Sheffield United 1-1 Coventry City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 16 September 2008

Result

Sheffield United 1-1 Coventry City

Championship · Tuesday 16 September 2008, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

Sheffield United · Coventry City · Championship predictions

Sheffield United 1-1 Coventry City: match report

Sheffield United drew with Coventry City 1-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 16 September 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Jay Tabb opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Sheffield United's goal came from Billy Sharp (56'). Coventry City scored through Jay Tabb (30').

Discipline: Sheffield United received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Coventry City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sheffield United were 7th on 7 points from 5 and Coventry City 13th on 7 points from 5. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 3rd with 84 points, and Coventry City 17th with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sheffield United wins, 0 draws and 1 for Coventry City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Goal · Jay TabbCoventry City · 0-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Isaac OsbourneCoventry City
  • 44'Yellow card · S. DannCoventry City
  • 48'Missed penalty · E. WardCoventry City
  • 51'Red card · Sun JihaiSheffield United
  • 56'Goal · Billy SharpSheffield United · 1-1
  • 81'Yellow card · M. MifsudCoventry City
  • 90'Yellow card · Stephen QuinnSheffield United

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Sheffield United 3, draws 0, Coventry City 1.

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