Cardiff City 2-1 Coventry City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 30 September 2008

Result

Cardiff City 2-1 Coventry City

Championship · Tuesday 30 September 2008, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Cardiff City · Coventry City · Championship predictions

Cardiff City 2-1 Coventry City: match report

Cardiff City beat Coventry City 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 30 September 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Jay Bothroyd opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Jay Bothroyd (31') and Ross McCormack (85', penalty). Coventry City scored through S. Dann (89').

Discipline: Cardiff City received no yellow cards; Coventry City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 11th on 11 points from 8 and Coventry City 7th on 12 points from 8. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 7th with 74 points, and Coventry City 17th with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Cardiff City win, 3 draws and 2 for Coventry City.

Going into the match Cardiff City's last five read L-D-W-D-D and Coventry City's D-W-D-D-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · Jay BothroydCardiff City · 1-0
  • 58'Yellow card · A. GunnarssonCoventry City
  • 85'Penalty goal · Ross McCormackCardiff City · 2-0
  • 89'Goal · S. DannCoventry City · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Leon McKenzieCoventry City

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Cardiff City 1, draws 3, Coventry City 2.