Watford 2-1 Coventry City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 13 December 2008

Result

Watford 2-1 Coventry City

Championship · Saturday 13 December 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Watford 2-1 Coventry City: match report

Watford won against Coventry City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 13 December 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Mark Smith opened the scoring in the 62nd minute. Watford's goals came from Mark Smith (62', penalty) and John-Joe O'Toole (72'). Coventry City scored through Clinton Morrison (67').

Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Coventry City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 19th on 23 points from 22 and Coventry City 14th on 28 points from 22. Watford went on to finish that season 13th with 58 points, and Coventry City 17th with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Watford wins, 0 draws and 1 for Coventry City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 62'Penalty goal · Mark SmithWatford · 1-0
  • 67'Goal · Clinton MorrisonCoventry City · 1-1
  • 68'Yellow card · T. PriskinWatford
  • 72'Goal · John-Joe O'TooleWatford · 2-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Watford 3, draws 0, Coventry City 1.

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