Watford 1-2 Coventry City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 9 March 2024
Result
Watford 1-2 Coventry City
Championship · Saturday 9 March 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Watford 1-2 Coventry City: match report
Watford lost to Coventry City 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 9 March 2024. The half-time score was 1-1.
Ryan Porteous opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Watford's goal came from Ryan Porteous (20'). Coventry City scored through Haji Wright (40', penalty) and Haji Wright (72').
Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Coventry City received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 13th on 45 points from 36 and Coventry City 8th on 54 points from 36. Watford went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Coventry City 9th with 64.
Watford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Coventry City in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Haji Wright of Coventry City (8.5), ahead of Jamal Lewis (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Watford wins, 6 draws and 2 for Coventry City.
Key events
- 19'Yellow card · Liam Kelly
- 20'Goal · Ryan Porteous
- 23'Yellow card · Kasey Palmer
- 26'Yellow card · Wesley Hoedt
- 40'Penalty goal · Haji Wright
- 45+1'Yellow card · Jake Bidwell
- 66'Yellow card · Bobby Thomas
- 72'Goal · Haji Wright
- 88'Yellow card · Haji Wright
Head-to-head
Team news
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Watford line-up (4-2-3-1)
Daniel Bachmann, Ryan Andrews, Ryan Porteous, Wesley Hoedt, Jamal Lewis, Edo Kayembe, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Ismaël Koné, Yáser Asprilla, Emmanuel Dennis, Giorgi Chakvetadze
Coventry City line-up (3-4-1-2)
Brad Collins, Bobby Thomas, Joel Latibeaudiere, Liam Kitching, Josh Eccles, Liam Kelly, Victor Torp, Jake Bidwell, Kasey Palmer, Haji Wright, Ellis Simms