Coventry City vs Preston North End · Championship
Coventry City
23-8-6
3 – 0
FT
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Preston North End
12-13-12
Coventry Building Society Arena · Coventry · England
A wide margin: Coventry City 3, Preston North End 0 at Coventry Building Society Arena (crowd 27,835); Coventry have now won 6 straight. Tatsuhiro Sakamoto got the deciding goal at the 17-minute mark and Brandon Thomas-Asante added to the lead after 34 minutes; it went to 3-0 when Matt Grimes scored at the 50-minute mark with a penalty. Coventry kept 67% of possession and took 25 shots to Preston's 5. Coventry hit the target 9 times from 25 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Championship England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season
- Ground
- Coventry Building Society Arena · Coventry · England
- Crowd
- 27,835
- Referee
- Lewis Smith
- Coventry form
- LWWLD
- Preston form
- DLLLD
On TV
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Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coventry | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Preston | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Side by side
9Fouls9
0Yellow Cards0
0Red Cards0
2Offsides3
8Corner Kicks1
2Saves6
67.2%Possession32.8%
25Shots5
9On Goal2
40%On Target %40%
2Penalty Goals0
1Penalty Kicks Taken0
560Accurate Passes225
628Passes304
90%Pass Completion %70%
12Accurate Crosses3
29Crosses11
40%Cross %30%
39Long Balls41
15Accurate Long Balls10
40%Long Balls %20%
8Blocked Shots0
8Effective Tackles13
11Tackles21
70%Tackle %60%
8Interceptions12
10Effective Clearances34
10Clearances34
Timeline
Full time · 3-0
🔁Jahnoah Markeloreplacing Brandon Thomas-Asante
79'
73'
🔁Andrija Vukcevicreplacing Thierry Small
🔁Josh Ecclesreplacing Ephron Mason-Clark
66'
65'
🔁Andy Moranreplacing Alfie Devine
65'
🔁Brad Pottsreplacing Pol Valentín
🔁Victor Torpreplacing Frank Onyeka
61'
🔁Romain Essereplacing Tatsuhiro Sakamoto
61'
🔁Kaine Kesler Haydenreplacing Milan van Ewijk
61'
⚽Matt GrimesPenalty
50'3 - 0
45'
🔁Lewis Dobbinreplacing Daniel Jebbison
45'
🔁Jordan Thompsonreplacing Alistair McCann
Half-time · 2-0
⚽Brandon Thomas-Asante
34'2 - 0
⚽Tatsuhiro Sakamoto
17'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Coventry City4-2-3-1
9Simms
10↓Mason-Clark
23⚽↓Thomas-Asante
7⚽↓Sakamoto
6⚽Grimes
16↓Onyeka
3Da Silva
15Kitching
27↓van Ewijk
26Woolfenden
19Rushworth
Bench
- 8Jamie Allen
- 14Romain Esseon for Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, 61'
- 21Jake Bidwell
- 20Kaine Kesler Haydenon for Milan van Ewijk, 61'
- 29Victor Torpon for Frank Onyeka, 61'
- 28Josh Eccleson for Ephron Mason-Clark, 66'
- 13Ben Wilson
- 24Jahnoah Markeloon for Brandon Thomas-Asante, 79'
- 11Haji Wright
Preston North End5-3-2
9↓Jebbison
28Osmajic
21↓Devine
4Whiteman
8↓McCann
26↓Small
16Hughes
14Storey
2↓Valentín
42Offiah
1Iversen
Bench
- 15Jordan Thompsonon for Alistair McCann, 45'
- 24Michael Smith
- 3Andrija Vukcevicon for Thierry Small, 73'
- 34Kitt Nelson
- 44Brad Pottson for Pol Valentín, 65'
- 17Lewis Dobbinon for Daniel Jebbison, 45'
- 23Andy Moranon for Alfie Devine, 65'
- 6Liam Lindsay
- 13David Cornell
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Middlesbrough | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +10 | 25 |
| 2 |  Swansea City | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 23 |
| 3 |  West Ham United | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | +17 | 22 |
| 4 |  Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 21 |
| 5 |  West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 21 |
| 6 |  Southampton | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | +12 | 20 |
| 7 |  Birmingham City | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 8 |  Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 9 |  Stoke City | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 20 |
| 10 |  Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 18 |
| 11 |  Portsmouth | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 18 |
| 12 |  Sheffield United | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 16 |
| 13 |  Millwall | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 |  Bristol City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 |  Lincoln City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 |  Cardiff City | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | +2 | 14 |
| 17 |  Wrexham | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 14 |
| 18 |  Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 19 |  Charlton Athletic | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -7 | 14 |
| 20 |  Norwich City | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 21 |  Watford | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 11 |
| 22 |  Burnley | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 8 |
| 23 |  Derby County | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -11 | 7 |
| 24 |  Preston North End | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | -15 | 5 |
Meetings
1Coventry wins
1Level
3Preston wins
Last times they met
FT
Preston
1–1
Coventry · 2025-26 English League Championship
FT
Coventry
2–1
Preston · 2024-25 English League Championship
FT
Preston
1–0
Coventry · 2024-25 English League Championship
FT
Coventry
0–3
Preston · 2023-24 English League Championship
FT
Preston
3–2
Coventry · 2023-24 English League Championship
Form
Last games: Coventry
W3-1W2-0W2-1W2-1W2-0
Last games: Preston
D2-2L1-0D1-1L2-0L3-1
