Coventry City 2-0 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 29 April 2023

Result

Coventry City 2-0 Birmingham City

Championship · Saturday 29 April 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Coventry City · Birmingham City · Championship predictions

Coventry City 2-0 Birmingham City: match report

Coventry City defeated Birmingham City 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 29 April 2023. The half-time score was 2-0.

Josh Eccles opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Coventry City's goals came from Josh Eccles (3') and Viktor Gyökeres (42', penalty). Birmingham City did not score.

Discipline: Coventry City received no yellow cards; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Coventry City were 6th on 66 points from 44 and Birmingham City 17th on 53 points from 44. Coventry City went on to finish that season 5th with 75 points, and Birmingham City 17th with 53.

Coventry City lined up in a 3-5-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Viktor Gyökeres of Coventry City (8.1), ahead of Luke McNally (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Coventry City wins, 6 draws and 1 for Birmingham City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Josh EcclesCoventry City · 1-0
  • 42'Penalty goal · Viktor GyökeresCoventry City · 2-0
  • 49'Yellow card · Kevin LongBirmingham City
  • 50'Red card · John EustaceBirmingham City
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Hannibal MejbriBirmingham City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Coventry City 3, draws 6, Birmingham City 1.

Team news

Coventry City line-up (3-5-2)

Ben Wilson, Luke McNally, Kyle McFadzean, Callum Doyle, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Josh Eccles, Liam Kelly, Gustavo Hamer, Jake Bidwell, Viktor Gyökeres, Matty Godden

Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Neil Etheridge, Maxime Colin, M. Roberts, Kevin Long, Auston Trusty, Jordan James, Krystian Bielik, Tahith Chong, Jobe Bellingham, Reda Khadra, Lukas Jutkiewicz