Middlesbrough 1-3 Coventry City: result and report

Championship · Monday 1 January 2024

Result

Middlesbrough 1-3 Coventry City

Championship · Monday 1 January 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Middlesbrough · Coventry City · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough 1-3 Coventry City: match report

Middlesbrough lost to Coventry City 1-3 in the Championship on Monday 1 January 2024. The half-time score was 1-1.

Josh Coburn opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Middlesbrough's goal came from Josh Coburn (31'). Coventry City scored through Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (34'), Haji Wright (58') and Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (69').

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

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 9th on 36 points from 25 and Coventry City 12th on 34 points from 25. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 8th with 69 points, and Coventry City 9th with 64.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Coventry City in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tatsuhiro Sakamoto of Coventry City (9.1), ahead of Bobby Thomas (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Middlesbrough wins, 2 draws and 5 for Coventry City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · Josh CoburnMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · Tatsuhiro SakamotoCoventry City · 1-1
  • 58'Goal · Haji WrightCoventry City · 1-2
  • 65'Yellow card · Josh EcclesCoventry City
  • 67'Yellow card · Sam GreenwoodMiddlesbrough
  • 69'Goal · Tatsuhiro SakamotoCoventry City · 1-3
  • 82'Yellow card · Haji WrightCoventry City
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Morgan RogersMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 3, draws 2, Coventry City 5.

Team news

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

Tom Glover, Rav van den Berg, Dael Fry, Matt Clarke, Lukas Engel, Jonathan Howson, Dan Barlaser, Isaiah Jones, Morgan Rogers, Sam Greenwood, Josh Coburn

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

Brad Collins, Milan van Ewijk, Bobby Thomas, Luis Binks, Jake Bidwell, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Ben Sheaf, Josh Eccles, Haji Wright, Callum O'Hare, Ellis Simms