Can City Beat Middlesbrough At Home?

Last updated : 01 December 2010 By Covsupport News Service
Coventry CityvMiddlesbrough
Home Form: LWLWLW Away Form: LLLLWL
Championship
Saturday, 4th December 2010


Saturday's match between Coventry City and Middlesbrough at the Ricoh Arena will be the 44th league and cup match between the two sides.

City have won 14 and drawn 14. They have scored 52 goals compared to Boro's 58.

City last beat Middlesbrough at home on April 15th 2000. The game that day finished in a 2-1 win for the Sky Blues.

The last league game between the two sides produced a 1-1 draw at the Riverside Stadium on April 24th. But the last match between the two sides at the Ricoh Arena saw Coventry come back from goals scored by Sean St Ledger and Rhys Williams with a strong second half performance. Clinton Morrison reduced the arrears and in the fourth minute of stoppage time, Leon Best grabbed an equaliser in front of a crowd of 16,771.

The teams that day were:
Team Westwood, Clarke, Turner (Ward 76), Wright, Hall (van Aanholt 46), Clingan, Osbourne (Gunnarsson 46), Cork, McIndoe, Best, Morrison SNU Konstanopolous, Eastwood, Cranie, Cain

Middlesbrough Jones, Hoyte, O'Neill, Williams, Bennett, Arca, Johnson (Yeates 73), Wheater (Gounds 63), St Ledger, Aliadiere, Emnes (Lita 52)

For a full list of matches between City and Middeslbrough, please click on: http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadhed.asp