Coventry City 3-1 Sheffield United: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 4 November 2025

Result

Coventry City 3-1 Sheffield United

Championship · Tuesday 4 November 2025, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Coventry City · Sheffield United · Championship predictions

Coventry City 3-1 Sheffield United: match report

Coventry City defeated Sheffield United 3-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 4 November 2025. The half-time score was 0-1.

Sam McCallum opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Coventry City's goals came from Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (49'), Bobby Thomas (60') and Brandon Thomas-Asante (90+5'). Sheffield United scored through Sam McCallum (25').

Discipline: Coventry City received 3 yellow cards; Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Coventry City were 1st on 28 points from 13 and Sheffield United 22nd on 9 points from 13. Coventry City went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Sheffield United 13th with 60.

Coventry City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sheffield United in a 4-1-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Bobby Thomas of Coventry City (7.8), ahead of Michael Cooper (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Coventry City wins, 2 draws and 5 for Sheffield United.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Sam McCallumSheffield United
  • 25'Goal · Sam McCallumSheffield United · 0-1
  • 27'Yellow card · Jay DasilvaCoventry City
  • 37'Yellow card · Tatsuhiro SakamotoCoventry City
  • 49'Goal · Tatsuhiro SakamotoCoventry City · 1-1
  • 60'Goal · Bobby ThomasCoventry City · 2-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Ben MeeSheffield United
  • 88'Yellow card · Victor TorpCoventry City
  • 90+5'Goal · Brandon Thomas-AsanteCoventry City · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Coventry City 3, draws 2, Sheffield United 5.

Team news

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Coventry City line-up (4-3-3)

Carl Rushworth, Milan van Ewijk, Bobby Thomas, Liam Kitching, Jay Dasilva, Victor Torp, Matt Grimes, Josh Eccles, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Haji Wright, Brandon Thomas-Asante

Sheffield United line-up (4-1-3-2)

Michael Cooper, Japhet Tanganga, Mark McGuinness, Ben Mee, Sam McCallum, Jaïro Riedewald, Chiedozie Ogbene, Sydie frederick Peck, Callum O'Hare, Tom Cannon, Tyrese Campbell