Coventry vs Bristol City

30 January 2024 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee L Doughty

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

  • Tatsuhiro Sakamoto 27’
  • Ellis Simms 86’
  • Rob Dickie 45+1’
  • Nahki Wells 83’

Match summary

Coventry and Bristol City drew 2-2. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto put Coventry ahead in the 27th minute and Rob Dickie equalised with a header in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Nahki Wells put Bristol City in front in the 83rd minute and Ellis Simms equalised in the 86th minute.

Coventry had the better of the chances, with 1.19 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Bristol City's 0.78 from 13.

Match stats

Coventry Bristol City
11 Shots 13
4 Shots on Target 5
1 Corners 5
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.19 xG 0.78
1.19 Non-penalty xG 0.78

Key events

Coventry Bristol City
Kick-off
Tatsuhiro Sakamoto1-0 (Coventry)
27’
45+1’
Rob Dickie1-1 (Bristol City)
Half-time1-1
83’
Nahki Wells1-2 (Bristol City)
Ellis Simms2-2 (Coventry)
86’
Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Coventry
  • Milan van Ewijk
Bristol City
  • Cameron Pring
  • Ross McCrorie

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 1.19 0.78 27’ Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Coventry), 1-0 27’ 45+1’ Rob Dickie (Bristol City), 1-1 45+1’ 83’ Nahki Wells (Bristol City), 1-2 83’ 86’ Ellis Simms (Coventry), 2-2 86’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.19 0.78 27’ Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Coventry), 1-0 Sakamoto 27’ 45+1’ Rob Dickie (Bristol City), 1-1 Dickie 45+1’ 83’ Nahki Wells (Bristol City), 1-2 Wells 83’ 86’ Ellis Simms (Coventry), 2-2 Simms 86’
Coventry 1.19 xGBristol City 0.78 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Bristol City attacking Coventry attacking 
86’ Ellis Simms (Coventry), open play, 0.86 xG, goal 83’ Nahki Wells (Bristol City), open play, 0.28 xG, goal 23’ Jason Knight (Bristol City), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 67’ Ross McCrorie (Bristol City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+3’ Harry Cornick (Bristol City), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 64’ Haji Wright (Coventry), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 46’ Rob Dickie (Bristol City), from a corner, 0.05 xG, goal 1’ Sam Bell (Bristol City), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+4’ Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Coventry), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 27’ Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Coventry), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 2’ Jason Knight (Bristol City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 9’ Taylor Gardner-Hickman (Bristol City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 8’ Josh Eccles (Coventry), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 46’ Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Coventry), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 16’ Anis Mehmeti (Bristol City), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 67’ Sam Bell (Bristol City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 54’ Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Coventry), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 76’ Victor Torp (Coventry), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 34’ Kasey Palmer (Coventry), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 45’ Cameron Pring (Bristol City), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 50’ Taylor Gardner-Hickman (Bristol City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 59’ Callum O'Hare (Coventry), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 86’ Liam Kitching (Coventry), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 75’ Nahki Wells (Bristol City), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 86’ Ellis Simms (Coventry), open play, 0.86 xG, goal 83’ Nahki Wells (Bristol City), open play, 0.28 xG, goal 23’ Jason Knight (Bristol City), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 67’ Ross McCrorie (Bristol City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+3’ Harry Cornick (Bristol City), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 64’ Haji Wright (Coventry), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 46’ Rob Dickie (Bristol City), from a corner, 0.05 xG, goal 1’ Sam Bell (Bristol City), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+4’ Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Coventry), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 27’ Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Coventry), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 2’ Jason Knight (Bristol City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 9’ Taylor Gardner-Hickman (Bristol City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 46’ Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Coventry), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 8’ Josh Eccles (Coventry), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 16’ Anis Mehmeti (Bristol City), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 67’ Sam Bell (Bristol City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 76’ Victor Torp (Coventry), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 54’ Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Coventry), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 34’ Kasey Palmer (Coventry), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 45’ Cameron Pring (Bristol City), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 50’ Taylor Gardner-Hickman (Bristol City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 59’ Callum O'Hare (Coventry), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 86’ Liam Kitching (Coventry), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 75’ Nahki Wells (Bristol City), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players15 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 0.02 – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Josh Eccles Taken off
59′ – – 1 0.03 – – –
Ben Sheaf Taken off
12′ – – – – – – –
90′ 1 – 4 0.15 – – –
90′ – – 1 0.01 – – –
Kasey Palmer Taken off
58′ – – 1 0.02 – – –
Matt Godden Taken off
59′ – – – – – – –
Joel Latibeaudiere Came on as a substitute
78′ – – – – – – –
Haji Wright Came on as a substitute
32′ – – 1 0.07 – – –
Victor Torp Came on as a substitute
31′ – – 1 0.03 – – –
Ellis Simms Came on as a substitute
31′ 1 – 1 0.86 – – –
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

Coventry win 54% Avg odds 1.76
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.71
Bristol City win 20% Avg odds 4.67

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

Form going into the game

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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.