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	45	27	11	7	93	45	48	92
2	Ipswich	44	22	14	8	75	45	30	80
Promotion Playoffs
3	Millwall	45	23	11	11	62	49	13	80
4	Middlesbrough	45	22	13	10	70	45	25	79
5	Southampton	44	21	13	10	77	53	24	76
6	Wrexham	45	19	13	13	67	63	4	70

7	Hull City	45	20	10	15	68	65	3	70
8	Derby	45	20	9	16	66	57	9	69
9	Norwich	45	19	8	18	62	54	8	65
10	Birmingham	45	17	12	16	56	55	1	63
11	Swansea	45	17	10	18	54	58	-4	61
12	Preston	45	15	15	15	54	59	-5	60
13	Bristol City	45	16	11	18	57	59	-2	59
14	QPR	45	16	10	19	61	70	-9	58
15	Sheffield Utd	45	17	6	22	64	65	-1	57
16	Watford	45	14	15	16	53	61	-8	57
17	Stoke City	45	15	10	20	51	54	-3	55
18	Portsmouth	45	14	12	19	48	63	-15	54
19	Charlton	45	13	14	18	43	55	-12	53
20	Blackburn	45	13	13	19	42	55	-13	52
21	West Brom	45	13	14	18	47	56	-9	51
Relegation
22	Oxford United	45	11	14	20	45	57	-12	47
23	Leicester	45	11	16	18	57	68	-11	43
24	Sheffield Wednesday	45	1	12	32	27	88	-61	-3

Updated February 16, 2026 9:58 PM