Coventry vs Birmingham 2022-23 English League Championship, Regular Season

Coventry City

3': Josh Eccles
42': Viktor Gyökeres (P)

FT
2 - 0

Birmingham City

45'+4':

Introduction

Coventry City are hosting Birmingham City at The Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

3': Goal! Coventry City 1, Birmingham City 0. Josh Eccles (Coventry City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Viktor Gyökeres.
42': Goal! Coventry City 2, Birmingham City 0. Viktor Gyökeres (Coventry City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
49': Kevin Long (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
65': Substitution, Birmingham City. Juninho Bacuna replaces Jordan James.
65': Substitution, Birmingham City. Hannibal Mejbri replaces Tahith Chong because of an injury.
85': Substitution, Birmingham City. Emmanuel Longelo replaces Auston Trusty.
86': Substitution, Birmingham City. Jordan Graham replaces Reda Khadra.
90': Substitution, Coventry City. Jamie Allen replaces Josh Eccles.
90'+5': Hannibal Mejbri (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+9': Second Half ends, Coventry City 2, Birmingham City 0.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: The Coventry Building Society Arena
Location: Coventry, England
Attendance: 30,175

English League Championship Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+65	Leeds United	46	100	4
+53	Burnley	46	100	2
+27	Sheffield United	46	90	10
+14	Sunderland	46	76	12

Full Table

Statistics

BIR		COV
10	Fouls	10
2	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	3
5	Corner Kicks	5
1	Saves	1
57.2	Possession	42.8
9	SHOTS	9
1	ON GOAL	3
0.1	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
343	Accurate Passes	233
444	Passes	339
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.7
5	Accurate Crosses	3
34	Crosses	16
0.1	Cross %	0.2
66	Long Balls	63
33	Accurate Long Balls	27
0.5	Long Balls %	0.4
2	Blocked Shots	4
5	Effective Tackles	9
11	Tackles	16
0.5	Tackle %	0.6
8	Interceptions	9
12	Effective Clearances	28
12	Clearances	28

Line-Ups

Coventry City (3-5-2)

No.	Name
13	Ben Wilson (GK)
5	Kyle McFadzean
3	Callum Doyle
16	Luke McNally
38	Gustavo Hamer
28	Josh Eccles
6	Liam Kelly
27	Jake Bidwell
7	Brooke Norton-Cuffy
24	Matthew Godden
17	Viktor Gyökeres

Substitutes:

Sean Maguire, Fankaty Dabo, Tyler Walker, Jamie Allen, Jonathan Panzo, Josh Wilson-Esbrand, Simon Moore.

Birmingham City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Neil Etheridge (GK)
26	Kevin Long
4	Marc Roberts
5	Auston Trusty
2	Maxime Colin
27	Jobe Bellingham
31	Krystian Bielik
19	Jordan James
10	Lukas Jutkiewicz
17	Reda Khadra
18	Tahith Chong