Coventry 3-0 Middlesbrough: Matty Godden inspires Sky Blues victory
Report and free match highlights from the Sky Bet Championship match between Coventry and Middlesbrough at the Coventry Building Society Arena as Matty Godden, Haji Wright and a Darragh Lenihan own goal sealed a big win for the Sky Blues.
It represented the perfect start to life without Gustavo Hamer for the Sky Blues after one of the key figures of their run to last season’s Championship play-off final departed for Sheffield United on Friday night.
A perfectly timed challenge by Coventry centre-back Bobby Thomas on Morgan Rogers got the home crowd on their feet in the early stages, after Hayden Hackney’s tame effort had been blocked.
The noise levels only increased when the Sky Blues took the lead in the 11th minute, with Josh Eccles’ shot deflecting into the path of Matty Godden, who steered the ball into the bottom corner.
With the hosts’ tails up, Jay Dasilva tried to add a quick second but could not direct his effort from outside the area on target.
Matt Godden opens the scoring for Coventry against Middlesbrough with a neat flick.
Coventry City summer signing Haji Wright scored his first goal for the club after joining Mark Robbin’s side from Antalyaspor.
Godden then almost doubled up when his low curler had to be pushed out byMiddlesbrough goalkeeper Seny Dieng, with Milan van Ewijk putting the follow-up wide.
