Match report
Coventry beat Newcastle 4-1 to end run of four straight defeats
Coventry beat Newcastle 4-1 at Coventry Building Society Arena in Matchweek 6 of the Premier League, a result that ended a run in which they had lost four of their previous five games. The hosts were ahead inside six minutes, Jack Rudoni converting a penalty to make it 1-0.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
They led 1-0 at half-time and extended the advantage three minutes into the second half, when Sidiki Cherif made it 2-0 in the 48th minute. Newcastle, who dominated the ball, pulled one back in the 70th minute through Sven Botman, who finished from a Nico González assist.
Coventry restored their two-goal cushion in the 81st minute, Ellis Simms scoring from a Brandon Thomas-Asante assist. Stephen Mfuni then added a fourth in the 86th minute, set up by Jay Dasilva, to complete a five-goal match and seal the win.
The victory lifted Coventry from 19th to 14th, with six points from six games, while Newcastle stayed 11th on eight points. Oddsivio's pre-match forecast had given Coventry a 19% chance of winning. Coventry's next fixture was not given in the match data.
Nico González, rated 7.75, supplied the assist for Newcastle's only goal, Botman's 70th-minute finish. Coventry's Bobby Thomas had the highest rating among the top performers at 7.77.
Newcastle had 67% of the possession to Coventry's 33% yet still lost by three goals.
Coventry beat Newcastle 4–1 (half-time 1–0).
Coventry met Newcastle in the Premier League (Regular Season - 6). Kick-off was Monday, 12 October 2026, 19:00 UTC at Coventry Building Society Arena. Referee: John Brooks. Attendance: 30,811.
Team pages: Coventry · Newcastle · Premier League
Key moments
- 6' Goal (penalty): Jack Rudoni — 1–0 · Watch Jack Rudoni's goal video (6')
- 48' Goal: Sidiki Cherif — 2–0 · Watch Sidiki Cherif's goal video (48')
- 70' Goal: Sven Botman (assist: Nico González) — 2–1 · Watch Sven Botman's goal video (70')
- 81' Goal: Ellis Simms (assist: Brandon Thomas-Asante) — 3–1 · Watch Ellis Simms's goal video (81')
- 86' Goal: Stephen Mfuni (assist: Jay Dasilva) — 4–1 · Watch Stephen Mfuni's goal video (86')
Starting line-ups
Coventry (4-2-3-1)
Newcastle (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Coventry 19%, the draw 20%, Newcastle 61%. It finished Coventry 4–1 Newcastle.
Newcastle's strength gap drives a clear lead — We give Newcastle 61% mainly because our strength rating has them 237 points higher, 1799 to 1562, and early-season fixtures trim Coventry's home chances a little further. The draw sits at 20%, close to the usual rate for a gap this size, with high-scoring recent games nudging it down and the early season nudging it back up.
Why Newcastle at 61%?
Newcastle sit 237 points higher on our strength rating — 1799 to 1562. Sides with a 160–240-point rating edge on the road won 50.9% of 6,682 such games. Both sides are inside their first six league games — home wins land softer this early in the season, so this trims Coventry's column. Across 11,294 opening-stretch games since 2010, home sides won 42.8% where the rating map expected 44.7%, with draws up 1.4 — negative in every season since 2018. The 300 most similar past games finished 19–19–62.
Why only 61%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 61% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 20% and Coventry at 19%.
Why is the draw only 20%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 20.2%. These teams' recent games average 3.4 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 23.2% of 16,894. The goals environment takes 1.7 points off the draw. Early-season fixtures add 1.4 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Coventry are newly promoted — game 6 of their first ten at this level, where our rating knows them least. Promoted sides are said to struggle, but our rating already carries most of it: across 3,012 first-ten games since 2016 they won 26.8% where the rating expected 28.1% — inside the noise band, below it in six of the ten full seasons we hold and about level last season. Newcastle have rebuilt the eleven — fewer of last season's regular starters are still starting. Squad turnover reads dramatic but hasn't moved results once the rating is controlled: the busiest windows landed within noise across 5,368 games, rebuilt elevens likewise across 5,446, and even losing the most regular starters showed nothing (5,336). The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Coventry vs Newcastle final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Premier League fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Jack Rudoni's goal against Newcastle (6').
- Watch Sidiki Cherif's goal against Newcastle (48').
- Watch Sven Botman's goal against Coventry (70').
- Watch Ellis Simms's goal against Newcastle (81').
- Watch Stephen Mfuni's goal against Newcastle (86').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Coventry 4–1 Newcastle. Explore more on the Coventry and Newcastle team pages or the Premier League page.