Watford vs Coventry City: Championship stats & head-to-head

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Coventry City

1 E. Selvik

3 S. Goglichidze

6 M. Pollock

25 J. Abankwah

42 O. Maamma

39 E. Kayembe

10 I. Louza

23 N. Mendy

2 J. Ngakia

8 G. Chakvetadze

66 N. Irankunda

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16 M. Bola

15 E. Bove

20 Mamadou Doumbia

43 J. Grieves

7 T. Ince

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Championship Scores & Fixtures

Saturday 2nd May

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Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Coventry City	46	28	11	7	97	45	52	95	Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win
2 Ipswich Town	46	23	15	8	80	47	33	84	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
3 Millwall	46	24	11	11	64	49	15	83	Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win
4 Southampton	46	22	14	10	82	56	26	80	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
5 Middlesbrough	46	22	14	10	72	47	25	80	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win
6 Hull City	46	21	10	15	70	66	4	73	Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss
7 Wrexham	46	19	14	13	69	65	4	71	Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss
8 Derby County	46	20	9	17	67	59	8	69	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win
9 Norwich City	46	19	8	19	63	56	7	65	Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Draw
10 Birmingham City	46	17	13	16	57	56	1	64	Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw
11 Swansea City	46	18	10	18	57	59	-2	64	Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw
12 Bristol City	46	17	11	18	59	59	0	62	Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
13 Sheffield United	46	18	6	22	66	66	0	60	Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
14 Preston North End	46	15	15	16	55	62	-7	60	Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
15 Queens Park Rangers	46	16	10	20	61	73	-12	58	Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
16 Watford	46	14	15	17	53	65	-12	57	Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
17 Stoke City	46	15	10	21	51	56	-5	55	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
18 Portsmouth	46	14	13	19	49	64	-15	55	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw
19 Charlton Athletic	46	13	14	19	44	58	-14	53	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
20 Blackburn Rovers	46	13	13	20	42	56	-14	52	Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Loss
21 West Bromwich Albion	46	13	14	19	48	58	-10	51	Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw
22 Oxford United	46	11	14	21	45	59	-14	47	Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
23 Leicester City	46	12	16	18	58	68	-10	46	Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
24 Sheffield Wednesday	46	2	12	32	29	89	-60	0	Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss

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Key

Position 1, 2: Promotion
Position 3, 4, 5, 6: Promotion Play-off
Position 22, 23, 24: Relegation

Sheffield Wednesday were deducted 12 points for entering administration and 6 points for breaches of payment obligations

Breach of EFL Regulation – Leicester City deducted 6 points

Last Updated 2nd May 2026 at 14:24

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home team,Watford

Manager:Edward Still

Formation:3 - 5 - 1 - 1

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home team,Watford

away team,Coventry City

Manager:Frank Lampard

Formation:4 - 2 - 3 - 1

home team,Watford

Manager:Edward Still

Formation:3 - 5 - 1 - 1

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Match Officials

Referee:: Ruebyn Ricardo
Assistant Referee 1:: Matthew Smith
Assistant Referee 2:: Graham Kane
Fourth Official:: Craig Hicks

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v Middlesbrough

5

1

Championship

v Wrexham

3

1

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v West Bromwich Albion

3

0

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v Portsmouth

5

1

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v Sheffield United

0

2

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v Blackburn Rovers

1

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v Oxford United

2

0

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v Sheffield Wednesday

0

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v Charlton Athletic

1

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v Hull City

0

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Match Facts

Watford are winless in eight league meetings with Coventry City (D4 L4) since a 3-2 victory in November 2020.
After their 3-1 win in October, Coventry could complete their first league double over Watford since the 2004-05 season.
Watford have only won their final league game in two of the last 13 seasons (D3 L8), drawing 1-1 with Sheffield Wednesday last term.
After their 2-0 win over Middlesbrough on MD46 last year, Coventry could win their final game of successive Championship seasons for the first time since 2005-06/2006-07.
Among managers to take charge of 100+ Championship games, only Scott Parker (1.95) and Daniel Farke (1.92) have a better points per game ratio than Coventry City’s Frank Lampard (1.82).

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Postat 90 minutes plus 3
Match ends, Watford 0, Coventry City 4.
Full Timeat 90 minutes plus 3
Second Half ends, Watford 0, Coventry City 4.
Postat 90 minutes plus 2
Victor Torp (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 90 minutes plus 2
Foul by Edoardo Bove (Watford).
Postat 90 minutes plus 1
Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
Postat 88 minutes
Attempt saved. Jake Bidwell (Coventry City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Egil Selvik (Watford). Assisted by Milan van Ewijk.
Substitutionat 87 minutes
Substitution, Coventry City. Miguel Ángel Brau replaces Brandon Thomas-Asante.
Goal!at 85 minutes
Goal! Watford 0, Coventry City 4. Victor Torp (Coventry City) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Jamie Allen following a fast break.
Postat 84 minutes
Foul by Ephron Mason-Clark (Coventry City).
Postat 84 minutes
James Abankwah (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitutionat 82 minutes
Substitution, Watford. Mamadou Doumbia replaces Imrân Louza.
Substitutionat 82 minutes
Substitution, Watford. Tom Ince replaces Othmane Maamma.
Postat 81 minutes
Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by James Abankwah.
Postat 81 minutes
Attempt blocked. Ephron Mason-Clark (Coventry City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Milan van Ewijk.
Postat 80 minutes
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitutionat 79 minutes
Substitution, Coventry City. Haji Wright replaces Ellis Simms.
Postat 78 minutes
Delay in match because of an injury Carl Rushworth (Coventry City).
Bookingat 78 minutes
Nestory Irankunda (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Postat 78 minutes
Carl Rushworth (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 78 minutes
Foul by Nestory Irankunda (Watford).

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