Coventry City surprises Birmingham City with a 2-0 win. HIGHLIGHTS

COVENTRY. Coventry City had a surprising win over Birmingham City with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Eccles (3') and a penalty scored by V. Gyökeres (42').

David Brown

April 30, 2023

COVENTRY. Coventry City had a surprising win over Birmingham City with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Eccles (3′) and a penalty scored by V. Gyökeres (42′). Birmingham City lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).

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 James Linington who had the assistance of Adrian Waters and Rob Merchant. The 4th official was Tim Robinson. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.6 degrees Celsius or 63.66 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.

Match Statistics

Coventry City

2 - 0

Birmingham City

42 Ball Possession 58

Shots

9 Total 9
3 On Target 1
2 Off Target 6
4 Shots blocked 2

76 Attack 143
41 Dangerous attack 66
0 Ball safe 0

1 Penalties 0
5 Corners 5
3 Off Sides 1

Fouls

10 Total 10
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

1 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Birmingham City had a superior ball possession 57% while Coventry City was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Birmingham City was more aggressive with 66 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 1 were on target. Even so, Coventry City found a way to find the solution to win this match.

Coventry City shot 9 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Birmingham City shot 9 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Coventry City didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards (Kevin Long and Hannibal Mejbri).

Also, Birmingham City didn’t finish the match with 11 players after John Eustace (Birmingham City) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (49′).

Match Timeline

Josh Eccles(goal)

42'

48'

65'

J. Bacuna- sub ->J. James

65'

85'

86'

Jamie Allen- sub ->Josh Eccles

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

101

After playing this contest, Coventry City will have 69 points to remain in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, Birmingham City will stay with 53 points like Stoke City to sit in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Coventry City will play away with Middlesbrough on the 8th of May with a 4-4 head to head record.

Birmingham City will host Sheffield United on the 8th of May with a 5-2 head to head stats in favor of Birmingham City (4 draws).

Coventry City – Formation

Coventry City

Ben Wilson 13.England

6.6

Kyle McFadzean 5.England

6.9

Luke McNally 16.Republic of Ireland

7.1

C. Doyle 3.England

7.2

Jake Bidwell 27.England

7.2

B. Norton-Cuffy 7.England

6.7

Liam Kelly 6.Scotland

7.1

Gustavo Hamer 38.Netherlands

6.1

Josh Eccles 28.England

7.2

90'

Matt Godden 24.England

6.3

Viktor Gyökeres 17.Sweden

7.8

42'

Substitutes

Simon Moore 1.England

Jonathan Panzo 2.England

Fankaty Dabo 23.England

J. Wilson-Esbrand 11.England

Jamie Allen 8.England

90'

Sean Maguire 18.Republic of Ireland

Tyler Walker 19.England

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

The manager Mark Robins decided to play with the following team: Ben Wilson (6.6), Luke McNally (7.1), Kyle McFadzean (6.9), Callum Doyle (7.2), Brooke Norton-Cuffy (6.7), Josh Eccles (7.2), Liam Kelly (7.1), Gustavo Hamer (6.1), Jake Bidwell (7.2), Viktor Gyökeres (7.8) and Matt Godden (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Sean Maguire, Simon Moore, Tyler Walker, Jonathan Panzo, Jamie Allen, Fankaty Dabo and Josh Wilson-Esbrand.

Substitutions

Coventry City made only 1 change substituting Josh Eccles for Jamie Allen (90′).

Best player: Viktor Gyökeres

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Coventry City was Viktor Gyökeres.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 19 passes (57% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.

Birmingham City – Formation

Birmingham City

N. Etheridge 1.Philippines

6.1

Kevin Long 26.Republic of Ireland

6.7

48'

Maxime Colin 2.France

6.5

Marc Roberts 4.England

6.8

Auston Trusty 5.United States

6.9

85'

Krystian Bielik 31.Poland

6.2

Tahith Chong 18.Netherlands

6.4

65'

Reda Khadra 17.Germany

6.3

86'

Jobe Bellingham 27.England

6.8

J. James 19.Wales

6.4

65'

Lukas Jutkiewicz 10.England

6.5

Substitutes

Zachary Jeacock 38.England

M. Emmanuel 23.England

6.5

85'

Dion Sanderson 28.England

Harlee Dean 12.England

Hannibal 6.Tunisia

6.8

65'

90'

J. Bacuna 7.Netherlands

6.5

65'

Jordan Graham 11.England

6.6

86'

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

John Eustace played with: Neil Etheridge (6.1), Maxime Colin (6.5), Marc Roberts (6.8), Kevin Long (6.7), Auston Trusty (6.9), Jordan James (6.4), Krystian Bielik (6.2), Tahith Chong (6.4), Jobe Bellingham (6.8), Reda Khadra (6.3) and Lukas Jutkiewicz (6.5).

These were the players on the bench: Hannibal Mejbri (6.8), Zachary Jeacock, Emmanuel Longelo (6.5), Dion Sanderson, Juninho Bacuna (6.5), Harlee Dean and Jordan Graham (6.6).

Birmingham City could not rely on the presence of Hannibal Mejbri (injured) and Emmanuel Longelo (injured).

Substitutions

Birmingham City made 4 changes: T. Chong for Hannibal Mejbri (65′), J. James for Juninho Bacuna (65′), Auston Trusty for Mbule Emmanuel (85′) and R. Khadra for Jordan Graham (86′).