Coventry City 2-1 Reading: result and report
Championship · Saturday 22 April 2023
Result
Coventry City 2-1 Reading
Championship · Saturday 22 April 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Coventry City 2-1 Reading: match report
Coventry City won against Reading 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 22 April 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.
Matt Godden opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Coventry City's goals came from Matt Godden (36') and Gustavo Hamer (54'). Reading scored through Lucas João (51').
Discipline: Coventry City received 5 yellow cards; Reading received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Coventry City were 8th on 63 points from 43 and Reading 18th on 49 points from 43. Coventry City went on to finish that season 5th with 75 points, and Reading 20th with 50.
Coventry City lined up in a 3-5-2 and Reading in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Gustavo Hamer of Coventry City (8.5), ahead of Josh Eccles (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Coventry City wins, 3 draws and 4 for Reading.
Going into the match Coventry City's last five read D-W-D-D-L and Reading's D-D-L-D-D.
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · T. Holmes
- 36'Goal · Matt Godden
- 43'Yellow card · N. Guinness-Walker
- 51'Goal · Lucas João
- 54'Goal · Gustavo Hamer
- 56'Yellow card · A. Yiadom
- 61'Yellow card · J. Wilson-Esbrand
- 81'Yellow card · Gustavo Hamer
- 87'Yellow card · Josh Eccles
- 90+7'Yellow card · Tyrese Fornah
- 90+7'Yellow card · B. Norton-Cuffy
- 90+7'Yellow card · B. Norton-Cuffy
Head-to-head
Team news
Coventry City line-up (3-5-2)
Ben Wilson, Luke McNally, Callum Doyle, Jonathan Panzo, Fankaty Dabo, Josh Eccles, Liam Kelly, Gustavo Hamer, Josh Wilson-Esbrand, Viktor Gyökeres, Matty Godden
Reading line-up (4-4-2)
Joe Lumley, Andy Yiadom, Tom Holmes, Naby Sarr, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Femi Azeez, Jeff Hendrick, Cesare Casadei, Mamadi Camará, Lucas João, Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan