Watford 0-4 Coventry City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 2 May 2026

Result

Watford 0-4 Coventry City

Championship · Saturday 2 May 2026, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-2

Watford · Coventry City · Championship predictions

Watford 0-4 Coventry City: match report

Watford were beaten by Coventry City 0-4 in the Championship on Saturday 2 May 2026. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Ellis Simms opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Watford did not score. Coventry City scored through Ellis Simms (19'), Ellis Simms (43'), Ellis Simms (58') and Victor Torp (85').

Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Coventry City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Watford were 16th on 57 points from 45 and Coventry City 1st on 92 points from 45. Watford went on to finish that season 16th with 57 points, and Coventry City 1st with 95.

Watford lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Coventry City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ellis Simms of Coventry City (9.2), ahead of Victor Torp (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Watford wins, 4 draws and 4 for Coventry City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Ellis SimmsCoventry City · 0-1
  • 25'Yellow card · Joel LatibeaudiereCoventry City
  • 25'Yellow card · Imrân LouzaWatford
  • 43'Goal · Ellis SimmsCoventry City · 0-2
  • 58'Goal · Ellis SimmsCoventry City · 0-3
  • 78'Yellow card · Nestory IrankundaWatford
  • 85'Goal · Victor TorpCoventry City · 0-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Watford 2, draws 4, Coventry City 4.

Team news

Watford line-up (3-5-1-1)

Egil Selvik, James Abankwah, Mattie Pollock, Saba Goglichidze, Jeremy Ngakia, Nampalys Mendy, Imrân Louza, Edo Kayembe, Othmane Maamma, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Nestory Irankunda

Coventry City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Carl Rushworth, Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Luke Woolfenden, Joel Latibeaudiere, Jake Bidwell, Victor Torp, Matt Grimes, Romain Joy Kouakou Esse, Josh Eccles, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Ellis Simms