English League Championship

FT Saturday, October 25, 2025
Watford WDWLW 1
–
Coventry City WWWWW 3
1st2ndT
WAT011
COV303
Coventry Building Society Arena · 30,109 att.

Team Stats

8
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
3
7
Corner Kicks
5
0
Saves
6
44.6
Possession
55.4
13
SHOTS
12
8
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
314
Accurate Passes
398
371
Passes
457
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
2
13
Crosses
17
0.2
Cross %
0.1
46
Long Balls
43
27
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
3
9
Effective Tackles
11
17
Tackles
19
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
4
Interceptions
5
38
Effective Clearances
26
38
Clearances
26

Head to Head

COV leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

COV · 4-4-2

  1. 19Carl RushworthG
  2. 15Liam KitchingCD-L
  3. 4Bobby ThomasCD-R
  4. 3Jay Da SilvaLB
  5. 27Milan van EwijkRB
  6. 6Matt GrimesCM-L
  7. 8Jamie AllenCM-R
  8. 10Ephron Mason-ClarkLM
  9. 7Tatsuhiro SakamotoRM
  10. 23Brandon Thomas-AsanteCF-L
  11. 11Haji WrightCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 33Miguel Ángel BrauSUB
  2. 13Ben WilsonSUB
  3. 21Jake BidwellSUB
  4. 50George ShepherdSUB
  5. 54Kai AndrewsSUB
  6. 20Kaine Kesler HaydenSUB
  7. 9Ellis SimmsSUB
  8. 28Josh EcclesSUB
  9. 26Luke WoolfendenSUB

WAT · 4-3-3

  1. 1Egil SelvikG
  2. 25James AbankwahCD-L
  3. 4Kévin KebenCD-R
  4. 16Marc BolaLB
  5. 2Jeremy NgakiaRB
  6. 10Imran LouzaCM
  7. 39Edo KayembeLM
  8. 17Moussa SissokoRM
  9. 20Mamadou DoumbiaF
  10. 11Rocco VataLF
  11. 34Kwadwo BaahRF

Substitutes

  1. 5Hector KyprianouSUB
  2. 12Nathan BaxterSUB
  3. 22James MorrisSUB
  4. 18Vivaldo SemedoSUB
  5. 7Tom InceSUB
  6. 9Luca KjerrumgaardSUB
  7. 66Nestory IrankundaSUB
  8. 6Matthew PollockSUB
  9. 3Max AlleyneSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Coventry City 1, Watford 0. Brandon Thomas-Asante (Coventry City) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tatsuhiro Sakamoto with a cross.
  2. 7' Goal! Coventry City 2, Watford 0. Jamie Allen (Coventry City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  3. 42' Goal! Coventry City 3, Watford 0. Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Coventry City) left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal.
  4. 44' James Abankwah (Watford) is shown the red card.
  5. 45'+1' Substitution, Watford. Mattie Pollock replaces Moussa Sissoko.
  6. 45'+3' Mamadou Doumbia (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 45' Substitution, Watford. Hector Kyprianou replaces Edo Kayembe.
  8. 52' Substitution, Coventry City. Luke Woolfenden replaces Bobby Thomas.
  9. 62' Luke Woolfenden (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 64' Substitution, Watford. Nestory Irankunda replaces Kwadwo Baah because of an injury.
  11. 65' Substitution, Watford. Vivaldo Semedo replaces Mamadou Doumbia.
  12. 69' Goal! Coventry City 3, Watford 1. Imrân Louza (Watford) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  13. 73' Substitution, Coventry City. Josh Eccles replaces Ephron Mason-Clark.
  14. 73' Substitution, Coventry City. Ellis Simms replaces Haji Wright.
  15. 76' Milan van Ewijk (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 82' Substitution, Coventry City. Kaine Kesler-Hayden replaces Milan van Ewijk.
  17. 85' Liam Kitching (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 85' Substitution, Watford. Tom Ince replaces Rocco Vata.
  19. 90'+2' Nestory Irankunda (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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