Charlton Athletic 1-1 Coventry City: result and report

Championship · Thursday 1 January 2026

Result

Charlton Athletic 1-1 Coventry City

Championship · Thursday 1 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Charlton Athletic · Coventry City · Championship predictions

Charlton Athletic 1-1 Coventry City: match report

Charlton Athletic drew with Coventry City 1-1 in the Championship on Thursday 1 January 2026. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Ellis Simms opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Charlton Athletic's goal came from Joe Rankin-Costello (69'). Coventry City scored through Ellis Simms (3').

Discipline: Charlton Athletic received 3 yellow cards; Coventry City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Charlton Athletic were 20th on 27 points from 23 and Coventry City 1st on 51 points from 24. Charlton Athletic went on to finish that season 20th with 53 points, and Coventry City 1st with 95.

Charlton Athletic lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Coventry City in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Thomas Kaminski of Charlton Athletic (9.5), ahead of Joe Rankin-Costello (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Charlton Athletic win, 4 draws and 2 for Coventry City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Ellis SimmsCoventry City · 0-1
  • 15'Yellow card · Liam KitchingCoventry City
  • 27'Yellow card · Reece BurkeCharlton Athletic
  • 42'Yellow card · Milan van EwijkCoventry City
  • 69'Goal · Joe Rankin-CostelloCharlton Athletic · 1-1
  • 73'Yellow card · Harvey KnibbsCharlton Athletic
  • 90+5'Yellow card · James BreeCharlton Athletic

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Charlton Athletic 1, draws 4, Coventry City 2.

Team news

Charlton Athletic line-up (3-1-4-2)

Thomas Kaminski, Reece Burke, Lloyd Jones, Amari'i Bell, Conor Coventry, James Bree, Luke Berry, Joe Rankin-Costello, Tyreece Campbell, Miles Leaburn, Charlie Kelman

Coventry City line-up (3-4-1-2)

Carl Rushworth, Joel Latibeaudiere, Bobby Thomas, Liam Kitching, Milan van Ewijk, Jamie Allen, Matt Grimes, Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Josh Eccles, Ellis Simms, Haji Wright