Coventry City 4-1 Newcastle United: Highlights, man of the match, stats as Sky Blues record first Premier League home win in two decades

Coventry City recorded their archetypal Premier League location triumph successful 21 years astatine the disbursal of Newcastle United astatine the Coventry Building Society Arena.

The Sky Blues started the crippled incredibly brightly, with afloat top-flight debutant Sidiki Cherif winning a punishment which was cooly converted by Jack Rudoni.

After that point, Newcastle dominated the shot successful the archetypal fractional but passed up plentifulness of opportunities to gully level, often denied by fantabulous Coventry defending.

Cherif scored his archetypal Premier League extremity soon aft the interruption to treble the hosts' vantage earlier a long-range Sven Botman onslaught reduced arrears momentarily.

There was lone a little play of Newcastle belief, though, arsenic Coventry substitutes Ellis Simms and Stephen Mfuni some breached the nett of Lukas Hornicek to implicit a convincing occurrence successful the East Midlands.

SPORTS MOLE'S VERDICT

After the disappointments of location clashes with Hull City (0-1) and Brighton & Hove Albion (0-5) successful the Premier League truthful far, this evening was a peculiar juncture for the Coventry faithful, who watched their broadside triumph successful the apical formation connected location ungraded for the archetypal clip successful 21 years.

The Sky Blues did not look similar a squad who had failed to people successful their opening 2 CBS Arena matches arsenic they burst into beingness from the start, with the energetic Cherif winning a punishment which Rudoni experty converted.

A ample play of dominance with the shot for Newcastle followed that sixth-minute opener, however, the visitors were either sloppy successful their build-up oregon wasteful with their finishing, with Matias Fernandez-Pardo and Joe Willock some missing exceptional chances.

Botman's thunderbolt from the borderline of the container reduced the deficit, but the content of the hosts ne'er waned, with Simms and Mfuni arriving disconnected the seat to marque definite of a archetypal triumph implicit the Magpies since 1999.

COVENTRY CITY VS. NEWCASTLE UNITED HIGHLIGHTS

Jack Rudoni extremity vs. Newcastle United (6th min, Coventry City 1-0 Newcastle United)

Jack Rudoni converts to springiness to Coventry their archetypal extremity astatine location since returning to the Premier League! ? https://t.co/Q7la7nYwoq

A extremity 21 years successful the making for the metropolis of Coventry!

Hornicek spills the shot successful the container and rushes to marque amends, however, the Czech catches Cherif successful the process.

VAR had a look astatine the incidental earlier the on-field punishment determination remained, with Rudoni stepping up and sending the Newcastle goalkeeper the incorrect mode from 12 yards out.

Sidiki Cherif extremity vs. Newcastle United (48th min, Coventry City 2-0 Newcastle United)

Sidiki Cherif with a STUNNING decorativeness connected his archetypal Premier League start! ? https://t.co/EoTB8VCHuR

Cherif finds the nett connected his afloat Premier League debut!

Coventry commencement the 2nd fractional brightly and gain a throw, with Milan van Ewijk's transportation headed lone partially distant by Malick Thiaw.

The balls falls connected the borderline of the container for Cherif, who swivels and fires a low-drilled changeable into the bottommost country past the outstretched Hornicek.

Sven Botman extremity vs. Coventry City (70th min, Coventry City 2-1 Newcastle United)

Sven Botman, that is SENSATIONAL! ? https://t.co/GalkqMs5ZE

The centre-back takes matters into his ain hands to trim the deficit!

Botman finds himself with an ungodly magnitude of clip and abstraction successful the Coventry fractional and drifts into a shooting presumption connected the borderline of the box.

Caleb Yirenkyi is dilatory to realise the information of the Dutchman, allowing him plentifulness of country to firearm a thunderbolt past Carl Rushworth astatine the adjacent post.

Ellis Simms extremity vs. Newcastle United (81st min, Coventry City 3-1 Newcastle United)

Ellis Simms disconnected the seat with a large impact! ? https://t.co/XynFVxwERV

Substitute Simms makes definite of the 3 points!

Joelinton attempts to dribble the shot retired of the Newcastle country but is pressured by Brandon Thomas-Asante, which presents Simms with the accidental to shoot.

The towering marksman makes nary mistake with his finish, firing an effort past Hornicek, assisted somewhat by a deflection disconnected Thiaw.

Stephen Mfuni extremity vs. Newcastle United (86th min, Coventry City 4-1 Newcastle United)

Stephen Mfuni makes his people for Coventry! ? https://t.co/KI2kgpfUJP

Mfuni nets his archetypal Coventry extremity and makes it 4 astatine the disbursal of a shell-shocked Newcastle!

The England Under-21 planetary dribbles done the attentions of Nico Gonzalez and Amar Dedic earlier unleashing a left-footed onslaught past Hornicek from conscionable wrong the box.

A Monday nighttime travel to the East Midlands has turned into a full-blown nightmare for the Magpies.

MAN OF THE MATCH - BOBBY THOMAS

After Coventry took an aboriginal pb astatine the CBS Arena, determination was unsurprisingly a batch of antiaircraft duties for centre-back Thomas, who single-handedly kept Newcastle astatine bay connected aggregate occasions during the archetypal half.

The 25-year-old made an outstanding 14 antiaircraft contributions successful the opening 45 minutes alone, keeping Fernandez-Pardo disconnected the scoresheet with an fantabulous last-ditch block.

Thomas's broadside had conceded six goals crossed their opening 2 location league contests of the play earlier this evening, but if the Englishman continues this form, past that ratio is definite to decrease.

COVENTRY CITY VS. NEWCASTLE UNITED MATCH STATS

Possession: Coventry City 33%-67% Newcastle United

Shots: Coventry City 9-19 Newcastle United

Shots connected target: Coventry City 6-6 Newcastle United

Corners: Coventry City 2-6 Newcastle United

Fouls: Coventry City 3-10 Newcastle United

WHAT NEXT?

After back-to-back Premier League victories either broadside of the planetary break, Coventry question to Tottenham Hotspur adjacent Monday, looking to proceed their winning run.

Losing each of their past 2 distant matches by a 4-1 scoreline, Newcastle volition beryllium hoping for immoderate location comforts erstwhile Aston Villa sojourn St James' Park connected Saturday evening.