3 COV

0 PRE

COV 3

0 PRE

Coventry - Preston

Result

3-0

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto 17'

Brandon Thomas-Asante 34'

Matt Grimes (pen.) 50'

Match Events

Second Half 3 - 0

Jahnoah Markelo

Brandon Thomas-Asante

79'

73'

Andrija Vukčević

T. Small

J. Eccles

Ephron Mason-Clark

66'

65'

Brad Potts

Pol Valentín

65'

A. Moran

A. Devine

K. Kesler-Hayden

Milan van Ewijk

61'

V. Torp

F. Onyeka

61'

R. Esse

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

60'

Matt Grimes

Penalty Goal

50'

46'

L. Dobbin

Daniel Jebbison

46'

Jordan Thompson

Alistair McCann

First Half 2 - 0

Brandon Thomas-Asante

Goal

34'

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

Goal

17'

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

67%

33%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

4.00

0.44

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Championship
Season	Championship 2025/26
Round	Round 37
Date	March 11, 2026
Time	20:00
Venue	The Coventry Building Society Arena
Result	3 - 0

Lineups

Coventry

19. C. Rushworth Carl Rushworth

27. M. v. Ewijk Milan van Ewijk

26. L. Woolfenden Luke Woolfenden

15. L. Kitching L. Kitching

3. J. Dasilva J. Dasilva

16. F. Onyeka F. Onyeka

6. M. Grimes Matt Grimes

7. T. Sakamoto Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

23. B. Thomas-Asante Brandon Thomas-Asante

10. E. Mason-Clark Ephron Mason-Clark

9. E. Simms E. Simms

9. D. Jebbison Daniel Jebbison

28. M. Osmajić Milutin Osmajić

21. A. Devine A. Devine

4. B. Whiteman Benjamin Whiteman

8. A. McCann Alistair McCann

26. T. Small T. Small

16. A. Hughes Andrew Hughes

14. J. Storey Jordan Storey

42. O. Offiah Odeluga Offiah

2. P. Valentín Pol Valentín

1. D. Iversen Daniel Iversen

Preston

Substitutes

Coventry

Preston

Unused Players

Coventry

Preston

Form before the match

Coventry

Preston

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2025/26

December 9, 2025

Preston

Coventry

Championship 2024/25

February 22, 2025

Coventry

Preston

October 19, 2024

Preston

Coventry

Championship 2023/24

February 23, 2024

Coventry

Preston

November 4, 2023

Preston

Coventry

Championship

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Promotion
1	Coventry	46	28	11	7	97	45	52	95
2	Ipswich	46	23	15	8	80	47	33	84
Promotion Playoffs
3	Millwall	46	24	11	11	64	49	15	83
4	Southampton	46	22	14	10	82	56	26	80
5	Middlesbrough	46	22	14	10	72	47	25	80
6	Hull City	46	21	10	15	70	66	4	73

7	Wrexham	46	19	14	13	69	65	4	71
8	Derby	46	20	9	17	67	59	8	69
9	Norwich	46	19	8	19	63	56	7	65
10	Birmingham	46	17	13	16	57	56	1	64
11	Swansea	46	18	10	18	57	59	-2	64
12	Bristol City	46	17	11	18	59	59	0	62
13	Sheffield Utd	46	18	6	22	66	66	0	60
14	Preston	46	15	15	16	55	62	-7	60
15	QPR	46	16	10	20	61	73	-12	58
16	Watford	46	14	15	17	53	65	-12	57
17	Stoke City	46	15	10	21	51	56	-5	55
18	Portsmouth	46	14	13	19	49	64	-15	55
19	Charlton	46	13	14	19	44	58	-14	53
20	Blackburn	46	13	13	20	42	56	-14	52
21	West Brom	46	13	14	19	48	58	-10	51
Relegation
22	Oxford United	46	11	14	21	45	59	-14	47
23	Leicester	46	12	16	18	58	68	-10	46
24	Sheffield Wednesday	46	2	12	32	29	89	-60	0

Updated May 20, 2026 3:33 PM