Coventry City 3-3 Watford: result and report

Championship · Saturday 2 September 2023

Result

Coventry City 3-3 Watford

Championship · Saturday 2 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Coventry City 3-3 Watford: match report

Coventry City drew with Watford 3-3 in the Championship on Saturday 2 September 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.

M. Rajović opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Coventry City's goals came from Milan van Ewijk (41'), an own goal by Wesley Hoedt (64') and Matt Godden (87'). Watford scored through M. Rajović (35'), Matheus Martins (52') and M. Rajović (79').

Discipline: Coventry City received 3 yellow cards; Watford received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Coventry City were 14th on 5 points from 4 and Watford 16th on 4 points from 4. Coventry City went on to finish that season 9th with 64 points, and Watford 15th with 56.

Coventry City lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Watford in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Mileta Rajović of Watford (8.5), ahead of Kasey Palmer (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Coventry City wins, 5 draws and 3 for Watford.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Missed penalty · Matt GoddenCoventry City
  • 24'Yellow card · Josh EcclesCoventry City
  • 30'Yellow card · Ryan PorteousWatford
  • 35'Goal · M. RajovićWatford · 0-1
  • 40'Yellow card · Francisco SierraltaWatford
  • 41'Goal · Milan van EwijkCoventry City · 1-1
  • 52'Goal · Matheus MartinsWatford · 1-2
  • 60'Yellow card · Kyle McFadzeanCoventry City
  • 64'Own goal · Wesley HoedtCoventry City · 2-2
  • 76'Yellow card · Ben SheafCoventry City
  • 79'Goal · M. RajovićWatford · 2-3
  • 87'Goal · Matt GoddenCoventry City · 3-3
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Wesley HoedtWatford

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Coventry City 2, draws 5, Watford 3.

Team news

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

Ben Wilson, Bobby Thomas, Kyle McFadzean, Joel Latibeaudiere, Milan van Ewijk, Josh Eccles, Ben Sheaf, Jay Dasilva, Kasey Palmer, Matty Godden, Haji Wright

Watford line-up (4-3-3)

Daniel Bachmann, Ryan Andrews, Ryan Porteous, Wesley Hoedt, Ken Sema, Imrân Louza, Francisco Sierralta, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Tom Ince, Mileta Rajović, Matheus Martins