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	30	17	7	6	63	35	28	58
2	Middlesbrough	30	17	7	6	47	29	18	58
Promotion Playoffs
3	Hull City	29	16	5	8	48	40	8	53
4	Ipswich	29	14	9	6	49	28	21	51
5	Millwall	30	14	8	8	37	36	1	50
6	Wrexham	30	12	11	7	44	37	7	47

7	Derby	30	12	9	9	44	37	7	45
8	Preston	30	11	11	8	37	34	3	44
9	Bristol City	30	12	7	11	40	36	4	43
10	Watford	29	11	10	8	39	35	4	43
11	QPR	30	12	7	11	42	43	-1	43
12	Stoke City	30	12	6	12	34	28	6	42
13	Birmingham	30	11	9	10	41	38	3	42
14	Southampton	30	10	10	10	43	41	2	40
15	Swansea	30	11	6	13	34	37	-3	39
16	Leicester	30	10	8	12	40	45	-5	38
17	Sheffield Utd	29	11	3	15	40	42	-2	36
18	Charlton	29	9	8	12	29	38	-9	35
19	Norwich	30	9	6	15	37	42	-5	33
20	Portsmouth	28	8	9	11	27	37	-10	33
21	West Brom	30	9	5	16	32	47	-15	32
Relegation
22	Blackburn	29	7	8	14	26	38	-12	29
23	Oxford United	29	6	9	14	27	38	-11	27
24	Sheffield Wednesday	29	1	8	20	18	57	-39	-7

Updated January 26, 2026 9:59 PM