2 NOR

1 COV

NOR 2

1 COV

Norwich
-
Coventry

Championship, Round 29
Monday, January 26, 2026 8:00 PM
Carrow Road

Result

2-1

Match Recap

R. Esse 38'

A. Ben Slimane 46'

Ali Ahmed 67'

Match Events

Second Half 2 - 1

Jack Stacey

Ben Chrisene

82'

Oscar Schwartau

A. Ben Slimane

78'

Harry Amass

Ali Ahmed

75'

72'

Yang Min-hyeok

Ephron Mason-Clark

71'

E. Simms

H. Wright

Ali Ahmed

Goal

67'

62'

J. Eccles

Brandon Thomas-Asante

62'

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

R. Esse

José Córdoba

Yellow Card

55'

A. Ben Slimane

Ali Ahmed

46'

P. Diallo

Tony Springett

46'

J. Wright

P. Mattsson

46'

First Half 0 - 1

38'

R. Esse

Goal

18'

R. Esse

Yellow Card

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

49%

51%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

1.25

1.61

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Championship
Season	Championship 2025/26
Round	Round 29
Date	January 26, 2026
Time	20:00
Venue	Carrow Road
Result	2 - 1

Lineups

Norwich

1. V. Kovačević Vladan Kovačević

35. K. Fisher Kellen Fisher

15. R. McConville Ruairi McConville

33. J. Córdoba José Córdoba

14. B. Chrisene Ben Chrisene

7. P. Mattsson P. Mattsson

23. K. McLean Kenny McLean

42. T. Springett Tony Springett

20. A. B. Slimane A. Ben Slimane

21. A. Ahmed Ali Ahmed

24. J. Makama Jovon Makama

11. H. Wright H. Wright

10. E. Mason-Clark Ephron Mason-Clark

23. B. Thomas-Asante Brandon Thomas-Asante

14. R. Esse R. Esse

6. M. Grimes Matt Grimes

29. V. Torp V. Torp

3. J. Dasilva J. Dasilva

15. L. Kitching L. Kitching

4. B. Thomas B. Thomas

27. M. v. Ewijk Milan van Ewijk

19. C. Rushworth Carl Rushworth

Coventry

Substitutes

Norwich

Coventry

Unused Players

Norwich

Coventry

Form before the match

Norwich

Coventry

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2025/26

September 13, 2025

Coventry

Norwich

Championship 2024/25

January 4, 2025

Norwich

Coventry

August 31, 2024

Coventry

Norwich

Championship 2023/24

February 3, 2024

Norwich

Coventry

October 7, 2023

Coventry

Norwich

Championship

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Promotion
1	Middlesbrough	31	18	7	6	49	30	19	61
2	Coventry	31	17	8	6	63	35	28	59
Promotion Playoffs
3	Ipswich	30	15	9	6	51	29	22	54
4	Hull City	31	16	6	9	50	43	7	54
5	Millwall	32	15	9	8	39	36	3	54
6	Preston	32	13	11	8	39	34	5	50

7	Wrexham	31	12	11	8	44	39	5	47
8	Derby	32	12	10	10	45	39	6	46
9	Bristol City	31	13	7	11	43	38	5	46
10	Southampton	32	12	10	10	48	44	4	46
11	Birmingham	32	12	10	10	43	39	4	46
12	Watford	32	11	11	10	39	37	2	44
13	QPR	32	12	8	12	43	45	-2	44
14	Stoke City	32	12	7	13	34	29	5	43
15	Swansea	32	12	7	13	38	37	1	43
16	Sheffield Utd	32	12	4	16	44	45	-1	40
17	Norwich	32	11	6	15	42	42	0	39
18	Charlton	31	10	9	12	30	38	-8	39
19	Blackburn	32	9	8	15	29	41	-12	35
20	Portsmouth	30	8	10	12	27	38	-11	34
21	West Brom	32	9	7	16	32	47	-15	34
Relegation
22	Leicester	32	10	8	14	44	51	-7	32
23	Oxford United	32	6	10	16	28	44	-16	28
24	Sheffield Wednesday	32	1	9	22	18	62	-44	-6

Updated January 26, 2026 9:59 PM