Charlton Athletic 1-2 Coventry City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 9 December 2008

Result

Charlton Athletic 1-2 Coventry City

Championship · Tuesday 9 December 2008, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Charlton Athletic 1-2 Coventry City: match report

Charlton Athletic lost to Coventry City 1-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 9 December 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.

R. Simpson opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Charlton Athletic's goal came from D. Burton (49', penalty). Coventry City scored through R. Simpson (40') and Danny Fox (50').

Discipline: Charlton Athletic received 3 yellow cards; Coventry City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Charlton Athletic were 24th on 17 points from 21 and Coventry City 17th on 25 points from 21. Charlton Athletic went on to finish that season 24th with 39 points, and Coventry City 17th with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Charlton Athletic win, 3 draws and 0 for Coventry City.

Going into the match Charlton Athletic's last five read L-D-L-L-L and Coventry City's D-L-D-W-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Goal · R. SimpsonCoventry City · 0-1
  • 49'Penalty goal · D. BurtonCharlton Athletic · 1-1
  • 50'Goal · Danny FoxCoventry City · 1-2
  • 70'Yellow card · Hameur BouazzaCharlton Athletic
  • 76'Yellow card · Jonathan FortuneCharlton Athletic
  • 82'Yellow card · Martin CranieCharlton Athletic
  • 84'Yellow card · Danny FoxCoventry City
  • 90'Yellow card · R. SimpsonCoventry City

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Charlton Athletic 1, draws 3, Coventry City 0.

Team news

Charlton Athletic expected line-up

Scott Carson, Luke Young, Souleymane Diawara, Alex Song, Zhi Zheng, Darren Ambrose, Matt Holland, Darren Bent, Hermann Hreidarsson, Talal El Karkouri