Coventry City 2-1 Reading: result and report
Championship · Saturday 21 August 2021
Result
Coventry City 2-1 Reading
Championship · Saturday 21 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Coventry City 2-1 Reading: match report
Coventry City defeated Reading 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 21 August 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.
John Swift opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Coventry City's goals came from Jamie Allen (62') and Matt Godden (90+8'). Reading scored through John Swift (40', penalty).
Discipline: Coventry City received 5 yellow cards; Reading received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Coventry City were 8th on 6 points from 3 and Reading 18th on 3 points from 3. Coventry City went on to finish that season 12th with 64 points, and Reading 22nd with 47.
Coventry City lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Sheaf of Coventry City (8.5), ahead of John Swift (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Coventry City win, 4 draws and 5 for Reading.
Going into the match Coventry City's last five read W-L-W and Reading's L-W-L.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Dominic Hyam
- 6'Yellow card · Veljko Paunovic
- 40'Penalty goal · John Swift
- 45'Yellow card · I. Maatsen
- 50'Yellow card · T. Dele-Bashiru
- 62'Goal · Jamie Allen
- 75'Yellow card · A. Rinomhota
- 78'Yellow card · Callum O'Hare
- 90+1'Yellow card · Jahmari Clarke
- 90+4'Yellow card · Ben Sheaf
- 90+5'Yellow card · Gustavo Hamer
- 90+8'Goal · Matt Godden
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
Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Rafael Cabral, Andy Yiadom, Michael Morrison, Liam Moore, Tom McIntyre, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Josh Laurent, Femi Azeez, John Swift, Tom Dele-Bashiru, G. Pușcaș