Coventry vs Sunderland — Premier League: stats, lineups & analysis
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play_arrow4 clips- 7′Coventry, yellow card:
- 17′Coventry, goal:1–0
- 37′Coventry, goal:2–0
- Half-time2 – 0
- 52′Coventry, goal:3–0assist
- 55′Coventry, yellow card:
- 57′Sunderland, substitution:off
- 57′Sunderland, substitution:off
- 63′Sunderland, VAR review:Penalty confirmed
- 67′Sunderland, penalty goal:3–1Penalty
- 72′Coventry, substitution:off
- 72′Coventry, substitution:off
- 75′Sunderland, substitution:off
- 75′Sunderland, substitution:off
- 83′Coventry, substitution:off
- 90+4′Sunderland, yellow card:
- 90+9′Sunderland, second yellow card:
- Full-time3 – 1
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Match report
Coventry beat Sunderland 3-1 to climb out of the bottom three
Coventry won 3-1 at Coventry Building Society Arena in Premier League Matchweek 9, building a three-goal lead before Sunderland pulled one back from the penalty spot. The result ended a run of back-to-back defeats for Frank Lampard's side and left Sunderland in 20th place.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Tatsuhiro Sakamoto opened the scoring in the 17th minute, and Taiwo Awoniyi doubled the advantage in the 37th to send Coventry in 2-0 up at the break. Jack Rudoni then made it 3-0 in the 52nd minute, converting after a pass from Victor Torp.
Sunderland, who had the greater share of the ball, got back into the game in the 67th minute when Enzo Le Fée scored from the penalty spot. The visitors finished the match with ten men after Omar Alderete was shown a red card in the 90+9th minute.
Coventry's win lifted them from 19th to 15th, on 9 points, four ahead of Sunderland, who stayed 20th on 5 points. Oddsivio's pre-match forecast had given Coventry a 29% chance of winning. Coventry travel to Everton in the Premier League on Friday 6 November, while Sunderland host Dinamo Zagreb in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday 5 November.
Jack Rudoni scored Coventry's third goal, set up by Victor Torp, and earned the match's highest rating at 7.66.
Sunderland had 56% of the possession but managed only two shots on target to Coventry's four.
Coventry beat Sunderland 3–1 (half-time 2–0).
Coventry met Sunderland in the Premier League (Regular Season - 9). Kick-off was Saturday, 31 October 2026, 15:00 UTC at Coventry Building Society Arena. Referee: Simon Hooper. Attendance: 31,455.
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Key moments
- 17' Goal: Tatsuhiro Sakamoto — 1–0 · Watch Tatsuhiro Sakamoto's goal video (17')
- 37' Goal: Taiwo Awoniyi — 2–0 · Watch Taiwo Awoniyi's goal video (37')
- 52' Goal: Jack Rudoni (assist: Victor Torp) — 3–0 · Watch Jack Rudoni's goal video (52')
- 67' Goal (penalty): Enzo Le Fée — 3–1 · Watch Enzo Le Fée's goal video (67')
Starting line-ups
Coventry (4-2-3-1)
Sunderland (4-2-3-1)
- 22 Robin Roefs
- 17 Reinildo
- 15 Omar Alderete
- 13 Luke O'Nien
- 32 Trai Hume
- 34 Granit Xhaka
- 27 Noah Sadiki
- 10 Nilson Angulo
- 28 Enzo Le Fée
- 11 Chris Rigg
- 9 Brian Brobbey
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Coventry 29%, the draw 26%, Sunderland 45%. It finished Coventry 3–1 Sunderland.
Sunderland's stronger rating gives them a slight lean — We give Sunderland 45% mainly because our strength rating puts them 111 points higher, 1687 to 1577, and their habit of controlling the ball adds a little more. The draw sits at 26%, just under the usual 28% for a gap this size, nudged down mostly by Sunderland's finishing streak, since cold spells like theirs tend to bounce back.
Why Sunderland at 45%?
Sunderland sit 111 points higher on our strength rating — 1687 to 1577. Sides with a 80–160-point rating edge on the road won 39.8% of 14,840 such games. Sunderland hold 8 more possession points (49 to 41 in recent games) across a 111-point rating gap. Control now carries a receipt beyond near-equals too: sides with this control edge at a 60–120-point rating gap won 42.6% of 9,322 such games where the class table expected 40.5%. Sunderland sit -0.72 goals per game below chance-quality — cold streaks like this have bounced back. Finishing swings carry a receipt at this rating gap too: sides finishing this cold won 38.5% of 2,970 such games where the class table expected 35.6%. The 300 most similar past games finished 29–32–39.
Why only 45%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 45% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 26% and Coventry at 29%.
Why the draw at 26%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 27.6%. These teams' recent games average 2.9 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.8% of 27,247. The bounce-back factor takes 1.2 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Coventry are newly promoted — game 9 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. Out: Aurèle Amenda and Haji Wright, rotation players. Doubtful: Bobby Thomas, an important player. This does not change our forecast yet: we are still measuring how much missing players like these cost a team. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Coventry vs Sunderland 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 Tatsuhiro Sakamoto's goal against Sunderland (17').
- Watch Taiwo Awoniyi's goal against Sunderland (37').
- Watch Jack Rudoni's goal against Sunderland (52').
- Watch Enzo Le Fée's goal against Coventry (67').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Coventry 3–1 Sunderland. Explore more on the Coventry and Sunderland team pages or the Premier League page.