Coventry City vs Preston North End 11/03/2026

Coventry City

Coventry Building Society Arena

11 Mar 2026, 21:00

3:0

Finished

Preston North End

Preston North End

Away

Match summary

1ST HALF

17'

Goal

T. Sakamoto

34'

Goal

B. Thomas-Asante

2ND HALF

Daniel Jebbison

Lewis Dobbin

46'

Ali McCann

J. Thompson

46'

Pol Valentín(Penalty committed)

49'

50'

Penalty goal

Matt Grimes(Penalty goal)

61'

Victor Torp

Frank Onyeka

61'

Romain Esse

T. Sakamoto

61'

Kaine Kesler

Milan Van Ewijk

Andy Moran

65'

Alfie Devine

65'

Pol Valentín

Brad Potts

65'

66'

Josh Eccles

E. Mason-Clark

Thierry Small

Andrija Vukcevic

73'

79'

Jahnoah Markelo

B. Thomas-Asante

Match statistics

67%Possession33%

630Passes Attempted296

563Completed Passes223

8Corners1

23Throw-ins14

25Shots On Target5

Line-ups

Coventry City

Formation

4-2-3-1

Carl Andrew

#19Rushworth

Liam James

#15Kitching

Luke Matthew

#26Woolfenden

Jay

#3Rhys Dasilva

Milan Fabrizio

#27Van Ewijk

Matthew Jacob

#6Grimes

Ogochukwu Onyeka

#16Frank

Brandon

#23Thomas-Asante

Ephron Jardell

#10Mason-Clark

Tatsuhiro

#7Sakamoto

Ellis Reco

#9Simms

Starting XI

Carl Rushworth #19
Liam Kitching #15
Luke Woolfenden #26
Jay Dasilva #3
Milan Van Ewijk #27	61'
Matt Grimes #6	50'
Frank Onyeka #16	61'
B. Thomas-Asante #23	79' ⚽34'
E. Mason-Clark #10	66'
T. Sakamoto #7	61' ⚽17'
Ellis Simms #9

Substitutes

Ben Wilson #13
Jake Bidwell #21
Kaine Kesler #20	61'
Jamie Allen #8
Josh Eccles #28	66'
Victor Torp #29	61'
Romain Esse #14	61'
Jahnoah Markelo #24	79'
Haji Wright #11

Will not play

No injuries reported

Manager

Coventry City

Frank Lampard

Coventry City

Formation

4-2-3-1

Carl Andrew

#19Rushworth

Liam James

#15Kitching

Luke Matthew

#26Woolfenden

Jay

#3Rhys Dasilva

Milan Fabrizio

#27Van Ewijk

Matthew Jacob

#6Grimes

Ogochukwu Onyeka

#16Frank

Brandon

#23Thomas-Asante

Ephron Jardell

#10Mason-Clark

Tatsuhiro

#7Sakamoto

Ellis Reco

#9Simms

Starting XI

Carl Rushworth #19
Liam Kitching #15
Luke Woolfenden #26
Jay Dasilva #3
Milan Van Ewijk #27	61'
Matt Grimes #6	50'
Frank Onyeka #16	61'
B. Thomas-Asante #23	79' ⚽34'
E. Mason-Clark #10	66'
T. Sakamoto #7	61' ⚽17'
Ellis Simms #9

Substitutes

Ben Wilson #13
Jake Bidwell #21
Kaine Kesler #20	61'
Jamie Allen #8
Josh Eccles #28	66'
Victor Torp #29	61'
Romain Esse #14	61'
Jahnoah Markelo #24	79'
Haji Wright #11

Will not play

No injuries reported

Manager

Coventry City

Frank Lampard

Preston North End

Formation

5-3-2

Daniel

#1Lønne Iversen

Jordan

#14Ben Storey

Odeluga Joshua

#42Offiah

Andrew

#16Hughes

Pol

#2Valentín Sancho

Thierry

#26Small

Benjamin

#4Whiteman

Alfie Sean

#21Devine

Alistair Edward

#8McCann

Daniel David

#9Jebbison

Milutin

#28Osmajić

Starting XI

Daniel Iversen #1
Jordan Storey #14
Oddel Offiah #42
A. Hughes #16
Pol Valentín #2	65' 49'
Thierry Small #26	73'
Ben Whiteman #4
Alfie Devine #21	65'
Ali McCann #8	46'
Daniel Jebbison #9	46'
M. Osmajić #28

Substitutes

David Cornell #13
L. Lindsay #6
Brad Potts #44	65'
Andrija Vukcevic #3	73'
Andy Moran #23	65'
K. Nelson #34
J. Thompson #15	46'
Lewis Dobbin #17	46'
Michael Smith #24

Will not play

No injuries reported

Manager

Preston North End

Paul Heckingbottom

Head-to-head

40 matches

Coventry City

Coventry City

18

Wins

13

Draws

9

Wins

Preston North End

Preston North End

Championship2025 • 2 matches

Preston North End

Preston North End

Coventry City

Coventry City

Preston North End

Preston North End

Championship2024 • 2 matches

Preston North End

Preston North End

Coventry City

Coventry City

Preston North End

Preston North End

Championship2023 • 2 matches

Preston North End

Preston North End

Coventry City

Preston North End

Preston North End

Coventry City

Championship2022 • 2 matches

Coventry City

Preston North End

Preston North End

Coventry City

Preston North End

Preston North End

Championship2021 • 2 matches

Preston North End

Preston North End

Coventry City

Coventry City

Preston North End

Preston North End

League standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	G	GD	Pts	Form
1	Coventry City	42	25	10	7	84:42	+42	85	LWWDD
2	Ipswich Town	41	21	12	8	71:42	+29	75	WDWWL
3	Millwall	42	21	10	11	56:47	+9	73	LDWLD
4	Southampton	42	20	12	10	73:50	+23	72	WWWWW
5	Middlesbrough	42	20	12	10	62:42	+20	72	DDLDL
6	Hull City	42	20	8	14	64:60	+4	68	LWDDL
7	Wrexham AFC	42	17	13	12	63:60	+3	64	LWDLL
8	Derby County	42	18	9	15	61:53	+8	63	WWLWL
9	Norwich City	42	17	7	18	55:50	+5	58	LWDWL
10	Bristol City	42	16	10	16	52:51	+1	58	DLWWD
11	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	10	16	58:63	-5	58	WWWDD
12	Watford	42	14	15	13	52:51	+1	57	WDLDL
13	Preston North End	42	14	15	13	50:53	-3	57	LWDDW
14	Swansea City	42	16	9	17	50:54	-4	57	LLDDW
15	Birmingham City	42	15	11	16	51:52	-1	56	DLLLW
16	Stoke City	42	15	10	17	49:46	+3	55	WLWLD
17	Sheffield Utd	42	16	6	20	59:59	0	54	DLDLW
18	Charlton Athletic	42	12	13	17	39:51	-12	49	DLLDL
19	Portsmouth	42	12	12	18	43:57	-14	48	LDDWW
20	Blackburn Rovers	43	12	12	19	38:53	-15	48	DWDDL
21	West Brom	42	11	13	18	42:56	-14	46	WWDDD
22	Oxford United	42	10	14	18	41:54	-13	44	DLDDW
23	Leicester	42	11	14	17	54:64	-10	41	LDDDL
24	Sheffield Wed	42	1	11	30	25:82	-57	-4	LLLDD

Promotion

Playoff

Relegation

Match Information

Referee:

Lewis Smith

Venue:

Coventry Building Society Arena

Capacity:

32 609

Coventry City vs Preston North End match from the Championship. View the final score, key match events, detailed statistics, line-ups and head-to-head record between Coventry City and Preston North End. Follow team performance and match context within the Championship season.