ROTHERHAM. Coventry City had a surprising win over Rotherham United with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Allen (47′) and a goal from V. Gyökeres (90′).

The match was played at the AESSEAL New York Stadium stadium in Rotherham on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Keith Stroud with the help of Bhupinder Gill and Mark Dwyer. The 4th official was Alan Young.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Rotherham United was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Coventry City that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Rotherham United was putting more pressure with 65 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyhow, Coventry City succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Rotherham United shot 11 times, 1 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Coventry City shot 8 times, 6 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards (Cameron Humphreys and Chiedozie Ogbene). On the other side, Coventry City received 3 yellow cards (B. Norton-Cuffy, C. Doyle and Viktor Gyökeres).

Standings

After this encounter, Rotherham United will stay with 33 points to sit in the 21st place. Talking about the opposition, Coventry City will have 45 points like West Bromwich Albion to sit in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Rotherham United will play away with Wigan Athletic on the 6th of May with a 6-3 head to head statistic in favor of Wigan Athletic (3 draws).

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

Rotherham United – Formation

Rotherham United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Matthew Taylor decided to play with the following team: Viktor Johansson (6.8), Lee Peltier (6.8), Grant Hall (7.2), Cameron Humphreys (6.1), Cohen Bramall (6.2), Hakeem Odofin (6.4), Conor Coventry (7.3), Chiedozie Ogbene (6.3), Oliver Rathbone (6.5), Shane Ferguson (6.2) and Jordan Hugill (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Bailey Wright (6.6), Conor Washington (6.7), Tariqe Fosu-Henry (6.6), Tom Eaves (7.0), Georgie Kelly (6.2), Josh Vickers and Leo Fuhr Hjelde.

Substitutions

Rotherham United made 5 changes: Hakeem Odoffin for Tarique Fosu-Henry (54′), Shane Ferguson for Conor Washington (61′), Grant Hall for Bailey Wright (77′), Jordan Hugill for Daniel Kelly (78′) and Lee Peltier for Tom Eaves (78′).

Best player: Conor Coventry​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Rotherham United was Conor Coventry.

His rating is (7.3) with 40 passes (67% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 14. He performed 9 crosses.

Coventry City – Formation

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

Mark Robins played with: Ben Wilson (7.1), Luke McNally (6.8), Kyle McFadzean (6.9), Callum Doyle (6.9), Gustavo Hamer (7.4), Josh Eccles (6.8), Brooke Norton-Cuffy (6.9), Jamie Allen (7.2), Kasey Palmer (6.5), Jake Bidwell (7.3) and Viktor Gyökeres (6.7).

They had on the bench: Jack Burroughs, Josh Wilson-Esbrand, Liam Kelly, Michael Rose, Matt Godden (6.4), Simon Moore and Tyler Walker.

Substitutions

Coventry City made 2 changes: Kasey Palmer for Matt Godden (72′) and Josh Eccles for Liam Kelly (89′).

Best player: Gustavo Hamer​

The player that probably impressed the most for Coventry City was Gustavo Hamer even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.4) with 40 passes (67% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Wigan Athletic – Norwich City – 0-0
• Sunderland – Bristol City – 1-1
• Rotherham United – Coventry City – 0-2
• Millwall – Sheffield United – 3-2
• Middlesbrough – Queens Park Rangers – 3-1
• Luton Town – Burnley – 0-1
• Hull City – Preston North End – 0-0
• Huddersfield Town – Birmingham City – 2-1
• Blackpool – Stoke City – 1-0
• Blackburn Rovers – Swansea City – 1-0