COVENTRY. Coventry City conquered Sunderland to win 2-1. A goal from A. Diallo was decisive in the 90min. It was Coventry City to strike first with a goal of Jamie Allen at the 25′. Then Viktor Gyökeres scored again for Coventry City in the 89′ minute. Eventually, A. Diallo reduced the distance for Sunderland (90′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Sunderland was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (71%).
The match was played at the The Coventry Building Society Arena stadium in Coventry on Saturday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Dean Whitestone with the support of Daniel Leach and Matthew Smith. The 4th official was Andy Woolmer. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.1 degrees Celsius or 44.85 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.
Match Statistics
- ! 29 Ball Possession 71
Shots
- 15 Total 13
- 3 On Target 5
- 8 Off Target 5
- 4 Shots blocked 3
- 80 Attack 127
- 39 Dangerous attack 48
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 7
Fouls
- 11 Total 8
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Sunderland was in firm control of the ball 71% while Coventry City was struggling with a 29% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sunderland was putting more pressure with 48 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. Still, Coventry City found a way to find the solution to win this contest.
Coventry City shot 16 times, 4 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Sunderland shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Coventry City received 3 yellow cards (Kasey Palmer, Josh Eccles and Ben Wilson). On the opposite side, Sunderland received 2 yellow cards (Dan Neil and A. Diallo).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Coventry City will have 48 points to remain in the 11th place. Regarding the opposition, Sunderland will stay with 49 points like Norwich City to move up in the 9th 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.
Sunderland will play away agasint Preston North End on the 6th of May with a 4-0 head to head record in favor of Preston North End (2 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
, Luke McNally , Kyle McFadzean , Callum Doyle , Brooke Norton-Cuffy , Gustavo Hamer , Josh Eccles , Jake Bidwell , Jamie Allen , Kasey Palmer and Viktor Gyökeres .The home team had on the bench: Simon Moore, Michael Rose
, Josh Wilson-Esbrand , Fankaty Dabo, Sean Maguire, Tyler Walker and Matt Godden .Coventry City could not rely on the presence of J. Wilson-Esbrand (injured).
Substitutions
Coventry City made 3 changes: Kasey Palmer for Josh Wilson-Esbrand (52′), Jake Bidwell for Matt Godden (80′) and C. Doyle for Michael Rose (80′).
Best player: Viktor Gyökeres
The most impressive player for Coventry City was Viktor Gyökeres.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 8 passes (75% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 20.Sunderland – Formation
Sunderland started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Tony Mowbray played with: Anthony Patterson
, Trai Hume , Daniel Ballard , Danny Batth , Ajibola-Joshua Alese , Daniel Neil , Édouard Michut , Patrick Roberts , Amad Diallo , Jack Clarke and Joe Gelhardt .These were the players on the bench: Alex Bass, Luke O’Nien
, Abdoullah Ba , Alex Pritchard , Pierre Ekwah , Jewison Bennette and Isaac Lihadji.Substitutions
Sunderland made 5 changes: Jack Clarke for Alex Pritchard (69′), J. Gelhardt for Pierre Ekwah Elimby (70′), É. Michut for Abdoullah Ba (70′), Dan Neil for Luke O’Nien (74′) and Aji Alese for Jewison Bennette (81′).
Best player: Daniel Ballard
The player that probably impressed the most for Sunderland was Daniel Ballard.
His rating is
with 69 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 11.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- West Bromwich Albion – Middlesbrough – 2-0
- Stoke City – Millwall – 0-1
- Sheffield United – Watford – 1-0
- Reading – Blackpool – 3-1
- Queens Park Rangers – Blackburn Rovers – 1-3
- Preston North End – Wigan Athletic – 2-1
- Norwich City – Cardiff City – 2-0
- Coventry City – Sunderland – 2-1
- Burnley – Huddersfield Town – 4-0
- Bristol City – Hull City – 1-0
- Birmingham City – Luton Town – 0-1