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Championship · REGULAR SEASON - 37 · WED, 11 MAR · 20:00 LOCAL
COVENTRY
1ST · 92 PTS · LAST 5:
W W D D D
FT
3 – 0
FULL TIME HT · 2-0
PRESTON
W L L W D
· 12TH · 60 PTS · LAST 5
⚽ 17' — ⚽ 34' —
GOALS
Matt Grimes
👑
⭐ PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Matt Grimes
Coventry · Captain · 90 mins
⚽ 1 goal · 104% pass acc · 1 shots on
RATING
9.5
PREDICTIONS
▶ MATCH HIGHLIGHTS

Goals, key moments & recap 3 CLIPS

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Championship: Coventry vs Preston
Championship: Coventry vs Preston
📊 90 MIN TOTALS

Finalised · Match completed

139%
BALL POSSESSION %
66%
25
TOTAL SHOTS
5
9
SHOTS ON TARGET
2
560%
PASS ACCURACY %
225%
8
CORNERS
1
KEY EVENTS 13 events
  1. 17'
    Goal · 1-0
    COV
  2. 34'
    Goal · 2-0
    COV
  3. 46'
    Subst
    PRE
  4. 46'
    Subst
    PRE
  5. 50'
    Penalty · 3-0
    COV
  6. 61'
    Subst
    COV
  7. 61'
    Subst
    COV
  8. 61'
    Subst
    COV
  9. 65'
    Subst
    PRE
  10. 65'
    Subst
    PRE
  11. 66'
    Subst
    COV
  12. 73'
    Subst
    PRE
  13. 79'
    Subst
    COV
PLAYER RATINGS · TOP 5 EACH 0–10 scale
COVENTRY AVG 8.1
PRESTON AVG 7.0
MATCH STATS H vs A
ATTACK
25.0
TOTAL SHOTS
5.0
9.0
ON TARGET
2.0
8.0
OFF TARGET
3.0
8.0
BLOCKED
0.0
POSSESSION
139.0%
POSSESSION %
66.0%
628.0
PASSES
304.0
560.0%
PASS ACCURACY
225.0%
SET PIECES
8.0
CORNERS
1.0
11.0
OFFSIDES
21.0
DISCIPLINE
9.0
FOULS
9.0
2.0
GK SAVES
6.0
🎯 SHOT BREAKDOWN

Top shooters · accuracy = on-target / total

player-level shot accuracy · per-shot xG bubbles require xG Advanced tier
COVENTRY 9 shots
Tatsuhiro Sakamoto
2/3
Romain Esse
3/3
Liam Kitching
0/2
Matt Grimes
1/1
PRESTON 0 shots

No shots recorded.

⚡ ATTACK SHARE

Event activity ratio · attacks/cards/subs

zone-based attack maps require broadcast partner (Q3)
H 62%
38% A
8
EVENTS LOGGED
5
EVENTS LOGGED
LINEUPS 4-2-3-1 vs 5-3-2
4-2-3-1
5-3-2
7.6
19
CARL RUSH
3
JAY DASIL
 7.6
15
LIAM KITC
26
LUKE WOOL
27
MILAN VAN
 9.5
6
MATT GRIM
16
FRANK ONY
10
EPHRON MA
23
BRANDON T
 8.0
7
TATSUHIRO
9
ELLIS SIM
 8.2
1
DANIEL IV
26
THIERRY S
16
ANDREW HU
 6.6
14
JORDAN ST
 6.9
42
ODELUGA O
2
POL VALEN
21
ALFIE DEV
4
BENJAMIN
8
ALI MCCAN
9
DANIEL JE
28
MILUTIN O
SUBSTITUTES · COVENTRY
28
Josh Eccles
M
11
Haji Wright
F
14
Romain Esse
M
20
Kaine Kesler...
D
29
Victor Torp
M
8
Jamie Allen
M
21
Jake Bidwell
D
13
Ben Wilson
G
24
Jahnoah Mark...
F
COACH: Frank Lampard
SUBSTITUTES · PRESTON
17
Lewis Dobbin
F
6
Liam Lindsay
D
24
Michael Smit...
F
23
Andrew Moran
M
15
Jordan Thomp...
M
44
Brad Potts
M
3
Andrija Vukč...
D
13
David Cornel...
G
34
Kitt Nelson
M
COACH: Paul Heckingbottom
🏥 UNAVAILABLE PLAYERS
COV · 0 OUT

No injuries reported · federation feed activates Q3

PRE · 0 OUT

No injuries reported · federation feed activates Q3

⚖ MATCH OFFICIALS
REFEREE
Lewis Smith, England
—
COV MANAGER
Frank Lampard
head coach
PRE MANAGER
Paul Heckingbottom
head coach
HEAD TO HEAD · ALL-TIME
2
COV WINS
3
DRAWS
5
PRE WINS
20%
30%
50%
10 – 13
TOTAL GOALS · 10 MEETINGS
2.30
AVG GOALS / MATCH
RECENT MEETINGS SHOWING 5 / 10
09 Dec 2025
Preston
1 – 1
Coventry
D
22 Feb 2025
Coventry
2 – 1
Preston
W
19 Oct 2024
Preston
1 – 0
Coventry
L
23 Feb 2024
Coventry
0 – 3
Preston
L
04 Nov 2023
Preston
3 – 2
Coventry
L
COVENTRY LAST 5 OVERALL
W W D D D
PRESTON LAST 5 OVERALL
W L L W D
MATCH IMPACT Final 3–0 · result locked
COVENTRY #1
Won · already at 92 pts
Promotion
PRESTON #12
Lost · already at 60 pts
LEAGUE CONTEXT FULL TABLE →
# TEAM P W D L GD PTS FORM
1 Coventry 45 27 11 7 +48 92
W W D D D
2 Ipswich 45 22 15 8 +30 81
D D W D L
3 Millwall 45 23 11 11 +13 80
D W W D L
4 Middlesbrough 45 22 13 10 +25 79
W W D L D
5 Southampton 45 21 14 10 +24 77
D D W W W
6 Wrexham 45 19 13 13 +4 70
L W W L L
7 Hull City 45 20 10 15 +3 70
L D D L D
8 Derby 45 20 9 16 +9 69
W L W L W
9 Norwich 45 19 8 18 +8 65
D W W L W
10 Birmingham 45 17 12 16 +1 63
W W D W L
11 Swansea 45 17 10 18 -4 61
D W L W D
12 Preston 45 15 15 15 -5 60
W L L W D
13 Bristol City 45 16 11 18 -2 59
L D L D W
14 QPR 45 16 10 19 -9 58
L L L D D
15 Sheffield Utd 45 17 6 22 -1 57
L L W W L
16 Watford 45 14 15 16 -8 57
L L L L D
17 Stoke City 45 15 10 20 -3 55
L L L D L
18 Portsmouth 45 14 12 19 -15 54
W L W W W
19 Charlton 45 13 14 18 -12 53
W L D L D
20 Blackburn 45 13 13 19 -13 52
W D L D D
21 West Brom 45 13 14 18 -9 51
D W W D D
22 Oxford United 45 11 14 20 -12 47
W L L W D
23 Leicester 45 11 16 18 -11 43
D D L L D
24 Sheffield Wednesday 45 1 12 32 -61 -3
L L D D D
UCL Qualification Europa / Conference Relegation
COMMENTARY
  • 79'
    Subst
    10th Substitution
  • 73'
    Subst
    9th Substitution
  • 66'
    Subst
    8th Substitution
  • 65'
    Subst
    7th Substitution
  • 65'
    Subst
    6th Substitution
  • 61'
    Subst
    5th Substitution
  • 61'
    Subst
    4th Substitution
  • 61'
    Subst
    3rd Substitution
  • 50'
    Penalty · 3-0
    1st Penalty
  • 46'
    Subst
    2nd Substitution
  • 46'
    Subst
    1st Substitution
  • HALF TIME · 2 – 0
  • 34'
    Goal · 2-0
    2nd Goal
  • 17'
    Goal · 1-0
    1st Goal
MATCH WINNER ODDS
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