2019–20 Coventry City F.C. season

Coventry City
2019–20 season
Chairman	Tim Fisher
Manager	Mark Robins
Stadium	St Andrew’s
League One	1st (promoted)
FA Cup	Fourth round; vs Birmingham City
EFL Cup	Second round; vs Watford
EFL Trophy	Second round; vs Milton Keynes Dons
Top goalscorer	League: Matt Godden 14; All: Matt Godden 15
Highest home attendance	10,055 vs Sunderland; (league, 1 March 2020); 21,193 vs Birmingham City; (cup, 25 January 2020)
Lowest home attendance	4,672 vs Fleetwood Town; (league, 23 October 2019); 375 vs Southampton U21; (cup, 5 November 2019)
Average home league attendance	6,677
Biggest win	4–1 vs Exeter City; (EFL Cup, 13 August 2019); 4–1 vs Wycombe Wanderers; (League One, 29 December 2019); 4–1 vs Tranmere Rovers; (League One, 1 January 2020)
Biggest defeat	4–0 vs Rotherham United; (League One, 5 October 2019)
	All statistics correct as of 7 March 2020.

Coventry City 2019–20 football season

The 2019–20 season was Coventry City’s 136th season in their existence, the club’s second consecutive season in League One and their first at St Andrew’s. Along with competing in League One, the club also competed in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Preseason[edit]

The Sky Blues confirmed they will play Leamington,^[1]Northampton Town,^[2]AFC Telford United,^[3]Liverpool Under-23s^[4] and Swindon Town^[5] during their pre-season preparations.

Competitions[edit]

League One[edit]

League table[edit]

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending-off offences^[6]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted
Notes:

Results summary[edit]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	18	13	3	48	30	+18	67	11	5	1	22	11	+11	7	8	2	26	19	+7

Last updated: 7 March 2020.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday[edit]

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W
Position	7	8	4	3	5	4	2	1	1	4	5	7	6	4	6	6	3	5	6	7	5	5	3	4	4	5	5	4	3	2	2	2	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 9 June 2020. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

On 20 June 2019, the League One fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[7]^[8]

FA Cup[edit]

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019.^[11] The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City’s stadium, Oaklands Park.^[12] The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw.^[13] The fourth round draw was made by Alex Scott and David O’Leary on Monday, 6 January.^[14]

EFL Cup[edit]

The first round draw was made on 20 June.^[15] The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first round matches.^[16]

EFL Trophy[edit]

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.^[17] The draw for the second round was made on 16 November 2019 live on Sky Sports.^[18]