Coventry City 1-2 Middlesbrough: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 2 March 2021
Result
Coventry City 1-2 Middlesbrough
Championship · Tuesday 2 March 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Coventry City 1-2 Middlesbrough: match report
Coventry City lost to Middlesbrough 1-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 2 March 2021. The half-time score was 1-1.
Coventry City's goal came from an own goal by Anfernee Dijksteel (11'). Middlesbrough scored through Grant Hall (41') and George Saville (87').
Discipline: Coventry City received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Coventry City were 20th on 35 points from 33 and Middlesbrough 9th on 47 points from 33. Coventry City went on to finish that season 16th with 55 points, and Middlesbrough 10th with 64.
Coventry City lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Middlesbrough in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to George Saville of Middlesbrough (8.1), ahead of Grant Hall (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Coventry City wins, 4 draws and 3 for Middlesbrough.
Going into the match Coventry City's last five read D-L-W-L-L and Middlesbrough's D-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 11'Own goal · Anfernee Dijksteel
- 31'Yellow card · Chuba Akpom
- 41'Goal · Grant Hall
- 54'Yellow card · Paddy McNair
- 87'Goal · George Saville
- 90+1'Yellow card · Kyle McFadzean
Head-to-head
Team news
Coventry City line-up (3-4-1-2)
Ben Wilson, Michael Rose, Kyle McFadzean, Dominic Hyam, Fankaty Dabo, Gustavo Hamer, Liam Kelly, Sam McCallum, Callum O'Hare, Tyler Walker, Maxime Biamou
Middlesbrough line-up (3-5-2)
Marcus Bettinelli, Anfernee Dijksteel, Grant Hall, Dael Fry, Djed Spence, Marcus Tavernier, Paddy McNair, Jonathan Howson, Marc Bola, Chuba Akpom, Neeskens Kebano