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Coventry City

1 — 3 Sep 17, 2026 · 12:30 AM IST

Aston Villa

EFL Cup · Round 3

Venue Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry, West Midlands

Referee Robert Jones

Attendance 24,577

Player of the Match Tammy Abraham 8.8 69' played

Match Events

7' Away ⚽ Tammy Abraham — 0-1

12' Home ↔ Ethan Pinnock → Aurèle Amenda

23' Home Stephen Mfuni

26' Away Ross Barkley

27' Home ⚽ Victor Torp — 1-1

40' Away ⚽ Ross Barkley — 1-2

43' Away Aaron Wan-Bissaka

HT

46' Away ↔ Zion Suzuki → Marco Bizot

46' Home Caleb Yirenkyi

57' Home ↔ Loum Tchaouna → Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

57' Home ↔ Ellis Simms → Sidiki Cherif

59' Away ⚽ Tammy Abraham — 1-3

64' Away ↔ Johan Manzambi → John McGinn

64' Away ↔ Emiliano Buendía → Ibrahim Mbaye

69' Away ↔ Nicolas Jackson → Tammy Abraham

73' Home ↔ Frank Onyeka → Caleb Yirenkyi

73' Home ↔ Jake Bidwell → Stephen Mfuni

79' Away ↔ Alysson Edward → George Hemmings

87' Home Frank Onyeka

90' Away Emiliano Buendía

FT

Match Stats

43 57

Ball possession

0.80 2.44

Expected goals (xG)

15 18

Total shots

5 9

Shots on target

20 29

Touches in opposition box

0 5

Big chances

0 2

Big chances missed

318 (82%) 449 (87%)

Accurate passes

3 3

Yellow cards

2 8

Corners

Lineups

Coventry City (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Frank Lampard

Starting XI

25 Daniel Bentley 7.1

22 Joel Latibeaudiere 6

4 Bobby Thomas 6.2

24 Aurèle Amenda 5.8

12 Stephen Mfuni 6.3

8 Caleb Yirenkyi 5.5

29 Victor Torp 8

7 Tatsuhiro Sakamoto 6.6

38 Gustavo Hamer 6.8

34 Yann Gboho 6.8

49 Sidiki Cherif 6.2

Substitutes

2 Ethan Pinnock 7.2

9 Ellis Simms 5.8

18 Loum Tchaouna 6.7

21 Jake Bidwell 6.4

16 Frank Onyeka 6.2

13 Ben Wilson

6 Matt Grimes

23 Brandon Thomas-Asante

10 Ephron Mason-Clark

Aston Villa (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Unai Emery

Starting XI

40 Marco Bizot 6.3

29 Aaron Wan-Bissaka 7.5

4 Taylor Harwood-Bellis 7.3

5 Tyrone Mings 7.1

13 Matteo Ruggeri 7.5

26 Lamare Bogarde 7.7

6 Ross Barkley 8.7

19 Ibrahim Mbaye 8.1

7 John McGinn 7.6

53 George Hemmings 7.6

18 Tammy Abraham 8.8

Substitutes

1 Zion Suzuki 6.6

44 Johan Manzambi 6.5

10 Emiliano Buendía 6.8

11 Nicolas Jackson 5.9

47 Alysson Edward 5.7

2 Matty Cash

3 Victor Nilsson Lindelöf

8 Boubacar Kamara

17 Alejandro Garnacho