Premier League · Sun, 13 Sept 2026 ·
Coventry vs Brighton — 0 - 5
Coventry Building Society Arena · Referee: Tony Harrington, England
Match report
Brighton win 5-0 at Coventry
Brighton beat Coventry 5-0 in Premier League matchday 4 on Sunday, 13 September 2026 at Coventry Building Society Arena. C. Kostoulas (35'), M. Yalcouye (51'), P. Gross (70' pen), L. Dunk (83') and Y. Ayari (90') scored for Brighton. Taiwo Awoniyi (Coventry, 53') was sent off. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Coventry had 31% of the ball and 14 shots (6 on target) against Brighton’s 22 (7 on target). Bart Verbruggen (Brighton) was the top-rated player with 9.9. Our pre-match tip, a Brighton win, came in. The result leaves Coventry 18th in the Premier League table on 3 points and Brighton 3rd on 10.
Form, table and head-to-head
Last meetings
- Sat, 17 Feb 2018Brighton3-1Coventry
- Sat, 31 Dec 2011Coventry2-0Brighton
- Sat, 26 Nov 2011Brighton2-1Coventry
Next meeting: Sat, 20 Mar 2027, Brighton – Coventry
Prediction
We called it!
Prediction right: Winner : Brighton
Predicted: Brighton · 45% likely
Winner : Brighton
Brighton: -3.5 goals
How the teams compare
- 0%Form100%
- 0%Attack100%
- 50%Defence50%
- 0%Poisson model100%
- 33%Head-to-head67%
- 44%Goals56%
- 42%Overall58%
Last 5 matches
Coventry
Form
0%
Attack
0%
Defence
55%
League form: LLL
Brighton
Form
44%
Attack
73%
Defence
55%
League form: WLD
Statistical prediction, for information only. All of today's tips and our track record
Match events
- 35'goalC. KostoulasAssist: P. Gross
- 51'goalM. YalcouyeAssist: M. De Cuyper
- 53'red cardTaiwo AwoniyiRed Card
- 60'substitutionE. Mason-ClarkOff: S. Cherif
- 65'substitutionM. YalcouyeOff: C. Andres
- 70'penaltyP. GrossPenalty
- 73'substitutionF. OnyekaOff: C. Yirenkyi
- 73'substitutionJ. RudoniOff: B. Thomas-Asante
- 78'substitutionL. VuskovicOff: P. Struijk
- 78'substitutionO. BoscagliOff: I. Osman
- 83'goalL. DunkAssist: C. Andres
- 84'substitutionD. GomezOff: Costinha
- 84'substitutionC. KostoulasOff: M. O'Riley
- 85'substitutionM. GrimesOff: V. Torp
- 90'goalY. AyariAssist: P. Gross
Lineups
Coventry
Formation 3-4-2-1 · Coach Frank Lampard
Starting XI
- 19C. RushworthG
- 24A. AmendaD
- 4B. ThomasD
- 2E. PinnockD
- 27M. van EwijkM
- 16F. OnyekaM
- 6M. GrimesM
- 3J. DasilvaM
- 5J. RudoniF
- 10E. Mason-ClarkF
- 14T. AwoniyiF
Substitutes
- 25D. BentleyG
- 12S. MfuniD
- 29V. TorpM
- 7T. SakamotoM
- 8C. YirenkyiM
- 38G. HamerM
- 23B. Thomas-AsanteF
- 17L. TchaounaF
- 49S. CherifF
Brighton
Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Fabian Hurzeler
Starting XI
- 1B. VerbruggenG
- 24F. KadiogluD
- 44L. VuskovicD
- 5L. DunkD
- 21O. BoscagliD
- 13P. GrossM
- 26Y. AyariM
- 25D. GomezM
- 35M. YalcouyeM
- 29M. De CuyperM
- 19C. KostoulasF
Substitutes
- 23J. SteeleG
- 20CostinhaD
- 3J. HadjamD
- 4P. StruijkD
- 33M. O'RileyM
- 14C. AndresM
- 59Y. IbrahimM
- 12P. DavidF
- 15I. OsmanF
Match statistics
- 31%Possession69%
- 1.33Expected goals (xG)2.81
- 14Total shots22
- 6Shots on target7
- 6Shots off target10
- 2Blocked shots5
- 12Shots inside the box14
- 2Shots outside the box8
- 5Corners3
- 2Offsides2
- 9Fouls15
- –Yellow cards–
- 1Red cards0
- 2Goalkeeper saves6
- 249Passes584
- 174Accurate passes526
- 70%Pass accuracy90%
- 1.93Goals prevented1.93
Player statistics
Coventry
| Player | Min | Rating | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19Carl RushworthG | 90 | 6.3 | ||
| 2Ethan PinnockD | 90 | 5.7 | ||
| 4Bobby ThomasD | 90 | 5.3 | ||
| 24Aurèle AmendaD | 90 | 6.0 | ||
| 3Jay DaSilvaM | 90 | 6.5 | ||
| 6Matt GrimesM | 84 | 6.9 | ||
| 16Frank OnyekaM | 73 | 6.9 | ||
| 27Milan van EwijkM | 90 | 7.2 | ||
| 5Jack RudoniF | 73 | 8.3 | ||
| 10Ephron Mason-ClarkF | 60 | 6.5 | ||
| 14Taiwo AwoniyiF | 53 | 5.5 | ||
| 25Daniel BentleyG | – | – | ||
| 12Stephen MfuniD | – | – | ||
| 7Tatsuhiro SakamotoM | – | – | ||
| 8Caleb YirenkyiM | 17 | 6.2 | ||
| 29Victor TorpM | 13 | 6.5 | ||
| 38Gustavo HamerM | – | – | ||
| 17Loum TchaounaF | – | – | ||
| 23Brandon Thomas-AsanteF | 17 | 6.7 | ||
| 49Sidiki CherifF | 30 | 6.7 |
Brighton
| Player | Min | Rating | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bart VerbruggenGTop rated | 90 | 9.9 | ||
| 5Lewis DunkD | 90 | 9.2 | 1 | |
| 21Olivier BoscagliD | 78 | 6.9 | ||
| 24Ferdi KadıoğluD | 90 | 6.6 | ||
| 44Luka VuškovićD | 78 | 7.5 | ||
| 13Pascal GroßM | 90 | 8.6 | 1 | 2 |
| 25Diego GómezM | 84 | 6.7 | ||
| 26Yasin AyariM | 90 | 7.9 | 1 | |
| 29Maxim De CuyperM | 90 | 6.9 | 1 | |
| 35Malick YalcouyéM | 65 | 7.7 | 1 | |
| 19Charalampos KostoulasF | 84 | 7.6 | 1 | |
| 23Jason SteeleG | – | – | ||
| 3Jaouen HadjamD | – | – | ||
| 4Pascal StruijkD | 12 | 6.9 | ||
| 20CostinhaD | 13 | 6.7 | ||
| 14Chema AndrésM | 25 | 6.3 | 1 | |
| 33Matt O'RileyM | 13 | 6.7 | ||
| 59Younes IbrahimM | – | – | ||
| 12Promise DavidF | – | – | ||
| 15Ibrahim OsmanF | 12 | 6.3 |
