Championship: West Bromwich Albion tops Coventry City 2-1

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COVENTRY. West Bromwich Albion defeated Coventry City to win 2-1.

COVENTRY. West Bromwich Albion overcome Coventry City to win 2-1. It was West Bromwich Albion to strike first with a goal of K. Grant at the 20′. Then K. McFadzean scored again for West Bromwich Albion in the 43′ minute with an own goal. Eventually, K. McFadzean reduced the distance for Coventry City with a goal. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.​ Coventry City was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (65%).​

The match was played at the The Coventry Building Society Arena stadium in Coventry on Saturday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Keith Stroud who was helped by Samuel Lewis and Jonathan Hunt. The 4th official was Dean Whitestone. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 7.1 degrees Celsius or 44.71 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 68%.​

Match Statistics

Coventry City was in firm control of the ball 65% while West Bromwich Albion was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

West Bromwich Albion was more aggressive with 64 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 6 were on target. Which is one of the reasons West Bromwich Albion won the encounter.​

Coventry City shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, West Bromwich Albion shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

No yellow cards were issued to Coventry City. On the other side, West Bromwich Albion received 3 yellow cards (A. Mowatt, S. Johnstone and C. Kipre).

After playing this encounter, Coventry City will stay with 33 points like Blackburn Rovers to stay in the 6th place. On the other side, West Bromwich Albion will have 34 points to stay in the 4th place.

Match Events

  • 20'
    20'

    K. Grant

    C. Robinson

  • 35'
    35'

    A. Mowatt

  • 40'
    40'

    L. Kelly

    G. Hamer

  • 43'
    43'

    K. McFadzean (OG)

  • 46'
    46'

    D. Hyam

    I. Maatsen

  • 55'
    55'

    J. Hugill

    G. Diangana

  • 66'
    66'

    S. Johnstone

  • 68'
    68'

    A. Reach

    C. Robinson

  • 74'
    74'

    C. Kipre

  • 77'
    77'

    T. Walker

    C. O\'Hare

  • 83'
    83'

    K. McFadzean

    T. Kane

  • 86'
    86'

    S. Ajayi

    T. Gardner-Hickman

Next match

In the upcoming Championship match, Coventry City will play away with Huddersfield Town on the 11th of December with a 0-0 head to head.

West Bromwich Albion will host Reading on the 11th of December with a 4-3 head to head record in favor of West Bromwich Albion (5 draws).

Coventry City: Formation and Lineups

Coventry City started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Mark Robins chose to play with the following team: Simon Moore (6.7), Fankaty Dabo (6.8), Kyle McFadzean (6.9), Michael Rose (6.9), Todd Kane (7.4), Gustavo Hamer (6.4), Ben Sheaf (6.8), Ian Maatsen (6.7), Callum O’Hare (6.6), Matt Godden (6.7) and Viktor Gyökeres (6.5).

Substitutes

Coventry City made 3 changes: G. Hamer for L. Kelly (40′), I. Maatsen for D. Hyam (46′) and C. O’Hare for T. Walker (77′).

Top player: Todd Kane

Probably the most impressive player in Coventry City was Todd Kane.

His rating is (7.4) with 50 passes (70% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 10 crosses.

West Bromwich Albion: Formation and Lineups

West Bromwich Albion started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

On the other side, Valérien Ismaël played with: Sam Johnstone (6.6), Cédric Kipré (7.4), Kyle Bartley (6.8), Matthew Clarke (6.5), Darnell Furlong (6.9), Taylor Gardner-Hickman (7.3), Alex Mowatt (6.7), Conor Townsend (6.8), Grady Diangana (6.6), Karlan Grant (7.5) and Callum Robinson (7.0).

Substitutes

West Bromwich Albion made 3 changes: G. Diangana for J. Hugill (55′), C. Robinson for A. Reach (68′) and T. Gardner-Hickman for S. Ajayi (86′).

Top player: Karlan Grant

The player who no doubt impressed West Bromwich Albion the most was Karlan Grant.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 17 passes (64% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 4. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship

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