Norwich City 2-1 Coventry City: result and report

Championship · Monday 26 January 2026

Result

Norwich City 2-1 Coventry City

Championship · Monday 26 January 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Norwich City 2-1 Coventry City: match report

Norwich City beat Coventry City 2-1 in the Championship on Monday 26 January 2026. The half-time score was 0-1.

Romain Esse opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Norwich City's goals came from Anis Slimane (46') and Ali Ahmed (67'). Coventry City scored through Romain Esse (38').

Discipline: Norwich City received 3 yellow cards; Coventry City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Norwich City were 20th on 30 points from 28 and Coventry City 1st on 58 points from 28. Norwich City went on to finish that season 9th with 65 points, and Coventry City 1st with 95.

Norwich City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Coventry City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ali Ahmed of Norwich City (8.4), ahead of Anis Ben Slimane (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Norwich City wins, 4 draws and 0 for Coventry City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow cardNorwich City
  • 18'Yellow cardCoventry City
  • 38'Goal · Romain EsseCoventry City · 0-1
  • 46'Goal · Anis SlimaneNorwich City · 1-1
  • 67'Goal · Ali AhmedNorwich City · 2-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Philippe ClementNorwich City
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Ben ChriseneNorwich City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Norwich City 6, draws 4, Coventry City 0.

Team news

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

Vladan Kovacevic, Kellen Fisher, Ruairi McConville, José Córdoba, Ben Chrisene, Pelle Mattsson, Kenny McLean, Tony Springett, Anis Ben Slimane, Ali Ahmed, Jovon Makama

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

Carl Rushworth, Milan van Ewijk, Bobby Thomas, Liam Kitching, Jay Dasilva, Victor Torp, Matt Grimes, Romain Joy Kouakou Esse, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Ephron Mason-Clark, Haji Wright