Arsenal 3-0 Coventry City · Premier League
Arsenal beat Coventry City 3-0 in the Premier League. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
Match report
Arsenal and Coventry City met in the Premier League at Emirates Stadium in London on Friday, 21 August 2026.
Goalscorers
Arsenal: K. Havertz 15'; B. Saka 23'; M. Ødegaard 49'. Coventry City did not score.
How the match went
Arsenal saw more of the ball, 64% of it. Arsenal had 20 shots with 6 on target, Coventry City 4 with 1 on target. There were 10 corners in total, 8 to Arsenal and 2 to Coventry City. Arsenal conceded 10 fouls, Coventry City 13. The referee showed 2 yellow cards (1 for Arsenal, 1 for Coventry City).
Line-ups
Arsenal started in a 4-2-3-1: David Raya, Ben White, Cristhian Mosquera, Gabriel Magalhães, Riccardo Calafiori, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Martin Ødegaard, Christos Tzolis, Kai Havertz.
Coventry City started in a 4-1-4-1: Carl Rushworth, Milan van Ewijk, Bobby Thomas, Aurèle Amenda, Jay DaSilva, Matt Grimes, Loum Tchaouna, Caleb Yirenkyi, Frank Onyeka, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Ellis Simms.
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