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

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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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 48'Goal · Flynn DownesSouthampton · 0-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Liam KitchingCoventry City
  • 80'Yellow card · Luke WoolfendenCoventry City
  • 85'Goal · Kuryu MatsukiSouthampton · 0-2
  • 86'Yellow card · Cameron ArcherSouthampton
  • 86'Yellow card · Ellis SimmsCoventry City
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Daniel PeretzSouthampton
  • 90+2'Penalty goal · Victor TorpCoventry City · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Coventry City 2, draws 5, Southampton 3.

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