Coventry City 5-0 Rotherham United: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 5 March 2024
Result
Coventry City 5-0 Rotherham United
Championship · Tuesday 5 March 2024, 19:45 UTC · half-time 4-0
Coventry City 5-0 Rotherham United: match report
Coventry City won against Rotherham United 5-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 5 March 2024. The half-time score was 4-0.
Ellis Simms opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Coventry City's goals came from Ellis Simms (5'), Joel Latibeaudiere (23'), Ellis Simms (27'), Ellis Simms (37') and Fabio Tavares (90+1'). Rotherham United did not score.
Discipline: Coventry City received no yellow cards; Rotherham United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Coventry City were 9th on 51 points from 35 and Rotherham United 24th on 19 points from 35. Coventry City went on to finish that season 9th with 64 points, and Rotherham United 24th with 27.
Coventry City lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Rotherham United in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ellis Simms of Coventry City (9.7), ahead of Joel Latibeaudiere (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Coventry City wins, 1 draw and 1 for Rotherham United.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Ellis Simms
- 23'Goal · Joel Latibeaudiere
- 27'Goal · Ellis Simms
- 37'Goal · Ellis Simms
- 54'Yellow card · Jordan Hugill
- 90+1'Goal · Fabio Tavares
Head-to-head
Team news
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Coventry City line-up (3-4-1-2)
Brad Collins, Bobby Thomas, Joel Latibeaudiere, Liam Kitching, Josh Eccles, Liam Kelly, Victor Torp, Jake Bidwell, Kasey Palmer, Ellis Simms, Haji Wright
Rotherham United line-up (3-1-4-2)
Viktor Johansson, Peter Kioso, Cameron Humphreys, Hakeem Odoffin, Christ Tiéhi, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Jamie Lindsay, Cafú, Shane Ferguson, Jordan Hugill, Sam Nombe