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Coventry vs Brighton: match report

Coventry City hosted Brighton & Hove Albion at Coventry Building Society Arena on Sunday 13 September 2026, in the Premier League (round 4). Tony Harrington is the referee, averaging 3.5 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8.

Result and scorers

Coventry 0-5 Brighton. Goals: Charalambos Kostoulas 35' for Brighton; Malick Yalcouyé 51' for Brighton; Pascal Gross 70' (pen) for Brighton; Lewis Dunk 83' for Brighton; Yasin Ayari 90'+4' for Brighton. Attendance: 31,492.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 35' Goal: Charalambos Kostoulas (Brighton) 0-1
  • 51' Goal: Malick Yalcouyé (Brighton) 0-2
  • 53' Red card: Taiwo Awoniyi (Coventry)
  • 70' Penalty: Pascal Gross (Brighton) 0-3
  • 83' Goal: Lewis Dunk (Brighton) 0-4
  • 90'+4' Goal: Yasin Ayari (Brighton) 0-5
Match stats (contains the result)
30.6%Possession69.4%
14Shots22
6Shots on target7
5Corners3
9Fouls15
2Offsides2
2Saves6
0Yellow cards0
1Red cards0

Line-ups

Coventry 3-4-3

Coach: Frank Lampard

  1. 19 Carl Rushworth GK
  2. 24 Aurèle Amenda DEF
  3. 4 Bobby Thomas DEF
  4. 2 Ethan Pinnock DEF
  5. 27 Milan van Ewijk DEF
  6. 16 Frank Onyeka MID
  7. 6 Matt Grimes MID
  8. 3 Jay Dasilva DEF
  9. 5 Jack Rudoni MID
  10. 14 Taiwo Awoniyi FWD
  11. 10 Ephron Mason-Clark FWD

Bench

  • 49 Sidiki Cherif FWD
  • 8 Caleb Yirenkyi MID
  • 23 Brandon Thomas-Asante FWD
  • 29 Victor Torp MID
  • 25 Daniel Bentley GK
  • 30 Stephen Mfuni DEF
  • 38 Gustavo Hamer FWD
  • 18 Loum Tchaouna FWD
  • 7 Tatsuhiro Sakamoto FWD

Brighton 4-2-3-1

Coach: Fabian Hürzeler

  1. 1 Bart Verbruggen GK
  2. 24 Ferdi Kadıoğlu DEF
  3. 44 Luka Vušković DEF
  4. 5 Lewis Dunk DEF
  5. 21 Olivier Boscagli DEF
  6. 13 Pascal Groß MID
  7. 26 Yasin Ayari MID
  8. 25 Diego Gómez FWD
  9. 35 Malick Junior Yalcouyé MID
  10. 29 Maxim De Cuyper DEF
  11. 19 Charalampos Kostoulas FWD

Bench

  • 14 Chema Andrés MID
  • 4 Pascal Struijk DEF
  • 15 Ibrahim Osman FWD
  • 20 Costinha DEF
  • 33 Matthew O'Riley MID
  • 23 Jason Steele GK
  • 3 Jaouen Hadjam DEF
  • 59 Younes Ibrahim MID
  • 12 Promise David FWD
Previous meetings
  • Saturday 17 February 2018: Brighton & Hove Albion 3-1 Coventry City
  • Saturday 31 December 2011: Coventry City 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
  • Saturday 26 November 2011: Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Coventry City
  • Saturday 4 February 2006: Coventry City 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
  • Saturday 7 January 2006: Brighton & Hove Albion 0-1 Coventry City