Coventry City 3-1 Middlesbrough: result and report
Championship · Saturday 21 January 2012
Result
Coventry City 3-1 Middlesbrough
Championship · Saturday 21 January 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Coventry City 3-1 Middlesbrough: match report
Coventry City won against Middlesbrough 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 21 January 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Gary McSheffrey opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Coventry City's goals came from Gary McSheffrey (36'), Alex Nimely (57') and an own goal by Matthew Bates (64'). Middlesbrough scored through S. McDonald (66').
Discipline: Coventry City received 2 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Going into the game Coventry City were 24th on 19 points from 26 and Middlesbrough 4th on 45 points from 26. Coventry City went on to finish that season 23rd with 40 points, and Middlesbrough 7th with 70.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Coventry City win, 4 draws and 2 for Middlesbrough.
Going into the match Coventry City's last five read L-L-W-W-L and Middlesbrough's L-L-D-W-W.
Key events
- 29'Yellow card · Kevin Thomson
- 36'Goal · Gary McSheffrey
- 39'Second yellow · Kevin Thomson
- 43'Yellow card · Gary Deegan
- 56'Yellow card · Rhys Williams
- 57'Goal · Alex Nimely
- 59'Yellow card · B. Robson
- 64'Own goal · Matthew Bates
- 66'Goal · S. McDonald
- 74'Yellow card · H. Hreiðarsson
- 90+2'Red card · Julio Arca
Head-to-head
Team news
Coventry City line-up
Joe Murphy, Richard Keogh, Martin Cranie, Cyrus Christie, Sammy Clingan, Gary McSheffrey, Gary Deegan, Conor Thomas, Alex Nimely, Hermann Hreidarsson, Clive Platt
Middlesbrough line-up
Justin Hoyte, Joe Bennett, Rhys Williams, Kevin Thomson, Barry Robson, Julio Arca, Scott McDonald, Marvin Emnes, Matthew Bates, Danny Coyne, Faris Haroun