2 COV

1 STO

COV 2

1 STO

Coventry
-
Stoke City

Championship, Round 35
Saturday, February 28, 2026 3:00 PM
The Coventry Building Society Arena

Result

2-1

Match Recap

H. Wright 12'

Ben Gibson 45+4'

Jack Rudoni 90+4'

Match Events

Second Half 2 - 1

Jack Rudoni

Goal

90+4'

Tommy Simkin

Yellow Card

B. Thomas

Yellow Card

90+1'

89'

Tomáš Rigo

J. Bae

89'

Steven N'Zonzi

Ben Pearson

E. Simms

H. Wright

78'

Brandon Thomas-Asante

Ephron Mason-Clark

78'

67'

Milan Smit

Lamine Cissé

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

R. Esse

63'

60'

Eric Bocat

Maksym Talovierov

60'

J. Rak-Sakyi

Million Manhoef

V. Torp

F. Onyeka

55'

First Half 1 - 1

45+4'

Ben Gibson

S. Thomas

H. Wright

J. Dasilva

12'

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

64%

36%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

2.33

0.21

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Championship
Season	Championship 2025/26
Round	Round 35
Date	February 28, 2026
Time	15:00
Venue	The Coventry Building Society Arena
Result	2 - 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

14. R. Esse R. Esse

5. J. Rudoni Jack Rudoni

10. E. Mason-Clark Ephron Mason-Clark

11. H. Wright H. Wright

29. L. Cissé Lamine Cissé

7. S. Thomas S. Thomas

42. M. Manhoef Million Manhoef

10. J. Bae J. Bae

12. T. Seko Tatsuki Seko

4. B. Pearson Ben Pearson

23. B. Gibson Ben Gibson

16. B. Wilmot Ben Wilmot

26. A. Phillips A. Phillips

40. M. Talovierov Maksym Talovierov

25. T. Simkin Tommy Simkin

Stoke City

Substitutes

Coventry

Stoke City

Unused Players

Coventry

Stoke City

Form before the match

Coventry

Stoke City

Previous Fixtures

FA Cup 2025/26

January 10, 2026

Stoke City

Coventry

Championship 2025/26

November 8, 2025

Stoke City

Coventry

Championship 2024/25

March 8, 2025

Coventry

Stoke City

August 10, 2024

Stoke City

Coventry

Championship 2023/24

February 17, 2024

Stoke City

Coventry

November 11, 2023

Coventry

Stoke City

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 28, 2026 5:06 PM