Walsall 2-1 Coventry City: result and report

League One · Saturday 8 December 2018

Result

Walsall 2-1 Coventry City

League One · Saturday 8 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Walsall 2-1 Coventry City: match report

Walsall defeated Coventry City 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 8 December 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Luke Thomas opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Walsall's goals came from Luke Leahy (90+1') and Luke Leahy (90+4', penalty). Coventry City scored through Luke Thomas (18').

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

Going into the game Walsall were 13th on 27 points from 20 and Coventry City 9th on 29 points from 20. Walsall went on to finish that season 22nd with 47 points, and Coventry City 8th with 65.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Luke ThomasCoventry City · 0-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Tom BaylissCoventry City
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Nicky DevlinWalsall
  • 45+2'Yellow card · I. OsbourneWalsall
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Luke ThomasCoventry City
  • 63'Yellow card · Lee BurgeCoventry City
  • 90+1'Goal · Luke LeahyWalsall · 1-1
  • 90+4'Penalty goal · Luke LeahyWalsall · 2-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Walsall line-up

Liam Roberts, Nicky Devlin, Luke Leahy, Jon Guthrie, Russell Martin, Jack Fitzwater, L. Kinsella, Isaiah Osbourne, Andy Cook, Josh Gordon, Morgan Ferrier

Coventry City line-up

Lee Burge, Dujon Sterling, Junior Brown, Tom Bayliss, Jordan Willis, Tom Davies, Liam Kelly, Jordan Shipley, Amadou Bakayoko, Luke Thomas, Conor Mark Chaplin