Match Report
The table gap was wide: 34 points between Coventry City (13th, 64 pts) and Barnsley (24th, 30 pts). Coventry City had been under-performing their position — 19th on five-round form against 13th in the table. Against a league average of 1.25 goals per team per game, Coventry City ran at 1.3 scored and 1.28 conceded, Barnsley at 0.72 and 1.59.
16 meetings are on record — 8 won by Coventry City, 5 by Barnsley, 3 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting. 69% of these meetings ended in a home win. Goals have dried up lately: 1.6 per game across the last five meetings, against 2.5 across the full history.
The referee was J. Smith, with 100 matches in our database and 2.0 yellows per game on average. The match was played at The Coventry Building Society Arena in Coventry (capacity 32,609). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.