Watford 2-1 Coventry City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 5 April 2008

Result

Watford 2-1 Coventry City

Championship · Saturday 5 April 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Watford · Coventry City · Championship predictions

Watford 2-1 Coventry City: match report

Watford beat Coventry City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 5 April 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.

Nathan Ellington opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Watford's goals came from Nathan Ellington (7') and Mark Smith (79'). Coventry City scored through Leon Best (59').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Watford were 5th on 65 points from 40 and Coventry City 18th on 49 points from 41. Watford went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Coventry City 21st with 53.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Watford wins, 0 draws and 1 for Coventry City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Nathan EllingtonWatford · 1-0
  • 59'Goal · Leon BestCoventry City · 1-1
  • 79'Goal · Mark SmithWatford · 2-1

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Watford 2, draws 0, Coventry City 1.

Team news

Watford expected line-up

Ben Foster, Daniel Shittu, Jordan Stewart, Lloyd Doyley, Jay DeMerit, Douglas Rinaldi, Gavin Mahon, Alhassan Bangura, Damien Francis, Tommy Smith, Marlon King