Coventry vs Leicester 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season

Coventry City

47': Ellis Simms
85': Haji Wright

FT
2 - 1

Leicester City

10': Jordan James

USMNT's Haji Wright nets crucial winner for Coventry vs. Leicester

Haji Wright scored for the first time since early October as Sky Bet Championship leaders Coventry came from behind to beat local rivals Leicester 2-1.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
10': Goal! Coventry City 0, Leicester City 1. Jordan James (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bobby De Cordova-Reid.
47': Goal! Coventry City 1, Leicester City 1. Ellis Simms (Coventry City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jack Rudoni.
67': Substitution, Coventry City. Tatsuhiro Sakamoto replaces Romain Esse.
67': Substitution, Coventry City. Haji Wright replaces Ellis Simms.
70': Substitution, Leicester City. Louis Page replaces Bobby De Cordova-Reid.
70': Substitution, Leicester City. Patson Daka replaces Jordan Ayew.
72': Substitution, Coventry City. Josh Eccles replaces Victor Torp.
79': Substitution, Leicester City. Jeremy Monga replaces Stephy Mavididi.
83': Substitution, Coventry City. Brandon Thomas-Asante replaces Jack Rudoni.
85': Jeremy Monga (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
85': Goal! Coventry City 2, Leicester City 1. Haji Wright (Coventry City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
88': Caleb Okoli (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
90'+1': Substitution, Leicester City. Boubakary Soumaré replaces Oliver Skipp.
90'+1': Substitution, Leicester City. Silko-Amari Thomas replaces Ricardo Pereira.
90'+3': Jordan James (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+5': Silko-Amari Thomas (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
90'+7': Jay Dasilva (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+8': Second Half ends, Coventry City 2, Leicester City 1.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: The Coventry Building Society Arena
Location: Coventry, England
Attendance: 31,410

English League Championship Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+38	Coventry City	38	77	7
+22	Middlesbrough	38	70	8
+28	Ipswich Town	37	68	7
+9	Millwall	38	68	10

Full Table

Statistics

LEI		COV
14	Fouls	8
4	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	3
3	Corner Kicks	5
3	Saves	5
49.1	Possession	50.9
14	SHOTS	19
6	ON GOAL	6
0.4	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
327	Accurate Passes	333
397	Passes	401
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
5	Accurate Crosses	3
18	Crosses	25
0.3	Cross %	0.1
54	Long Balls	40
18	Accurate Long Balls	18
0.3	Long Balls %	0.5
3	Blocked Shots	4
12	Effective Tackles	7
21	Tackles	15
0.6	Tackle %	0.5
8	Interceptions	7
52	Effective Clearances	24
52	Clearances	24

Line-Ups

Coventry City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
19	Carl Rushworth (GK)
15	Liam Kitching
22	Joel Latibeaudiere
3	Jay Da Silva
27	Milan van Ewijk
5	Jack Rudoni
6	Matt Grimes
29	Victor Torp
9	Ellis Simms
10	Ephron Mason-Clark
14	Romain Esse

Substitutes:

Ben Wilson, Luke Woolfenden, Jamie Allen, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Jake Bidwell, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Haji Wright, Yang Min-Hyeok, Josh Eccles.

Leicester City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Jakub Stolarczyk (GK)
4	Ben Nelson
5	Caleb Okoli
33	Luke Thomas
21	Ricardo Pereira
14	Bobby De Cordova-Reid
22	Oliver Skipp
6	Jordan James
9	Jordan Ayew
10	Stephy Mavididi
7	Fatawu Issahaku