Coventry City 3-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Saturday 21 January 2012

Result

Coventry City 3-1 Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 21 January 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Coventry City · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Coventry City 3-1 Middlesbrough: match report

Coventry City won against Middlesbrough 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 21 January 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Gary McSheffrey opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Coventry City's goals came from Gary McSheffrey (36'), Alex Nimely (57') and an own goal by Matthew Bates (64'). Middlesbrough scored through S. McDonald (66').

Discipline: Coventry City received 2 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

Going into the game Coventry City were 24th on 19 points from 26 and Middlesbrough 4th on 45 points from 26. Coventry City went on to finish that season 23rd with 40 points, and Middlesbrough 7th with 70.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Coventry City win, 4 draws and 2 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Kevin ThomsonMiddlesbrough
  • 36'Goal · Gary McSheffreyCoventry City · 1-0
  • 39'Second yellow · Kevin ThomsonMiddlesbrough
  • 43'Yellow card · Gary DeeganCoventry City
  • 56'Yellow card · Rhys WilliamsMiddlesbrough
  • 57'Goal · Alex NimelyCoventry City · 2-0
  • 59'Yellow card · B. RobsonMiddlesbrough
  • 64'Own goal · Matthew BatesCoventry City · 3-0
  • 66'Goal · S. McDonaldMiddlesbrough · 3-1
  • 74'Yellow card · H. HreiðarssonCoventry City
  • 90+2'Red card · Julio ArcaMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Coventry City 1, draws 4, Middlesbrough 2.

Team news

Coventry City line-up

Joe Murphy, Richard Keogh, Martin Cranie, Cyrus Christie, Sammy Clingan, Gary McSheffrey, Gary Deegan, Conor Thomas, Alex Nimely, Hermann Hreidarsson, Clive Platt

Middlesbrough line-up

Justin Hoyte, Joe Bennett, Rhys Williams, Kevin Thomson, Barry Robson, Julio Arca, Scott McDonald, Marvin Emnes, Matthew Bates, Danny Coyne, Faris Haroun