Coventry City 1-3 Burnley: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 21 October 2008

Result

Coventry City 1-3 Burnley

Championship · Tuesday 21 October 2008, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Coventry City · Burnley · Championship predictions

Coventry City 1-3 Burnley: match report

Coventry City were beaten by Burnley 1-3 in the Championship on Tuesday 21 October 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

E. Ward opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Coventry City's goal came from E. Ward (40', penalty). Burnley scored through Michael Duff (52'), R. Blake (88') and Chris Eagles (90').

Discipline: Coventry City received 4 yellow cards; Burnley received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Coventry City were 15th on 15 points from 11 and Burnley 12th on 16 points from 11. Coventry City went on to finish that season 17th with 54 points, and Burnley 2nd with 85.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Coventry City wins, 0 draws and 3 for Burnley.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Yellow card · Michael DuffBurnley
  • 40'Penalty goal · E. WardCoventry City · 1-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Martin PatersonBurnley
  • 49'Yellow card · Isaac OsbourneCoventry City
  • 52'Goal · Michael DuffBurnley · 1-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Michael DoyleCoventry City
  • 55'Yellow card · R. SimpsonCoventry City
  • 62'Yellow card · Christian KalvenesBurnley
  • 81'Yellow card · G. BeuzelinCoventry City
  • 88'Goal · R. BlakeBurnley · 1-2
  • 89'Yellow card · R. BlakeBurnley
  • 90'Goal · Chris EaglesBurnley · 1-3

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Coventry City 2, draws 0, Burnley 3.