Coventry City 2-0 Middlesbrough: result and report
Championship · Saturday 11 September 2021
Result
Coventry City 2-0 Middlesbrough
Championship · Saturday 11 September 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Coventry City 2-0 Middlesbrough: match report
Coventry City won against Middlesbrough 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 11 September 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.
Viktor Gyökeres opened the scoring in the 71st minute. Coventry City's goals came from Viktor Gyökeres (71') and Martyn Waghorn (90+1'). Middlesbrough did not score.
Discipline: Coventry City received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Coventry City were 8th on 9 points from 5 and Middlesbrough 13th on 6 points from 5. Coventry City went on to finish that season 12th with 64 points, and Middlesbrough 7th with 70.
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 Simon Moore of Coventry City (8.4), ahead of Viktor Gyökeres (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Coventry City wins, 4 draws and 4 for Middlesbrough.
Going into the match Coventry City's last five read L-W-W-L-W and Middlesbrough's D-D-L-W-D.
Key events
- 26'Yellow card · Gustavo Hamer
- 32'Yellow card · Jonathan Howson
- 63'Yellow card · Sol Bamba
- 71'Goal · Viktor Gyökeres
- 75'Yellow card · Grant Hall
- 90+1'Goal · Martyn Waghorn
Head-to-head
Team news
Coventry City line-up (3-4-1-2)
Simon Moore, Dominic Hyam, Kyle McFadzean, Jake Clarke-Salter, Fankaty Dabo, Gustavo Hamer, Jamie Allen, Ian Maatsen, Callum O'Hare, Martyn Waghorn, Viktor Gyökeres
Middlesbrough line-up (3-5-2)
Joe Lumley, Dael Fry, Grant Hall, Sol Bamba, Anfernee Dijksteel, Matt Crooks, Jonathan Howson, Marcus Tavernier, Isaiah Jones, Uche Ikpeazu, Onel Hernández