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

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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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Own goal · Anfernee DijksteelCoventry City · 1-0
  • 31'Yellow card · Chuba AkpomMiddlesbrough
  • 41'Goal · Grant HallMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Paddy McNairMiddlesbrough
  • 87'Goal · George SavilleMiddlesbrough · 1-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Kyle McFadzeanCoventry City

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Coventry City 2, draws 4, Middlesbrough 3.

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