Coventry City 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report
Championship · Saturday 31 December 2011
Result
Coventry City 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Championship · Saturday 31 December 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Coventry City 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report
Coventry City won against Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 31 December 2011. The half-time score was 1-0.
Gary McSheffrey opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Coventry City's goals came from Gary McSheffrey (34') and Lukas Jutkiewicz (54'). Brighton & Hove Albion did not score.
Discipline: Coventry City received 2 yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Coventry City were 24th on 16 points from 23 and Brighton & Hove Albion 14th on 32 points from 23. Coventry City went on to finish that season 23rd with 40 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 10th with 66.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Coventry City win, 1 draw and 1 for Brighton & Hove Albion.
Going into the match Coventry City's last five read W-L-L-L-L and Brighton & Hove Albion's L-L-L-W-W.
Key events
- 27'Yellow card · Alan Navarro
- 34'Goal · Gary McSheffrey
- 40'Yellow card · Gary Deegan
- 54'Goal · Lukas Jutkiewicz
- 57'Yellow card · Lewis Dunk
- 69'Yellow card · Cyrus Christie
Head-to-head
Team news
Coventry City line-up
Joe Murphy, Richard Keogh, Martin Cranie, Richard Wood, Cyrus Christie, David Bell, Carl Baker, Gary McSheffrey, Gary Deegan, Conor Thomas, Lukas Jutkiewicz
Brighton & Hove Albion line-up
Casper Ankergren, Gordon Greer, Lewis Dunk, Adam El-Abd, Mauricio Taricco, Alan Navarro, Matthew Sparrow, Ryan Harley, Craig Noone, Craig Mackail-Smith, B. Paynter