Coventry City 3-2 Sheffield United: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 15 September 2009
Result
Coventry City 3-2 Sheffield United
Championship · Tuesday 15 September 2009, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Coventry City 3-2 Sheffield United: match report
Coventry City defeated Sheffield United 3-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 15 September 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Leon Best opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Coventry City's goals came from Leon Best (12'), Clinton Morrison (50') and Martin Cranie (60'). Sheffield United scored through Jamie Ward (31') and James Harper (76').
Discipline: Coventry City received 1 yellow card; Sheffield United received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Coventry City were 11th on 8 points from 6 and Sheffield United 5th on 12 points from 6. Coventry City went on to finish that season 20th with 54 points, and Sheffield United 8th with 65.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Coventry City win, 1 draw and 4 for Sheffield United.
Going into the match Coventry City's last five read D-L-L-D-W and Sheffield United's W-D-W-D-W.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Leon Best
- 31'Goal · Jamie Ward
- 50'Goal · Clinton Morrison
- 51'Yellow card · Clinton Morrison
- 60'Goal · Martin Cranie
- 76'Goal · James Harper
Head-to-head
Team news
Sheffield United expected line-up
Paddy Kenny, Phil Jagielka, Claude Davis, Chris Armstrong, Robert Kozluk, Keith Gillespie, Rob Hulse, Chris Morgan, Mikele Leigertwood, Michael Tonge