[24
OCT 01] COVENTRY CITY MATCH
PREVIEW
Wimbledon v Coventry City
TIME
& PLACE
| KICK-OFF |
Wednesday 24 October, 7.45pm |
| VENUE |
Selhurst
Park |
| LIVE
COMMENTARY |
COVENTRY
[REAL
AUDIO] |
WIMBLEDON
[WINDOWS
MEDIA PLAYER] |
| CREWE
WEBSITES |
OFFICIAL
: FAN1
: FAN2 |
TEAM
NEWS
Keith
O'Neill and Paul
Williams are both now back in training and could be in
contention for places in the team against Wimbledon.
The only new injury from Sunday's game is Youssef
Chippo who suffered a knock on the knee.
Nilsson will be waiting to see if Magnus
Hedman has fully recovered from the illness which caused him to
pull out of the Crewe game just before kick-off. Contract-locked Andy
Goram will step in if the Swede is not fully recovered.
STATISTICS
| BIGGEST
COVENTRY HOME WIN |
2 - 0
(15
January 2000) |
| BIGGEST
COVENTRY AWAY WIN |
2 - 0
(27
April 1996) |
BIGGEST
WIMBLEDON
HOME WIN |
2 - 0
(10
December 1994) |
BIGGEST
WIMBLEDON
AWAY WIN |
2 - 0
(30
January 1993) |
| LAST
WIMBLEDON HOME WIN |
2 - 1
(5
December 1998) |
| LAST
COVENTRY AWAY WIN |
2 - 1
(1
November 1997) |
| COVENTRY'S
RECORD AGAINST WIMBLEDON |
| HOME |
PL 16 :
W 6 : D 6 : L 4 |
| AWAY |
PL 14 :
W 6 : D 4 : L 4 |
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|
| CURRENT
FORM (League & Cup) |
| COVENTRY |
D W L W
D W |
| WIMBLEDON |
W W D W
L W |
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| CURRENT
LEAGUE POSITION |
| COVENTRY |
6th : 24
points |
| WIMBLEDON |
13th :
19 points |
INTERESTING FACTS
Gates at Wimbledon v Coventry games
have traditionally been low and the 3,270 gate for the Christmas
1991 game at Selhurst Park was the lowest crowd for a City league
game for almost thirty years. A Stewart
Robson goal cancelling out a Robbie Earle effort for Wimbledon.
The highest gate at a Wimbledon home
game v Coventry was 15,796 at Selhurst Park in April 1996 when a
large Coventry contingent, estimated at 7,000 boosted the crowd for
the penultimate game of the season. Two goals from Peter
Ndlovu made City safe from relegation in a 2-0 win.
City's early season 2-1 win at
Selhurst Park in 1992 was a momentous day as the Sky Blues became
the first ever leaders of the FA Premier League, having a 100%
record after three games.
In 28 league meetings between the
clubs neither side has won a game by more than two goals and the
only time either side has scored three goals the games have ended in
3-3 draws.
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