Coventry City 1-0 Sheffield United: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 19 October 2022

Result

Coventry City 1-0 Sheffield United

Championship · Wednesday 19 October 2022, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Coventry City 1-0 Sheffield United: match report

Coventry City defeated Sheffield United 1-0 in the Championship on Wednesday 19 October 2022. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Martyn Waghorn of Coventry City in the 87th minute, from the penalty spot.

Discipline: Coventry City received 4 yellow cards; Sheffield United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Coventry City were 24th on 10 points from 11 and Sheffield United 3rd on 25 points from 14. Coventry City went on to finish that season 5th with 75 points, and Sheffield United 2nd with 91.

Coventry City lined up in a 3-5-2 and Sheffield United in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Oliver Norwood of Sheffield United (8.5), ahead of Ben Wilson (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Coventry City wins, 2 draws and 4 for Sheffield United.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Yellow card · J. McAteeSheffield United
  • 40'Yellow card · Ben SheafCoventry City
  • 42'Yellow card · Fankaty DaboCoventry City
  • 58'Yellow card · Jake BidwellCoventry City
  • 76'Yellow card · Kyle McFadzeanCoventry City
  • 87'Penalty goal · Martyn WaghornCoventry City · 1-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Coventry City 4, draws 2, Sheffield United 4.

Team news

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

Ben Wilson, Michael Rose, Kyle McFadzean, Jonathan Panzo, Fankaty Dabo, Ben Sheaf, Josh Eccles, Jamie Allen, Jake Bidwell, Viktor Gyökeres, Matty Godden

Sheffield United line-up (3-5-2)

Adam Davies, Anel Ahmedhodzic, John Egan, Chris Basham, George Baldock, Tommy Doyle, Oliver Norwood, Ben Osborn, Rhys Norrington-Davies, Iliman Ndiaye, Oli McBurnie