Game #4242
Aston Villa
Saturday, 26 December 1992
Lost
4th (-2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥
Premier League
Coventry City
Highfield Road
Attendance: 24,245
🟥 26 Dec 1992, Villa 0-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
Coventry City
3-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
🟥 26 Dec 1992, Villa 0-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 26 December 1992
🕒 | HT Coventry City 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 52’ Goal, 0-1, (Coventry City), Micky Quinn
🥅 | 55’ Goal, 0-2, (Coventry City), Micky Quinn
🥅 | 59’ Goal, 0-3, (Coventry City), Robert Rosario
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Cyrille Regis, Sub on, Stefan Beinlich
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Garry Parker, Sub on, Neil Cox
🟨 | Booking, Kevin Richardson, Foul
🕒 | FT Coventry City 3-0 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟥 26 Dec 1992, Villa 0-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 26 December 1992
Coventry, having put five past Liverpool in their previous game, inflict Villa's biggest ever defeat against Cov and only their seventh loss to the Highfield Road side in fifty six years.
Ray Houghton makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W11 D9 L5, 1 Goal and 6 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.57 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Meanwhile, Dean Saunders’ Premier League goalless streak extends to 7 games.
🟥 26 Dec 1992, Villa 0-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
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Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Coventry City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1986-87
Aston Villa
Coventry City
🟥 26 Dec 1992, Villa 0-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1992-93 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #77 |
Saturday, 26 December 1992
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🟥 26 Dec 1992, Villa 0-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Roger Dilkes | 🏴 | Mossley, Lancashire, 1983-1998
Kick off: 12.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 77 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 | 21 🟥 23 | 1.56
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
🟥 26 Dec 1992, Villa 0-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Roger Dilkes | 🏴 | Mossley, Lancashire, 1983-1998
Matches Officiated: 10
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 26 December 1991, Villa 3-1 West Ham, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
🟥 26 Dec 1992, Villa 0-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
In two changes from the team that drew with Manchester City, Cyrille Regis replaces Dalian Atkinson, whilst Bryan Small comes in for Dwight Yorke.
Starting XI Average Age | 28.99 |
Oldest Player |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 | 34.90 |
Youngest Player |
LB Bryan Small | 🏴 | 21.14 |
🟥 26 Dec 1992, Villa 0-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
LB Bryan Small | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Bobby Gould | 🏴 |
Coventry City
GK Jonathan Gould | 🏴 |
RB Brian Borrows | 🏴 |
RB Peter Atherton | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Paul Williams | 🏴 |
CB Phil Babb | 🇮🇪 |
LB Kenny Sansom | 🏴 |
M Lee Hurst | 🏴 |
M Lloyd McGrath | 🏴 |
W Kevin Gallacher | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Robert Rosario | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Micky Quinn | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🔁 |
🟥 26 Dec 1992, Villa 0-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 M Stefan Beinlich | 🇩🇪 | for CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 | 75’ |
🔁 RB Neil Cox | 🏴 | for M Garry Parker | 🏴 | 83’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Kevin Gallacher | 🏴 | (CF Peter Ndlovu | 🇿🇼 |)
🔁 | CF Micky Quinn | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🟨 | (CB Andy Pearce | 🏴 |)
🟥 26 Dec 1992, Villa 0-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Steve Ogrizovic | 🏴 |
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
🟥 26 Dec 1992, Villa 0-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Stefan Beinlich | 🇩🇪 | | 4 | 4* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3* | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Unused | |
|---|---|
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | | 10* |
🟥 26 Dec 1992, Villa 0-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/14
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/14
🟥 26 Dec 1992, Villa 0-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟥 26 Dec 1992, Villa 0-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟥 26 Dec 1992, Villa 0-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH QUOTES
🟥 26 Dec 1992, Villa 0-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH REPORTS
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