COVENTRY. Coventry City defeats Birmingham City 2-0 after C. O’Hare scores 2 goals.

The match was played at the The Coventry Building Society Arena stadium in Coventry on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Samuel Allison who was helped by Paul Hodskinson and Black Antrobus. The 4th official was Keith Stroud. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 8.92 degrees Celsius or 48.06 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.​

Standings

After playing this match, Coventry City has 25 points like Bristol City to hold in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Birmingham City will stays with 23 points to hold in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Coventry City will host Southampton on the 13th of December with a 4-2 head to head in favor of Southampton (5 draws).

Birmingham City will play away against Cardiff City on the 13th of December with a 12-4 head to head in favor of Cardiff City (9 draws).

Coventry City – Formation

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

The manager Mark Robins decided to play with the following team: Bradley Collins (8.4), Milan van Ewijk (8.4), Bobby Thomas (6.4), Liam Kitching (7.3), Jake Bidwell (7.0), Ben Sheaf (7.3), Callum O’Hare (9.7), Jamie Allen (7.5), Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (8.1), Ellis Simms (7.0) and Haji Wright (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Yasin Ayari, Josh Eccles, Luis Binks, Jay Dasilva, Kyle McFadzean, Liam Kelly, Ben Wilson, Joel Latibeaudiere and Kasey Palmer.

Substitutions

Coventry City decided to remain with the initial team without doing any substitution.

Player of the match: Callum O’Hare​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Coventry City was Callum O’Hare.

His rating is 9.7 with 2 goals, 42 passes (90% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 12.

Birmingham City – Formation

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

Wayne Mark Rooney played with: Ethan Laird, Dion Sanderson, John Ruddy (8.5), J. Bacuna (7.3), Marc Roberts (7.0), Emanuel Aiwu (6.7), Lee Buchanan (6.7), Koji Miyoshi (7.0), Jordan James (7.0), Krystian Bielik (6.8) and Jay Stansfield (6.4), Lukas Jutkiewicz (7.7), Siriki Dembélé (6.8).

They had on the bench: Oliver Burke (6.3), Neil Etheridge , Scott Hogan (6.3), Gary Gardner, Emmanuel Longelo, Marcel Oakley, Brandon Khela, Ivan Šunjić (6.8) and Romelle Donovan (6.7).

Substitutions

Birmingham City made 3 changes: Krystian Bielik for Ivan Šunjić (83′), Jay Stansfield for Scott Hogan (70′) and Koji Miyoshi for Oliver Burke (70′).

Player of the match: John Ruddy​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Birmingham City was the goalkeeper: John Ruddy. His rating is 8.47. He performed 7 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Coventry City – Birmingham City – 2-0