Coventry City 2-1 Sunderland: result and report

Championship · Saturday 25 February 2023

Result

Coventry City 2-1 Sunderland

Championship · Saturday 25 February 2023, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Coventry City · Sunderland · Championship predictions

Coventry City 2-1 Sunderland: match report

Coventry City won against Sunderland 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 25 February 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Jamie Allen opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Coventry City's goals came from Jamie Allen (25') and Viktor Gyökeres (89'). Sunderland scored through A. Diallo (90+4').

Discipline: Coventry City received 3 yellow cards; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Coventry City were 11th on 45 points from 32 and Sunderland 8th on 49 points from 33. Coventry City went on to finish that season 5th with 75 points, and Sunderland 6th with 72.

Coventry City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Sunderland in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Viktor Gyökeres of Coventry City (8.5), ahead of Dan Ballard (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Coventry City wins, 1 draw and 2 for Sunderland.

Going into the match Coventry City's last five read W-W-D-L-W and Sunderland's L-D-W-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Dan NeilSunderland
  • 25'Goal · Jamie AllenCoventry City · 1-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Kasey PalmerCoventry City
  • 45+2'Yellow card · A. DialloSunderland
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Josh EcclesCoventry City
  • 86'Yellow card · Ben WilsonCoventry City
  • 89'Goal · Viktor GyökeresCoventry City · 2-0
  • 90+4'Goal · A. DialloSunderland · 2-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Coventry City 2, draws 1, Sunderland 2.

Team news

Coventry City line-up (3-4-2-1)

Ben Wilson, Luke McNally, Kyle McFadzean, Callum Doyle, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Gustavo Hamer, Josh Eccles, Jake Bidwell, Jamie Allen, Kasey Palmer, Viktor Gyökeres

Sunderland line-up (4-2-3-1)

Anthony Patterson, Trai Hume, Dan Ballard, Danny Batth, Aji Alese, Dan Neil, Edouard Michut, Patrick Roberts, Amad Diallo, Jack Clarke, Joe Gelhardt