2 NOR

1 COV

NOR 2

1 COV

Norwich
-
Coventry

Championship, Round 29
Monday, January 26, 2026 8:00 PM
Carrow Road

Result

2-1

Match Recap

R. Esse 38'

A. Ben Slimane 46'

Ali Ahmed 67'

Match Events

Second Half 2 - 1

Jack Stacey

Ben Chrisene

82'

Oscar Schwartau

A. Ben Slimane

78'

Harry Amass

Ali Ahmed

75'

72'

Yang Min-hyeok

Ephron Mason-Clark

71'

E. Simms

H. Wright

Ali Ahmed

Goal

67'

62'

J. Eccles

Brandon Thomas-Asante

62'

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

R. Esse

José Córdoba

Yellow Card

55'

A. Ben Slimane

Ali Ahmed

46'

P. Diallo

Tony Springett

46'

J. Wright

P. Mattsson

46'

First Half 0 - 1

38'

R. Esse

Goal

18'

R. Esse

Yellow Card

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

49%

51%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

1.25

1.61

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Championship
Season	Championship 2025/26
Round	Round 29
Date	January 26, 2026
Time	20:00
Venue	Carrow Road
Result	2 - 1

Lineups

Norwich

1. V. Kovačević Vladan Kovačević

35. K. Fisher Kellen Fisher

15. R. McConville Ruairi McConville

33. J. Córdoba José Córdoba

14. B. Chrisene Ben Chrisene

7. P. Mattsson P. Mattsson

23. K. McLean Kenny McLean

42. T. Springett Tony Springett

20. A. B. Slimane A. Ben Slimane

21. A. Ahmed Ali Ahmed

24. J. Makama Jovon Makama

11. H. Wright H. Wright

10. E. Mason-Clark Ephron Mason-Clark

23. B. Thomas-Asante Brandon Thomas-Asante

14. R. Esse R. Esse

6. M. Grimes Matt Grimes

29. V. Torp V. Torp

3. J. Dasilva J. Dasilva

15. L. Kitching L. Kitching

4. B. Thomas B. Thomas

27. M. v. Ewijk Milan van Ewijk

19. C. Rushworth Carl Rushworth

Coventry

Substitutes

Norwich

Coventry

Unused Players

Norwich

Coventry

Form before the match

Norwich

Coventry

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2025/26

September 13, 2025

Coventry

Norwich

Championship 2024/25

January 4, 2025

Norwich

Coventry

August 31, 2024

Coventry

Norwich

Championship 2023/24

February 3, 2024

Norwich

Coventry

October 7, 2023

Coventry

Norwich

Championship

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Promotion
1	Coventry	40	25	8	7	84	42	42	83
2	Millwall	40	21	9	10	55	45	10	72
Promotion Playoffs
3	Middlesbrough	40	20	11	9	60	39	21	71
4	Ipswich	38	19	12	7	67	39	28	69
5	Hull City	40	20	7	13	63	58	5	67
6	Wrexham	40	17	13	10	62	53	9	64

7	Southampton	39	17	12	10	63	48	15	63
8	Derby	40	17	9	14	58	51	7	60
9	Watford	40	14	14	12	51	48	3	56
10	QPR	40	16	8	16	57	62	-5	56
11	Norwich	40	16	7	17	53	47	6	55
12	Stoke City	40	15	9	16	48	43	5	54
13	Bristol City	40	15	9	16	51	51	0	54
14	Birmingham	40	14	11	15	48	50	-2	53
15	Preston	40	13	14	13	47	51	-4	53
16	Swansea	40	15	8	17	47	52	-5	53
17	Sheffield Utd	40	15	6	19	57	57	0	51
18	Charlton	40	12	12	16	37	48	-11	48
19	Blackburn	40	12	10	18	37	49	-12	46
20	West Brom	40	11	11	18	42	56	-14	44
21	Portsmouth	39	10	11	18	38	55	-17	41
Relegation
22	Leicester	40	11	13	16	53	62	-9	40
23	Oxford United	40	9	13	18	37	52	-15	40
24	Sheffield Wednesday	40	1	9	30	24	81	-57	-6

Updated January 26, 2026 9:59 PM