Coventry City 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Championship · Saturday 31 December 2011

Result

Coventry City 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion

Championship · Saturday 31 December 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Coventry City 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Coventry City won against Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 31 December 2011. The half-time score was 1-0.

Gary McSheffrey opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Coventry City's goals came from Gary McSheffrey (34') and Lukas Jutkiewicz (54'). Brighton & Hove Albion did not score.

Discipline: Coventry City received 2 yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Coventry City were 24th on 16 points from 23 and Brighton & Hove Albion 14th on 32 points from 23. Coventry City went on to finish that season 23rd with 40 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 10th with 66.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Coventry City win, 1 draw and 1 for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Going into the match Coventry City's last five read W-L-L-L-L and Brighton & Hove Albion's L-L-L-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · Alan NavarroBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 34'Goal · Gary McSheffreyCoventry City · 1-0
  • 40'Yellow card · Gary DeeganCoventry City
  • 54'Goal · Lukas JutkiewiczCoventry City · 2-0
  • 57'Yellow card · Lewis DunkBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 69'Yellow card · Cyrus ChristieCoventry City

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Coventry City 1, draws 1, Brighton & Hove Albion 1.

Team news

Coventry City line-up

Joe Murphy, Richard Keogh, Martin Cranie, Richard Wood, Cyrus Christie, David Bell, Carl Baker, Gary McSheffrey, Gary Deegan, Conor Thomas, Lukas Jutkiewicz

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up

Casper Ankergren, Gordon Greer, Lewis Dunk, Adam El-Abd, Mauricio Taricco, Alan Navarro, Matthew Sparrow, Ryan Harley, Craig Noone, Craig Mackail-Smith, B. Paynter