COVENTRY. Stoke City conquers Coventry City 4-0 after playing a incredible match. Jacob Brown (6′), T. Campbell (40′), W. Smallbone (71′) and Ki-Jana Hoever (77′).
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 Samuel Barrott with the support of Paul Hodskinson and G Read. The 4th official was Matthew Corlett. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.8 degrees Celsius or 49.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.
Match Statistics
- 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
- 15 Total 26
- 6 On Target 11
- 3 Off Target 10
- 6 Shots blocked 5
- 107 Attack 127
- 56 Dangerous attack 51
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 6
Fouls
- 11 Total 6
- 2 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Coventry City was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Stoke City that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Coventry City had a more offensive attitude with 56 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. Still, Stoke City succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Coventry City shot 15 times, 6 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Stoke City shot 26 times, 11 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Coventry City received 2 yellow cards (Gustavo Hamer and Michael Rose). On the opposite side, Stoke City didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Coventry City will stay with 57 points like Norwich City to sit in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, Stoke City will have 51 points to sit in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Coventry City will play away against Middlesbrough on the 6th of May with a 4-4 head to head record.
Stoke City will play away agasint Watford on the 6th of May with a 6-5 head to head in favor of Watford (3 draws).
Coventry City – Formation
Coventry City
46'
42'
The manager Mark Robins decided to play with the following team: Ben Wilson, Kyle John McFadzean, Jake Bidwell, Fankaty Dabo, Luke McNally, Callum Doyle, Ben Sheaf, Gustavo Hamer, Josh Eccles, Matt Godden and Viktor Gyökeres.
The home team had on the bench: Josh Wilson-Esbrand, Ryan Howley, Sean Maguire, Tyler Walker, Michael Rose, Simon Moore and Brooke Norton-Cuffy.
Substitutions
Coventry City made 5 changes: Josh Eccles for Ryan Howley (46′), Kyle McFadzean for Michael Rose (46′), Jake Bidwell for Josh Wilson-Esbrand (46′), Matt Godden for Tyler Walker (72′) and Fankaty Dabo for B. Norton-Cuffy (72′).
Stoke City – Formation
Stoke City
77'
Alex Neil played with: Jack Bonham, Phil Jagielka, Dujon Sterling, Ben Wilmot, Ki-Jana Hoever, Nick Powell, Ben Pearson, Josh Laurent, William Smallbone, Tyrese Campbell and Jacob Brown.
These were the players on the bench: Bersant Celina, Lewis Baker, Morgan Fox, Josh Tymon, Conner Taylor, Frank Fielding and Jordan Thompson.
Substitutions
Stoke City made 5 changes: N. Powell for Morgan Fox (78′), Ben Pearson for Jordan Thompson (79′), T. Campbell for Bersant Celina (83′), W. Smallbone for Lewis Baker (83′) and Dujon Sterling for Josh Tymon (84′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Wigan Athletic – Queens Park Rangers – 1-0
- West Bromwich Albion – Millwall – 0-0
- Preston North End – Blackpool – 3-1
- Norwich City – Sheffield United – 0-1
- Luton Town – Watford – 2-0
- Hull City – Rotherham United – 0-0
- Huddersfield Town – Middlesbrough – 4-2
- Coventry City – Stoke City – 0-4
- Cardiff City – Swansea City – 2-3
- Bristol City – Reading – 1-1
- Birmingham City – Blackburn Rovers – 1-0
