Manchester City 1-0 Coventry City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 5 September 2026

Result

Manchester City 1-0 Coventry City

Premier League · Saturday 5 September 2026, 14:00 UTC · Etihad Stadium, Manchester · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City 1-0 Coventry City: match report

Manchester City beat Coventry City 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 September 2026 at Etihad Stadium. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Erling Haaland of Manchester City in the 26th minute.

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Coventry City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 6 points from 2 and Coventry City 17th on 0 points from 2. In the current table Manchester City are 2nd on 21 points and Coventry City are 16th on 9 points.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Coventry City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Elliot Anderson of Manchester City (8.1), ahead of Bobby Thomas (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 1 for Coventry City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Milan van EwijkCoventry City
  • 26'Goal · Erling HaalandManchester City · 1-0
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Ethan PinnockCoventry City
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Abdukodir KhusanovManchester City

Form and table

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2Manchester City97022010+1021WWWLL
16Coventry City9306916-79WWLLW

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Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Abdukodir Khusanov, Rúben Dias, Marc Guéhi, Josko Gvardiol, Enzo Fernández, Elliot Anderson, Antoine Semenyo, Rayan Cherki, Iliman Ndiaye, Erling Haaland

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

Carl Rushworth, Aurèle Amenda, Bobby Thomas, Ethan Pinnock, Milan van Ewijk, Frank Onyeka, Matt Grimes, Jay Dasilva, Jack Rudoni, Ephron Mason-Clark, Taiwo Awoniyi

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