Coventry City 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 26 December 2023

Result

Coventry City 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday

Championship · Tuesday 26 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Coventry City 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday: match report

Coventry City won against Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 26 December 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Coventry City's goals came from Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (20') and Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (89'). Sheffield Wednesday did not score.

Discipline: Coventry City received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Sheffield Wednesday received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Coventry City were 15th on 30 points from 23 and Sheffield Wednesday 23rd on 16 points from 23. Coventry City went on to finish that season 9th with 64 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 20th with 53.

Coventry City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tatsuhiro Sakamoto of Coventry City (8.8), ahead of Milan van Ewijk (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Coventry City wins, 3 draws and 3 for Sheffield Wednesday.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Tatsuhiro SakamotoCoventry City · 1-0
  • 55'Yellow card · Joel LatibeaudiereCoventry City
  • 70'Yellow card · Akin FamewoSheffield Wednesday
  • 89'Goal · Tatsuhiro SakamotoCoventry City · 2-0
  • 90+6'Red card · Bambo DiabySheffield Wednesday
  • 90+6'Red card · Liam KitchingCoventry City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Coventry City 4, draws 3, Sheffield Wednesday 3.

Team news

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Coventry City line-up (4-4-1-1)

Brad Collins, Milan van Ewijk, Bobby Thomas, Liam Kitching, Jake Bidwell, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Josh Eccles, Joel Latibeaudiere, Haji Wright, Callum O'Hare, Matty Godden

Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-4-2)

Cameron Dawson, Liam Palmer, Bambo Diaby, Di'Shon Bernard, Akin Famewo, George Byers, Will Vaulks, Barry Bannan, Callum Paterson, Bailey Cadamarteri, Marvin Johnson