3 COV

0 PRE

COV 3

0 PRE

Coventry
-
Preston

Championship, Round 37
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 8:00 PM
The Coventry Building Society Arena

Result

3-0

Match Recap

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto 17'

Brandon Thomas-Asante 34'

Matt Grimes (pen.) 50'

Match Events

Second Half 3 - 0

Jahnoah Markelo

Brandon Thomas-Asante

79'

73'

Andrija Vukčević

T. Small

J. Eccles

Ephron Mason-Clark

66'

65'

Brad Potts

Pol Valentín

65'

A. Moran

A. Devine

K. Kesler-Hayden

Milan van Ewijk

61'

V. Torp

F. Onyeka

61'

R. Esse

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

60'

Matt Grimes

Penalty Goal

50'

46'

L. Dobbin

Daniel Jebbison

46'

Jordan Thompson

Alistair McCann

First Half 2 - 0

Brandon Thomas-Asante

Goal

34'

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

Goal

17'

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

67%

33%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

4.00

0.44

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Championship
Season	Championship 2025/26
Round	Round 37
Date	March 11, 2026
Time	20:00
Venue	The Coventry Building Society Arena
Result	3 - 0

Lineups

Coventry

19. C. Rushworth Carl Rushworth

27. M. v. Ewijk Milan van Ewijk

26. L. Woolfenden Luke Woolfenden

15. L. Kitching L. Kitching

3. J. Dasilva J. Dasilva

16. F. Onyeka F. Onyeka

6. M. Grimes Matt Grimes

7. T. Sakamoto Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

23. B. Thomas-Asante Brandon Thomas-Asante

10. E. Mason-Clark Ephron Mason-Clark

9. E. Simms E. Simms

9. D. Jebbison Daniel Jebbison

28. M. Osmajić Milutin Osmajić

21. A. Devine A. Devine

4. B. Whiteman Benjamin Whiteman

8. A. McCann Alistair McCann

26. T. Small T. Small

16. A. Hughes Andrew Hughes

14. J. Storey Jordan Storey

42. O. Offiah Odeluga Offiah

2. P. Valentín Pol Valentín

1. D. Iversen Daniel Iversen

Preston

Substitutes

Coventry

Preston

Unused Players

Coventry

Preston

Form before the match

Coventry

Preston

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2025/26

December 9, 2025

Preston

Coventry

Championship 2024/25

February 22, 2025

Coventry

Preston

October 19, 2024

Preston

Coventry

Championship 2023/24

February 23, 2024

Coventry

Preston

November 4, 2023

Preston

Coventry

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	Ipswich	37	19	11	7	66	38	28	68
4	Millwall	38	20	8	10	52	43	9	68
5	Hull City	38	19	6	13	59	56	3	63
6	Southampton	38	16	12	10	61	48	13	60

7	Wrexham	38	16	12	10	58	50	8	60
8	Derby	38	16	9	13	55	48	7	57
9	Watford	38	14	13	11	50	46	4	55
10	Birmingham	38	14	11	13	48	48	0	53
11	Swansea	38	15	7	16	44	46	-2	52
12	Norwich	38	15	6	17	51	46	5	51
13	Stoke City	38	14	9	15	45	40	5	51
14	Bristol City	38	14	9	15	49	49	0	51
15	Sheffield Utd	38	15	5	18	53	52	1	50
16	QPR	38	14	8	16	49	60	-11	50
17	Preston	38	12	13	13	42	48	-6	49
18	Charlton	38	12	12	14	36	45	-9	48
19	Blackburn	38	11	9	18	36	49	-13	42
20	Portsmouth	37	10	10	17	36	48	-12	40
21	West Brom	38	10	10	18	39	54	-15	40
Relegation
22	Oxford United	38	9	12	17	36	49	-13	39
23	Leicester	38	11	11	16	51	60	-9	38
24	Sheffield Wednesday	38	1	9	28	23	76	-53	-6

Updated March 11, 2026 9:53 PM