Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Coventry City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 18 October 2008

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Coventry City

Championship · Saturday 18 October 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Wolverhampton Wanderers · Coventry City · Championship predictions

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Coventry City: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers won against Coventry City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 18 October 2008. The half-time score was 1-1.

M. Mifsud opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goals came from Michael Kightly (42') and Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (59'). Coventry City scored through M. Mifsud (6').

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 4 yellow cards; Coventry City received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 2nd on 22 points from 10 and Coventry City 6th on 15 points from 10. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and Coventry City 17th with 54.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · M. MifsudCoventry City · 0-1
  • 42'Goal · Michael KightlyWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Michael DoyleCoventry City
  • 47'Yellow card · Michael KightlyWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 49'Yellow card · Freddy EastwoodCoventry City
  • 59'Goal · Sylvan Ebanks-BlakeWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Kevin FoleyWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 84'Yellow card · Jay TabbCoventry City
  • 85'Yellow card · Karl HenryWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 90'Yellow card · Leon BestCoventry City
  • 90'Yellow card · Danny FoxCoventry City
  • 90'Yellow card · Chris IwelumoWolverhampton Wanderers

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, draws 2, Coventry City 2.