WEST BROMWICH. West Bromwich Albion topped Coventry City to win 2-1. It was West Bromwich Albion to strike first with an early goal of Mikey Johnston at the 6′. Then Grady Diangana scored again for West Bromwich Albion in the 36′ minute. Eventually, Haji Wright reduced the distance for Coventry City a penalty (73′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.

The match was played at the The Hawthorns stadium in West Bromwich on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Lewis Smith who was helped by George Byrne and Adam Crysell. The 4th official was James Linington. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 4.33 degrees Celsius or 39.79 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.​

Match Statistics​

West Bromwich Albion

2 - 1

Coventry City

  • 54 Ball Possession 46
Shots
  • 7 Total 17
  • 2 On Target 3
  • 3 Off Target 11
  • 2 Shots blocked 3
  • 99 Attack 103
  • 37 Dangerous attack 38
  • 91 Ball safe 75
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 4 Corners 4
  • 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
  • 9 Total 12
  • 2 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 1

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. West Bromwich Albion was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Coventry City that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Coventry City had a more offensive attitude with 38 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 3 were on target. Even so, West Bromwich Albion was able to find the solution to win this match.​

West Bromwich Albion shot 7 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Coventry City shot 17 times, 3 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

West Bromwich Albion received 2 yellow cards (Conor Townsend and Adam Reach). Regarding the opposition, Coventry City received 1 yellow card (Kasey Palmer).

Match Timeline

Mikey Johnston(goal)Conor Townsend
6'
Conor Townsend- Yellow
21'
G. Diangana(goal)Tom Fellows
36'
46'
Haji Wright- sub ->Callum O\'Hare
49'
Kasey Palmer- Yellow
Adam Reach- sub ->Conor Townsend
65'
John Swift- sub ->Mikey Johnston
65'
N. Chalobah- sub ->Okay Yokuşlu
70'
Andreas Weimann- sub ->Grady Diangana
70'
73'
Haji Wright(penalty)
Kyle Bartley- sub ->Tom Fellows
80'
Adam Reach- Yellow
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 playing this contest, West Bromwich Albion has 59 points to remain in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Coventry City will stays with 51 points to hold in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, West Bromwich Albion will play away with Queens Park Rangers on the 6th of March with a 12-5 head to head statistic in favor of West Bromwich Albion (6 draws).

Coventry City will host Rotherham United on the 5th of March with a 4-3 head to head record in favor of Coventry City (2 draws).

West Bromwich Albion – Formation

West Bromwich Albion
G
Alex Palmer 24.England
7.0
D
Darnell Furlong 2.England
6.8
D
Conor Townsend 3.England
7.0
65' 21'
D
Cédric Kipré 4.Ivory Coast
6.8
D
Erik Pieters 15.Netherlands
7.0
M
Jed Wallace 7.England
6.8
M
G. Diangana 11.England
7.5
70' 36'
M
Mikey Johnston 23.Scotland
7.5
65' 6'
M
Alex Mowatt 27.England
7.0
M
T. Fellows 31.England
7.3
80'
M
Okay Yokuşlu 35.Turkey
7.0
70'
Substitutes
G
Joshua Griffiths 33.England
D
Kyle Bartley 5.England
6.7
80'
D
Semi Ajayi 6.Nigeria
D
Pipa 26.Spain
M
N. Chalobah 14.England
6.3
70'
M
Andreas Weimann 17.Austria
6.4
70'
M
John Swift 19.England
6.7
65'
M
Adam Reach 20.England
6.8
65' 90'
F
Callum Marshall 25.Northern Ireland

West Bromwich Albion started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Carlos Corberán Vallet decided to play with the following team: Alex Palmer (7.0), Darnell Furlong (6.8), Cédric Kipré (6.8), Erik Pieters (7.0), Conor Townsend (7.0), Okay Yokuşlu (7.0), Alex Mowatt (7.0), Tom Fellows (7.3), Grady Diangana (7.5), Mikey Johnston (7.5) and Jed Wallace (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Kyle Bartley (6.7), Semi Ajayi, Nathaniel Chalobah (6.3), Andreas Weimann (6.4), John Swift (6.7), Adam Reach (6.8), Callum Marshall, Pipa and Joshua Griffiths.

West Bromwich Albion could not rely on the presence of Adam Reach (injured).

Substitutions

West Bromwich Albion made 5 changes: Conor Townsend for Adam Reach (65′), Mikey Johnston for John Swift (65′), Grady Diangana for Andreas Weimann (69′), Okay Yokuşlu for Nathaniel Chalobah (70′) and Tom Fellows for Kyle Bartley (80′).

Player of the match: Grady Diangana​

The most impressive player for West Bromwich Albion was Grady Diangana.

His rating is 7.5 with 1 goal, 39 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 12.

Coventry City – Formation

Coventry City
G
Ben Wilson 13.England
6.3
D
Bobby Thomas 4.England
7.3
D
Joel Latibeaudiere 22.Jamaica
6.3
D
Luis Binks 2.England
6.4
M
Victor Torp 29.Denmark
7.7
M
Kasey Palmer 45.Jamaica
8.1
49'
M
Jay Dasilva 3.England
6.4
M
Callum O'Hare 10.England
7.1
46'
M
Milan van Ewijk 27.Netherlands
7.3
M
Josh Eccles 28.England
7.3
F
Ellis Simms 9.England
7.0
Substitutes
G
Brad Collins 40.England
D
Liam Kitching 15.England
D
Jake Bidwell 21.England
M
Liam Kelly 6.Scotland
M
K. Andrews 54.Wales
F
Haji Wright 11.United States
7.0
46' 73'
F
Fábio Tavares 30.Portugal
F
Matt Godden 24.England

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

Mark Robins played with: Ben Wilson (6.3), Bobby Thomas (7.3), Joel Latibeaudiere (6.3), Luis Binks (6.4), Milan van Ewijk (7.3), Josh Eccles (7.3), Victor Torp (7.7), Jay Dasilva (6.4), Callum O’Hare (7.1), Kasey Palmer (8.1) and Ellis Simms (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Liam Kelly, Haji Wright (7.0), Liam Kitching, Jake Bidwell, Fabio Tavares, Matt Godden, Bradley Collins, Dermi Lusala and Kai Andrews.

Substitutions

Coventry City made only 1 change substituting Callum O’Hare for Haji Wright (46′)​.

Player of the match: Kasey Palmer​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Coventry City was Kasey Palmer.

His rating is 8.1 with 49 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 8 duels out of 17. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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