Coventry beat Sunderland 3-1 behind early goals and Rudoni

Coventry took control before halftime and held off Sunderland 3-1 at Coventry Building Society Arena. Two first-half goals set the tone, and Jack Rudoni's strike early in the second half made it three.

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto opened the scoring in the 17th minute with a left-footed shot from outside the box into the bottom left corner. Taiwo Awoniyi doubled the lead in the 37th with a right-footed finish from the centre of the box, also to the bottom left. Rudoni made it 3-0 in the 52nd, a left-footed shot from outside the box, set up by Victor Torp.

Sunderland got one back in the 67th. Enzo Le Fée converted a penalty into the top left corner for 3-1, and that was the last goal.

Rudoni was the player of the game with a Chirp Rating of 7.4. He scored once, took four shots and completed 31 accurate passes. Chirp's Sim had Coventry at 43% before the game, and they beat it.