	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Frank Leboeuf
Gary McAllister	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Dion Dublin	3 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 4 matches	Gianfranco Zola

Historical head to head

Home

23 matches

8 v

6 d

9 l

32 gf

34 ga

Away

23 matches

4 v

6 d

13 l

25 gf

38 ga

Total

46 matches

12 v

12 d

22 l

57 gf

72 ga

Historical head to head

Home

23 matches

13 v

6 d

4 l

38 gf

25 ga

Away

23 matches

9 v

6 d

8 l

34 gf

32 ga

Total

46 matches

22 v

12 d

12 l

72 gf

57 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	January 14, 1978
Home	5 - 1	January 14, 1978

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	November 03, 1984
Away	3 - 0	February 28, 1970

Latest head to head

August 24, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Chelsea

2 - 0

Coventry

February 10, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Coventry

1 - 0

Chelsea

August 30, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Chelsea

2 - 2

Coventry

February 04, 1995 - Premier League 1994/1995

Coventry

2 - 2

Chelsea

November 06, 1994 - Premier League 1994/1995

Chelsea

2 - 2

Coventry

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Ian Wallace	4 goals	1977 - 1979
Mick Coop	3 goals	1974 - 1978
Ferguson Michael	3 goals	1978 - 1979
Peter Ndlovu	3 goals	1994 - 1995
David Cross	2 goals	1974 - 1974
Micky Gynn	2 goals	1984 - 1991

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Peter Osgood	5 goals	1968 - 1973
Kerry Dixon	5 goals	1984 - 1990
Charlie Cooke	3 goals	1969 - 1974
John Spencer	3 goals	1993 - 1995
Bill Garner	3 goals	1972 - 1974
Kevin Wilson	3 goals	1988 - 1989

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Steve Ogrizovic	20 matches	1984 - 1996
Brian Borrows	17 matches	1985 - 1996
Billy Glazier	14 matches	1967 - 1974
Mick Coop	14 matches	1968 - 1979
Willie Carr	13 matches	1968 - 1974
Cyrille Regis	11 matches	1984 - 1991

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/09/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

Ron Harris	20 matches	1967 - 1979
Peter Bonetti	18 matches	1967 - 1979
John Hollins	16 matches	1967 - 1974
Steve Clarke	15 matches	1987 - 1996
Kerry Dixon	14 matches	1984 - 1992
David Webb	12 matches	1968 - 1974