Cardiff vs Coventry

19 September 2023 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee Sam Allison

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

  • Dimitris Goutas 8’
  • Karlan Grant 61’
  • Kion Etete 84’
  • Matt Godden 35’, 90+6’

Match summary

Cardiff won 3-2 at home to Coventry. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Dimitris Goutas put Cardiff ahead with a header in the 8th minute and Matt Godden equalised from a corner in the 35th minute. In the second half, Karlan Grant put Cardiff back in front with a header in the 61st minute, Kion Etete made it 3-1 in the 84th minute, and Godden pulled one back to make it 3-2 with a header in stoppage time.

Coventry can feel hard done by, creating 0.91 expected goals (xG) from 7 shots to Cardiff's 0.56 from 8.

Match stats

Cardiff Coventry
8 Shots 7
3 Shots on Target 3
3 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.56 xG 0.91
0.56 Non-penalty xG 0.91

Key events

Cardiff Coventry
Kick-off
Dimitris Goutas1-0 (Cardiff)
8’
35’
Matt Godden1-1 (Coventry)
Half-time1-1
Karlan Grant2-1 (Cardiff)
61’
Kion Etete3-1 (Cardiff)
84’
90+6’
Matt Godden3-2 (Coventry)
Full-time3-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Cardiff
  • Jamilu Collins
  • Kion Etete
Coventry
  • Joel Latibeaudiere
  • Kyle McFadzean
  • Matt Godden

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.56 0.91 8’ Dimitris Goutas (Cardiff), 1-0 8’ 35’ Matt Godden (Coventry), 1-1 35’ 61’ Karlan Grant (Cardiff), 2-1 61’ 84’ Kion Etete (Cardiff), 3-1 84’ 90+6’ Matt Godden (Coventry), 3-2 90+6’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.56 0.91 8’ Dimitris Goutas (Cardiff), 1-0 Goutas 8’ 35’ Matt Godden (Coventry), 1-1 Godden 35’ 61’ Karlan Grant (Cardiff), 2-1 Grant 61’ 84’ Kion Etete (Cardiff), 3-1 Etete 84’ 90+6’ Matt Godden (Coventry), 3-2 Godden 90+6’
Cardiff 0.56 xGCoventry 0.91 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Coventry attacking Cardiff attacking 
90+6’ Matt Godden (Coventry), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 8’ Dimitris Goutas (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.19 xG, goal 32’ Ike Ugbo (Cardiff), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 71’ Kasey Palmer (Coventry), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 35’ Matt Godden (Coventry), from a corner, 0.09 xG, goal 84’ Kion Etete (Cardiff), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 46’ Haji Wright (Coventry), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 61’ Karlan Grant (Cardiff), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 5’ Ollie Tanner (Cardiff), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 77’ Yasin Ayari (Coventry), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 75’ Yasin Ayari (Coventry), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 76’ Haji Wright (Coventry), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 18’ Ollie Tanner (Cardiff), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 21’ Manolis Siopis (Cardiff), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 49’ Ollie Tanner (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 90+6’ Matt Godden (Coventry), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 8’ Dimitris Goutas (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.19 xG, goal 32’ Ike Ugbo (Cardiff), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 71’ Kasey Palmer (Coventry), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 35’ Matt Godden (Coventry), from a corner, 0.09 xG, goal 84’ Kion Etete (Cardiff), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 46’ Haji Wright (Coventry), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 61’ Karlan Grant (Cardiff), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 5’ Ollie Tanner (Cardiff), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 77’ Yasin Ayari (Coventry), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 75’ Yasin Ayari (Coventry), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 76’ Haji Wright (Coventry), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 18’ Ollie Tanner (Cardiff), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 21’ Manolis Siopis (Cardiff), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 49’ Ollie Tanner (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players14 players
Jak Alnwick
90′ – – – – – – –
Perry Ng
90′ – – – – – – –
Dimitris Goutas
90′ 1 – 1 0.19 – – –
Mark McGuinness
90′ – – – – – – –
Jamilu Collins
90′ – – – – – –
Ryan Wintle
90′ – – – – – – –
Joe Ralls Taken off
83′ – – – – – – –
Manolis Siopis Taken off
90′ – – 1 0.02 – – –
Ollie Tanner Taken off
83′ – – 3 0.07 – – –
Ike Ugbo Taken off
71′ – – 1 0.14 – – –
Karlan Grant
90′ 1 – 1 0.04 – – –
Yakou Méïté Came on as a substitute
19′ – – – – – – –
Callum Robinson Came on as a substitute
7′ – – – – – – –
Kion Etete Came on as a substitute
7′ 1 – 1 0.09 – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Cardiff win 36% Avg odds 2.67
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.29
Coventry win 35% Avg odds 2.67

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Cardiff LLWLW
Coventry WDDDD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Coventry 0-0 Cardiff, 29 Dec 22 Next meeting: Coventry 1-2 Cardiff, 01 Apr 24  All Cardiff vs Coventry meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.