3 COV

0 PRE

COV 3

0 PRE

Coventry
-
Preston

Championship, Round 37
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 8:00 PM
The Coventry Building Society Arena

Result

3-0

Match Recap

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	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 March 11, 2026 9:53 PM