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# Watford 0-4 Coventry

- **Status:** FT
- **Date:** 2 May 12:30
- **League:** Championship, Regular Season - 46
- **Venue:** Vicarage Road, Watford

## Match Events

| Min | Event | Player | Team |
|-----|-------|--------|------|
| 19' | Normal Goal | E. Simms (J. Bidwell) | Coventry |
| 25' | Yellow Card | Imrân Louza | Watford |
| 25' | Yellow Card | Joel Latibeaudiere | Coventry |
| 43' | Normal Goal | E. Simms (J. Eccles) | Coventry |
| 58' | Normal Goal | E. Simms (V. Torp) | Coventry |
| 62' | Substitution 1 | S. Goglichidze (on for M. Bola) | Watford |
| 62' | Substitution 2 | G. Chakvetadze (on for E. Bove) | Watford |
| 62' | Substitution 3 | N. Mendy (on for J. Grieves) | Watford |
| 70' | Substitution 1 | J. Eccles (on for J. Allen) | Coventry |
| 70' | Substitution 2 | R. Esse (on for E. Mason-Clark) | Coventry |
| 70' | Substitution 3 | K. Kesler-Hayden (on for M. van Ewijk) | Coventry |
| 78' | Yellow Card | Nestory Irankunda | Watford |
| 79' | Substitution 4 | E. Simms (on for H. Wright) | Coventry |
| 82' | Substitution 4 | O. Maamma (on for T. Ince) | Watford |
| 82' | Substitution 5 | I. Louza (on for M. Doumbia) | Watford |
| 85' | Normal Goal | V. Torp (J. Allen) | Coventry |
| 87' | Substitution 5 | B. Thomas-Asante (on for M. Brau) | Coventry |

## Statistics

| Stat | Watford | Coventry |
|------|--------|--------|
| Shots on Goal | 4 | 7 |
| Shots off Goal | 5 | 5 |
| Total Shots | 13 | 18 |
| Blocked Shots | 4 | 6 |
| Shots insidebox | 12 | 7 |
| Shots outsidebox | 1 | 11 |
| Fouls | 16 | 10 |
| Corner Kicks | 0 | 6 |
| Offsides | 5 | 1 |
| Ball Possession | 43% | 57% |
| Yellow Cards | 2 | 1 |
| Red Cards | - | - |
| Goalkeeper Saves | 3 | 3 |
| Total passes | 388 | 498 |
| Passes accurate | 327 | 439 |
| Passes % | 84% | 88% |
| expected_goals | 1.70 | 1.39 |
| goals_prevented | 0.37 | 0.37 |

## Watford Lineup (3-5-1-1)

**Starting XI:** E. Selvik (1), J. Abankwah (25), M. Pollock (6), S. Goglichidze (3), J. Ngakia (2), N. Mendy (23), I. Louza (10), E. Kayembe (39), O. Maamma (42), G. Chakvetadze (8), N. Irankunda (66)

**Substitutes:** N. Baxter (12), T. Ince (7), M. Bola (16), E. Bove (15), K. Keben (4), L. Kjerrumgaard (9), J. Grieves (43), M. Doumbia (20), P. Ekwah (17)


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

**Starting XI:** C. Rushworth (19), K. Kesler-Hayden (20), L. Woolfenden (26), J. Latibeaudiere (22), J. Bidwell (21), V. Torp (29), M. Grimes (6), R. Esse (14), J. Eccles (28), B. Thomas-Asante (23), E. Simms (9)

**Substitutes:** B. Wilson (13), J. Allen (8), E. Mason-Clark (10), F. Onyeka (16), H. Wright (11), B. Thomas (4), L. Kitching (15), M. van Ewijk (27), M. Brau (33)