Game #2595 | League game #2367
Season game #10 | Division One game #9
Highfield Road game # | Dave Sexton game #
Coventry City 12th | Aston Villa 16th (22)

The defending champions have won only one in nine but keep up their long unbeaten record at Highfield Road. Jimmy Rimmer plays with pain-killing injections and keeps Villa in the game. Hateley beats him with a looping far-post header but City let the Brummies off the hook.