Coventry City 2-0 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 29 April 2023
Result
Coventry City 2-0 Birmingham City
Championship · Saturday 29 April 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Coventry City 2-0 Birmingham City: match report
Coventry City defeated Birmingham City 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 29 April 2023. The half-time score was 2-0.
Josh Eccles opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Coventry City's goals came from Josh Eccles (3') and Viktor Gyökeres (42', penalty). Birmingham City did not score.
Discipline: Coventry City received no yellow cards; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Coventry City were 6th on 66 points from 44 and Birmingham City 17th on 53 points from 44. Coventry City went on to finish that season 5th with 75 points, and Birmingham City 17th with 53.
Coventry City lined up in a 3-5-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Viktor Gyökeres of Coventry City (8.1), ahead of Luke McNally (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Coventry City wins, 6 draws and 1 for Birmingham City.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Josh Eccles
- 42'Penalty goal · Viktor Gyökeres
- 49'Yellow card · Kevin Long
- 50'Red card · John Eustace
- 90+5'Yellow card · Hannibal Mejbri
Head-to-head
Team news
Coventry City line-up (3-5-2)
Ben Wilson, Luke McNally, Kyle McFadzean, Callum Doyle, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Josh Eccles, Liam Kelly, Gustavo Hamer, Jake Bidwell, Viktor Gyökeres, Matty Godden
Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Neil Etheridge, Maxime Colin, M. Roberts, Kevin Long, Auston Trusty, Jordan James, Krystian Bielik, Tahith Chong, Jobe Bellingham, Reda Khadra, Lukas Jutkiewicz