Coventry City 2-1 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 22 April 2023

Result

Coventry City 2-1 Reading

Championship · Saturday 22 April 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Coventry City · Reading · Championship predictions

Coventry City 2-1 Reading: match report

Coventry City won against Reading 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 22 April 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.

Matt Godden opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Coventry City's goals came from Matt Godden (36') and Gustavo Hamer (54'). Reading scored through Lucas João (51').

Discipline: Coventry City received 5 yellow cards; Reading received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Coventry City were 8th on 63 points from 43 and Reading 18th on 49 points from 43. Coventry City went on to finish that season 5th with 75 points, and Reading 20th with 50.

Coventry City lined up in a 3-5-2 and Reading in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Gustavo Hamer of Coventry City (8.5), ahead of Josh Eccles (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Coventry City wins, 3 draws and 4 for Reading.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · T. HolmesReading
  • 36'Goal · Matt GoddenCoventry City · 1-0
  • 43'Yellow card · N. Guinness-WalkerReading
  • 51'Goal · Lucas JoãoReading · 1-1
  • 54'Goal · Gustavo HamerCoventry City · 2-1
  • 56'Yellow card · A. YiadomReading
  • 61'Yellow card · J. Wilson-EsbrandCoventry City
  • 81'Yellow card · Gustavo HamerCoventry City
  • 87'Yellow card · Josh EcclesCoventry City
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Tyrese FornahReading
  • 90+7'Yellow card · B. Norton-CuffyCoventry City
  • 90+7'Yellow card · B. Norton-CuffyCoventry City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Coventry City 3, draws 3, Reading 4.

Team news

Coventry City line-up (3-5-2)

Ben Wilson, Luke McNally, Callum Doyle, Jonathan Panzo, Fankaty Dabo, Josh Eccles, Liam Kelly, Gustavo Hamer, Josh Wilson-Esbrand, Viktor Gyökeres, Matty Godden

Reading line-up (4-4-2)

Joe Lumley, Andy Yiadom, Tom Holmes, Naby Sarr, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Femi Azeez, Jeff Hendrick, Cesare Casadei, Mamadi Camará, Lucas João, Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan