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# Coventry 3-0 Preston

- **Status:** FT
- **Date:** 11 Mar 20:00
- **League:** Championship, Regular Season - 37
- **Venue:** Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry

## Match Events

| Min | Event | Player | Team |
|-----|-------|--------|------|
| 17' | Normal Goal | T. Sakamoto | Coventry |
| 34' | Normal Goal | B. Thomas-Asante | Coventry |
| 46' | Substitution 1 | A. McCann (on for J. Thompson) | Preston |
| 46' | Substitution 2 | D. Jebbison (on for L. Dobbin) | Preston |
| 50' | Penalty | M. Grimes | Coventry |
| 61' | Substitution 1 | F. Onyeka (on for V. Torp) | Coventry |
| 61' | Substitution 2 | M. van Ewijk (on for K. Kesler-Hayden) | Coventry |
| 61' | Substitution 3 | T. Sakamoto (on for R. Esse) | Coventry |
| 65' | Substitution 3 | P. Valentin (on for B. Potts) | Preston |
| 65' | Substitution 4 | A. Devine (on for A. Moran) | Preston |
| 66' | Substitution 4 | E. Mason-Clark (on for J. Eccles) | Coventry |
| 73' | Substitution 5 | T. Small (on for A. Vukcevic) | Preston |
| 79' | Substitution 5 | B. Thomas-Asante (on for J. Markelo) | Coventry |

## Statistics

| Stat | Coventry | Preston |
|------|--------|--------|
| Shots on Goal | 9 | 2 |
| Shots off Goal | 8 | 3 |
| Total Shots | 25 | 5 |
| Blocked Shots | 8 | 0 |
| Shots insidebox | 15 | 3 |
| Shots outsidebox | 10 | 2 |
| Fouls | 9 | 9 |
| Corner Kicks | 8 | 1 |
| Offsides | 2 | 3 |
| Ball Possession | 68% | 32% |
| Yellow Cards | - | - |
| Red Cards | - | - |
| Goalkeeper Saves | 2 | 6 |
| Total passes | 630 | 296 |
| Passes accurate | 563 | 223 |
| Passes % | 89% | 75% |
| expected_goals | 4.00 | 0.44 |
| goals_prevented | 0 | 0 |

## Coventry Lineup (4-2-3-1)

**Starting XI:** C. Rushworth (19), M. van Ewijk (27), L. Woolfenden (26), L. Kitching (15), J. Dasilva (3), F. Onyeka (16), M. Grimes (6), T. Sakamoto (7), B. Thomas-Asante (23), E. Mason-Clark (10), E. Simms (9)

**Substitutes:** B. Wilson (13), J. Bidwell (21), J. Allen (8), V. Torp (29), K. Kesler-Hayden (20), R. Esse (14), H. Wright (11), J. Eccles (28), J. Markelo (24)


## Preston Lineup (5-3-2)

**Starting XI:** D. Iversen (1), P. Valentin (2), O. Offiah (42), J. Storey (14), A. Hughes (16), T. Small (26), A. McCann (8), B. Whiteman (4), A. Devine (21), M. Osmajic (28), D. Jebbison (9)

**Substitutes:** D. Cornell (13), A. Vukcevic (3), B. Potts (44), J. Thompson (15), A. Moran (23), M. Smith (24), L. Lindsay (6), L. Dobbin (17), K. Nelson (34)