Coventry City vs Brighton & Hove Albion – Result & match summary
Events
Goals, cards, substitutions and key match events.
Momentum
Who applied more pressure, minute by minute.
Coventry City
Match statistics
Top performers
About the match
Brighton & Hove Albion defeated Coventry City 5–0 on 13 September 2026 at The Coventry Building Society Arena in Premier League.
Lineups
Coventry City: (3-4-2-1) Ethan Pinnock, Jay Dasilva, Bobby Thomas, Jack Rudoni, Matt Grimes, Ephron Mason-Clark, Taiwo Awoniyi, Frank Onyeka, Carl Rushworth, Aurèle Amenda, Milan van Ewijk.
Brighton & Hove Albion: (4-2-3-1) Bart Verbruggen, Lewis Dunk, Pascal Groß, Charalampos Kostoulas, Olivier Boscagli, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Diego Gómez, Yasin Ayari, Maxim De Cuyper, Malick Yalcouyé, Luka Vuskovic.
Substitutions
Coventry City: Sidiki Chérif for Ephron Mason-Clark, Brandon Thomas-Asante for Jack Rudoni, Caleb Yirenkyi for Frank Onyeka, Victor Torp for Matt Grimes.
Brighton & Hove Albion: Chema Andrés for Malick Yalcouyé, Ibrahim Osman for Olivier Boscagli, Pascal Struijk for Luka Vuskovic, Costinha for Diego Gómez, Matt O'Riley for Charalampos Kostoulas.
Sidelined players
Coventry City: Haji Wright.
Brighton & Hove Albion: Stefanos Tzimas, Evan Ferguson, Kaoru Mitoma, Yankuba Minteh, Jack Hinshelwood, Georginio Rutter, Mats Wieffer.
Match statistics
Coventry City had 31% of the possession, compared with 69% for Brighton & Hove Albion.
Coventry City registered 14 shots, with 6 on target. Brighton & Hove Albion had 22 shots, with 7 on target.
Coventry City won 5 corners, while Brighton & Hove Albion won 3.
Top players
Coventry City: Jack Rudoni was the highest-rated player (6.9) and created 4 chances, Ephron Mason-Clark had 2 shots on target, and Carl Rushworth made 2 saves.
Brighton & Hove Albion: Charalampos Kostoulas scored 1 goal, Pascal Groß provided 2 assists, and Bart Verbruggen was the highest-rated player (8.5).