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	Coventry	38	23	8	7	78	40	38	77
2	Middlesbrough	39	20	11	8	59	37	22	71
Promotion Playoffs
3	Ipswich	38	19	12	7	67	39	28	69
4	Millwall	39	20	9	10	53	44	9	69
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	39	17	9	13	56	48	8	60
9	Watford	38	14	13	11	50	46	4	55
10	Birmingham	39	14	11	14	48	49	-1	53
11	Swansea	38	15	7	16	44	46	-2	52
12	Preston	39	13	13	13	45	49	-4	52
13	Norwich	38	15	6	17	51	46	5	51
14	Stoke City	39	14	9	16	46	43	3	51
15	Bristol City	38	14	9	15	49	49	0	51
16	Sheffield Utd	38	15	5	18	53	52	1	50
17	QPR	38	14	8	16	49	60	-11	50
18	Charlton	38	12	12	14	36	45	-9	48
19	Blackburn	39	11	10	18	36	49	-13	43
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 January 26, 2026 9:59 PM