BRISTOL. Bristol City conquers Coventry City 1-0 after R. Dickie scored just 1 goal (45β€²). Coventry City was truly superior in terms of ball possession (64%).​

The match was played at the Ashton Gate Stadium stadium in Bristol on Saturday and it started at 10:00 am local time. The referee was David Webb who had the assistance of Rob Smith and Rob Merchant. The 4th official was Daniel Middleton. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 11.86 degrees Celsius or 53.35 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.​

Match Statistics​

Bristol City

1 - 0

Coventry City

  • ! 36 Ball Possession 64
Shots
  • 6 Total 12
  • 3 On Target 1
  • 2 Off Target 8
  • 1 Shots blocked 3
  • 90 Attack 126
  • 18 Dangerous attack 70
  • 63 Ball safe 77
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 2 Corners 10
Fouls
  • 9 Total 5
  • 2 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 7

Ball possession

Coventry City had a superior ball possession 64% while Bristol City was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Coventry City had a more offensive attitude with 70 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 1 were on target. Nevertheless, Bristol City succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Bristol City shot 6 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Coventry City shot 12 times, 1 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Bristol City received 2 yellow cards (Ephrahim Yeboah and Andreas Weimann). On the opposite side, Coventry City received 3 yellow cards (Jay Dasilva, Josh Eccles and Yasin Ayari).

Match Timeline

Jason Knight- sub ->Haydon Roberts
39'
Rob Dickie(goal)Taylor Gardner-Hickman
45'
55'
Harry Cornick- sub ->Tommy Conway
66'
75'
Josh Eccles- Yellow
75'
75'
Haji Wright- sub ->Ellis Simms
75'
81'
89'
Jay Dasilva- Yellow
89'
Joel Latibeaudiere- sub ->Kyle McFadzean
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Leicester City
97
46
Ipswich Town
96
46
Leeds United
90
46
Southampton
87
46
West Bromwich Albion
75
46
Norwich City
73
46
Hull City
70
46
Middlesbrough
69
46
Coventry City
64
46
Preston North End
63
46
Bristol City
62
46
Cardiff City
62
46
Millwall
59
46
Swansea City
57
46
Watford
56
46
Sunderland
56
46
Stoke City
56
46
Queens Park Rangers
56
46
Blackburn Rovers
53
46
Sheffield Wednesday
53
46
Plymouth Argyle
51
46
Birmingham City
50
46
Huddersfield Town
45
46
Rotherham United
27
46

After this encounter, Bristol City will have 18 points like Birmingham City to remain in the 8th place. Talking about the opposition, Coventry City will stay with 15 points like Swansea City to remain in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Bristol City will host Blackburn Rovers on the 10th of April with a 6-6 head to head statistic.

Coventry City will play away agasint Southampton on the 9th of April with a 4-2 head to head statistic in favor of Southampton (5 draws).

Bristol City – Formation

Bristol City
G
Max O'Leary 1.England
7.0
D
Cameron Pring 3.England
7.3
D
Kal Naismith 4.Scotland
D
Rob Dickie 16.England
8.2
45'
D
Mark Sykes 17.Northern Ireland
6.8
D
Andy King 10.Wales
7.3
D
Haydon Roberts 24.England
6.4
39'
M
Matty James 6.England
7.0
M
Joe Williams 8.England
M
Sam Bell 20.England
7.0
75'
M
Taylor Gardner-Hickman 22.England
7.1
M
Andreas Weimann 14.Austria
6.8
55'
F
Nahki Wells 21.Bermuda
F
T. Conway 15.Scotland
6.7
66'
Substitutes
G
S. Bajić 23.France
D
J. James 34.England
D
Duncan Idehen 35.England
D
J. Knight-Lebel 27.Canada
M
Jason Knight 12.Republic of Ireland
6.7
39'
M
Anis Mehmeti 11.Albania
F
Harry Cornick 9.England
6.4
66'
F
R. Nelson 30.England
F
Ephrahim Yeboah 29.Italy
6.7
75' 90'

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

The manager Nigel Pearson decided to play with the following team: Kal Naismith, Joe Williams, Nahki Wells, Max O’Leary (7.0), Mark Sykes (6.8), Robert Dickie (8.2), Andy King (7.3), Cameron Pring (7.3), Haydon Roberts (6.4), Andreas Weimann (6.8), Matty James (7.0), Taylor Gardner-Hickman (7.1), Sam Bell (7.0) and Tommy Conway (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Jason Knight (6.7), Harry Cornick (6.4), Anis Mehmeti, Raekwan Nelson, Joseph James, Duncan Idehen, Stefan Bajić, Jamie Knight-Lebel and Ephrahim Yeboah (6.7).

Substitutions

Bristol City made 2 changes: Haydon Roberts for Jason Knight (39β€²) and Tommy Conway for Harry Cornick (66β€²).

Best player: Robert Dickie​

The player that probably impressed the most for Bristol City was Robert Dickie.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 25 passes (64% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10.

Coventry City – Formation

Coventry City
G
Ben Wilson 13.England
6.7
D
Luis Binks 2.England
7.3
D
Bobby Thomas 4.England
7.0
D
Kyle McFadzean 5.England
6.7
89'
M
Jay Dasilva 3.England
7.0
89'
M
Jamie Allen 8.England
M
Josh Eccles 28.England
7.1
75'
M
Ben Sheaf 14.England
7.9
M
Milan van Ewijk 27.Netherlands
7.7
F
Matt Godden 24.England
6.4
F
Tatsuhiro Sakamoto 7.Japan
7.3
75'
F
Ellis Simms 9.England
7.0
75'
Substitutes
G
Brad Collins 40.England
D
Joel Latibeaudiere 22.Jamaica
89'
D
Liam Kitching 15.England
D
Jake Bidwell 21.England
M
Y. Ayari 26.Sweden
7.0
75' 81'
M
K. Andrews 54.Wales
M
Justin Obikwu 49.England
F
Haji Wright 11.United States
6.6
75'

Coventry City started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Mark Robins played with: Jamie Allen, Ben Wilson (6.7), Bobby Thomas (7.0), Kyle McFadzean (6.7), Luis Binks (7.3), Milan van Ewijk (7.7), Josh Eccles (7.1), Ben Sheaf (7.9), Jay Dasilva (7.0), Matt Godden (6.4), Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (7.3), Ellis Simms (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Haji Wright (6.6), Joel Latibeaudiere, Yasin Ayari (7.0), Liam Kitching, Bradley Collins, Jake Bidwell, Kai Andrews, Justin Obikwu and Dermi Lusala.

Substitutions

Coventry City made 3 changes: Tatsuhiro Sakamoto for Yasin Ayari (75β€²), Ellis Simms for Haji Wright (75β€²) and Kyle McFadzean for Joel Latibeaudiere (89β€²).

Best player: Ben Sheaf​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Coventry City was Ben Sheaf.

His rating is (7.9) with 68 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Results of the day

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