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

Coventry City

90'+2': Victor Torp (P)

FT
1 - 2

Southampton

48': Flynn Downes
85': Kuryu Matsuki

Introduction

Coventry City are hosting Southampton at The Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
48': Goal! Coventry City 0, Southampton 1. Flynn Downes (Southampton) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal.
53': Liam Kitching (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
57': Substitution, Coventry City. Brandon Thomas-Asante replaces Josh Eccles.
62': Substitution, Coventry City. Ellis Simms replaces Haji Wright.
67': Substitution, Southampton. Shea Charles replaces Cameron Bragg.
67': Substitution, Southampton. Cameron Archer replaces Cyle Larin because of an injury.
77': Substitution, Coventry City. Romain Esse replaces Tatsuhiro Sakamoto.
77': Substitution, Coventry City. Victor Torp replaces Frank Onyeka.
80': Luke Woolfenden (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
85': Goal! Coventry City 0, Southampton 2. Kuryu Matsuki (Southampton) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Bree with a cross following a corner.
86': Cameron Archer (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.
86': Ellis Simms (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+1': Daniel Peretz (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.
90'+2': Goal! Coventry City 1, Southampton 2. Victor Torp (Coventry City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
90'+6': Substitution, Southampton. Nathan Wood replaces Kuryu Matsuki.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: The Coventry Building Society Arena
Location: Coventry, England
Attendance: 31,281

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

SOU		COV
13	Fouls	13
2	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
4	Offsides	3
5	Corner Kicks	7
5	Saves	1
42.8	Possession	57.2
8	SHOTS	20
3	ON GOAL	6
0.4	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	2
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
267	Accurate Passes	362
338	Passes	433
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
3	Accurate Crosses	14
17	Crosses	34
0.2	Cross %	0.4
51	Long Balls	48
18	Accurate Long Balls	20
0.4	Long Balls %	0.4
2	Blocked Shots	5
9	Effective Tackles	9
13	Tackles	17
0.7	Tackle %	0.5
4	Interceptions	5
40	Effective Clearances	22
40	Clearances	22

Line-Ups

Coventry City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
19	Carl Rushworth (GK)
15	Liam Kitching
26	Luke Woolfenden
3	Jay Da Silva
27	Milan van Ewijk
28	Josh Eccles
6	Matt Grimes
16	Frank Onyeka
11	Haji Wright
10	Ephron Mason-Clark
7	Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

Substitutes:

Ben Wilson, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Kaine Kesler Hayden, Jahnoah Markelo, Joel Latibeaudiere, Ellis Simms, Jake Bidwell, Romain Esse, Victor Torp.

Southampton (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
41	Daniel Peretz (GK)
5	Jack Stephens
6	Taylor Harwood-Bellis
48	Cameron Bragg
3	Ryan Manning
14	James Bree
4	Flynn Downes
20	Caspar Jander
10	Finn Azaz
27	Kuryu Matsuki
9	Cyle Larin