Plymouth vs Coventry

21 April 2025 · Championship · 2024/25 · Referee A Davies

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

  • Mustapha Bundu 40’, 65’
  • Ryan Hardie 43’
  • Haji Wright 45’

Match summary

Plymouth won 3-1 at home to Coventry. Plymouth led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Mustapha Bundu put Plymouth ahead from a corner in the 40th minute, Ryan Hardie made it 2-0 in the 43rd minute, and Haji Wright pulled one back to make it 2-1 from a corner in the 45th minute. In the second half, Bundu made it 3-1 with a header in the 65th minute.

The chances backed that up: Plymouth created 2.48 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Coventry's 1.77 from 11.

Match stats

Plymouth Coventry
10 Shots 11
5 Shots on Target 3
3 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2.48 xG 1.97
2.48 Non-penalty xG 1.97

Key events

Plymouth Coventry
Kick-off
Mustapha Bundu1-0 (Plymouth)
40’
Ryan Hardie2-0 (Plymouth)
43’
45’
Haji Wright2-1 (Coventry)
Half-time2-1
Mustapha Bundu3-1 (Plymouth)
65’
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Plymouth
  • Mustapha Bundu
Coventry
  • Joel Latibeaudiere

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 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.48 1.77 40’ Mustapha Bundu (Plymouth), 1-0 40’ 43’ Ryan Hardie (Plymouth), 2-0 43’ 45’ Haji Wright (Coventry), 2-1 45’ 65’ Mustapha Bundu (Plymouth), 3-1 65’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.48 1.77 40’ Mustapha Bundu (Plymouth), 1-0 Bundu 40’ 43’ Ryan Hardie (Plymouth), 2-0 Hardie 43’ 45’ Haji Wright (Coventry), 2-1 Wright 45’ 65’ Mustapha Bundu (Plymouth), 3-1 Bundu 65’
Plymouth 2.48 xGCoventry 1.77 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Coventry attacking Plymouth attacking 
65’ Mustapha Bundu (Plymouth), set piece, 0.71 xG, goal 23’ Ryan Hardie (Plymouth), open play, 0.49 xG, off target 45’ Haji Wright (Coventry), from a corner, 0.49 xG, goal 65’ Mustapha Bundu (Plymouth), set piece, 0.49 xG, saved 68’ Haji Wright (Coventry), open play, 0.48 xG, saved 12’ Joel Latibeaudiere (Coventry), from a corner, 0.27 xG, off target 43’ Ryan Hardie (Plymouth), open play, 0.24 xG, goal 72’ Ryan Hardie (Plymouth), open play, 0.19 xG, saved 81’ Haji Wright (Coventry), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 45’ Ellis Simms (Coventry), from a corner, 0.13 xG, saved 68’ Ryan Hardie (Plymouth), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 40’ Mustapha Bundu (Plymouth), from a corner, 0.08 xG, goal 55’ Jake Bidwell (Coventry), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 52’ Haji Wright (Coventry), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 31’ Bali Mumba (Plymouth), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 47’ Haji Wright (Coventry), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 23’ Mustapha Bundu (Plymouth), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 85’ Milan van Ewijk (Coventry), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+3’ Malachi Boateng (Plymouth), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+5’ Frederick Issaka (Plymouth), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 61’ Jake Bidwell (Coventry), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 85’ Milan van Ewijk (Coventry), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 65’ Mustapha Bundu (Plymouth), set piece, 0.71 xG, goal 23’ Ryan Hardie (Plymouth), open play, 0.49 xG, off target 45’ Haji Wright (Coventry), from a corner, 0.49 xG, goal 65’ Mustapha Bundu (Plymouth), set piece, 0.49 xG, saved 68’ Haji Wright (Coventry), open play, 0.48 xG, saved 12’ Joel Latibeaudiere (Coventry), from a corner, 0.27 xG, off target 43’ Ryan Hardie (Plymouth), open play, 0.24 xG, goal 72’ Ryan Hardie (Plymouth), open play, 0.19 xG, saved 81’ Haji Wright (Coventry), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 45’ Ellis Simms (Coventry), from a corner, 0.13 xG, saved 68’ Ryan Hardie (Plymouth), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 40’ Mustapha Bundu (Plymouth), from a corner, 0.08 xG, goal 55’ Jake Bidwell (Coventry), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 52’ Haji Wright (Coventry), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 31’ Bali Mumba (Plymouth), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 47’ Haji Wright (Coventry), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 23’ Mustapha Bundu (Plymouth), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 85’ Milan van Ewijk (Coventry), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+3’ Malachi Boateng (Plymouth), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+5’ Frederick Issaka (Plymouth), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 61’ Jake Bidwell (Coventry), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 85’ Milan van Ewijk (Coventry), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players13 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Kornél Szűcs
90′ – – – – – – –
Darko Gyabi Taken off
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 0.06 – – –
Ryan Hardie Taken off
86′ 1 – 4 1.03 – – –
Mustapha Bundu Taken off
90′ 2 – 4 1.32 – –
Muhamed Tijani Taken off
79′ – – – – – – –
Callum Wright Came on as a substitute
11′ – – – – – – –
Frederick Issaka Came on as a substitute
4′ – – 1 0.03 – – –
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

Plymouth win 22% Avg odds 4.32
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.85
Coventry win 53% Avg odds 1.77

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

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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.