Match Centre: Middlesbrough vs Coventry City
Whittaker 32′Thomas 49′ (og)
Simms 10′Kitching 14′Kitching 85′Simms 86′
Player of the match Ellis Simms 9.1
GolVolt rating 9.4GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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4 of 8
Coventry City turned that many shots on target into goals with only 40% of the ball.
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85'
The winner came late: Liam Kitching (Coventry City).
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Winner at 85′, Kitching scored the winner.
- Dramaweight 50% Winner at 85′.The result hung in the balance and big moments changed the game. Drama: 8.3 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Kitching scored the winner, Simms: rated 9.1.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 9.0 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% First against second, a clash of big clubs. Stakes: 9.1 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% 6 goals.Plenty of chances and shots at both ends. Quality of play: 7.1 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 9.4more watchable than 94% 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
6 goals
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 10' Goal: Ellis Simmsassist: Torp0:1
- 14' Goal: Liam Kitchingassist: Grimes0:2
- 32' Goal: Morgan Whittakerassist: Jones1:2
- 41' SubstitutionMason-Clark for Thomas-Asante
- Half-time · 1:2
- 46' SubstitutionTargett for Morris
- 49' Goal: Bobby Thomasown goal2:2
- 55' SubstitutionKesler-Hayden for Eccles
- 59' SubstitutionHansen for McGree
- 76' 2 substitutionsAllen for TorpRudoni for Sakamoto
- 81' 2 substitutionsBurgzorg for WhittakerSène for Conway
- 85' Goal: Liam KitchingCoventry City2:3
- 86' Goal: Ellis Simmsassist: Dasilva2:4
- Full-time · 2:4
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Middlesbrough
Coventry City
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Middlesbrough
- 33 Jon McLaughlin GK —
- 3 Matt Targett DEF on
- 40 George McCormick DEF —
- 19 Sverre Nypan MID —
- 10 Delano Burgzorg ATT on
- 14 Alex Gilbert ATT —
- 20 Kaly Sène ATT on
- 27 Sontje Hansen ATT on
- 44 Cruz Ibeh ATT —
Coventry City
- 13 Ben Wilson GK —
- 20 Kaine Kesler-Hayden DEF on
- 21 Jake Bidwell DEF —
- 22 Joel Latibeaudiere DEF —
- 26 Luke Woolfenden DEF —
- 5 Jack Rudoni MID on
- 8 Jamie Allen MID on
- 54 Kai Andrews MID —
- 10 Ephron Mason-Clark ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Coventry City Ellis Simms
- 2. place · Coventry City Liam Kitching
- 3. place · Coventry City Matt Grimes
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