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Coventry City vs Preston North End
11 Mar 2026, 20:00 · Championship · 2025/2026
Referee
Lewis SmithChampionship 2025/2026 · 25 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Coventry CityMin
Preston North End- ⚽
Tatsuhiro Sakamoto 1-0
Goal · Left foot shot
Left foot shot
17′ - ⚽
Brandon Thomas-Asante 2-0
Goal · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
34′ - 46′⇄
Lewis Dobbin
Substitution
Off: Daniel Jebbison
- 46′⇄
Jordan Andrew Thompson
Substitution
Off: Alistair Edward McCann
- ⚽
Matt Grimes 3-0
Penalty · Left foot shot
Left foot shot
50′ - ⇄
Romain Esse
Substitution
Off: Tatsuhiro Sakamoto
61′ - ⇄
Kaine Kesler-Hayden
Substitution
Off: Milan van Ewijk
61′ - ⇄
Victor Torp
Substitution
Off: Frank Onyeka
61′ - 65′⇄
Andrew Moran
Substitution
Off: Alfie Devine
- 65′⇄
Brad Potts
Substitution
Off: Pol Valentín
- ⇄
Josh Eccles
Substitution
Off: Ephron Mason-Clark
66′ - 73′⇄
Andrija Vukcevic
Substitution
Off: Thierry Small
- ⇄
Jahnoah Markelo
Substitution
Off: Brandon Thomas-Asante
79′
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 7.60 | |
| 61 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6.54 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.90 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 7.32 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 7.47 | |
| 61 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.88 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 8.50 | |
| 61 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 7.58 | |
| 79 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 6.53 | |
| 66 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 6.93 | |
| 90 | — | — | 6 | 1 | — | — | 6.78 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 29 | — | — | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | 7.63 | |
| 29 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 6.88 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 11 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.61 | |
| 24 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 6.48 | |
| 29 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 6.75 |
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Before this match
Recent form
Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2025/2026.
Coventry City
Latest: Stoke City · 2–1
Match stats
28 Feb 2026, 15:00 · Home vs Stoke City · 2025/2026
Preston North End
Latest: Swansea City · 1–1
Match stats
24 Feb 2026, 19:45 · Away vs Swansea City · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Coventry City’s ground: 10 previous meetings, 2 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Coventry City’s home games with Preston North End’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Coventry City
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Preston North End
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Coventry City
Preston North End
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Coventry City
Preston North End
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Coventry City
Preston North End
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.