Watford 2-1 Coventry City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 5 April 2008
Result
Watford 2-1 Coventry City
Championship · Saturday 5 April 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Watford 2-1 Coventry City: match report
Watford beat Coventry City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 5 April 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.
Nathan Ellington opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Watford's goals came from Nathan Ellington (7') and Mark Smith (79'). Coventry City scored through Leon Best (59').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Watford were 5th on 65 points from 40 and Coventry City 18th on 49 points from 41. Watford went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Coventry City 21st with 53.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Watford wins, 0 draws and 1 for Coventry City.
Going into the match Watford's last five read L-D-D-D-D and Coventry City's D-W-D-D-L.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Nathan Ellington
- 59'Goal · Leon Best
- 79'Goal · Mark Smith
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford expected line-up
Ben Foster, Daniel Shittu, Jordan Stewart, Lloyd Doyley, Jay DeMerit, Douglas Rinaldi, Gavin Mahon, Alhassan Bangura, Damien Francis, Tommy Smith, Marlon King