West Brom's poor performance damages their play off hopes as they fall 6 points away from 6th place Coventry, seemingly out of their hands yet again.
Early into the game, Jack Rudoni opened the scoring, against the run of the play sending the CBS arena into jubilation.
Straight after the second half kicked off, Matt Grimes dispossessed a lack lustre John Swift to double the lead, confirming the three much needed points.
Following the second, Callum Styles was sent of after receiving a second yellow card for a synnical foul on Tatsuhiro Sakomoto, giving Coventry a relativley easy finish to the game.
The teams surrounding the Baggies had won today, with Bristol beating Sunderland and Middlesbrough beat Plymouth meaning any hope for the play offs have been thoroughly diminished.
- Story of the match
The Baggies started the game rather well, dominating the proceedings but nothing coming of it, evidenced with no shots on target all game.
The closest West Brom got was a cross from Mikey Johnston which was well met by Will Lankshear his header looping onto the crossbar, causing Coventry keeper Brad Collins some discomfort.
Tatsuhiro Sakomoto started the immense Coventry pressure when his shot was blocked by Norwegian Tobjorn Heggem, a standout player in the poor Baggies side today.
Soon after, Haji Wright's cut back was poorly defended by the Albion defence, midfielder Alex Mowatt failing to clear it, meeting Jack Rudoni putting his shot under flailing Josh Griffiths.
Coventry maintained this pressure with impressive Haji Wright's curling shot forcing a save from Griffiths, the American forward causing trouble down the right hand side for West Brom.
The Sky Blues hounded the Baggies box, with crosses met by Ellis Sims which was cleared and Jay Dasilva cut back intercepted by Isaac Price who won a free kick.
The Baggies minimal threat was shown by crosses by Tom Fellows and Karlan Grant not finding anyone both times, either being cleared or falling into empty space.
Coventry ended the first half the strongest, with Liam Kitching's header forcing Griffiths into an excellent save, leaving the Sky Blues with the advantage going into the break.
Following several changes on the Baggies behalf, it saw John Swift and Grady Diangana introduced into the side, as manager Tony Mowbray tried to rejuvenate a poor performance.
Swift was quickly introduced to the game in the second half as he was dispossessed by Matt Grimes, who had an easy 1 on 1 finish in the bottom right corner, increasing the advantage to two.
Albion's defensive woes continued as Callum Styles was sent off after receiving a second yellow card after pulling Sakomoto for too long, showing it just wasn't West Brom's day.
The game continued with Coventry pressure due to West Brom being one man down, with Coventry having all of the ball but not really threatening, keeping the Baggies in their own half.
West Brom finished the game the stronger, with multiple crosses from Tom Fellows with all but one getting cleared, one of them almost being turned into the Coventry net by Jamie Patterson.
- Is West Brom's season over?
After yet another poor performance, in arguably West Brom's biggest game all season, play offs now seem unreachable.
The Baggies remaining 3 games are against Derby, Cardiff and Luton but with their recent form there is no guarantee of 3 wins. With all 3 teams needing results to stay up, they will be more difficult than they seem.
Not only this, but Coventry also have Plymouth and Luton, Coventry being favourites for both ties, showing them to be in the more favourable position.
For West Brom to get play offs, they would have to win three games in a row which they haven't done since September, and for Middlesbrough and Coventry to lose two of their next three.
- Have Coventry got the momentum to win play offs?
Following the sky blue's successful form since Frank Lampard's appointment and their win today, it puts them in a very strong position towards the end of the season.
The three points received today put them six points ahead of Millwall and West Brom and three ahead of Middlesbrough, who they need to play at the last game of the season.
After an excellent showing today, and with two easy games on paper, Coventry will look to apply pressure to 5th place Bristol City and 7th place Middlesbrough, with their play off push being solely in their own hands.
