WEST BROMWICH. West Bromwich Albion prevails over Coventry City 1-0 after G. Diangana scored just 1 goal (15′).

The match was played at the The Hawthorns stadium in West Bromwich on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Gavin Ward with the assistance of Daniel Leach and Akil Howson. The 4th official was John Busby. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.6 degrees Celsius or 49.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

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

Attitude and shots

West Bromwich Albion was putting more pressure with 58 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why West Bromwich Albion won the match​.

West Bromwich Albion shot 16 times, 3 on target, 12 off target. Talking about the opposition, Coventry City shot 11 times, 1 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

West Bromwich Albion received 4 yellow cards (Marc Albrighton, Jayson Molumby, Darnell Furlong and Dara O’Shea). Regarding the opposition, Coventry City received 1 yellow card (Jonathan Panzo).

Standings

After this match, West Bromwich Albion will have 44 points like Watford to soar in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Coventry City will stay with 38 points like Queens Park Rangers to gain in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, West Bromwich Albion will play away with Swansea City on the 6th of May with a 12-8 head to head statistic in favor of Swansea City (3 draws).

Coventry City will play away agasint Middlesbrough on the 6th of May with a 4-4 head to head stats.

West Bromwich Albion – Formation

West Bromwich Albion started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Carlos Corberán Vallet decided to play with the following team: David Button (6.8), Darnell Furlong (7.1), Dara O’Shea (7.3), Erik Pieters (7.0), Conor Townsend (6.8), Jayson Molumby (6.9), Okay Yokuşlu (7.7), Marc Albrighton (7.0), Jed Wallace (8.0), Grady Diangana (7.4) and Daryl Dike (6.1).

The home team had on the bench: Adam Reach, Karlan Grant, Nathaniel Chalobah (6.8), Joshua Griffiths, John Swift (6.4), Brandon Thomas-Asante (6.3) and Semi Ajayi.

Substitutions

West Bromwich Albion made 3 changes: D. Dike for Brandon Thomas-Asante (59′), Okay Yokuslu for Nathaniel Chalobah (67′) and Marc Albrighton for John Swift (74′).

Best player: Jed Wallace​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for West Bromwich Albion was Jed Wallace even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.0) with 32 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 14. He performed 3 crosses.

Coventry City – Formation

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

Mark Robins played with: Ben Wilson (6.2), Luke McNally (7.4), Callum Doyle (7.4), Jonathan Panzo (6.5), Brooke Norton-Cuffy (6.1), Ben Sheaf (6.9), Gustavo Hamer (7.1), Jake Bidwell (7.2), Jamie Allen (6.9), Kasey Palmer (6.8) and Viktor Gyökeres (6.2).

They had on the bench: Simon Moore, Jack Burroughs, Sean Maguire (6.2), Josh Wilson-Esbrand (6.3), Liam Kelly, Matt Godden (6.4) and Josh Eccles (6.8).

Substitutions

Coventry City made 5 changes: Jake Bidwell for Josh Wilson-Esbrand (61′), Kasey Palmer for Matt Godden (61′), B. Norton-Cuffy for Josh Eccles (61′), Jamie Allen for Sean Maguire (78′) and C. Doyle for Liam Kelly (90′).

Best player: Luke McNally​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Coventry City was Luke McNally.

His rating is (7.4) with 43 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

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

• West Bromwich Albion – Coventry City – 1-0