Coventry City vs Watford · Championship
Coventry City
8-4-0
3 – 1
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Watford
4-3-5
Coventry Building Society Arena · Coventry · England
Watford went down 3-1 to Coventry City at Coventry Building Society Arena (crowd 30,109); Coventry have now won 6 straight. The goal that settled it came from Brandon Thomas-Asante at the 3-minute mark and Jamie Allen widened the gap after 7 minutes; Tatsuhiro Sakamoto added to the lead at the 42-minute mark and a goal from Imran Louza after 69 minutes cut it to 3-1 with a penalty. James Abankwah was shown a red card at the 44-minute mark The game had five bookings. The ball split 55% to 45% and the shots 12 to 13. 8 of the 13 shots by Watford were on target.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Championship England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season
- Ground
- Coventry Building Society Arena · Coventry · England
- Crowd
- 30,109
- Referee
- Dean Whitestone
- Coventry form
- LWWLD
- Watford form
- LLLWD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coventry | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Watford | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Side by side
10Fouls8
3Yellow Cards2
0Red Cards1
3Offsides4
5Corner Kicks7
6Saves0
55.4%Possession44.6%
12Shots13
3On Goal8
30%On Target %60%
0Penalty Goals1
0Penalty Kicks Taken1
398Accurate Passes314
457Passes371
90%Pass Completion %80%
2Accurate Crosses2
17Crosses13
10%Cross %20%
43Long Balls46
18Accurate Long Balls27
40%Long Balls %60%
3Blocked Shots3
11Effective Tackles9
19Tackles17
60%Tackle %50%
5Interceptions4
26Effective Clearances38
26Clearances38
Timeline
Full time · 3-1
90'+2'
🟨Nestory Irankunda
85'
🔁Tom Incereplacing Rocco Vata
🟨Liam Kitching
85'
🔁Kaine Kesler Haydenreplacing Milan van Ewijk
82'
🟨Milan van Ewijk
76'
🔁Ellis Simmsreplacing Haji Wright
73'
🔁Josh Ecclesreplacing Ephron Mason-Clark
73'
69'3 - 1
⚽Imran LouzaPenalty
65'
🔁Vivaldo Semedoreplacing Mamadou Doumbia
64'
🔁Nestory Irankundareplacing Kwadwo Baah
🟨Luke Woolfenden
62'
🔁Luke Woolfendenreplacing Bobby Thomas
52'
45'
🔁Hector Kyprianoureplacing Edo Kayembe
Half-time · 3-0
45'+3'
🟨Mamadou Doumbia
45'+1'
🔁Matthew Pollockreplacing Moussa Sissoko
44'
🟥James Abankwah
⚽Tatsuhiro Sakamoto
42'3 - 0
⚽Jamie Allen
7'2 - 0
⚽Brandon Thomas-AsanteAssist: Tatsuhiro Sakamoto
3'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Coventry City4-4-2
23⚽Thomas-Asante
11↓Wright
6Grimes
10↓Mason-Clark
8⚽Allen
7⚽Sakamoto
3Da Silva
15🟨Kitching
27🟨↓van Ewijk
4↓Thomas
19Rushworth
Bench
- 33Miguel Ángel Brau
- 13Ben Wilson
- 21Jake Bidwell
- 50George Shepherd
- 54Kai Andrews
- 20Kaine Kesler Haydenon for Milan van Ewijk, 82'
- 9Ellis Simmson for Haji Wright, 73'
- 28Josh Eccleson for Ephron Mason-Clark, 73'
- 26Luke Woolfendenon for Bobby Thomas, 52' 🟨
Watford4-3-3
17↓Sissoko
34↓Baah
20🟨↓Doumbia
39↓Kayembe
11↓Vata
10⚽Louza
16Bola
25🟥Abankwah
2Ngakia
4Keben
1Selvik
Bench
- 5Hector Kyprianouon for Edo Kayembe, 45'
- 12Nathan Baxter
- 22James Morris
- 18Vivaldo Semedoon for Mamadou Doumbia, 65'
- 7Tom Inceon for Rocco Vata, 85'
- 9Luca Kjerrumgaard
- 66Nestory Irankundaon for Kwadwo Baah, 64' 🟨
- 6Matthew Pollockon for Moussa Sissoko, 45'+1'
- 3Max Alleyne
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
3Level
0Watford wins
Last times they met
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2–1
Watford · 2024-25 English League Championship
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Watford
1–1
Coventry · 2024-25 English League Championship
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Watford
1–2
Coventry · 2023-24 English League Championship
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Coventry
3–3
Watford · 2023-24 English League Championship
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Coventry
2–2
Watford · 2022-23 English League Championship
Form
Last games: Coventry
W3-0W4-0W5-0W2-0W2-1
Last games: Watford
W2-1D2-2W2-1L1-0W2-1
