Watford FC vs Coventry City FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Match Preview
Watford FC vs Coventry City FC — Championship at Vicarage Road.
- Watford FC 46 games · 57 pts (2025/26)
- Coventry City FC 46 games · 95 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Ruebyn Ricardo (England)
- Assistant 1 Matthew Smith
- Assistant 2 Graham Kane
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Coventry City FC 46 95 2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84 3 Millwall FC 46 83 4 Southampton FC 46 80 5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80 6 Hull City AFC 46 73 7 Wrexham AFC 46 71 8 Derby County FC 46 69 9 Norwich City FC 46 65 10 Birmingham City FC 46 64 11 Swansea City AFC 46 64 12 Bristol City FC 46 62 13 Sheffield United FC 46 60 14 Preston North End FC 46 60 15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58 16 Watford FC 46 57 17 Stoke City FC 46 55 18 Portsmouth FC 46 55 19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52 21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51 22 Oxford United FC 46 47 23 Leicester City FC 46 46 24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May Coventry City FC H 0–4 L 25 Apr Middlesbrough FC A 1–5 L 21 Apr West Bromwich Albion FC A 0–3 L 18 Apr Sheffield United FC H 0–2 L 11 Apr Oxford United FC A 0–2 L 06 Apr Charlton Athletic FC H 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May Watford FC A 4–0 W 26 Apr Wrexham AFC H 3–1 W 21 Apr Portsmouth FC H 5–1 W 17 Apr Blackburn Rovers FC A 1–1 D 11 Apr Sheffield Wednesday FC H 0–0 D 06 Apr Hull City AFC A 0–0 D Season Stats
Watford FC Coventry City FC #16 Position #1 57 Points 95 46 Played 46 14 / 15 / 17 W / D / L 28 / 11 / 7 53 Scored 97 65 Conceded 45 -12 GD +52 1.24 PPG 2.07 30% Win % 61% Key Stats
70% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history15% Clean Sheets
Watford FC this season37% Clean Sheets
Coventry City FC this seasonWatford FC are 16th (57 pts). Coventry City FC are 1st (95 pts).
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Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Watford FC kicks off things out of here…
- 5' Coventry City FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Ellis Simms scoring 3 goals.
- 10' Watford FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 15' It’s high time Edward Still made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 19' Coventry City FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Ellis Simms on 19.
- 24' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 25' The referee calls foul for Imran Louza. He receives a card.
- 30' Coventry City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 30.
- 35' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 40' Josh Eccles needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 43' What a strike from Ellis Simms! The score is 0-2.
- 48' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 53' The travelling Coventry City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 58' Ellis Simms makes a hat-trick on 58.
- 63' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Watford FC that had 350 games and scored 323 goals.
- 68' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jeremy Ngakia, as he is very good at scoring at Vicarage Road with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 73' It looks surprising Coventry City FC does not make any changes. Luke Woolfenden has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 78' Watford FC player sees a card in front of him.
- 83' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Coventry City FC winning 100% of all matches.
- 85' Goal! Victor Torp scores his 3 goal in 225 matches.
- 90' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Matthew Pollock made 21 appearances and scored 5 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- With this win, Coventry City FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Watford FC
3-5-1-1Starting XI- 23
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- 6
- 10
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- 25
- 42
- 3
Bench- 12
- 7
- 16
- 15
- 4
- 43
- 17
- 20
- 9
Coach Edward StillCoventry City FC
4-2-3-1Starting XI- 23
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- 21
- 26
- 28
- 22
- 9
- 29
- 20
- 19
- 14
Bench- 8
- 13
- 10
- 11
- 16
- 15
- 27
- 4
- 33
Coach Frank Lampard -
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