Coventry City 1-3 Aston Villa · Carabao Cup
Coventry City lost to Aston Villa 1-3 in the Carabao Cup. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Coventry City and Aston Villa met in the Carabao Cup at Coventry Building Society Arena in Coventry on Wednesday, 16 September 2026.
Goalscorers
Coventry City: V. Torp 27'. Aston Villa: T. Abraham 7', 59'; R. Barkley 40'.
How the match went
Aston Villa saw more of the ball, 57% of it. Coventry City had 15 shots with 5 on target, Aston Villa 18 with 9 on target. There were 10 corners in total, 2 to Coventry City and 8 to Aston Villa. Coventry City conceded 17 fouls, Aston Villa 12. The referee showed 6 yellow cards (3 for Coventry City, 3 for Aston Villa).
Line-ups
Coventry City started in a 4-2-3-1: Daniel Bentley, Joel Latibeaudiere, Bobby Thomas, Aurèle Amenda, Stephen Mfuni, Caleb Yirenkyi, Victor Torp, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Gustavo Hamer, Yann Gboho, Sidiki Cherif.
Aston Villa started in a 4-2-3-1: Marco Bizot, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Tyrone Mings, Matteo Ruggeri, Lamare Bogarde, Ross Barkley, Ibrahim Mbaye, John McGinn, George Hemmings, Tammy Abraham.
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Minute by minute
- 7'Goal! Coventry City 0-1 Aston Villa. T. Abraham (Aston Villa) scores, assisted by G. Hemmings.
- 27'Goal! Coventry City 1-1 Aston Villa. V. Torp (Coventry City) scores.
- 40'Goal! Coventry City 1-2 Aston Villa. R. Barkley (Aston Villa) scores, assisted by I. Mbaye.
- 45'Half-time. Coventry City 1-2 Aston Villa.
- 59'Goal! Coventry City 1-3 Aston Villa. T. Abraham (Aston Villa) scores, assisted by R. Barkley.
- 90'Full-time. Coventry City 1-3 Aston Villa.
Full commentary (70 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Coventry City vs Aston Villa.
- 3'Corner, Aston Villa.
- 7'Goal! Coventry City 0-1 Aston Villa. T. Abraham (Aston Villa) scores, assisted by G. Hemmings.
- 12'Substitution, Coventry City: E. Pinnock comes on for A. Amenda.
- 15'Attempt missed. V. Torp (Coventry City), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 16'Attempt blocked. G. Hemmings (Aston Villa), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
- 16'Corner, Aston Villa.
- 17'Attempt blocked. M. Ruggeri (Aston Villa), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.06.
- 20'Attempt saved. J. McGinn (Aston Villa), right-footed shot. xG 0.09.
- 23'Yellow card for S. Mfuni (Coventry City) for foul.
- 24'Attempt saved. T. Harwood-Bellis (Aston Villa), header from a set piece. xG 0.10.
- 26'Yellow card for R. Barkley (Aston Villa) for foul.
- 27'Goal! Coventry City 1-1 Aston Villa. V. Torp (Coventry City) scores.
- 28'Attempt missed. S. Cherif (Coventry City), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 32'Attempt missed. G. Hamer (Coventry City), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 32'Attempt blocked. S. Cherif (Coventry City), left-footed shot. xG 0.11.
- 32'Attempt blocked. S. Cherif (Coventry City), right-footed shot. xG 0.11.
- 33'Attempt missed. J. McGinn (Aston Villa), left-footed shot. xG 0.08.
- 33'Attempt blocked. I. Mbaye (Aston Villa), left-footed shot. xG 0.08.
- 35'Attempt saved. Y. Gboho (Coventry City), right-footed shot. xG 0.07.
- 37'Attempt saved. I. Mbaye (Aston Villa), right-footed shot. xG 0.10.
- 39'Attempt saved. R. Barkley (Aston Villa), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 39'Corner, Aston Villa.
- 40'Goal! Coventry City 1-2 Aston Villa. R. Barkley (Aston Villa) scores, assisted by I. Mbaye.
- 43'Yellow card for A. Wan-Bissaka (Aston Villa).
- 45'Attempt saved. S. Cherif (Coventry City), right-footed shot. xG 0.11.
- 45'4 minutes of added time.
- 45+1'Attempt blocked. T. Abraham (Aston Villa), right-footed shot. xG 0.13.
- 45+1'Attempt blocked. J. McGinn (Aston Villa), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.04.
- 45+5'Corner, Aston Villa.
- 45'Half-time. Coventry City 1-2 Aston Villa.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 46'Substitution, Aston Villa: Z. Suzuki comes on for M. Bizot.
- 46'Yellow card for C. Yirenkyi (Coventry City) for handball.
- 47'Offside, Aston Villa.
- 48'Attempt missed. C. Yirenkyi (Coventry City), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 50'Corner, Coventry City.
- 51'Attempt missed. G. Hamer (Coventry City), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.01.
- 51'Attempt blocked. V. Torp (Coventry City), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
- 53'Offside, Coventry City.
- 56'Corner, Aston Villa.
- 57'Substitution, Coventry City: L. Tchaouna comes on for T. Sakamoto.
- 58'Substitution, Coventry City: E. Simms comes on for S. Cherif.
- 59'Corner, Aston Villa.
- 59'Goal! Coventry City 1-3 Aston Villa. T. Abraham (Aston Villa) scores, assisted by R. Barkley.
- 63'Corner, Aston Villa.
- 64'Substitution, Aston Villa: E. Buendía comes on for I. Mbaye.
- 64'Substitution, Aston Villa: J. Manzambi comes on for J. McGinn.
- 64'Attempt missed. G. Hemmings (Aston Villa), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.08.
- 69'Substitution, Aston Villa: N. Jackson comes on for T. Abraham.
- 69'Attempt missed. V. Torp (Coventry City), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 71'Corner, Coventry City.
- 71'Attempt saved. L. Tchaouna (Coventry City), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.02.
- 72'Attempt saved. N. Jackson (Aston Villa), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 73'Substitution, Coventry City: J. Bidwell comes on for S. Mfuni.
- 73'Substitution, Coventry City: F. Onyeka comes on for C. Yirenkyi.
- 75'Attempt saved. V. Torp (Coventry City), header. xG 0.05.
- 77'Attempt saved. J. Manzambi (Aston Villa), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 77'Offside, Coventry City.
- 79'Corner, Aston Villa.
- 79'Substitution, Aston Villa: Alysson comes on for G. Hemmings.
- 79'Attempt blocked. E. Buendía (Aston Villa), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 80'Corner, Aston Villa.
- 81'Attempt missed. R. Barkley (Aston Villa), header from a corner. xG 0.03.
- 87'Yellow card for F. Onyeka (Coventry City) for foul.
- 90'Yellow card for E. Buendía (Aston Villa) for argument.
- 90'3 minutes of added time.
- 90+2'Offside, Aston Villa.
- 90+3'Attempt blocked. Y. Gboho (Coventry City), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 90'Full-time. Coventry City 1-3 Aston Villa.