Coventry vs Newcastle 4-1

Coventry beat Newcastle 4-1 at the Coventry Building Society Arena. An early penalty, a second-half strike and two late goals settled it after Newcastle briefly pulled one back.

Jack Rudoni opened the scoring from the spot in the 6th minute to make it 1-0, and Coventry took that lead into half-time. The home side struck first and stayed in front at the break.

Sidiki Cherif doubled Coventry's lead in the 48th minute before Newcastle made three changes on 59 minutes. Sven Botman then reduced the deficit on 70 minutes, with Nico González setting him up. Coventry answered with two substitutions in the 78th minute, and Ellis Simms, who had come on in the 78th minute, scored on 81 minutes from Brandon Thomas-Asante's assist to make it 3-1. Newcastle booked Joelinton on 81 minutes, Coventry then made two more changes on 83 minutes, and Stephen Mfuni, who had come on in the 83rd minute, sealed it in the 86th minute from Jay Dasilva's pass.

Newcastle had 66% of the ball, 527 passes to Coventry's 261 and 19 shots to 9, but Coventry had the same six shots on target and made more of their chances. Newcastle also had 6 corners to 2 and 4 saves to 2, while the xG figures were 1.84 to 1.47.

Milan van Ewijk was booked for Coventry in the 66th minute, and Joelinton went into the book for Newcastle in the 81st minute. There were no red cards.