Coventry City 1-0 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 15 September 2021

Result

Coventry City 1-0 Cardiff City

Championship · Wednesday 15 September 2021, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Coventry City 1-0 Cardiff City: match report

Coventry City won against Cardiff City 1-0 in the Championship on Wednesday 15 September 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Viktor Gyökeres of Coventry City in the 15th minute.

Discipline: Coventry City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Cardiff City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Coventry City were 8th on 12 points from 6 and Cardiff City 10th on 11 points from 6. Coventry City went on to finish that season 12th with 64 points, and Cardiff City 19th with 53.

Coventry City lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Cardiff City in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jake Clarke-Salter of Coventry City (8.1), ahead of Aden Flint (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Coventry City win, 2 draws and 7 for Cardiff City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Viktor GyökeresCoventry City · 1-0
  • 69'Yellow card · Kieffer MooreCardiff City
  • 73'Yellow card · Todd KaneCoventry City
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Gustavo HamerCoventry City
  • 90+2'Red card · Fankaty DaboCoventry City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Coventry City 1, draws 2, Cardiff City 7.

Team news

Coventry City line-up (3-4-1-2)

Simon Moore, Dominic Hyam, Kyle McFadzean, Jake Clarke-Salter, Fankaty Dabo, Jamie Allen, Gustavo Hamer, Ian Maatsen, Callum O'Hare, Martyn Waghorn, Viktor Gyökeres

Cardiff City line-up (5-4-1)

Dillon Phillips, Perry Ng, Sean Morrison, Aden Flint, Curtis Nelson, Joel Bagan, Rubin Colwill, Marlon Pack, Will Vaulks, Mark Harris, Kieffer Moore