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Coventry
Man City vs Coventry: match report
Manchester City hosted Coventry City at Etihad Stadium on Saturday 5 September 2026, in the Premier League (round 3). Paul Tierney is the referee, averaging 3.1 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.0.
Result and scorers
Man City 1-0 Coventry. Goals: Erling Haaland 26' for Man City. Attendance: 60,765.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 19' Yellow card: Milan van Ewijk (Coventry)
- 26' Goal: Erling Haaland (Man City) 1-0
- 90'+2' Yellow card: Ethan Pinnock (Coventry)
- 90'+5' Yellow card: Abdukodir Khusanov (Man City)
Match stats (contains the result)
| 77.6% | Possession | 22.4% |
| 15 | Shots | 12 |
| 4 | Shots on target | 3 |
| 4 | Corners | 5 |
| 7 | Fouls | 17 |
| 5 | Offsides | 2 |
| 3 | Saves | 2 |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
Man City 4-1-4-1
Coach: Enzo Maresca
- 1 Gianluigi Donnarumma GK
- 45 Abdukodir Khusanov DEF
- 3 Rúben Dias DEF
- 6 Marc Guéhi DEF
- 24 Joško Gvardiol DEF
- 5 Elliot Anderson MID
- 42 Antoine Semenyo FWD
- 17 Enzo Fernández MID
- 10 Rayan Cherki MID
- 7 Iliman Ndiaye FWD
- 9 Erling Haaland FWD
Bench
- 47 Phil Foden MID
- 32 Ayyoub Bouaddi MID
- 56 Ryan McAidoo FWD
- 28 Gerónimo Rulli GK
- 27 Matheus Nunes DEF
- 21 Rayan Aït-Nouri DEF
- 82 Rico Lewis DEF
- 75 Floyd Samba MID
- 8 Mateo Kovačić MID
Coventry 3-4-3
Coach: Frank Lampard
- 19 Carl Rushworth GK
- 24 Aurèle Amenda DEF
- 4 Bobby Thomas DEF
- 2 Ethan Pinnock DEF
- 27 Milan van Ewijk DEF
- 16 Frank Onyeka MID
- 6 Matt Grimes MID
- 3 Jay Dasilva DEF
- 5 Jack Rudoni MID
- 14 Taiwo Awoniyi FWD
- 10 Ephron Mason-Clark FWD
Bench
- 8 Caleb Yirenkyi MID
- 18 Loum Tchaouna FWD
- 23 Brandon Thomas-Asante FWD
- 9 Ellis Simms FWD
- 38 Gustavo Hamer FWD
- 25 Daniel Bentley GK
- 22 Joel Latibeaudiere DEF
- 29 Victor Torp MID
- 7 Tatsuhiro Sakamoto FWD
Previous meetings
- Sunday 3 March 2002: Manchester City 4-2 Coventry City
- Wednesday 19 September 2001: Coventry City 4-3 Manchester City