COVENTRY. Coventry City managed to find the solution against Millwall to win 2-1. H. Wright was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Millwall to strike first with a goal of Romain Esse at the 12′. Then it was a penalty in the 67′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Haji Wright gave the win to Coventry City in the 70′ minute scoring a double. Coventry City was truly superior in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the The Coventry Building Society Arena stadium in Coventry on Sunday and it started at 12:00 pm local time. In front of 24,168 spectators.​ The referee was Andrew Kitchen with the collaboration of James Wilson and Shaun Hudson. The 4th official was Leigh Doughty. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.62 degrees Celsius or 47.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Coventry City had a strong ball possession 62% while Millwall was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Coventry City was more aggressive with 55 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Coventry City won the match​.

Coventry City shot 15 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Millwall shot 8 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Coventry City didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Millwall received 1 yellow card (Romain Esse).

Standings

After this match, Coventry City has 47 points like Sunderland to hold in the 6th place. On the other side, Millwall will stays with 33 points to hold in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Coventry City will play away with Plymouth Argyle on the 14th of February with a 7-5 head to head record in favor of Plymouth Argyle (1 draw).

Millwall will host Ipswich Town on the 14th of February with a 9-7 head to head stats in favor of Ipswich Town (4 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 (7.0), Milan van Ewijk (7.1), Joel Latibeaudiere (7.0), Luis Binks (6.8), Jay Dasilva (7.0), Victor Torp (7.3), Josh Eccles (6.8), Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (7.5), Callum O’Hare (7.8), Kasey Palmer (6.6) and Haji Wright (8.8).

The home team had on the bench: Ben Wilson, Bobby Thomas (7.0), Liam Kelly, Ellis Simms (7.0), Jake Bidwell, Matt Godden, Fabio Tavares, Dermi Lusala and Bradley Stretton.

Substitutions

Coventry City made 2 changes: Josh Eccles for Bobby Thomas (57′) and Kasey Palmer for Ellis Simms (57′).

Player of the match: Haji Wright​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Coventry City was Haji Wright.

His rating is 8.8 with 2 goals, 11 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 11. He hit the woodwork once times.

Millwall – Formation

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

Joe Edwards played with: Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Matija Sarkic  (7.1), Japhet Tanganga (6.4), Wes Harding (6.8), Jake Cooper (6.8), Danny McNamara (6.7), George Honeyman (7.1), Casper De Norre (7.5), Joe Bryan (7.3), Romain Esse (7.3) and Zian Flemming (6.7), Michael Obafemi (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Murray Wallace, Duncan Watmore (6.6), George Saville (6.4), Billy Mitchell, Tom Bradshaw (6.7), Adam Mayor (6.8), Allan Campbell, Ryan Leonard and Bartosz Bialkowski.

Substitutions

Millwall made 4 changes: Michael Obafemi for Tom Bradshaw (63′), Zian Flemming for Adam Mayor (77′), George Honeyman for George Saville (77′) and Romain Esse for Duncan Watmore (63′).

Player of the match: Casper De Norre​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Millwall was Casper De Norre.

His rating is 7.5 with 43 passes (72% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

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

• Coventry City – Millwall – 2-1