COVENTRY. Coventry City prevails over Queens Park Rangers 2-0 after V. Gyokeres scores 2 goals.

The match was played at the The Coventry Building Society Arena stadium in Coventry on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Keith Stroud with the collaboration of Ian Cooper and Andrew Aylott. The 4th official was Martin Woods. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 13.4 degrees Celsius or 56.16 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Coventry City was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Queens Park Rangers that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Queens Park Rangers was more aggressive with 54 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 0 were on target. Anyhow, Coventry City was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Coventry City shot 13 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Queens Park Rangers shot 10 times, 0 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Coventry City received 2 yellow cards (C. Doyle and K. McFadzean). Regarding the opposition, Queens Park Rangers received 2 yellow cards (S. Field and I. Chair).

Standings

After playing this match, Coventry City will have 29 points like Reading to hold in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Queens Park Rangers will stay with 31 points like Millwall, Swansea City and Preston North End to hold in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Coventry City will play away with Middlesbrough on the 6th of May with a 4-4 head to head.

Queens Park Rangers will host Bristol City on the 6th of May with a 9-8 head to head stats in favor of Bristol City (7 draws).

Coventry City – Formation

Coventry City started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Mark Robins decided to play with the following team: Ben Wilson (6.8), Callum Doyle (6.4), Kyle McFadzean (7.1), Jonathan Panzo (7.1), Josh Eccles (7.8), Gustavo Hamer (7.8), Ben Sheaf (6.6), Jake Bidwell (7.2), Callum O’Hare (7.9), Jamie Allen (7.3) and Viktor Gyökeres (8.3).

The home team had on the bench: Tyler Walker, Jack Burroughs, Liam Kelly, Fabio Tavares, Todd Kane, Simon Moore and Kasey Palmer.

Substitutions

Coventry City decided to remain with the initial team without doing any substitution.

Best player: Viktor Gyökeres​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Coventry City was Viktor Gyökeres.

His rating is (8.3) with 2 goals, 20 passes (85% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 12.

Queens Park Rangers – Formation

Queens Park Rangers started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Michael Beale played with: Seny Dieng (6.1), Ethan Laird (5.9), Robert Dickie (7.3), Jimmy Dunne (6.7), Jake Clarke-Salter (6.3), Taylor Richards (7.0), Samuel Field (6.6), Andre Dozzell (6.1), Ilias Chair (7.2), Lyndon Dykes (6.8) and Christopher Willock (6.2).

These were the players on the bench: Jordan Archer, George Thomas, Niko Hämäläinen, Olamide Shodipo (6.8), Albert Adomah, Osman Kakay and Sinclair Armstrong.

Substitutions

Queens Park Rangers made 5 changes: J. Clarke-Salter for O. Kakay (80′), L. Dykes for O. Shodipo (82′), I. Chair for S. Armstrong (83′), T. Richards for A. Adomah (87′) and C. Willock for G. Thomas (87′).

Best player: Robert Dickie​

The player that probably impressed the most for Queens Park Rangers was Robert Dickie.

His rating is (7.3) with 48 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 5.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• Wigan Athletic – Blackpool – 2-1
• West Bromwich Albion – Stoke City – 2-0
• Preston North End – Millwall – 2-4
• Norwich City – Middlesbrough – 1-2
• Luton Town – Rotherham United – 1-1
• Hull City – Reading – 1-2
• Huddersfield Town – Swansea City – 0-0
• Coventry City – Queens Park Rangers – 2-0
• Cardiff City – Sheffield United – 0-1
• Bristol City – Watford – 0-0