SHEFFIELD. Coventry City beat Sheffield Wednesday to win 2-1. B. Sheaf was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Coventry City to strike first with a goal of Ben Sheaf at the 40′. Then Ben Sheaf scored again for Coventry City in the 57′ minute scoring a double. Eventually, Josh Windass reduced the distance for Sheffield Wednesday (68′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the Hillsborough Stadium stadium in Sheffield on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 28,129 spectators. The referee was Anthony Backhouse with the collaboration of Bhupinder Gill and Carl Fitch. The 4th official was Matt Donohue. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 4.74 degrees Celsius or 40.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.
Match Statistics
- 46 Ball Possession 54
Shots
- 11 Total 16
- 5 On Target 6
- 4 Off Target 3
- 2 Shots blocked 7
- 74 Attack 108
- 54 Dangerous attack 52
- 76 Ball safe 69
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 7
Fouls
- 13 Total 8
- 4 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Sheffield Wednesday was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Coventry City that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Sheffield Wednesday was more pushing with 54 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyway, Coventry City found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.
Sheffield Wednesday shot 11 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Coventry City shot 16 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Sheffield Wednesday received 4 yellow cards (Marvin Johnson, Barry Bannan, Djeidi Gassama and Michael Ihiekwe). Regarding the opposition, Coventry City received 5 yellow cards (Matt Godden, Kasey Palmer, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Milan van Ewijk and Ben Sheaf).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Sheffield Wednesday stays with 22 points to remain in the 23rd place. On the other side, Coventry City will has 43 points to hold in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Sheffield Wednesday will host Watford on the 27th of January with a 10-3 head to head record in favor of Watford (4 draws).
Coventry City will host Bristol City on the 27th of January with a 11-7 head to head statistic in favor of Bristol City (6 draws).
Sheffield Wednesday – Formation
Sheffield Wednesday adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Danny Röhl decided to play with the following team: James Beadle , Pol Valentín , Michael Ihiekwe , Di’Shon Bernard , Marvin Johnson , Liam Palmer , Will Vaulks , Josh Windass , Barry Bannan , Djeidi Gassama and Ashley Fletcher .
The home team had on the bench: Bambo Diaby, Bailey-Tye Cadamarteri , Anthony Musaba , Cameron Dawson, Mallik Wilks , George Byers, Ike Ugbo , Akin Famewo and Momo Diaby.
Substitutions
Sheffield Wednesday made 5 changes: Ashley Fletcher for Ike Ugbo (62′), Michael Ihiekwe for Akin Famewo (61′), Djeidi Gassama for Anthony Musaba (61′), Will Vaulks for Bailey-Tye Cadamarteri (61′) and Liam Palmer for Mallik Wilks (85′).
Player of the match: Josh Windass
The most impressive player for Sheffield Wednesday was Josh Windass.
His rating is with 1 goal, 32 passes (78% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 4 crosses.
Coventry City – Formation
Also Coventry City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Mark Robins played with: Bradley Collins , Milan van Ewijk , Bobby Thomas , Liam Kitching , Jake Bidwell , Tatsuhiro Sakamoto , Josh Eccles , Ben Sheaf , Kasey Palmer , Callum O’Hare and Matt Godden .
These were the players on the bench: Jay Dasilva, Ellis Simms , Luis Binks, Kyle McFadzean, Jamie Allen , Ben Wilson, Joel Latibeaudiere , Victor Torp and Fabio Tavares.
Substitutions
Coventry City made 3 changes: Josh Eccles for Joel Latibeaudiere (79′), Matt Godden for Ellis Simms (80′) and Callum O’Hare for Jamie Allen (90′).
Player of the match: Ben Sheaf
The most impressive player for Coventry City was Ben Sheaf.
His rating is with 2 goals, 64 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 9.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Swansea City – Southampton – 1-3
- Stoke City – Birmingham City – 1-2
- Sheffield Wednesday – Coventry City – 1-2
- Queens Park Rangers – Millwall – 2-0
- Plymouth Argyle – Cardiff City – 3-1
- Norwich City – West Bromwich Albion – 2-0
- Middlesbrough – Rotherham United – 1-1
- Bristol City – Watford – 1-1
- Blackburn Rovers – Huddersfield Town – 1-1