Coventry City 3-0 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 11 March 2026

Result

Coventry City 3-0 Preston North End

Championship · Wednesday 11 March 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Coventry City 3-0 Preston North End: match report

Coventry City won against Preston North End 3-0 in the Championship on Wednesday 11 March 2026. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Coventry City's goals came from Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (17'), Brandon Thomas-Asante (34') and Matt Grimes (50', penalty). Preston North End did not score.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Coventry City were 1st on 74 points from 36 and Preston North End 14th on 49 points from 36. Coventry City went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Preston North End 14th with 60.

Coventry City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Matt Grimes of Coventry City (8.5), ahead of Romain Joy Kouakou Esse (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Coventry City win, 3 draws and 6 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Tatsuhiro SakamotoCoventry City · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · Brandon Thomas-AsanteCoventry City · 2-0
  • 50'Penalty goal · Matt GrimesCoventry City · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Coventry City 1, draws 3, Preston North End 6.

Team news

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

Carl Rushworth, Milan van Ewijk, Luke Woolfenden, Liam Kitching, Jay Dasilva, Frank Onyeka, Matt Grimes, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Ephron Mason-Clark, Ellis Simms

Preston North End line-up (5-3-2)

Daniel Iversen, Pol Valentín, O. Offiah, Jordan Storey, Andrew Hughes, Thierry Small, Ali McCann, Ben Whiteman, Alfie Devine, Milutin Osmajic, Daniel Jebbison