Coventry City 5-1 Portsmouth: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 21 April 2026
Result
Coventry City 5-1 Portsmouth
Championship · Tuesday 21 April 2026, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Coventry City 5-1 Portsmouth: match report
Coventry City beat Portsmouth 5-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 21 April 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.
Haji Wright opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Coventry City's goals came from Haji Wright (12'), Ephron Mason-Clark (47'), an own goal by Regan Poole (50'), Ephron Mason-Clark (76') and Kaine Kesler-Hayden (90+1'). Portsmouth scored through Adrian Segecic (69').
Discipline: Coventry City received no yellow cards; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Coventry City were 1st on 86 points from 43 and Portsmouth 18th on 51 points from 43. Coventry City went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Portsmouth 18th with 55.
Coventry City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Portsmouth in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ephron Mason-Clark of Coventry City (7.9), ahead of Jack Rudoni (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Coventry City wins, 3 draws and 4 for Portsmouth.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Haji Wright
- 35'Yellow card · Madiodio Dia
- 35'Yellow card
- 47'Goal · Ephron Mason-Clark
- 50'Own goal · Regan Poole
- 69'Goal · Adrian Segecic
- 76'Goal · Ephron Mason-Clark
- 90+1'Goal · Kaine Kesler-Hayden
Head-to-head
Team news
Coventry City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carl Rushworth, Milan van Ewijk, Bobby Thomas, Liam Kitching, Jay Dasilva, Frank Onyeka, Matt Grimes, Romain Joy Kouakou Esse, Jack Rudoni, Ephron Mason-Clark, Haji Wright
Portsmouth line-up (4-2-3-1)
Nicolas Schmid, Jordan Williams, Regan Poole, Madiodio Dia, Connor Ogilvie, Andre Dozzell, Ebou Adams, Adrian Segečić, Conor Mark Chaplin, Millenic Alli, Colby Bishop