Coventry City 3-2 Derby County: result and report
Championship · Friday 3 April 2026
Result
Coventry City 3-2 Derby County
Championship · Friday 3 April 2026, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Coventry City 3-2 Derby County: match report
Coventry City beat Derby County 3-2 in the Championship on Friday 3 April 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Frank Onyeka opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Coventry City's goals came from Frank Onyeka (12'), Jack Rudoni (68') and Jack Rudoni (80'). Derby County scored through Ben Brereton Díaz (38') and Ben Brereton Díaz (77', penalty).
Discipline: Coventry City received no yellow cards; Derby County received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Coventry City were 1st on 80 points from 39 and Derby County 8th on 60 points from 39. Coventry City went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Derby County 8th with 69.
Coventry City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Derby County in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Brereton Díaz of Derby County (8.3), ahead of Jack Rudoni (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Coventry City wins, 4 draws and 3 for Derby County.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Frank Onyeka
- 29'Yellow card · Lewis Travis
- 38'Goal · Ben Brereton Díaz
- 62'Yellow card · John Eustace
- 68'Goal · Jack Rudoni
- 77'Penalty goal · Ben Brereton Díaz
- 80'Goal · Jack Rudoni
- 81'Yellow card · Patrick Agyemang
Head-to-head
Team news
Coventry City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carl Rushworth, Milan van Ewijk, Bobby Thomas, Liam Kitching, Jay Dasilva, Matt Grimes, Frank Onyeka, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Josh Eccles, Romain Joy Kouakou Esse, Ellis Simms
Derby County line-up (4-2-3-1)
Richard O'Donnell, Joe Ward, Dion Sanderson, Matt Clarke, Derry Murkin, Lewis Travis, David Ozoh, Ben Brereton Díaz, Bobby Clark, Jaydon Banel, Carlton Morris