Middlesbrough 2-0 Coventry City: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 27 October 2020
Result
Middlesbrough 2-0 Coventry City
Championship · Tuesday 27 October 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Middlesbrough 2-0 Coventry City: match report
Middlesbrough beat Coventry City 2-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 27 October 2020. The half-time score was 0-0.
Britt Assombalonga opened the scoring in the 81st minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Britt Assombalonga (81') and D. Spence (90+5'). Coventry City did not score.
Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; Coventry City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 13th on 10 points from 7 and Coventry City 22nd on 5 points from 7. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 10th with 64 points, and Coventry City 16th with 55.
Middlesbrough lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Coventry City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dael Fry of Middlesbrough (7.8), level with Sam Morsy (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Middlesbrough wins, 4 draws and 2 for Coventry City.
Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read D-W-D-W-D and Coventry City's L-D-L-L-D.
Key events
- 81'Goal · Britt Assombalonga
- 90'Yellow card · D. Spence
- 90+2'Yellow card · Britt Assombalonga
- 90+5'Goal · D. Spence
- 90+5'Yellow card · Marko Marosi
Head-to-head
Team news
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- Chuba Akpom
- Wesley Jobello
- Josh Pask
- Ashley Fletcher
- Grant Hall
- Gervane Kastaneer
- Neeskens Kebano
- Julien Dacosta
- Marcel Hilßner
Middlesbrough line-up (3-1-4-2)
Marcus Bettinelli, Anfernee Dijksteel, Dael Fry, Paddy McNair, Jonathan Howson, Djed Spence, Sam Morsy, George Saville, Marcus Tavernier, Patrick Roberts, Britt Assombalonga
Coventry City line-up (3-4-2-1)
Marko Marosi, Leo Østigård, Kyle McFadzean, Dominic Hyam, Sam McCallum, Gustavo Hamer, Ben Sheaf, Ryan Giles, Jamie Allen, Jordan Shipley, Matty Godden