3 COV

1 MID

COV 3

1 MID

Coventry
-
Middlesbrough

Championship, Round 32
Monday, February 16, 2026 8:00 PM
The Coventry Building Society Arena

Result

3-1

Match Recap

H. Wright 21'

H. Wright 55'

Riley McGree 67'

H. Wright (pen.) 71'

Match Events

Second Half 3 - 1

90+2'

Sontje Hansen

Riley McGree

90+2'

Finley Munroe

Matthew Targett

Jahnoah Markelo

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

82'

E. Simms

H. Wright

82'

81'

Mamadou Kaly Sene

Tommy Conway

V. Torp

F. Onyeka

75'

Matt Grimes

Yellow Card

72'

H. Wright

Penalty Goal

71'

70'

Luke Ayling

Yellow Card

R. Esse

Ephron Mason-Clark

69'

J. Eccles

Jack Rudoni

69'

67'

Riley McGree

Goal

59'

J. Sarmiento

A. Browne

59'

David Strelec

Morgan Whittaker

H. Wright

Carl Rushworth

55'

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

Yellow Card

49'

First Half 1 - 0

F. Onyeka

Yellow Card

27'

22'

Aidan Morris

Yellow Card

H. Wright

Jack Rudoni

21'

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

29%

71%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

1.79

1.14

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Championship
Season	Championship 2025/26
Round	Round 32
Date	February 16, 2026
Time	20:00
Venue	The Coventry Building Society Arena
Result	3 - 1

Lineups

Coventry

19. C. Rushworth Carl Rushworth

27. M. v. Ewijk Milan van Ewijk

4. B. Thomas B. Thomas

22. J. Latibeaudiere J. Latibeaudiere

3. J. Dasilva J. Dasilva

16. F. Onyeka F. Onyeka

6. M. Grimes Matt Grimes

7. T. Sakamoto Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

5. J. Rudoni Jack Rudoni

10. E. Mason-Clark Ephron Mason-Clark

11. H. Wright H. Wright

9. T. Conway Tommy Conway

11. M. Whittaker Morgan Whittaker

8. R. McGree Riley McGree

7. H. Hackney Hayden Hackney

18. A. Morris Aidan Morris

16. A. Browne A. Browne

3. M. Targett Matthew Targett

29. A. Malanda Adilson Malanda

12. L. Ayling Luke Ayling

2. C. Brittain Callum Brittain

31. S. Brynn Solomon Brynn

Middlesbrough

Substitutes

Coventry

Middlesbrough

Unused Players

Coventry

Middlesbrough

Form before the match

Coventry

Middlesbrough

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2025/26

November 25, 2025

Middlesbrough

Coventry

Championship 2024/25

May 3, 2025

Coventry

Middlesbrough

November 2, 2024

Middlesbrough

Coventry

Championship 2023/24

January 1, 2024

Middlesbrough

Coventry

August 12, 2023

Coventry

Middlesbrough

Championship

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Promotion
1	Coventry	33	19	8	6	68	36	32	65
2	Middlesbrough	34	18	9	7	51	34	17	63
Promotion Playoffs
3	Ipswich	32	16	9	7	56	34	22	57
4	Hull City	33	17	6	10	55	48	7	57
5	Millwall	33	16	8	9	42	40	2	56
6	Wrexham	34	14	12	8	53	45	8	54

7	Southampton	34	13	11	10	54	45	9	50
8	Bristol City	34	14	8	12	47	42	5	50
9	Birmingham	33	13	10	10	45	40	5	49
10	Preston	34	12	13	9	41	38	3	49
11	Derby	34	13	9	12	49	45	4	48
12	Watford	34	12	12	10	43	40	3	48
13	QPR	34	13	8	13	46	52	-6	47
14	Swansea	34	13	7	14	40	40	0	46
15	Sheffield Utd	33	14	3	16	47	46	1	45
16	Stoke City	33	12	8	13	36	31	5	44
17	Charlton	34	10	11	13	33	43	-10	41
18	Norwich	33	11	6	16	43	44	-1	39
19	Portsmouth	33	10	9	14	34	43	-9	39
20	Blackburn	34	10	8	16	32	43	-11	38
21	West Brom	34	9	8	17	33	50	-17	35
Relegation
22	Leicester	34	10	10	14	47	54	-7	34
23	Oxford United	33	6	11	16	28	44	-16	29
24	Sheffield Wednesday	33	1	8	24	20	66	-46	-7

Updated February 16, 2026 9:58 PM