Coventry City 2-1 Millwall: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 20 January 2026
Result
Coventry City 2-1 Millwall
Championship · Tuesday 20 January 2026, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Coventry City 2-1 Millwall: match report
Coventry City beat Millwall 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 20 January 2026. The half-time score was 1-1.
Romain Esse opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Coventry City's goals came from Romain Esse (11') and Haji Wright (78'). Millwall scored through Mihailo Ivanović (29').
Discipline: Coventry City received 2 yellow cards; Millwall received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Coventry City were 1st on 55 points from 27 and Millwall 4th on 46 points from 27. Coventry City went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Millwall 3rd with 84.
Coventry City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Millwall in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Femi Azeez of Millwall (8.2), ahead of Ephron Mason-Clark (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Coventry City wins, 2 draws and 2 for Millwall.
Going into the match Coventry City's last five read W-L-D-L-W and Millwall's W-W-D-W-D.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Romain Esse
- 19'Yellow card · Romain Esse
- 29'Goal · Mihailo Ivanović
- 67'Yellow card · Josh Eccles
- 73'Yellow card · Zak Sturge
- 78'Goal · Haji Wright
Head-to-head
Team news
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Coventry City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carl Rushworth, Milan van Ewijk, Joel Latibeaudiere, Liam Kitching, Jay Dasilva, Josh Eccles, Matt Grimes, Romain Joy Kouakou Esse, Jack Rudoni, Ephron Mason-Clark, Haji Wright
Millwall line-up (4-4-1-1)
Max Crocombe, Tristan Crama, Caleb Taylor, Jake Cooper, Zak Sturge, Femi Azeez, Camiel Neghli, Billy Mitchell, Thierno Ballo, Macaulay Langstaff, Mihailo Ivanović