English League Championship

FT Saturday, February 28, 2026
Stoke City DLLDW 1
–
Coventry City LDWWW 2
1st2ndT
STK101
COV112
Coventry Building Society Arena · 31,516 att. · Paramount+

Team Stats

6
Fouls
7
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
1
Corner Kicks
7
6
Saves
0
36
Possession
64
3
SHOTS
20
1
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
238
Accurate Passes
498
334
Passes
591
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
7
8
Crosses
26
0.3
Cross %
0.3
82
Long Balls
53
30
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
4
10
Effective Tackles
11
20
Tackles
15
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
7
Interceptions
3
32
Effective Clearances
15
32
Clearances
15

Head to Head

COV leads series 3-2

Lineups

COV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 19Carl RushworthG
  2. 22Joel LatibeaudiereCD-L
  3. 4Bobby ThomasCD-R
  4. 3Jay Da SilvaLB
  5. 27Milan van EwijkRB
  6. 5Jack RudoniAM
  7. 6Matt GrimesLM
  8. 16Frank OnyekaRM
  9. 11Haji WrightF
  10. 10Ephron Mason-ClarkAM-L
  11. 14Romain EsseAM-R

STK · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25Tommy SimkinG
  2. 16Ben WilmotCD-L
  3. 26Ashley PhillipsCD-R
  4. 23Ben GibsonLB
  5. 40Maksym TaloverovRB
  6. 42Million ManhoefAM
  7. 12Tatsuki SekoLM
  8. 4Ben PearsonRM
  9. 29Lamine CisseF
  10. 7Sorba ThomasAM-L
  11. 10Bae Jun-HoAM-R

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! Coventry City 1, Stoke City 0. Haji Wright (Coventry City) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jay Dasilva with a cross.
  2. 45'+4' Goal! Coventry City 1, Stoke City 1. Ben Gibson (Stoke City) with an attempt from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sorba Thomas with a cross following a corner.
  3. 55' Substitution, Coventry City. Victor Torp replaces Frank Onyeka.
  4. 60' Substitution, Stoke City. Jesurun Rak-Sakyi replaces Million Manhoef.
  5. 60' Substitution, Stoke City. Eric-Junior Bocat replaces Maksym Talovierov.
  6. 63' Substitution, Coventry City. Tatsuhiro Sakamoto replaces Romain Esse.
  7. 68' Substitution, Stoke City. Milan Smit replaces Lamine Cissé.
  8. 78' Substitution, Coventry City. Brandon Thomas-Asante replaces Ephron Mason-Clark.
  9. 79' Substitution, Coventry City. Ellis Simms replaces Haji Wright.
  10. 89' Substitution, Stoke City. Tomás Rigo replaces Bae Jun-Ho.
  11. 89' Substitution, Stoke City. Steven Nzonzi replaces Ben Pearson.
  12. 90'+1' Bobby Thomas (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 90'+3' Tommy Simkin (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 90'+4' Goal! Coventry City 2, Stoke City 1. Jack Rudoni (Coventry City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner following a fast break.

EFL Championship News

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