Middlesbrough 2-0 Coventry City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 27 October 2020

Result

Middlesbrough 2-0 Coventry City

Championship · Tuesday 27 October 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Middlesbrough · Coventry City · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough 2-0 Coventry City: match report

Middlesbrough beat Coventry City 2-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 27 October 2020. The half-time score was 0-0.

Britt Assombalonga opened the scoring in the 81st minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Britt Assombalonga (81') and D. Spence (90+5'). Coventry City did not score.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; Coventry City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 13th on 10 points from 7 and Coventry City 22nd on 5 points from 7. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 10th with 64 points, and Coventry City 16th with 55.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Coventry City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dael Fry of Middlesbrough (7.8), level with Sam Morsy (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 81'Goal · Britt AssombalongaMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 90'Yellow card · D. SpenceMiddlesbrough
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Britt AssombalongaMiddlesbrough
  • 90+5'Goal · D. SpenceMiddlesbrough · 2-0
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Marko MarosiCoventry City

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Middlesbrough 2, draws 4, Coventry City 2.

Team news

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Middlesbrough line-up (3-1-4-2)

Marcus Bettinelli, Anfernee Dijksteel, Dael Fry, Paddy McNair, Jonathan Howson, Djed Spence, Sam Morsy, George Saville, Marcus Tavernier, Patrick Roberts, Britt Assombalonga

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

Marko Marosi, Leo Østigård, Kyle McFadzean, Dominic Hyam, Sam McCallum, Gustavo Hamer, Ben Sheaf, Ryan Giles, Jamie Allen, Jordan Shipley, Matty Godden