Coventry City 2-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report
Championship · Sunday 8 August 2021
Result
Coventry City 2-1 Nottingham Forest
Championship · Sunday 8 August 2021, 15:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Coventry City 2-1 Nottingham Forest: match report
Coventry City won against Nottingham Forest 2-1 in the Championship on Sunday 8 August 2021. It was 0-1 at half-time.
L. Taylor opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Coventry City's goals came from Viktor Gyökeres (81') and Kyle McFadzean (90+6'). Nottingham Forest scored through L. Taylor (36').
Discipline: Coventry City received 4 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card.
Coventry City went on to finish that season 12th with 64 points, and Nottingham Forest 3rd with 86.
Coventry City lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kyle McFadzean of Coventry City (7.8), ahead of Dominic Hyam (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Coventry City wins, 1 draw and 7 for Nottingham Forest.
Key events
- 34'Yellow card · Ben Sheaf
- 36'Goal · L. Taylor
- 49'Yellow card · Kyle McFadzean
- 55'Yellow card · I. Maatsen
- 58'Yellow card · L. Taylor
- 60'Yellow card · Gustavo Hamer
- 81'Goal · Viktor Gyökeres
- 90+6'Goal · Kyle McFadzean
Head-to-head
Team news
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Coventry City line-up (3-4-1-2)
Simon Moore, Fankaty Dabo, Kyle McFadzean, Dominic Hyam, Julien Dacosta, Gustavo Hamer, Ben Sheaf, Ian Maatsen, Callum O'Hare, Martyn Waghorn, Viktor Gyökeres
Nottingham Forest line-up (4-2-3-1)
Brice Samba, Jordan Gabriel, Loïc Mbe Soh, Scott McKenna, Gaëtan Bong, Ryan Yates, Jack Colback, Joe Lolley, Brennan Johnson, Alex Mighten, Lyle Taylor