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Coventry 3-0 Middlesbrough - December 28, 1996 / Premier League 1996/1997

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Premier League 1996/1997 - Round 21

Highfield Road - Coventry - England

December 28, 1996

20 617

3 - 0

Middlesbrough

Darren Huckerby

29'

(penalty) Gary McAllister

64'

(o.g) Craig Liddle

85'

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29' - Goal Darren Huckerby29

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59' - Substitution Craig Hignettis substituted by Andy Campbell

64' - Goal Gary McAllister64

74' - Substitution Chris Morrisis substituted by Jan Age Fjortoft

85' - Own goal Craig Liddle85

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Coventry

3 - 0

Middlesbrough

Coventry Middlesbrough

Team line-ups

Coventry

Ogrizovic

Steve Ogrizovic

England

B.date12/09/1957

Age39 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Shaw

Richard Shaw

England

B.date11/09/1968

Age28 years

H1m76

positionCentral defender

Williams

Paul Williams

England

B.date26/03/1971

Age25 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Daish

Liam Daish

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/09/1968

Age28 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Telfer

Paul Telfer

Scotland

B.date21/10/1971

Age25 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Richardson

Kevin Richardson

England

B.date04/12/1962

Age34 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Huckerby29

Darren Huckerby

England

B.date23/04/1976

Age20 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

Salako

John Salako

England

B.date11/02/1969

Age27 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

McAllister64

Gary McAllister

Scotland

B.date25/12/1964

Age32 years

H1m86

positionPlaymaker

Dublin

Dion Dublin

England

B.date22/04/1969

Age27 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Whelan

Noel Whelan

England

B.date30/12/1974

Age21 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Steve Ogrizovic		39	544	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Shaw		28	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Williams		25	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Liam Daish		28	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Telfer		25	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Richardson		34	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Huckerby	29	20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Salako		27	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary McAllister	64	32	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dion Dublin		27	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Noel Whelan		21	47	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

Middlesbrough

Walsh

Gary Walsh

England

B.date21/03/1968

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

Morris74

Chris Morris

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/12/1963

Age33 years

positionDefender

Cox

Neil Cox

England

B.date08/10/1971

Age25 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Liddle85

Craig Liddle

England

B.date21/10/1971

Age25 years

positionDefender

Vickers

Steve Vickers

England

B.date13/10/1967

Age29 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Emerson

Brazil

B.date12/04/1972

Age24 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

Hignett59

Craig Hignett

England

B.date12/01/1970

Age26 years

H1m79

positionCentre Midfield

Blackmore

Clayton Blackmore

Wales

B.date23/09/1964

Age32 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Juninho Paulista

Brazil

B.date22/02/1973

Age23 years

H1m67

positionPlaymaker

Beck

Mikkel Beck

Denmark

B.date04/05/1973

Age23 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Ravanelli

Fabrizio Ravanelli

Italy

B.date11/12/1968

Age28 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Walsh		28	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Morris	74	33	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Neil Cox		25	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Craig Liddle	85	25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Vickers		29	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Emerson		24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Hignett	59	26	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Clayton Blackmore		32	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Juninho Paulista		23	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mikkel Beck		23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fabrizio Ravanelli		28	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Jan Age Fjortoft	74	29	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Andy Campbell	59	17	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Chris Morris

Derek Whyte

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Strachan

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Strachan vs Middlesbrough

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 1996

Strachan vs Robson

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 1996

Manager

Age

Match num

Bryan Robson

126

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Robson vs Coventry

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 1996

Robson vs Strachan

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 1996

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Key figures

Middlesbrough keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw away from home running (since 03/11/1996).

Coventry keeps its 9 matches with at least one goal scored in Premier League running (since 04/11/1996). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 10/09/1994-03/12/1994 time period (13 matches).

No Middlesbrough manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Bryan Robson has done less than 1.03 goals scored per game in Premier League.

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DCoventry 1-1 Southampton13/10/1996

DCoventry 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday26/10/1996

LCoventry 0-1 Gillingham12/11/1996

LCoventry 1-2 Aston Villa23/11/1996

LCoventry 1-2 Tottenham07/12/1996

VCoventry 2-1 Newcastle United17/12/1996

Overall

DCoventry 1-1 Southampton13/10/1996

DCoventry 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday26/10/1996

LCoventry 0-1 Gillingham12/11/1996

LCoventry 1-2 Aston Villa23/11/1996

LCoventry 1-2 Tottenham07/12/1996

VCoventry 2-1 Newcastle United17/12/1996

Current form

Overall

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Wimbledon FC26/10/1996

DMiddlesbrough 2-2 Manchester United23/11/1996

VMiddlesbrough 3-1 Newcastle United27/11/1996

LMiddlesbrough 0-2 Leicester03/12/1996

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Leeds United07/12/1996

VMiddlesbrough 4-2 Everton26/12/1996

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	4	4
Scoring streak	3	3
Conceding streak	4	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

19	Number of games (Competition total)	19
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
4	Victories (Competition total)	4
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
7	Draws (Competition total)	6
3	Draws (Home / Away)	2
8	Losses (Competition total)	9
4	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

17	Goals scored (Competition total)	25
7	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
25	Goals conceded (Competition total)	35
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	20
0.89	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.32
0.78	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.89
1.32	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.84
1.22	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.22

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)	3
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	10
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (2 times)

Bookings

11	Yellow cards (Competition total)	17
11	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Dion Dublin	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Fabrizio Ravanelli
Dion Dublin	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Fabrizio Ravanelli
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Juninho Paulista
Darren Huckerby	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals, 1 assist during the last 4 matches	Juninho Paulista

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

7 v

4 d

3 l

21 gf

15 ga

Away

16 matches

5 v

6 d

5 l

19 gf

24 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

31 matches

12 v

10 d

9 l

40 gf

40 ga

Historical head to head

Home

16 matches

5 v

6 d

5 l

24 gf

19 ga

Away

14 matches

3 v

4 d

7 l

15 gf

21 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

31 matches

9 v

10 d

12 l

40 gf

40 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	September 05, 1964
Home	3 - 0	September 05, 1964

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 07, 1996
Away	2 - 0	April 26, 1975

Latest head to head

September 07, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Middlesbrough

4 - 0

Coventry

February 24, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Coventry

0 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

September 16, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Middlesbrough

2 - 1

Coventry

February 06, 1993 - Premier League 1992/1993

Middlesbrough

0 - 2

Coventry

August 15, 1992 - Premier League 1992/1993

Coventry

2 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

David Speedie	3 goals	1988 - 1988
Ian Wallace	3 goals	1978 - 1980
Ray Graydon	2 goals	1977 - 1977
Gerry Daly	2 goals	1980 - 1981
James Holmes	2 goals	1974 - 1974
Alan Green	2 goals	1977 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/10/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Coventry

Bernie Slaven	4 goals	1988 - 1989
David Mills	4 goals	1974 - 1977
Graeme Souness	3 goals	1974 - 1976
Juninho Paulista	2 goals	1996 - 1996
William Woof	2 goals	1978 - 1981
Fabrizio Ravanelli	2 goals	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/10/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Tommy Hutchison	11 matches	1974 - 1980
Mick Coop	9 matches	1975 - 1981
Gary Gillespie	8 matches	1978 - 1982
Jim Blyth	7 matches	1976 - 1981
Steve Ogrizovic	7 matches	1988 - 1996
Barry Powell	7 matches	1976 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/10/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Coventry

David Armstrong	14 matches	1974 - 1981
John Craggs	14 matches	1974 - 1982
Jim Platt	12 matches	1974 - 1982
Anthony McAndrew	11 matches	1976 - 1982
Stuart Boam	10 matches	1974 - 1978
David Mills	9 matches	1974 - 1978