WATFORD. Coventry City managed to find the solution against Watford to win 2-1. H. Wright was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Watford to strike first with a goal of Ryan Porteous at the 20′. Then it was a penalty in the 40′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Haji Wright gave the win to Coventry City in the 72′ minute scoring a double. Watford lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Vicarage Road stadium in Watford on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 18,907 spectators. The referee was Robert Madley who had the assistance of Craig Taylor and Darren Williams. The 4th official was Matthew Corlett. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 6.32 degrees Celsius or 43.38 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 39%.
Match Statistics
- 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
- 19 Total 8
- 5 On Target 3
- 7 Off Target 2
- 8 Shots blocked 3
- 117 Attack 84
- 72 Dangerous attack 36
- 84 Ball safe 85
- 0 Penalties 1
- 5 Corners 4
- 5 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 10 Total 9
- 1 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Watford had a superior ball possession 57% while Coventry City was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Watford was more pushing with 72 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, Coventry City found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Watford shot 19 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Coventry City shot 8 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Watford received 1 yellow card (Wesley Hoedt). Regarding the opposition, Coventry City received 5 yellow cards (Bobby Thomas, Haji Wright, Liam Kelly, Jake Bidwell and Kasey Palmer).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Watford stays with 45 points to hold in the 13th place. On the other side, Coventry City will has 57 points to remain in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Watford will play away with Birmingham City on the 16th of March with a 9-4 head to head statistic in favor of Watford (2 draws).
Coventry City will host Hull City on the 16th of March with a 6-5 head to head record in favor of Hull City (4 draws).
Watford – Formation
Watford
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20'
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Watford started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Valérien Ismaël decided to play with the following team: Jake Livermore, Ken Sema, Horacio Barrenechea , Ryan Andrews , Ryan Porteous , Wesley Hoedt , Jamal Lewis , Edo Kayembe , Tom Dele-Bashiru , Ismaël Koné , Yaser Asprilla , Emmanuel Dennis and Giorgi Chakvetadze .
The home team had on the bench: Vakoun Issouf Bayo , Francisco Sierralta, Thomas Ince , Mileta Rajovic , Matthew Pollock, Ben Hamer, Matheus Martins , James Morris and Jack Grieves.
Watford could not rely on the presence of Vakoun Issouf Bayo (injured).
Substitutions
Watford made 4 changes: Giorgi Chakvetadze for Vakoun Issouf Bayo (46′), Ismaël Koné for Thomas Ince (76′), Emmanuel Dennis for Matheus Martins (64′) and Yaser Asprilla for Mileta Rajovic (86′).
Player of the match: Jamal Lewis
The player that probably impressed the most for Watford was Jamal Lewis.
His rating is with 45 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 4 crosses.
Coventry City – Formation
Coventry City
Coventry City started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Mark Robins played with: Bradley Collins , Bobby Thomas , Joel Latibeaudiere , Liam Kitching , Josh Eccles , Liam Kelly , Victor Torp , Jake Bidwell , Kasey Palmer , Haji Wright , Ellis Simms .
They had on the bench: Luis Binks, Jay Dasilva, Callum O’Hare , Ben Wilson, Ben Sheaf , Matt Godden , Milan van Ewijk , Fabio Tavares and Kai Andrews.
Substitutions
Coventry City made 4 changes: Liam Kelly for Milan van Ewijk (46′), Victor Torp for Ben Sheaf (58′), Kasey Palmer for Callum O’Hare (58′) and Ellis Simms for Matt Godden (87′).
Player of the match: Haji Wright
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Coventry City was Haji Wright.
His rating is with 2 goals, 23 passes (61% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Watford – Coventry City – 1-2
- Southampton – Sunderland – 4-2
- Queens Park Rangers – Middlesbrough – 0-2
- Preston North End – Stoke City – 1-2
- Norwich City – Rotherham United – 5-0
- Millwall – Birmingham City – 1-0
- Hull City – Leicester City – 2-2
- Cardiff City – Ipswich Town – 2-1
- Blackburn Rovers – Plymouth Argyle – 1-1
