Watford FC vs Coventry City FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2025-26

Watford FC

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Coventry City FC

Sat 2 May 2026 · 11:30 UTC Vicarage Road 19,174 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 19' Ellis Simms

0–2 43' Ellis Simms

0–3 58' Ellis Simms

0–4 85' Victor Torp

Imran Louza 25' Y

Y 25' Joel Latibeaudiere

Nestor Irankunda 78' Y

Overview

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Watford FC vs Coventry City FC — Championship at Vicarage Road.

Watford FC 46 games · 57 pts (2026/27)
Coventry City FC 46 games · 95 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Ruebyn Ricardo (England)
Assistant 1 Matthew Smith
Assistant 2 Graham Kane

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Coventry City FC	46	95
2	Ipswich Town FC	46	84
3	Millwall FC	46	83
4	Southampton FC	46	80
5	Middlesbrough FC	46	80
6	Hull City AFC	46	73
7	Wrexham AFC	46	71
8	Derby County FC	46	69
9	Norwich City FC	46	65
10	Birmingham City FC	46	64
11	Swansea City AFC	46	64
12	Bristol City FC	46	62
13	Sheffield United FC	46	60
14	Preston North End FC	46	60
15	Queens Park Rangers FC	46	58
16	Watford FC	46	57
17	Stoke City FC	46	55
18	Portsmouth FC	46	55
19	Charlton Athletic FC	46	53
20	Blackburn Rovers FC	46	52
21	West Bromwich Albion FC	46	51
22	Oxford United FC	46	47
23	Leicester City FC	46	46
24	Sheffield Wednesday FC	46	0

Head-to-Head

Watford FC 10 games · Avg 3.2 goals Coventry City FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-05-02 Watford FC 0–4 Coventry City FC 2025-10-25 Coventry City FC 3–1 Watford FC 2025-01-25 Coventry City FC 2–1 Watford FC 2024-09-14 Watford FC 1–1 Coventry City FC 2024-03-09 Watford FC 1–2 Coventry City FC

Recent Form

Watford FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 May	Coventry City FC	H	0–4	L
25 Apr	Middlesbrough FC	A	1–5	L
21 Apr	West Bromwich Albion FC	A	0–3	L
18 Apr	Sheffield United FC	H	0–2	L
11 Apr	Oxford United FC	A	0–2	L
06 Apr	Charlton Athletic FC	H	1–1	D

Coventry City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 May	Watford FC	A	4–0	W
26 Apr	Wrexham AFC	H	3–1	W
21 Apr	Portsmouth FC	H	5–1	W
17 Apr	Blackburn Rovers FC	A	1–1	D
11 Apr	Sheffield Wednesday FC	H	0–0	D
06 Apr	Hull City AFC	A	0–0	D

Season Stats

Watford FC		Coventry City FC
#16	Position	#1
57	Points	95
46	Played	46
14 / 15 / 17	W / D / L	28 / 11 / 7
53	Scored	97
65	Conceded	45
-12	GD	+52
1.24	PPG	2.07
30%	Win %	61%

Key Stats

70% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Watford FC are 16th (57 pts). Coventry City FC are 1st (95 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Watford FC gets underway.
5' Watford FC is showing some good football. However, Watford FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
10' Watford FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
15' It looks like no one’s ball. Coventry City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
19' GOAL! Ellis Simms scores on 19. Assisted by Jake Bidwell
24' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
25' That looks like a foul for a card for Imran Louza.
30' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Nestor Irankunda suffering a number of foals already.
35' Victor Torp needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 3 Yellow cards this season.
40' It’s high time Frank Lampard made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
43' Ellis Simms with the second goal in the match!
48' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Matthew Pollock made 21 appearances and scored 7 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
53' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 53 minutes.
58' Ellis Simms makes a hat-trick on 58.
63' Coventry City FC looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Ellis Simms scoring 3 goals.
68' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
73' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Coventry City FC winning 100% of all matches.
78' It’s a booking for Watford FC player. Nestor Irankunda gets a card.
83' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
85' Goal! Victor Torp scores his 9 goal in 225 matches.
90' Supporters expect more eagerness from Kaine Kesler, as he is very good at scoring at Vicarage Road with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Coventry City FC players.

Lineups

Watford FC Lineups

3-5-1-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Edward Still

Coventry City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Frank Lampard

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Ellis Simms	4
Victor Torp	3
Andre Gray	2
Mileta Rajovic	2
Haji Wright	2
Matt Godden	2
Matheus Martins	1
Ismaila Sarr	1

Head to Head

Watford FC Form

2026-05-02 Watford FC 0–4 Coventry City FC L 2026-04-25 Middlesbrough FC 5–1 Watford FC L 2026-04-21 West Bromwich Albion FC 3–0 Watford FC L 2026-04-18 Watford FC 0–2 Sheffield United FC L 2026-04-11 Oxford United FC 2–0 Watford FC L 2026-04-06 Watford FC 1–1 Charlton Athletic FC D

Coventry City FC Form

2026-05-02 Watford FC 0–4 Coventry City FC W 2026-04-26 Coventry City FC 3–1 Wrexham AFC W 2026-04-21 Coventry City FC 5–1 Portsmouth FC W 2026-04-17 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Coventry City FC D 2026-04-11 Coventry City FC 0–0 Sheffield Wednesday FC D 2026-04-06 Hull City AFC 0–0 Coventry City FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

0.74 Watford FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

2.37 Coventry City FC xG

I would bet for: Coventry City FC to win 66% + Over 2.5 goals 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Watford FC14% Draw20% Coventry City FC66%

Actual: Coventry City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes48% 0% No52%

Avg goals/match: 3.11

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	59%	41%
± 3.5	37%	63%
± 4.5	21%	79%

Double Chance

Watford FC or Draw

34%

Draw or Coventry City FC

86%

Watford FC or Coventry City FC

80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Watford FC9% Draw38% Coventry City FC53%

Actual: Coventry City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 2

12.4%

0 – 1

10.3%

0 – 3

9.5%

1 – 2

1 – 1

8.5%

1 – 3

7.1%

0 – 0

5.9%

0 – 4

Actual

1 – 4

4.3%

2 – 2

3.3%

2 – 1

2.8%

1 – 0

2.7%

Asian Handicap — Watford FC

Handicap	Watford FC covers	Push	Coventry City FC covers
-2.5	1%	—	99%
-2	1%	2%	97%
-1.5	3%	—	97%
-1	3%	7%	91%
-0.5	9%	—	91%
+0.5	28%	—	72%
+1	28%	22%	50%
+1.5	50%	—	50%
+2	50%	21%	28%
+2.5	72%	—	28%

Clean Sheet

Watford FC keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

Coventry City FC keeps clean sheet

48% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.