Coventry gained on their travels for the primary time this season after making the most of Hayden Hackney’s first-half pink card to beat Middlesbrough 3-0 on the Riverside.
Hackney was booked after simply 11 minutes for a foul on Josh Eccles and acquired his second yellow card on the halfway stage of the primary half after lunging in on Brandon Thomas-Asante.
Coventry took full benefit, with Bobby Thomas heading within the opener simply earlier than half-time. Haji Wright and Eccles secured the factors within the remaining quarter of an hour.
Coventry climb to thirteenth within the Sky Wager Championship desk after successful successive video games for the primary time this season however Michael Carrick’s Boro have only one victory of their final 5 outings.
The guests, buoyed by their come-from-behind victory over Luton final week, have been on prime from the off and twice had the ball within the internet within the opening quarter of an hour, however each targets have been dominated out for offside.
Thomas-Asante was the primary to be denied by the flag after his deflected shot looped over Seny Dieng, earlier than Wright completed off a elegant Coventry free-kick routine however had strayed ever so barely offside.
There was additional reduction for Boro when Isaiah Jones, who had changed the rested Ben Doak within the beginning XI, nearly skewed the ball into his personal internet.
However the hosts did have their early moments on the different finish, with Hackney forcing a save out of Oliver Dovin and Riley McGree firing simply over the bar.
Coventry have been on prime and Boro’s activity was made all of the tougher when Hackney was despatched off.
Wright was denied an opener after an outstanding defensive block from George Edmundson however Boro couldn’t make it to half-time. Three minutes earlier than the break, the guests performed a brief nook and Thomas was unmarked within the field to go dwelling an Eccles cross from the appropriate.
Jonny Howson, who changed Finn Azaz after Hackney’s sending off, nearly gifted Coventry a second purpose simply earlier than the hour mark however a stretching Thomas-Asante poked simply broad.
Conway was Boro’s brightest participant and the striker was denied by a superb Thomas block halfway by way of the second half.
Coventry’s second purpose got here 14 minutes from time when substitute Tatsuhiro Sakamoto crossed for Wright to faucet in. Eccles wrapped up the factors 5 minutes later when he was performed in a single on one and calmly beat Dieng.
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