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Coventry City — Aston Villa, 16 September 2026, 19:00 UTC : score 1:3

match finished EFL Cup Wednesday 16 September · 19:00 UTC
Coventry City Coventry City L
1 : 3 1st half 1:2
Aston Villa W Aston Villa
Coventry Building Society Arena · referee R. Jones
Match predictionValue

The sides will not reach five goals

88%

Prediction landed. We predicted “The sides will not reach five goals”, and the match finished 1:3.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off
Coventry City 31% draw 25% Aston Villa 44%
The model was right

The most likely outcome was Aston Villa win, and the match finished 1:3. Fans backed Aston Villa win — they got it right.

fans 32 votes
Coventry City 34% draw 16% Aston Villa 50%
Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline
T. Abraham assist: G. Hemmings 0-1 7'
E. Pinnock for A. Amenda 12'
S. Mfuni 23'
R. Barkley 26'
V. Torp 1-1 27'
R. Barkley assist: I. Mbaye 1-2 40'
A. Wan-Bissaka 43'
C. Yirenkyi 46'
Z. Suzuki for M. Bizot 46'
L. Tchaouna for T. Sakamoto 57'
E. Simms for S. Cherif 58'
T. Abraham assist: R. Barkley 1-3 59'
J. Manzambi for J. McGinn 64'
E. Buendia for I. Mbaye 64'
N. Jackson for T. Abraham 69'
F. Onyeka for C. Yirenkyi 73'
J. Bidwell for S. Mfuni 73'
Alysson for G. Hemmings 79'
F. Onyeka 87'
E. Buendia 90'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench
Coventry City Coventry City 4-2-3-1 · Frank Lampard 4-2-3-1 · Unai Emery Aston Villa Aston Villa
25 Daniel Bentley
22 Joel Latibeaudiere 4 Bobby Thomas 24 Aurèle Amenda 12 Stephen Mfuni
8 Caleb Yirenkyi 29 Victor Torp
7 Tatsuhiro Sakamoto 38 Gustavo Hamer 34 Yann Gboho
49 Sidiki Cherif
18 Tammy Abraham
19 Ibrahim Mbaye 7 John McGinn 53 George Hemmings
26 Lamare Bogarde 6 Ross Barkley
29 Aaron Wan-Bissaka 4 Taylor Harwood-Bellis 5 Tyrone Mings 13 Matteo Ruggeri
40 Marco Bizot
Coventry City bench
  1. 13Ben Wilson
  2. 23Brandon Thomas-Asante
  3. 9Ellis Simms
  4. 10Ephron Mason-Clark
  5. 2Ethan Pinnock
  6. 16Frank Onyeka
  7. 21Jake Bidwell
  8. 17Loum Tchaouna
  9. 6Matt Grimes
Aston Villa bench
  1. 17Alejandro Garnacho
  2. 47Alysson
  3. 8Boubacar Kamara
  4. 10Emiliano Buendía
  5. 44Johan Manzambi
  6. 2Matty Cash
  7. 11Nicolas Jackson
  8. 3Victor Lindelöf
  9. 1Zion Suzuki

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match
43%Possession57%
15Shots18
5Shots on target9
6Shots off target3
4Blocked shots6
5Shots inside box14
10Shots outside box4
90Attacks86
41Dangerous attacks48
2Corners8
2Offsides2
17Fouls12
3Yellow cards3
6Saves4
385Passes510
318Accurate passes447
14Free kicks21
14Throw-ins11
5Goal kicks8
0Penalties0
Coventry CityCoventry CityAston VillaAston VillaThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Coventry City and Aston Villa met in the EFL Cup on 16 September at Coventry Building Society Arena. Final score — 1:3.

Coventry City have played 1 match (0 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss). Aston Villa have played 1 match (1 win, 0 draws, 0 losses).

Season form

all competitions of the season
Coventry City Coventry City last five Aston Villa Aston Villa
L form W
1 Matches 1
0 — 0 — 1 Wins — draws — defeats 1 — 0 — 0
1 — 3 Scored — conceded 3 — 1
0 Points per game 3
1 Goals scored per game 3
0 Clean sheets 0
0 Failed to score 0
winless in 1 Current streak unbeaten in 1

Coventry City at home: 1 match, 0 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 1—3, 0 points per match.

Aston Villa away: 1 match, 1 win, 0 draws, 0 losses, goals 3—1, 3 points per match.