Watford 2-3 Coventry City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 29 September 2009

Result

Watford 2-3 Coventry City

Championship · Tuesday 29 September 2009, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Watford 2-3 Coventry City: match report

Watford were beaten by Coventry City 2-3 in the Championship on Tuesday 29 September 2009. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Sammy Clingan opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Watford's goals came from Tom Cleverley (22') and W. Hoskins (37'). Coventry City scored through Sammy Clingan (14'), Leon Best (67') and Leon Best (84').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Watford were 7th on 14 points from 9 and Coventry City 13th on 12 points from 9. Watford went on to finish that season 17th with 54 points, and Coventry City 20th with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Watford wins, 0 draws and 1 for Coventry City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Sammy ClinganCoventry City · 0-1
  • 22'Goal · Tom CleverleyWatford · 1-1
  • 37'Goal · W. HoskinsWatford · 2-1
  • 67'Goal · Leon BestCoventry City · 2-2
  • 84'Goal · Leon BestCoventry City · 2-3

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Watford 5, 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