Coventry City 0-1 Fulham: result, goals, stats and reaction

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Fulham beat Coventry City 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 24 October, with Oscar Bobb scoring in the 80th minute at The Coventry Building Society Arena. The match, in Matchweek 8, kicked off at 3pm and was refereed by Adam Herczeg. It was goalless at half-time.

Coventry were without Aurèle Amenda (calf), Haji Wright (hamstring), Josh Eccles (calf) and Luke Woolfenden (knee) through injury.

How the goals came

The first half ended 0-0, and the only booking before the break came in the 36th minute, when Fulham’s Shea Charles was cautioned for a foul. Neither side had scored when Coventry made their first change in the 60th minute and Fulham made theirs three minutes later.

The goal came in the 80th minute. Josh King provided the assist and Bobb scored for Fulham, who led 1-0 from that point. Both players were substituted a minute later, in the 81st minute, with Tom Cairney replacing King and Kenny Tete replacing Bobb. Coventry made one more change, in the 86th minute, but the score stayed at 1-0 to the end.

Match stats

Fulham had 64% of possession to Coventry’s 36%. Coventry had 13 shots to Fulham’s 12, but Fulham had four shots on target to Coventry’s two. Each goalkeeper made two saves.

Fulham won six corners to Coventry’s four, and their pass accuracy was 90% against 79% for Coventry. Fulham were flagged offside three times and Coventry once. There were 11 fouls committed by Fulham and nine by Coventry.

Cards and changes

Fulham received two yellow cards and Coventry none. Charles was booked in the 36th minute for a foul, and Antonee Robinson was booked in the 82nd minute for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Coventry made five substitutions. Stephen Mfuni replaced Bobby Thomas in the 60th minute. In the 67th minute there were three changes at once: Taiwo Awoniyi came on for Sidiki Chérif, Ephron Mason-Clark for Brandon Thomas-Asante and Frank Onyeka for Caleb Yirenkyi. Gustavo Hamer replaced Tatsuhiro Sakamoto in the 86th minute.

Fulham also made five changes. Sander Berge replaced Hugo Larsson in the 63rd minute. Rodrigo Muniz came on for Gonzalo García Torres and César Palacios for Alex Iwobi in the 74th minute. Cairney and Tete replaced King and Bobb in the 81st minute.

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