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Coventry City vs Aston Villa

FA Cup
1-3
Final
Coventry Building Society Arena

Match pulse

COVAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
0'HTAVL
43%Possession57%
15Shots18
5On target9
2Corners9
6Saves4
17Fouls12
23'Stephen MfuniCOV26'Ross BarkleyAVL43'Aaron Wan-BissakaAVL46'Caleb YirenkyiCOV87'Frank OnyekaCOV90'Emiliano BuendíaAVL
Team1H2HT
COV101
AVL213

Who won: Aston Villa 3-1

Aston Villa beat Coventry City 3-1 on Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at Coventry Building Society Arena. Goals for Coventry: Victor Torp (27'). Goals for Aston Villa: Tammy Abraham (7', 59') and Ross Barkley (40').

Every player rated

Chirp Rating, 3.0 to 10.0
  1. 18.4Tammy AbrahamF
  2. 27.6Ross BarkleyLM
  3. 37.1Ibrahim MbayeAM-R
  4. 47.0Victor TorpLM
  5. 56.9George HemmingsAM-L
  6. 66.7John McGinnAM
  7. 76.6Taylor Harwood-BellisCD-R
  8. 86.5Marco BizotG
  9. 96.4Daniel BentleyG
  10. 106.4Matteo RuggeriLB
  11. 116.3Lamare BogardeRM
  12. 126.3Zion SuzukiSUB

Team stats

COVAVL
17Fouls12
3Yellow Cards3
0Red Cards0
2Offsides2
2Corner Kicks9
6Saves4
42.8Possession57.2
15SHOTS18
5ON GOAL9
0.3On Target %0.5
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
317Accurate Passes448
385Passes512
0.8Pass Completion %0.9
1Accurate Crosses10
11Crosses20
0.1Cross %0.5
42Long Balls54
19Accurate Long Balls29
0.5Long Balls %0.5
4Blocked Shots6
13Effective Tackles7
19Tackles15
0.7Tackle %0.5
10Interceptions12
23Effective Clearances21
23Clearances21

Player of the game

Tammy Abraham

AVL · 2 G

8.4

Deserved to win

11%
COV · 0.91 xG
17%
Draw
72%
AVL · 2.29 xG

Aston Villa created better chances: they win this game 72% of the time

Play by play

  1. Match ends, Coventry City 1, Aston Villa 3.
  2. Second Half ends, Coventry City 1, Aston Villa 3.
  3. 90'+3'

    Left footed shot blocked

    Attempt blocked. Yann Gboho (Coventry City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Loum Tchaouna.

    Y. Gboho

  4. 90'+1'

    Offside

    Offside, Aston Villa. Nicolas Jackson is caught offside.

  5. 90'+1'

    Free kick won

    Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  6. 90'+1'

    Foul

    Foul by Joel Latibeaudiere (Coventry City).

  7. 90'

    Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.

  8. 90'

    Yellow card

    Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.

    E. Buendía

  9. 90'

    Foul

    Foul by Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa).

  10. 90'

    Free kick won

    Joel Latibeaudiere (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  11. 87'

    Yellow card

    Frank Onyeka (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

    F. Onyeka

  12. 86'

    Foul

    Foul by Frank Onyeka (Coventry City).

  13. 86'

    Foul

    Foul by Lamare Bogarde (Aston Villa).

  14. 86'

    Free kick won

    Frank Onyeka (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  15. 84'

    Free kick won

    Johan Manzambi (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  16. 84'

    Foul

    Foul by Victor Torp (Coventry City).

  17. 81'

    Header just wide

    Attempt missed. Ross Barkley (Aston Villa) header from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.

    R. Barkley

  18. 80'AVL

    Corner awarded

    Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Ethan Pinnock.

  19. 79'
    Sub

    Subbed on for G. Hemmings

    Substitution, Aston Villa. Alysson replaces George Hemmings.

    Alysson

  20. 79'AVL

    Corner awarded

    Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Bobby Thomas.

  21. 79'

    Right footed shot blocked

    Attempt blocked. Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Johan Manzambi.

    E. Buendía

  22. 77'

    Offside

    Offside, Coventry City. Ellis Simms is caught offside.

  23. 77'

    Shot on target

    Attempt saved. Johan Manzambi (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Dan Bentley (Coventry City). Assisted by Emiliano Buendía.

  24. 75'

    Free kick won

    Lamare Bogarde (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  25. 75'

    Foul

    Foul by Gustavo Hamer (Coventry City).

Leaders

COVAVL
Total Shots
Victor Torp
5
Ross Barkley
3
Accurate Passes
Bobby Thomas
50
Taylor Harwood-Bellis
65
Defensive Interventions
Bobby Thomas
12
Lamare Bogarde
11
Saves
Daniel Bentley
6
Zion Suzuki
2