Middlesbrough 1-0 Coventry City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 29 January 2022
Result
Middlesbrough 1-0 Coventry City
Championship · Saturday 29 January 2022, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Middlesbrough 1-0 Coventry City: match report
Middlesbrough defeated Coventry City 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 29 January 2022. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Andraz Sporar of Middlesbrough in the 58th minute.
Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; Coventry City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 8th on 42 points from 27 and Coventry City 9th on 40 points from 26. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Coventry City 12th with 64.
Middlesbrough lined up in a 3-5-2 and Coventry City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joe Lumley of Middlesbrough (8.4), ahead of Dael Fry (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Middlesbrough wins, 4 draws and 3 for Coventry City.
Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Coventry City's W-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 58'Goal · Andraz Sporar
- 64'Yellow card · Jordan Shipley
- 90+1'Yellow card · Neil Taylor
- 90+3'Yellow card · Joe Lumley
Head-to-head
Team news
Middlesbrough line-up (3-5-2)
Joe Lumley, Anfernee Dijksteel, Dael Fry, Paddy McNair, Isaiah Jones, Matt Crooks, Jonathan Howson, Marcus Tavernier, Neil Taylor, Andraz Sporar, Aaron Connolly
Coventry City line-up (3-4-2-1)
Simon Moore, Dominic Hyam, Kyle McFadzean, Jake Clarke-Salter, Josh Eccles, Jamie Allen, Ben Sheaf, Jake Bidwell, Callum O'Hare, Jordan Shipley, Viktor Gyökeres