Match Centre: Coventry City vs Birmingham City
Thomas-Asante 16′Osayi-Samuel 49′ (og)Torp 78′
Robinson 42′
Player of the match Victor Torp 7.8
GolVolt rating 1.5GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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7 → 2
Coventry City climb 5 places in the table. Birmingham City: 8 → 10.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Few chances, settled by 49′.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 49′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 1.7 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Thomas-Asante scored the winner.Nobody stood out. Heroes: 0.8 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% A rivalry. Stakes: 8.9 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Few chances. Quality of play: 0.8 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 1.5more watchable than 15% of Championship matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
3 goals5 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 16' Goal: Brandon Thomas-AsanteCoventry City1:0
- 34' Jack Robinsonyellow card
- 42' Jack Robinsonsecond yellow, sent off
- 44' SubstitutionCashin for Koumas
- 45+2' Haji Wrightyellow card
- Half-time · 1:0
- 48' Tomoki Iwatayellow card
- 49' Goal: Bright Osayi-Samuelown goal2:0
- 59' 2 substitutionsCochrane for LairdRoberts for Gray
- 64' Jay Stansfieldyellow card
- 65' SubstitutionAllen for Eccles
- 72' SubstitutionSimms for Wright
- 77' 2 substitutionsDoyle for IwataFuruhashi for Stansfield
- 78' Goal: Victor TorpCoventry City3:0
- 81' 3 substitutionsAndrews for TorpBrau for Thomas-AsanteKesler-Hayden for Sakamoto
- Full-time · 3:0
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Starting XIs · provider ratings
Coventry City
Birmingham City
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Coventry City
- 13 Ben Wilson GK —
- 20 Kaine Kesler-Hayden DEF on
- 21 Jake Bidwell DEF —
- 22 Joel Latibeaudiere DEF —
- 26 Luke Woolfenden DEF —
- 33 Miguel Ángel Brau DEF on
- 8 Jamie Allen MID on
- 54 Kai Andrews MID on
- 9 Ellis Simms ATT on
Birmingham City
- 25 James Beadle GK —
- 48 Bradley Mayo GK —
- 5 Phil Neumann DEF —
- 20 Alex Cochrane DEF on
- 41 Eiran Cashin DEF on
- 7 Tommy Doyle MID on
- 12 Marc Leonard MID —
- 16 Patrick Roberts MID on
- 9 Kyogo Furuhashi ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- The Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Coventry City Victor Torp
- 2. place · Coventry City Bobby Thomas
- 3. place · Coventry City Matt Grimes
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