Queens Park Rangers 1-3 Coventry City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 30 September 2023

Result

Queens Park Rangers 1-3 Coventry City

Championship · Saturday 30 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Queens Park Rangers · Coventry City · Championship predictions

Queens Park Rangers 1-3 Coventry City: match report

Queens Park Rangers lost to Coventry City 1-3 in the Championship on Saturday 30 September 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

Ellis Simms opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Queens Park Rangers's goal came from Kenneth Paal (90'). Coventry City scored through Ellis Simms (56'), Josh Eccles (60') and Ellis Simms (68').

Discipline: Queens Park Rangers received 4 yellow cards; Coventry City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Queens Park Rangers were 19th on 8 points from 8 and Coventry City 18th on 8 points from 8. Queens Park Rangers went on to finish that season 18th with 56 points, and Coventry City 9th with 64.

Queens Park Rangers lined up in a 3-4-3 and Coventry City in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ellis Simms of Coventry City (8.4), ahead of Josh Eccles (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Queens Park Rangers wins, 1 draw and 4 for Coventry City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 51'Yellow card · Jay DasilvaCoventry City
  • 53'Yellow card · Paul SmythQueens Park Rangers
  • 56'Goal · Ellis SimmsCoventry City · 0-1
  • 60'Goal · Josh EcclesCoventry City · 0-2
  • 63'Yellow card · Sinclair ArmstrongQueens Park Rangers
  • 65'Yellow card · Steve CookQueens Park Rangers
  • 68'Goal · Ellis SimmsCoventry City · 0-3
  • 75'Yellow card · Jamie AllenCoventry City
  • 77'Yellow card · Andre DozzellQueens Park Rangers
  • 90'Goal · Kenneth PaalQueens Park Rangers · 1-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Queens Park Rangers 5, draws 1, Coventry City 4.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Callum O'HareCoventry City · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
  • Jimmy DunneQueens Park Rangers · injury (Shoulder Injury)

Queens Park Rangers line-up (3-4-3)

Asmir Begović, Osman Kakay, Steve Cook, Morgan Fox, Paul Smyth, Andre Dozzell, Sam Field, Kenneth Paal, Chris Willock, Ilias Chair, Lyndon Dykes

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

Ben Wilson, Bobby Thomas, Kyle McFadzean, Luis Binks, Joel Latibeaudiere, Josh Eccles, Liam Kelly, Jay Dasilva, Jamie Allen, Ellis Simms, Matty Godden