Coventry City — Sunderland 3:1, 31 October: match result

match finished Premier League · Matchday 9 Saturday 31 October · 15:00 UTC

Coventry City 16th · 9 pts LWLLW

3 : 1 1st half 2:0

Sunderland 20th · 5 pts WLDLL

Coventry Building Society Arena · referee S. Hooper

Match predictionValue

Coventry City to score

84% · Over 2.5 goals in 6 of 10 Coventry City games

Prediction landed. We predicted “Coventry City to score”, and the match finished 3:1.

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our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Coventry City 44% draw 24% Sunderland 32%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Coventry City win, and the match finished 3:1. Fans backed Coventry City win — they got it right.

fans 49 votes

Coventry City 49% draw 16% Sunderland 35%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

V. Torp 7'

T. Sakamoto 1-0 17'

T. Awoniyi 2-0 37'

J. Rudoni assist: V. Torp 3-0 52'

T. Sakamoto 55'

W. Isidor for N. Angulo 57'

C. Talbi for C. Rigg 57'

E. Le Fee penalty 3-1 67'

S. Cherif for Y. Gboho 72'

B. Thomas-Asante for T. Awoniyi 72'

M. Fofana for N. Sadiki 75'

T. Meunier for T. Hume 75'

M. Grimes for V. Torp 83'

O. Alderete 90+4'

O. Alderete 90+9'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Coventry City 4-2-3-1 4-2-3-1 Sunderland

Carl Rushworth  
Milan van Ewijk  12 Stephen Mfuni  2 Ethan Pinnock  3 Jay DaSilva  
Caleb Yirenkyi  29 Victor Torp  
Tatsuhiro Sakamoto  5 Jack Rudoni  34 Yann Gboho  
Taiwo Awoniyi  

Brian Brobbey  
Chris Rigg  28 Enzo Le Fée  10 Nilson Angulo  
Granit Xhaka  27 Noah Sadiki  
Trai Hume  13 Luke O'Nien  15 Omar Alderete  17 Reinildo Mandava  
Robin Roefs  

Coventry City bench

23Brandon Thomas-Asante
25Daniel Bentley
9Ellis Simms
10Ephron Mason-Clark
38Gustavo Hamer
22Joel Latibeaudiere
20Kaine Kesler-Hayden
6Matt Grimes
49Sidiki Cherif

Sunderland bench

7Chemsdine Talbi
6Dayann Methalie
37Jocelin Ta Bi
29Jules Ahoka
4Kevin Danso
39Malick Fofana
31Melker Ellborg
12Thomas Meunier
18Wilson Isidor

Match stats

21 metrics for the full match

44%Possession56%

12Shots17

4Shots on target2

4Shots off target7

4Blocked shots8

4Shots inside box12

8Shots outside box5

88Attacks84

36Dangerous attacks53

4Corners4

2Offsides1

16Fouls9

2Yellow cards2

0Red cards1

1Saves1

339Passes438

256Accurate passes355

10Free kicks17

21Throw-ins20

11Goal kicks4

0Penalties1

Coventry City

SunderlandThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Coventry City and Sunderland met on matchday 9 of the Premier League on 31 October at Coventry Building Society Arena. Final score — 3:1.

Coventry City sit 16th on 9 points after 10 matches (3 wins, 0 draws, 7 losses). Sunderland sit 20th on 5 points after 10 matches (2 wins, 2 draws, 6 losses), 3 matches without conceding.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Coventry City last five Sunderland

LWLLW form WLDLL

10 Matches 10

3 — 0 — 7 Wins — draws — defeats 2 — 2 — 6

10 — 19 Scored — conceded 8 — 17

0.9 Points per game 0.8

1 Goals scored per game 0.8

1 Clean sheets 3

5 Failed to score 4

winless in 1 Current streak unbeaten in 1

Coventry City at home: 5 matches, 2 wins, 0 draws, 3 losses, goals 7—9, 1.2 points per match.

Sunderland away: 5 matches, 0 wins, 1 draw, 4 losses, goals 6—13, 0.2 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
15	Fulham	10	2	4	4	10—12	10
16	Nottingham Forest	10	2	3	5	9—13	9
17	Coventry City	10	3	0	7	10—19	9
18	Manchester United	9	1	4	4	10—15	7
19	Crystal Palace	9	2	1	6	9—21	7
20	Sunderland	9	1	2	6	7—17	5

Full Premier League table