2 COV

1 STO

COV 2

1 STO

Coventry
-
Stoke City

Championship, Round 35
Saturday, February 28, 2026 3:00 PM
The Coventry Building Society Arena

Result

2-1

Match Recap

H. Wright 12'

Ben Gibson 45+4'

Jack Rudoni 90+4'

Match Events

Second Half 2 - 1

Jack Rudoni

Goal

90+4'

Tommy Simkin

Yellow Card

B. Thomas

Yellow Card

90+1'

89'

Tomáš Rigo

J. Bae

89'

Steven N'Zonzi

Ben Pearson

E. Simms

H. Wright

78'

Brandon Thomas-Asante

Ephron Mason-Clark

78'

67'

Milan Smit

Lamine Cissé

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

R. Esse

63'

60'

Eric Bocat

Maksym Talovierov

60'

J. Rak-Sakyi

Million Manhoef

V. Torp

F. Onyeka

55'

First Half 1 - 1

45+4'

Ben Gibson

S. Thomas

H. Wright

J. Dasilva

12'

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

64%

36%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

2.33

0.21

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Championship
Season	Championship 2025/26
Round	Round 35
Date	February 28, 2026
Time	15:00
Venue	The Coventry Building Society Arena
Result	2 - 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

14. R. Esse R. Esse

5. J. Rudoni Jack Rudoni

10. E. Mason-Clark Ephron Mason-Clark

11. H. Wright H. Wright

29. L. Cissé Lamine Cissé

7. S. Thomas S. Thomas

42. M. Manhoef Million Manhoef

10. J. Bae J. Bae

12. T. Seko Tatsuki Seko

4. B. Pearson Ben Pearson

23. B. Gibson Ben Gibson

16. B. Wilmot Ben Wilmot

26. A. Phillips A. Phillips

40. M. Talovierov Maksym Talovierov

25. T. Simkin Tommy Simkin

Stoke City

Substitutes

Coventry

Stoke City

Unused Players

Coventry

Stoke City

Form before the match

Coventry

Stoke City

Previous Fixtures

FA Cup 2025/26

January 10, 2026

Stoke City

Coventry

Championship 2025/26

November 8, 2025

Stoke City

Coventry

Championship 2024/25

March 8, 2025

Coventry

Stoke City

August 10, 2024

Stoke City

Coventry

Championship 2023/24

February 17, 2024

Stoke City

Coventry

November 11, 2023

Coventry

Stoke City

Championship

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Promotion
1	Coventry	41	25	9	7	84	42	42	84
2	Ipswich	39	20	12	7	69	40	29	72
Promotion Playoffs
3	Middlesbrough	41	20	12	9	62	41	21	72
4	Millwall	41	21	9	11	56	47	9	72
5	Hull City	41	20	8	13	63	58	5	68
6	Wrexham	40	17	13	10	62	53	9	64

7	Southampton	39	17	12	10	63	48	15	63
8	Derby	41	18	9	14	60	51	9	63
9	Norwich	41	17	7	17	55	48	7	58
10	Watford	41	14	15	12	52	49	3	57
11	Bristol City	41	16	9	16	52	51	1	57
12	QPR	41	16	9	16	58	63	-5	57
13	Stoke City	41	15	9	17	48	45	3	54
14	Preston	41	13	15	13	48	52	-4	54
15	Swansea	41	15	9	17	49	54	-5	54
16	Birmingham	41	14	11	16	49	52	-3	53
17	Sheffield Utd	41	15	6	20	57	58	-1	51
18	Charlton	41	12	13	16	38	49	-11	49
19	Blackburn	41	12	11	18	37	49	-12	47
20	West Brom	41	11	12	18	42	56	-14	45
21	Portsmouth	40	10	12	18	40	57	-17	42
Relegation
22	Leicester	41	11	14	16	54	63	-9	41
23	Oxford United	41	9	14	18	39	54	-15	41
24	Sheffield Wednesday	41	1	10	30	25	82	-57	-5

Updated February 28, 2026 5:06 PM