Coventry City vs Sheffield United · Championship
Coventry City
9-4-1
3 – 1
FT
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Sheffield United
3-0-11
Coventry Building Society Arena · Coventry · England
From one goals down, Coventry City went on to beat Sheffield United 3-1 at Coventry Building Society Arena (crowd 29,589). Sam McCallum scored first for Sheffield Utd at the 25-minute mark and Tatsuhiro Sakamoto brought Coventry level after 49 minutes; Bobby Thomas scored the winner at the 60-minute mark and Brandon Thomas-Asante widened the gap late on, at 90 minutes. Five players went into the book. Coventry had more of the shots, 17 to 11, and 58% of the ball. From 17 shots, Coventry found the target 8 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Championship England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season
- Ground
- Coventry Building Society Arena · Coventry · England
- Crowd
- 29,589
- Referee
- james linington
- Coventry form
- LWWLD
- Sheffield Utd form
- LWLWD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coventry | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Sheffield Utd | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Side by side
5Fouls14
3Yellow Cards2
0Red Cards0
4Offsides3
6Corner Kicks13
4Saves5
57.7%Possession42.3%
17Shots11
8On Goal4
50%On Target %40%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
280Accurate Passes171
363Passes255
80%Pass Completion %70%
1Accurate Crosses4
27Crosses34
0%Cross %10%
57Long Balls54
16Accurate Long Balls24
30%Long Balls %40%
4Blocked Shots6
7Effective Tackles10
10Tackles14
70%Tackle %70%
7Interceptions6
48Effective Clearances52
48Clearances52
Timeline
Full time · 3-1
⚽Brandon Thomas-AsanteAssist: Haji Wright
90'+5'3 - 1
🔁Jamie Allenreplacing Victor Torp
90'+2'
🟨Victor Torp
88'
76'
🔁Andre Brooksreplacing Chiedozie Ogbene
76'
🔁Femi Serikireplacing Mark McGuinness
68'
🟨Ben Mee
67'
🔁Tom Daviesreplacing Jairo Riedewald
67'
🔁Danny Ingsreplacing Thomas Cannon
⚽Bobby Thomas
60'2 - 1
⚽Tatsuhiro SakamotoAssist: Bobby Thomas
49'1 - 1
45'
🔁Adam Daviesreplacing Michael Cooper
🔁Ephron Mason-Clarkreplacing Josh Eccles
45'
Half-time · 0-1
🟨Tatsuhiro Sakamoto
37'
🟨Jay Da Silva
27'
25'0 - 1
⚽Sam McCallumAssist: Ben Mee
11'
🟨Sam McCallum
Kick-off
Teams
Coventry City4-3-3
29🟨↓Torp
7⚽🟨Sakamoto
11Wright
28↓Eccles
23⚽Thomas-Asante
6Grimes
3🟨Da Silva
15Kitching
27van Ewijk
4⚽Thomas
19Rushworth
Bench
- 8Jamie Allenon for Victor Torp, 90'+2'
- 54Kai Andrews
- 26Luke Woolfenden
- 10Ephron Mason-Clarkon for Josh Eccles, 45'
- 13Ben Wilson
- 22Joel Latibeaudiere
- 9Ellis Simms
- 21Jake Bidwell
- 20Kaine Kesler Hayden
Sheffield United4-1-3-2
23Campbell
7↓Cannon
10O'Hare
42Peck
19↓Ogbene
25↓McGuinness
3⚽🟨McCallum
15🟨Mee
44↓Riedewald
2Tanganga
1↓Cooper
Bench
- 26Ryan One
- 22Tom Davieson for Jairo Riedewald, 67'
- 6Tyler Bindon
- 14Harrison Burrows
- 18Djibril Soumaré
- 38Femi Serikion for Mark McGuinness, 76'
- 17Adam Davieson for Michael Cooper, 45'
- 9Danny Ingson for Thomas Cannon, 67'
- 11Andre Brookson for Chiedozie Ogbene, 76'
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
2Coventry wins
1Level
2Sheffield Utd wins
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Form
Last games: Coventry
W5-0W2-0W2-1W3-1L3-2
Last games: Sheffield Utd
L1-0W1-0W3-1L3-2L3-1
