Coventry City 2 Middlesbrough 1
Outcome: Lost
Date: 8/19/1978
Manager: John Neal
Attendance: 17956
Competition: DivisionOne
Played at: Ayresome Park
Goals:
| Goals | Time | Assists | |
| Billy Woof | |||
Team
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Billy Woof | |||
| Billy Ashcroft | |||
| Mark Procter | |||
| David Armstrong | |||
| John Mahoney | |||
| Tony McAndrew | |||
| John Craggs | |||
| Ian Bailey | |||
| Alan Ramage | |||
| Stuart Boam | |||
| Jim Stewart |
Subs
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |