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Coventry City 11th, English Premiership |
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| English Premiership |
| No. | Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Attend |
| 1 | 09-Aug-97 | H | Chelsea | W | 3-2 | (1-1) | 22,686 |
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| 2 | 11-Aug-97 | A | Arsenal | L | 0-2 | (0-1) | 37,234 |
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| 3 | 23-Aug-97 | H | Bolton Wanderers | D | 2-2 | (2-0) | 16,633 |
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| 4 | 27-Aug-97 | H | West Ham United | D | 1-1 | (1-0) | 18,289 |
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| 5 | 30-Aug-97 | A | Manchester United | L | 0-3 | (0-1) | 55,074 |
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| 6 | 13-Sep-97 | H | Southampton | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | 18,659 |
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| 7 | 20-Sep-97 | A | Sheffield Wednesday | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | 21,087 |
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| 8 | 24-Sep-97 | H | Crystal Palace | D | 1-1 | (1-1) | 15,900 |
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| 9 | 28-Sep-97 | A | Blackburn Rovers | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | 19,086 |
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| 10 | 04-Oct-97 | H | Leeds United | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | 17,770 |
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| 11 | 20-Oct-97 | A | Barnsley | L | 0-2 | (0-1) | 17,463 |
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| 12 | 25-Oct-97 | H | Everton | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | 18,760 |
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| 13 | 01-Nov-97 | A | Wimbledon | W | 2-1 | (2-1) | 11,201 |
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| 14 | 08-Nov-97 | H | Newcastle United | D | 2-2 | (1-1) | 22,679 |
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| 15 | 22-Nov-97 | A | Derby County | L | 1-3 | (0-3) | 29,351 |
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| 16 | 29-Nov-97 | H | Leicester City | L | 0-2 | (0-1) | 18,309 |
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| 17 | 06-Dec-97 | A | Aston Villa | L | 0-3 | (0-1) | 33,250 |
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| 18 | 13-Dec-97 | H | Tottenham Hotspur | W | 4-0 | (1-0) | 19,490 |
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| 19 | 20-Dec-97 | A | Liverpool | L | 0-1 | (0-1) | 39,707 |
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| 20 | 26-Dec-97 | A | West Ham United | L | 0-1 | (0-1) | 22,477 |
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| 21 | 28-Dec-97 | H | Manchester United | W | 3-2 | (1-1) | 23,055 |
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| 22 | 10-Jan-98 | A | Chelsea | L | 1-3 | (1-0) | 33,395 |
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| 23 | 17-Jan-98 | H | Arsenal | D | 2-2 | (1-0) | 22,864 |
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| 24 | 31-Jan-98 | A | Bolton Wanderers | W | 5-1 | (1-1) | 25,000 |
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| 25 | 07-Feb-98 | H | Sheffield Wednesday | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | 18,375 |
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| 26 | 18-Feb-98 | A | Southampton | W | 2-1 | (2-0) | 15,091 |
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| 27 | 21-Feb-98 | H | Barnsley | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | 20,265 |
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| 28 | 28-Feb-98 | A | Crystal Palace | W | 3-0 | (2-0) | 21,810 |
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| 29 | 14-Mar-98 | A | Newcastle United | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | 36,767 |
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| 30 | 28-Mar-98 | H | Derby County | W | 1-0 | (1-0) | 18,705 |
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| 31 | 04-Apr-98 | A | Leicester City | D | 1-1 | (0-0) | 21,137 |
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| 32 | 11-Apr-98 | H | Aston Villa | L | 1-2 | (0-1) | 22,792 |
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| 33 | 13-Apr-98 | A | Tottenham Hotspur | D | 1-1 | (0-0) | 33,463 |
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| 34 | 19-Apr-98 | H | Liverpool | D | 1-1 | (0-1) | 22,721 |
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| 35 | 25-Apr-98 | A | Leeds United | D | 3-3 | (2-2) | 36,522 |
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| 36 | 29-Apr-98 | H | Wimbledon | D | 0-0 | (0-0) | 17,968 |
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| 37 | 02-May-98 | H | Blackburn Rovers | W | 2-0 | (2-0) | 18,794 |
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| 38 | 10-May-98 | A | Everton | D | 1-1 | (0-1) | 40,109 |
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| English FA Cup |
| Round | Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Attend |
| 3 | 03-Jan-98 | A | Liverpool | W | 3-1 | (1-1) | 33,888 |
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| 4 | 24-Jan-98 | H | Derby County | W | 2-0 | (2-0) | 22,864 |
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| 5 | 14-Feb-98 | A | Aston Villa | W | 1-0 | (0-0) | 36,979 |
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| QF | 07-Mar-98 | H | Sheffield United | D | 1-1 | (1-1) | 23,084 |
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| QFrr | 17-Mar-98 | A | Sheffield United | D | 1-1 | (1-0) | 29,034 |
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| English League Cup |
| Round | Date | Ven | Opponent | Result | HT | Attend |
| 2 L1 | 16-Sep-97 | A | Blackpool | L | 0-1 | (0-0) | 5,884 |
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| 2 L2 | 01-Oct-97 | H | Blackpool | W | 3-1 | (0-1) | 9,565 |
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| 3 | 15-Oct-97 | H | Everton | W | 4-1 | (2-1) | 10,087 |
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| 4 | 18-Nov-97 | A | Arsenal | L | 0-1 | (0-0) | 30,199 |
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Home and away results against each team, listed in the current league table standings
| Home | Team | Away | Pts |
| D 2-2 | Arsenal | L 0-2 | 1 |
| W 3-2 | Manchester United | L 0-3 | 3 |
| D 1-1 | Liverpool | L 0-1 | 1 |
| W 3-2 | Chelsea | L 1-3 | 3 |
| D 0-0 | Leeds United | D 3-3 | 2 |
| W 2-0 | Blackburn Rovers | D 0-0 | 4 |
| L 1-2 | Aston Villa | L 0-3 | 0 |
| D 1-1 | West Ham United | L 0-1 | 1 |
| W 1-0 | Derby County | L 1-3 | 3 |
| L 0-2 | Leicester City | D 1-1 | 1 |
| Coventry City | |
| W 1-0 | Southampton | W 2-1 | 6 |
| D 2-2 | Newcastle United | D 0-0 | 2 |
| W 4-0 | Tottenham Hotspur | D 1-1 | 4 |
| D 0-0 | Wimbledon | W 2-1 | 4 |
| W 1-0 | Sheffield Wednesday | D 0-0 | 4 |
| D 0-0 | Everton | D 1-1 | 2 |
| D 2-2 | Bolton Wanderers | W 5-1 | 4 |
| W 1-0 | Barnsley | L 0-2 | 3 |
| D 1-1 | Crystal Palace | W 3-0 | 4 |
| Leading Scorers |
League Cup |
| Dublin | | 23 | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Huckerby | | 15 | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Whelan | | 6 | |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Telfer | | 5 | |  |  |  |  |  |
| Hall | | 2 | |  |  |
| McAllister | | 2 | |  |  |
| Moldovan | | 2 | |  |  |
| Salako | | 2 | |  |  |
| Boateng | | 1 | |  |
| Breen | | 1 | |  |
| Haworth | | 1 | |  |
| Soltvedt | | 1 | |  |
Score distributions by match - goals scored by row, and goals conceded by column. Each box shows the number of this season's matches with the resulting scoreline.
| League | Cup |
 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 |
| 5 | | 1 |
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 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 |
| 3 | | 2 |
| 4 | | 1 |
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When the goals have been scored and conceded this season
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