3 COV

1 WAT

COV 3

1 WAT

Coventry - Watford

Result

3-1

Brandon Thomas-Asante 3'

Jamie Allen 7'

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto 42'

James Abankwah 44'

I. Louza (pen.) 68'

Match Events

Second Half 3 - 1

90+2'

Nestory Irankunda

Yellow Card

86'

T. Ince

Rocco Vata

L. Kitching

Yellow Card

85'

K. Kesler-Hayden

Milan van Ewijk

82'

Milan van Ewijk

Yellow Card

76'

J. Eccles

Ephron Mason-Clark

73'

E. Simms

H. Wright

73'

68'

I. Louza

Penalty Goal

65'

Nestory Irankunda

K. Baah

64'

Vivaldo

Mamadou Doumbia

Luke Woolfenden

Yellow Card

62'

Luke Woolfenden

B. Thomas

52'

46'

Hector Kyprianou

E. Kayembe

First Half 3 - 0

45+3'

Mamadou Doumbia

Yellow Card

45+1'

M. Pollock

Moussa Sissoko

44'

James Abankwah

Red Card

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

Goal

42'

Jamie Allen

Goal

Brandon Thomas-Asante

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

55%

45%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

1.31

2.76

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Championship
Season	Championship 2025/26
Round	Round 12
Date	October 25, 2025
Time	12:30
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

15. L. Kitching L. Kitching

3. J. Dasilva J. Dasilva

8. J. Allen Jamie Allen

6. M. Grimes Matt Grimes

7. T. Sakamoto Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

23. B. Thomas-Asante Brandon Thomas-Asante

10. E. Mason-Clark Ephron Mason-Clark

11. H. Wright H. Wright

20. M. Doumbia Mamadou Doumbia

17. M. Sissoko Moussa Sissoko

11. R. Vata Rocco Vata

34. K. Baah K. Baah

39. E. Kayembe E. Kayembe

10. I. Louza I. Louza

16. M. Bola Marc Bola

25. J. Abankwah James Abankwah

4. K. K. Biakolo Kévin Keben Biakolo

2. J. Ngakia Jeremy Ngakia

1. E. Selvik Egil Selvik

Watford

Substitutes

Coventry

Watford

Unused Players

Coventry

Watford

Form before the match

Coventry

Watford

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2024/25

January 25, 2025

Coventry

Watford

September 14, 2024

Watford

Coventry

Championship 2023/24

March 9, 2024

Watford

Coventry

September 2, 2023

Coventry

Watford

Upcoming Fixtures

Championship 2025/26

May 2, 2026

Watford

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 3:32 PM