Coventry City 3-1 Middlesbrough: result and report
Championship · Monday 16 February 2026
Result
Coventry City 3-1 Middlesbrough
Championship · Monday 16 February 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Coventry City 3-1 Middlesbrough: match report
Coventry City defeated Middlesbrough 3-1 in the Championship on Monday 16 February 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.
Haji Wright opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Coventry City's goals came from Haji Wright (21'), Haji Wright (55') and Haji Wright (71', penalty). Middlesbrough scored through Riley McGree (67').
Discipline: Coventry City received 3 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Coventry City were 2nd on 59 points from 31 and Middlesbrough 1st on 61 points from 31. Coventry City went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Middlesbrough 5th with 82.
Coventry City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Haji Wright of Coventry City (9.2), ahead of Hayden Hackney (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Coventry City wins, 2 draws and 1 for Middlesbrough.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Haji Wright
- 22'Yellow card · Aidan Morris
- 27'Yellow card · Frank Onyeka
- 48'Yellow card · Tatsuhiro Sakamoto
- 55'Goal · Haji Wright
- 67'Goal · Riley McGree
- 70'Yellow card · Luke Ayling
- 71'Penalty goal · Haji Wright
- 72'Yellow card · Matt Grimes
Head-to-head
Team news
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Coventry City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carl Rushworth, Milan van Ewijk, Bobby Thomas, Joel Latibeaudiere, Jay Dasilva, Frank Onyeka, Matt Grimes, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Jack Rudoni, Ephron Mason-Clark, Haji Wright
Middlesbrough line-up (4-4-2)
Sol Brynn, Callum Brittain, Luke Ayling, Adilson Malanda, Matt Targett, Alan Browne, Aidan Morris, Hayden Hackney, Riley McGree, Morgan Whittaker, Tommy Conway