COVENTRY. Coventry City and Bristol City draw 1-1. J. Bidwell scored the first goal (12′) for Coventry City. A. Semenyo made it even (28′).

The match was played at the The Coventry Building Society Arena stadium in Coventry on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Jeremy Simpson with the collaboration of Matthew Smith and Andrew Dallison. The 4th official was Peter Wright. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.5 degrees Celsius or 49.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Coventry City was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Bristol City that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Bristol City was more aggressive with 55 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Bristol City to win the match​.

Coventry City shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Bristol City shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Coventry City received 3 yellow cards (Jonathan Panzo, Fankaty Dabo and Jamie Allen). On the opposite side, Bristol City received 2 yellow cards (Zak Vyner and Andreas Weimann).

Standings

After this encounter, Coventry City will have 35 points like West Bromwich Albion, Swansea City and Queens Park Rangers to sit in the 13th place. On the other side, Bristol City will have 29 points to remain in the 19th 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 record.

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

Coventry City – Formation

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

The manager Mark Robins decided to play with the following team: Ben Wilson (6.3), Michael Rose (6.8), Callum Doyle (6.4), Jonathan Panzo (7.4), Todd Kane (6.5), Gustavo Hamer (6.8), Jamie Allen (6.7), Jake Bidwell (7.1), Kasey Palmer (7.5), Martyn Waghorn (6.3) and Viktor Gyökeres (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Liam Kelly, Simon Moore, Jack Burroughs, Ryan Howley, Fankaty Dabo (6.2), Fabio Tavares (6.6) and Ben Sheaf (6.9).

Substitutions

Coventry City made 3 changes: Todd Kane for Fankaty Dabo (64′), Kasey Palmer for Ben Sheaf (65′) and Martyn Waghorn for Fábio Tavares (65′).

Best player: Kasey Palmer​

The player that probably impressed the most for Coventry City was Kasey Palmer.

His rating is (7.5) with 30 passes (76% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6.

Bristol City – Formation

Bristol City started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Nigel Pearson played with: Max O’Leary (7.5), Zak Vyner (7.2), Robert Atkinson (6.8), Kal Naismith (7.1), George Tanner (6.6), Andreas Weimann (7.0), Matty James (7.2), Alex Scott (7.2), Cameron Pring (6.7), Antoine Semenyo (7.3) and Nahki Wells (6.8).

They had on the bench: Mark Sykes, Tommy Conway (6.3), Daniel Bentley, Joe Williams, Andy King, Sam Bell and Jay Dasilva.

Substitutions

Bristol City made only 1 change substituting Nahki Wells for Tommy Conway (80′)​.

Best player: Max O’Leary​

The player that probably impressed the most for Bristol City was the goalkeeper: Max O’Leary. His rating is 7.45. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Blackburn Rovers – Cardiff City – 1-0
• Coventry City – Bristol City – 1-1
• Millwall – Rotherham United – 3-0
• Huddersfield Town – Luton Town – 1-2
• Blackpool – Sunderland – 1-1