Coventry City 1-2 Southampton: result and report
Championship · Saturday 14 March 2026
Result
Coventry City 1-2 Southampton
Championship · Saturday 14 March 2026, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Coventry City 1-2 Southampton: match report
Coventry City were beaten by Southampton 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 14 March 2026. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Flynn Downes opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Coventry City's goal came from Victor Torp (90+2', penalty). Southampton scored through Flynn Downes (48') and Kuryu Matsuki (85').
Discipline: Coventry City received 3 yellow cards; Southampton received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Coventry City were 1st on 77 points from 37 and Southampton 7th on 54 points from 36. Coventry City went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Southampton 4th with 82.
Coventry City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Southampton in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kuryu Matsuki of Southampton (8.5), ahead of Victor Torp (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Coventry City wins, 5 draws and 3 for Southampton.
Key events
- 48'Goal · Flynn Downes
- 53'Yellow card · Liam Kitching
- 80'Yellow card · Luke Woolfenden
- 85'Goal · Kuryu Matsuki
- 86'Yellow card · Cameron Archer
- 86'Yellow card · Ellis Simms
- 90+1'Yellow card · Daniel Peretz
- 90+2'Penalty goal · Victor Torp
Head-to-head
Team news
Coventry City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carl Rushworth, Milan van Ewijk, Luke Woolfenden, Liam Kitching, Jay Dasilva, Frank Onyeka, Matt Grimes, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Josh Eccles, Ephron Mason-Clark, Haji Wright
Southampton line-up (4-1-4-1)
Daniel Peretz, James Bree, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Jack Stephens, Ryan Manning, Cameron Bragg, Kuryu Matsuki, Caspar Jander, Flynn Downes, Finn Azaz, Cyle Larin