Coventry City 2-1 Stoke City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 28 February 2026
Result
Coventry City 2-1 Stoke City
Championship · Saturday 28 February 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Coventry City 2-1 Stoke City: match report
Coventry City defeated Stoke City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 28 February 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Haji Wright opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Coventry City's goals came from Haji Wright (12') and Jack Rudoni (90+4'). Stoke City scored through Ben Gibson (45+4').
Discipline: Coventry City received 1 yellow card; Stoke City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Coventry City were 1st on 68 points from 34 and Stoke City 13th on 47 points from 34. Coventry City went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Stoke City 17th with 55.
Coventry City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Stoke City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Gibson of Stoke City (7.5), level with Jack Rudoni (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Coventry City wins, 2 draws and 2 for Stoke City.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Haji Wright
- 45+4'Goal · Ben Gibson
- 90+1'Yellow card · Bobby Thomas
- 90+3'Yellow card · Tommy Simkin
- 90+4'Goal · Jack Rudoni
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, Romain Joy Kouakou Esse, Jack Rudoni, Ephron Mason-Clark, Haji Wright
Stoke City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Tommy James Simkin, Maksym Taloverov, Ashley Phillips, Ben Wilmot, Ben Gibson, Ben Pearson, Tatsuki Seko, Jun-ho Bae, Million Manhoef, Sorba Thomas, Lamine Cissé