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Coventry City vs Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League
Coventry
0-0-4
0-5
Final
Brighton
2-1-1
Coventry Building Society Arena
TV: Fubo

Match pulse

COVAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
0'HTBHA
31%Possession69%
14Shots22
6On target7
5Corners3
2Saves6
9Fouls15
53'Taiwo AwoniyiCOV
Team1H2HT
COV000
BHA145

Who won: Brighton 5-0

Brighton & Hove Albion beat Coventry City 5-0 on Sunday, September 13, 2026 at Coventry Building Society Arena. Goals for Brighton: Charalambos Kostoulas (35'), Malick Yalcouyé (51'), Pascal Gross (70' pen), Lewis Dunk (83') and Yasin Ayari (90'+4').

Every player rated

Chirp Rating, 3.0 to 10.0
  1. 18.9Bart VerbruggenG
  2. 28.4Pascal GrossRM
  3. 37.7Lewis DunkCD-L
  4. 47.6Yasin AyariLM
  5. 57.3Malick YalcouyéAM
  6. 67.3Charalambos KostoulasF
  7. 76.9Luka VuskovicCD-R
  8. 86.9Maxim De CuyperAM-L
  9. 96.7Ferdi KadiogluRB
  10. 106.5Olivier BoscagliLB
  11. 116.4Diego GómezAM-R
  12. 126.3Chema AndrésSUB

Team stats

COVBHA
9Fouls15
0Yellow Cards0
1Red Cards0
2Offsides2
5Corner Kicks3
2Saves6
30.6Possession69.4
14SHOTS22
6ON GOAL7
0.4On Target %0.3
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken1
174Accurate Passes515
246Passes571
0.7Pass Completion %0.9
5Accurate Crosses3
12Crosses17
0.4Cross %0.2
71Long Balls30
35Accurate Long Balls14
0.5Long Balls %0.5
2Blocked Shots5
3Effective Tackles7
6Tackles10
0.5Tackle %0.7
5Interceptions3
32Effective Clearances34
32Clearances34

Player of the game

Bart Verbruggen

BHA · 6 saves, clean sheet

8.9

Deserved to win

23%
COV · 1.78 xG
22%
Draw
55%
BHA · 2.50 xG

Brighton created better chances: they win this game 55% of the time

Play by play

  1. Match ends, Coventry City 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 5.
  2. Second Half ends, Coventry City 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 5.
  3. 90'+5'

    Foul

    Foul by Yasin Ayari (Brighton and Hove Albion).

  4. 90'+5'Milan van Ewijk

    Free kick won

    Milan van Ewijk (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  5. GOAL90'+4'

    Goal! Right footed shot

    Y. Ayari · ast P. Gross

    Goal! Coventry City 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 5. Yasin Ayari (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pascal Groß.

    COV 0 - 5 BHA
  6. 90'+3'

    Right footed shot saved

    Attempt saved. Brandon Thomas-Asante (Coventry City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Bart Verbruggen (Brighton and Hove Albion). Assisted by Caleb Yirenkyi.

    B. Thomas-Asante

  7. 90'+1'

    Shot off target

    Attempt missed. Yasin Ayari (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Pascal Groß.

  8. 90'

    Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.

  9. 89'

    Left footed shot just wide

    Attempt missed. Maxim De Cuyper (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Matt O'Riley.

    M. De Cuyper

  10. 86'

    Foul

    Foul by Chema Andrés (Brighton and Hove Albion).

  11. 86'

    Free kick won

    Sidiki Cherif (Coventry City) wins a free kick on the right wing.

  12. 86'

    Right footed shot just wide

    Attempt missed. Ibrahim Osman (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Maxim De Cuyper.

    I. Osman

  13. 84'
    Sub

    Subbed on for D. Gómez

    Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Costinha replaces Diego Gómez.

    Costinha

  14. 84'
    Sub

    Subbed on for C. Kostoulas

    Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Matt O'Riley replaces Charalampos Kostoulas.

    M. O'Riley

  15. 84'
    Sub

    Subbed on for M. Grimes

    Substitution, Coventry City. Victor Torp replaces Matt Grimes.

    V. Torp

  16. GOAL83'

    Goal! Right footed shot

    L. Dunk · ast C. Andrés

    Goal! Coventry City 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 4. Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Chema Andrés.

    COV 0 - 4 BHA
  17. 82'

    Header just wide

    Attempt missed. Bobby Thomas (Coventry City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Milan van Ewijk.

    B. Thomas

  18. 81'

    Shot on target

    Attempt saved. Yasin Ayari (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Carl Rushworth (Coventry City).

  19. 81'

    Right footed shot blocked

    Attempt blocked. Ibrahim Osman (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pascal Groß.

    I. Osman

  20. 78'COV

    Corner awarded

    Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by Bart Verbruggen.

  21. 78'

    Right footed shot saved

    Attempt saved. Brandon Thomas-Asante (Coventry City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Bart Verbruggen (Brighton and Hove Albion). Assisted by Aurèle Amenda.

    B. Thomas-Asante

  22. 78'
    Sub

    Subbed on for L. Vuskovic

    Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Pascal Struijk replaces Luka Vuskovic.

    P. Struijk

  23. 78'
    Sub

    Subbed on for O. Boscagli

    Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Ibrahim Osman replaces Olivier Boscagli.

    I. Osman

  24. 74'

    Right footed shot just wide

    Attempt missed. Chema Andrés (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right.

    C. Andrés

  25. 73'
    Sub

    Subbed on for F. Onyeka

    Substitution, Coventry City. Caleb Yirenkyi replaces Frank Onyeka because of an injury.

    C. Yirenkyi

Leaders

COVBHA
Total Shots
Bobby Thomas
3
Yasin Ayari
4
Accurate Passes
Carl Rushworth
22
Lewis Dunk
88
Defensive Interventions
Milan van Ewijk
10
Olivier Boscagli
11
Saves
Carl Rushworth
2
Bart Verbruggen
6

Season seriesCOV leads series 3-2

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