3 COV

2 DER

COV 3

2 DER

Coventry
-
Derby

Championship, Round 40
Friday, April 3, 2026 8:00 PM
The Coventry Building Society Arena

Result

3-2

Match Recap

F. Onyeka 12'

Benjamin Brereton 38'

Jack Rudoni 68'

Benjamin Brereton (pen.) 77'

Jack Rudoni 80'

Match Events

Second Half 3 - 2

V. Torp

Matt Grimes

90+1'

86'

C. Allen

D. Ozoh

Yellow Card

82'

81'

Patrick Agyemang

Yellow Card

Jack Rudoni

Milan van Ewijk

80'

77'

Benjamin Brereton

Penalty Goal

72'

Oscar Fraulo

Jaydon Banel

Jack Rudoni

Goal

68'

65'

Patrick Agyemang

Carlton Morris

Ephron Mason-Clark

R. Esse

63'

H. Wright

E. Simms

63'

Jack Rudoni

J. Eccles

63'

First Half 1 - 1

38'

Benjamin Brereton

Matthew Clarke

29'

Lewis Travis

Yellow Card

F. Onyeka

R. Esse

12'

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

51%

49%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

1.57

2.18

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Championship
Season	Championship 2025/26
Round	Round 40
Date	April 3, 2026
Time	20:00
Venue	The Coventry Building Society Arena
Result	3 - 2

Lineups

Coventry

19. C. Rushworth Carl Rushworth

27. M. v. Ewijk Milan van Ewijk

4. B. Thomas B. Thomas

15. L. Kitching L. Kitching

3. J. Dasilva J. Dasilva

6. M. Grimes Matt Grimes

16. F. Onyeka F. Onyeka

7. T. Sakamoto Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

28. J. Eccles J. Eccles

14. R. Esse R. Esse

9. E. Simms E. Simms

9. C. Morris Carlton Morris

34. J. Banel Jaydon Banel

42. B. Clark B. Clark

25. B. Brereton Benjamin Brereton

18. D. Ozoh D. Ozoh

27. L. Travis Lewis Travis

2. D. Murkin Derry Murkin

5. M. Clarke Matthew Clarke

28. D. Sanderson Dion Sanderson

23. J. Ward Joe Ward

12. R. O'Donnell Richard O'Donnell

Derby

Substitutes

Coventry

Derby

Unused Players

Coventry

Derby

Form before the match

Coventry

Derby

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2025/26

August 16, 2025

Derby

Coventry

Championship 2024/25

March 11, 2025

Derby

Coventry

November 6, 2024

Coventry

Derby

Championship

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Promotion
1	Coventry	40	25	8	7	84	42	42	83
2	Millwall	40	21	9	10	55	45	10	72
Promotion Playoffs
3	Middlesbrough	40	20	11	9	60	39	21	71
4	Ipswich	38	19	12	7	67	39	28	69
5	Hull City	40	20	7	13	63	58	5	67
6	Wrexham	40	17	13	10	62	53	9	64

7	Southampton	39	17	12	10	63	48	15	63
8	Derby	40	17	9	14	58	51	7	60
9	Watford	40	14	14	12	51	48	3	56
10	QPR	40	16	8	16	57	62	-5	56
11	Norwich	40	16	7	17	53	47	6	55
12	Stoke City	40	15	9	16	48	43	5	54
13	Bristol City	40	15	9	16	51	51	0	54
14	Birmingham	40	14	11	15	48	50	-2	53
15	Preston	40	13	14	13	47	51	-4	53
16	Swansea	40	15	8	17	47	52	-5	53
17	Sheffield Utd	40	15	6	19	57	57	0	51
18	Charlton	40	12	12	16	37	48	-11	48
19	Blackburn	40	12	10	18	37	49	-12	46
20	West Brom	40	11	11	18	42	56	-14	44
21	Portsmouth	39	10	11	18	38	55	-17	41
Relegation
22	Leicester	40	11	13	16	53	62	-9	40
23	Oxford United	40	9	13	18	37	52	-15	40
24	Sheffield Wednesday	40	1	9	30	24	81	-57	-6

Updated April 3, 2026 10:00 PM