Coventry City 3-1 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 31 October 2026

Result

Coventry City 3-1 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 31 October 2026, 15:00 UTC · The Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry · half-time 2-0

Coventry City · Sunderland · Premier League predictions

Coventry City 3-1 Sunderland: match report

Coventry City beat Sunderland 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 October 2026 at The Coventry Building Society Arena. 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'), Taiwo Awoniyi (37') and Jack Rudoni (52'). Sunderland scored through Enzo Le Fée (67', penalty).

Discipline: Coventry City received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Coventry City were 19th on 6 points from 8 and Sunderland 20th on 5 points from 8. In the current table Coventry City are 16th on 9 points and Sunderland are 20th on 5 points.

Coventry City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Rudoni of Coventry City (7.7), ahead of Taiwo Awoniyi (7.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Coventry City win, 0 draws and 1 for Sunderland.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Yellow card · Victor TorpCoventry City
  • 17'Goal · Tatsuhiro SakamotoCoventry City · 1-0
  • 37'Goal · Taiwo AwoniyiCoventry City · 2-0
  • 52'Goal · Jack RudoniCoventry City · 3-0
  • 55'Yellow card · Tatsuhiro SakamotoCoventry City
  • 67'Penalty goal · Enzo Le FéeSunderland · 3-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Omar AldereteSunderland
  • 90+9'Second yellow · Omar AldereteSunderland

Form and table

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16Coventry City9306916-79WWLLW
20Sunderland9126717-105LLLDL

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Head-to-head

2 meetings: Coventry City 1, draws 0, Sunderland 1.

Team news

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

Carl Rushworth, Milan van Ewijk, Stephen Mfuni, Ethan Pinnock, Jay Dasilva, Caleb Yirenkyi, Victor Torp, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Jack Rudoni, Yann Gboho, Taiwo Awoniyi

Sunderland line-up (4-2-3-1)

Robin Roefs, Trai Hume, Luke O'Nien, Omar Alderete, Reinildo Mandava, Granit Xhaka, Noah Sadiki, Chris Rigg, Enzo Le Fée, Nilson Angulo, Brian Brobbey

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