Watford vs Coventry City · Championship
Watford
14-15-17
0 – 4
FT
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Coventry City
28-11-7
Vicarage Road · Watford · England
Coventry City put 4 past Watford, who managed 0 at Vicarage Road (crowd 19,174). Ellis Simms scored the winner at the 19-minute mark and Ellis Simms added to the lead after 43 minutes; Ellis Simms widened the gap at the 58-minute mark and Victor Torp added to the lead late on, at 85 minutes. Coventry had more of the shots, 18 to 13, and 57% of the ball. Coventry hit the target 7 times from 18 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Championship England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season
- Ground
- Vicarage Road · Watford · England
- Crowd
- 19,174
- Referee
- Ruebyn Ricardo
- Watford form
- LLLWD
- Coventry form
- LWWLD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watford | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coventry | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Side by side
16Fouls10
2Yellow Cards1
0Red Cards0
5Offsides1
0Corner Kicks6
3Saves3
43.4%Possession56.6%
13Shots18
4On Goal7
30%On Target %40%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
327Accurate Passes439
388Passes498
80%Pass Completion %90%
0Accurate Crosses3
6Crosses18
0%Cross %20%
42Long Balls45
20Accurate Long Balls16
50%Long Balls %40%
4Blocked Shots6
13Effective Tackles12
16Tackles21
80%Tackle %60%
7Interceptions6
22Effective Clearances18
22Clearances18
Timeline
Full time · 0-4
87'
🔁Miguel Ángel Braureplacing Brandon Thomas-Asante
85'0 - 4
⚽Victor TorpAssist: Jamie Allen
🔁Mamadou Doumbiareplacing Imran Louza
82'
🔁Tom Incereplacing Othmane Maamma
82'
79'
🔁Haji Wrightreplacing Ellis Simms
🟨Nestory Irankunda
78'
70'
🔁Milan van Ewijkreplacing Kaine Kesler Hayden
70'
🔁Jamie Allenreplacing Josh Eccles
70'
🔁Ephron Mason-Clarkreplacing Romain Esse
🔁Marc Bolareplacing Saba Goglichidze
62'
🔁Edoardo Bovereplacing Giorgi Chakvetadze
62'
🔁Jack Grievesreplacing Nampalys Mendy
62'
58'0 - 3
⚽Ellis SimmsAssist: Victor Torp
Half-time · 0-2
43'0 - 2
⚽Ellis SimmsAssist: Josh Eccles
🟨Imran Louza
25'
25'
🟨Joel Latibeaudiere
19'0 - 1
⚽Ellis SimmsAssist: Jake Bidwell
Kick-off
Teams
Watford3-5-1-1
66🟨Irankunda
10🟨↓Louza
42↓Maamma
39Kayembe
2Ngakia
23↓Mendy
8↓Chakvetadze
3↓Goglichidze
6Pollock
25Abankwah
1Selvik
Bench
- 20Mamadou Doumbiaon for Imran Louza, 82'
- 43Jack Grieveson for Nampalys Mendy, 62'
- 7Tom Inceon for Othmane Maamma, 82'
- 9Luca Kjerrumgaard
- 17Pierre Ekwah
- 16Marc Bolaon for Saba Goglichidze, 62'
- 15Edoardo Boveon for Giorgi Chakvetadze, 62'
- 4Kévin Keben
- 12Nathan Baxter
Coventry City4-2-3-1
9⚽⚽⚽↓Simms
23↓Thomas-Asante
28↓Eccles
14↓Esse
6Grimes
29⚽Torp
21Bidwell
22🟨Latibeaudiere
20↓Kesler Hayden
26Woolfenden
19Rushworth
Bench
- 4Bobby Thomas
- 16Frank Onyeka
- 11Haji Wrighton for Ellis Simms, 79'
- 33Miguel Ángel Brauon for Brandon Thomas-Asante, 87'
- 27Milan van Ewijkon for Kaine Kesler Hayden, 70'
- 10Ephron Mason-Clarkon for Romain Esse, 70'
- 8Jamie Allenon for Josh Eccles, 70'
- 13Ben Wilson
- 15Liam Kitching
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
0Watford wins
2Level
3Coventry wins
Last times they met
FT
Coventry
3–1
Watford · 2025-26 English League Championship
FT
Coventry
2–1
Watford · 2024-25 English League Championship
FT
Watford
1–1
Coventry · 2024-25 English League Championship
FT
Watford
1–2
Coventry · 2023-24 English League Championship
FT
Coventry
3–3
Watford · 2023-24 English League Championship
Form
Last games: Watford
D1-1L2-0L2-0L3-0L5-1
Last games: Coventry
D0-0D0-0D1-1W5-1W3-1
