Blackpool 1-4 Coventry City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 18 March 2023
Result
Blackpool 1-4 Coventry City
Championship · Saturday 18 March 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Blackpool 1-4 Coventry City: match report
Blackpool lost to Coventry City 1-4 in the Championship on Saturday 18 March 2023. The half-time score was 1-2.
Ben Sheaf opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Blackpool's goal came from Jerry Yates (35', penalty). Coventry City scored through Ben Sheaf (20'), an own goal by C. Nelson (45+2'), Kyle McFadzean (50') and Matt Godden (73').
Discipline: Blackpool received no yellow cards; Coventry City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackpool were 22nd on 35 points from 37 and Coventry City 9th on 54 points from 37. Blackpool went on to finish that season 24th with 44 points, and Coventry City 5th with 75.
Blackpool lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Coventry City in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Sheaf of Coventry City (7.8), level with Matty Godden (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Blackpool wins, 4 draws and 2 for Coventry City.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · Viktor Gyökeres
- 20'Goal · Ben Sheaf
- 34'Yellow card · Kyle McFadzean
- 35'Penalty goal · Jerry Yates
- 45+2'Own goal · C. Nelson
- 50'Goal · Kyle McFadzean
- 73'Goal · Matt Godden
- 83'Yellow card · Gustavo Hamer
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackpool line-up (3-1-4-2)
Chris Maxwell, Curtis Nelson, Jordan Thorniley, James Husband, Callum Connolly, Andy Lyons, Charlie Patiño, Lewis Fiorini, CJ Hamilton, Jerry Yates, Morgan Rogers
Coventry City line-up (3-4-1-2)
Ben Wilson, Luke McNally, Kyle McFadzean, Callum Doyle, Fankaty Dabo, Gustavo Hamer, Ben Sheaf, Jake Bidwell, Josh Eccles, Tyler Walker, Viktor Gyökeres