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
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟥 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
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
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
🟥 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, 1984-1997
Kick off: 12.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | 1991-1994
🕒 77 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 | 21 🟥 23 | 1.56
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 26 Dec 1992, Villa 0-3 Coventry, Highfield Road
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Roger Dilkes | 🏴 | Mossley, 1984-1997
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
None
CARDS
🟨 Peter Atherton
🟨 Micky Quinn
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 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
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Stefan Beinlich | 🇩🇪 | | 4 | 4* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3* | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 | | 10* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 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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