Coventry City 3-1 Rotherham United: result and report
Championship · Saturday 5 December 2020
Result
Coventry City 3-1 Rotherham United
Championship · Saturday 5 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Coventry City 3-1 Rotherham United: match report
Coventry City defeated Rotherham United 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 5 December 2020. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Maxime Biamou opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Coventry City's goals came from Maxime Biamou (5'), Tyler Walker (12') and an own goal by Michael Smith (72'). Rotherham United scored through Dan Barlaser (85', penalty).
Discipline: Coventry City received no yellow cards; Rotherham United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Coventry City were 20th on 14 points from 15 and Rotherham United 21st on 13 points from 15. Coventry City went on to finish that season 16th with 55 points, and Rotherham United 24th with 42.
Coventry City lined up in a 3-4-3 and Rotherham United in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Maxime Biamou of Coventry City (8.1), ahead of Callum O'Hare (7.6).
Going into the match Coventry City's last five read D-D-W-D-L and Rotherham United's L-D-L-L-W.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Maxime Biamou
- 12'Goal · Tyler Walker
- 16'Yellow card · Joe Mattock
- 52'Yellow card · Matthew Olosunde
- 71'Yellow card · A. MacDonald
- 72'Own goal · Michael Smith
- 85'Penalty goal · Dan Barlaser
Team news
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Coventry City line-up (3-4-3)
Ben Wilson, Leo Østigård, Kyle McFadzean, Dominic Hyam, Fankaty Dabo, Gustavo Hamer, Liam Kelly, Sam McCallum, Tyler Walker, Maxime Biamou, Callum O'Hare
Rotherham United line-up (3-1-4-2)
Pavel Kucera, Michael Ihiekwe, Richard Wood, A. MacDonald, Ben Wiles, Wes Harding, Jamie Lindsay, Matt Crooks, Joe Mattock, Freddie Ladapo, Michael Smith