Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Coventry City: result and report

Report

Tottenham Hotspur got the home win they were expected to produce, though the 3-1 scoreline makes the gap look wider than the chances suggest. They had far more of the ball and far more shots, while the quality of chances on each side ended up almost level.

How the goals came

James Maddison opened the scoring on 14 minutes, with Mohammed Kudus providing the assist. The lead still did not last, because Jack Rudoni levelled for Coventry City on 49 minutes from Brandon Thomas-Asante's assist.

Tottenham Hotspur responded quickly, though. Omar Marmoush restored the lead on 58 minutes, set up by Andrew Robertson. Ben Davies then settled it in the sixth minute of added time, with Dominic Solanke supplying the assist.

Tottenham Hotspur: plenty of shots, modest chances

Tottenham Hotspur dominated the volume. They had 65% of the ball, 11 shots to Coventry City's three and five on target to one. Their pressure was also consistently higher across the match, averaging roughly double Coventry City's.

Despite all that, the expected goals were almost even: 1.10 for Tottenham Hotspur, 1.08 for Coventry City. Tottenham Hotspur did not create a single big chance. So three goals from that chance quality says more about their finishing on the night than about how often they opened Coventry City up.

Coventry City: rarely threatening, still competitive

Coventry City offered little in attack, yet what they did create was good. They had the only big chance of the match, and their one shot on target was Rudoni's equaliser.

That is also the counter-signal. Antonín Kinský did not have to make a save, while Coventry City's goalkeeper made two. A side that tests the opposing goalkeeper once in 90 minutes will struggle to win away from home, even when the chances it does make are good ones.