Southend United 1-2 Coventry City: result and report

League One · Saturday 20 October 2018

Result

Southend United 1-2 Coventry City

League One · Saturday 20 October 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Southend United 1-2 Coventry City: match report

Southend United were beaten by Coventry City 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 20 October 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Jordy Hiwula opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Southend United's goal came from Tom Hopper (68'). Coventry City scored through Jordy Hiwula (20') and Jodi Jones (90+1').

Discipline: Southend United received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Coventry City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Southend United were 9th on 20 points from 13 and Coventry City 12th on 18 points from 13. Southend United went on to finish that season 19th with 50 points, and Coventry City 8th with 65.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Southend United wins, 2 draws and 1 for Coventry City.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Michael DoyleCoventry City
  • 20'Goal · Jordy HiwulaCoventry City · 0-1
  • 22'Yellow card · Ben CokerSouthend United
  • 56'Yellow card · Tom DaviesCoventry City
  • 68'Goal · Tom HopperSouthend United · 1-1
  • 73'Yellow card · Simon CoxSouthend United
  • 79'Second yellow · Simon CoxSouthend United
  • 90+1'Goal · Jodi JonesCoventry City · 1-2
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Jodi JonesCoventry City

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Southend United 3, draws 2, Coventry City 1.

Team news

Southend United line-up

Mark Oxley, Elvis Bwomono, Ben Coker, Stephen Hendrie, Michael Turner, Taylor Moore, T. Dieng, Dru Yearwood, Simon Cox, Theo Robinson, Sam Mantom

Coventry City line-up

Lee Burge, Dujon Sterling, Junior Brown, Michael Doyle, Jordan Willis, Tom Davies, Luke Thomas, Tom Bayliss, Conor Mark Chaplin, Jonson Clarke-Harris, Jordy Hiwula