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

Coventry City

12': Haji Wright
90'+4': Jack Rudoni

FT
2 - 1

Stoke City

45'+4': Ben Gibson

Introduction

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

Match Commentary

12': Goal! Coventry City 1, Stoke City 0. Haji Wright (Coventry City) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jay Dasilva with a cross.
45'+4': Goal! Coventry City 1, Stoke City 1. Ben Gibson (Stoke City) with an attempt from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sorba Thomas with a cross following a corner.
55': Substitution, Coventry City. Victor Torp replaces Frank Onyeka.
60': Substitution, Stoke City. Jesurun Rak-Sakyi replaces Million Manhoef.
60': Substitution, Stoke City. Eric-Junior Bocat replaces Maksym Talovierov.
63': Substitution, Coventry City. Tatsuhiro Sakamoto replaces Romain Esse.
68': Substitution, Stoke City. Milan Smit replaces Lamine Cissé.
78': Substitution, Coventry City. Brandon Thomas-Asante replaces Ephron Mason-Clark.
79': Substitution, Coventry City. Ellis Simms replaces Haji Wright.
89': Substitution, Stoke City. Tomás Rigo replaces Bae Jun-Ho.
89': Substitution, Stoke City. Steven Nzonzi replaces Ben Pearson.
90'+1': Bobby Thomas (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+3': Tommy Simkin (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card.
90'+4': Goal! Coventry City 2, Stoke City 1. Jack Rudoni (Coventry City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: The Coventry Building Society Arena
Location: Coventry, England
Attendance: 31,516

English League Championship Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+34	Coventry City	35	71	6
+17	Middlesbrough	34	63	7
+7	Millwall	35	62	9
+25	Ipswich Town	33	60	7

Full Table

Statistics

STK		COV
6	Fouls	7
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	4
1	Corner Kicks	7
6	Saves	0
35.8	Possession	64.2
3	SHOTS	20
1	ON GOAL	8
0.3	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
237	Accurate Passes	500
332	Passes	591
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.8
2	Accurate Crosses	6
7	Crosses	25
0.3	Cross %	0.2
87	Long Balls	55
34	Accurate Long Balls	20
0.4	Long Balls %	0.4
1	Blocked Shots	4
10	Effective Tackles	12
19	Tackles	16
0.5	Tackle %	0.8
6	Interceptions	2
33	Effective Clearances	16
33	Clearances	16

Line-Ups

Coventry City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
19	Carl Rushworth (GK)
22	Joel Latibeaudiere
4	Bobby Thomas
3	Jay Da Silva
27	Milan van Ewijk
5	Jack Rudoni
6	Matt Grimes
16	Frank Onyeka
11	Haji Wright
10	Ephron Mason-Clark
14	Romain Esse

Substitutes:

Kaine Kesler Hayden, Josh Eccles, Liam Kitching, Victor Torp, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Ben Wilson, Jake Bidwell, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Ellis Simms.

Stoke City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
25	Tommy Simkin (GK)
16	Ben Wilmot
26	Ashley Phillips
23	Ben Gibson
40	Maksym Talovierov
42	Million Manhoef
12	Tatsuki Seko
4	Ben Pearson
29	Lamine Cisse
7	Sorba Thomas
10	Bae Jun-Ho