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 first Premier League home victory in 21 years at the expense of Newcastle United at the Coventry Building Society Arena. The Sky Blues started the game incredibly brightly, with full top-flight debutant Sidiki Cherif winning a penalty which was cooly converted by Jack Rudoni.

After that point, Newcastle dominated the ball in the first half but passed up plenty of opportunities to draw level, often denied by excellent Coventry defending. Cherif scored his first Premier League goal shortly after the break to double the hosts' advantage before a long-range Sven Botman strike reduced arrears momentarily.

There was only a brief period of Newcastle belief, though, as Coventry substitutes Ellis Simms and Stephen Mfuni both breached the net of Lukas Hornicek to complete a convincing success in the East Midlands. The Sky Blues did not look like a team who had failed to score in their opening two CBS Arena matches as they burst into life from the start, with the energetic Cherif winning a penalty which Rudoni experty converted.

A large period of dominance with the ball for Newcastle followed that sixth-minute opener, however, the visitors were either sloppy in their build-up or wasteful with their finishing, with Matias Fernandez-Pardo and Joe Willock both missing exceptional chances. Botman's thunderbolt from the edge of the box reduced the deficit, but the belief of the hosts never waned, with Simms and Mfuni arriving off the bench to make sure of a first victory over the Magpies since 1999.

NEWCASTLE UNITED HIGHLIGHTS Jack Rudoni goal vs. Newcastle United (6th min, Coventry City 1-0 Newcastle United) Jack Rudoni converts to give to Coventry their first goal at home since returning to the Premier League!?

Hornicek spills the ball in the box and rushes to make amends, however, the Czech catches Cherif in the process. VAR had a look at the incident before the on-field penalty decision remained, with Rudoni stepping up and sending the Newcastle goalkeeper the wrong way from 12 yards out.

Newcastle United (48th min, Coventry City 2-0 Newcastle United) Sidiki Cherif with a STUNNING finish on his first Premier League start!? Coventry start the second half brightly and earn a throw, with Milan van Ewijk 's delivery headed only partially away by Malick Thiaw.

The balls falls on the edge of the box for Cherif, who swivels and fires a low-drilled shot into the bottom corner past the outstretched Hornicek. Coventry City (70th min, Coventry City 2-1 Newcastle United) Sven Botman, that is SENSATIONAL!?

Botman finds himself with an ungodly amount of time and space in the Coventry half and drifts into a shooting position on the edge of the box. Caleb Yirenkyi is slow to realise the danger of the Dutchman, allowing him plenty of room to rifle a thunderbolt past Carl Rushworth at the near post.