3 COV

1 MID

COV 3

1 MID

Coventry
-
Middlesbrough

Championship, Round 32
Monday, February 16, 2026 8:00 PM
The Coventry Building Society Arena

Result

3-1

Match Recap

H. Wright 21'

H. Wright 55'

Riley McGree 67'

H. Wright (pen.) 71'

Match Events

Second Half 3 - 1

90+2'

Sontje Hansen

Riley McGree

90+2'

Finley Munroe

Matthew Targett

Jahnoah Markelo

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

82'

E. Simms

H. Wright

82'

81'

Mamadou Kaly Sene

Tommy Conway

V. Torp

F. Onyeka

75'

Matt Grimes

Yellow Card

72'

H. Wright

Penalty Goal

71'

70'

Luke Ayling

Yellow Card

R. Esse

Ephron Mason-Clark

69'

J. Eccles

Jack Rudoni

69'

67'

Riley McGree

Goal

59'

J. Sarmiento

A. Browne

59'

David Strelec

Morgan Whittaker

H. Wright

Carl Rushworth

55'

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

Yellow Card

49'

First Half 1 - 0

F. Onyeka

Yellow Card

27'

22'

Aidan Morris

Yellow Card

H. Wright

Jack Rudoni

21'

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

29%

71%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

1.79

1.14

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Championship
Season	Championship 2025/26
Round	Round 32
Date	February 16, 2026
Time	20:00
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

22. J. Latibeaudiere J. Latibeaudiere

3. J. Dasilva J. Dasilva

16. F. Onyeka F. Onyeka

6. M. Grimes Matt Grimes

7. T. Sakamoto Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

5. J. Rudoni Jack Rudoni

10. E. Mason-Clark Ephron Mason-Clark

11. H. Wright H. Wright

9. T. Conway Tommy Conway

11. M. Whittaker Morgan Whittaker

8. R. McGree Riley McGree

7. H. Hackney Hayden Hackney

18. A. Morris Aidan Morris

16. A. Browne A. Browne

3. M. Targett Matthew Targett

29. A. Malanda Adilson Malanda

12. L. Ayling Luke Ayling

2. C. Brittain Callum Brittain

31. S. Brynn Solomon Brynn

Middlesbrough

Substitutes

Coventry

Middlesbrough

Unused Players

Coventry

Middlesbrough

Form before the match

Coventry

Middlesbrough

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2025/26

November 25, 2025

Middlesbrough

Coventry

Championship 2024/25

May 3, 2025

Coventry

Middlesbrough

November 2, 2024

Middlesbrough

Coventry

Championship 2023/24

January 1, 2024

Middlesbrough

Coventry

August 12, 2023

Coventry

Middlesbrough

Championship

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Promotion
1	Coventry	38	23	8	7	78	40	38	77
2	Middlesbrough	38	20	10	8	59	37	22	70
Promotion Playoffs
3	Millwall	37	20	8	9	51	41	10	68
4	Ipswich	36	18	11	7	64	38	26	65
5	Hull City	37	19	6	12	59	53	6	63
6	Wrexham	37	16	12	9	57	47	10	60

7	Southampton	37	15	12	10	60	48	12	57
8	Derby	37	15	9	13	54	48	6	54
9	Watford	36	13	13	10	46	42	4	52
10	Birmingham	37	14	10	13	47	47	0	52
11	Swansea	38	15	7	16	44	46	-2	52
12	Bristol City	38	14	9	15	49	49	0	51
13	Sheffield Utd	37	15	4	18	52	51	1	49
14	Preston	37	12	13	12	42	46	-4	49
15	Norwich	36	14	6	16	49	45	4	48
16	Stoke City	37	13	9	15	42	39	3	48
17	Charlton	38	12	12	14	36	45	-9	48
18	QPR	37	13	8	16	46	59	-13	47
19	Portsmouth	36	10	10	16	36	47	-11	40
20	Oxford United	38	9	12	17	36	49	-13	39
21	Blackburn	37	10	9	18	34	48	-14	39
Relegation
22	Leicester	37	11	11	15	50	57	-7	38
23	West Brom	37	9	10	18	36	54	-18	37
24	Sheffield Wednesday	37	1	9	27	23	74	-51	-6

Updated February 16, 2026 9:58 PM