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Premier League - England logoPremier League - EnglandMatchday 3

Manchester City vs Coventry 1-0

Manchester City crestManchester City

1-0

FT

Coventry crestCoventry
  • Erling Haaland26'
Kick-off
Sat, 5 Sept 2026 · 14:00 (UTC)
Venue
Etihad Stadium, Manchester
Referee
P. Tierney

Match timeline

  1. 90+5’Yellow cardManchester City crestManchester CityAbdukodir Khusanov
  2. 90+2’Yellow cardCoventry crestCoventryEthan Pinnock
  3. 87’SubstitutionManchester City crestManchester CityRyan McAidoo ONIliman Ndiaye OFF
  4. 85’SubstitutionCoventry crestCoventryGustavo Hamer ONJay Dasilva OFF
  5. 76’SubstitutionManchester City crestManchester CityAyyoub Bouaddi ONEnzo Fernández OFF
  6. 71’SubstitutionCoventry crestCoventryEllis Simms ONTaiwo Awoniyi OFF
  7. 71’SubstitutionCoventry crestCoventryBrandon Thomas-Asante ONEphron Mason-Clark OFF
  8. 66’SubstitutionManchester City crestManchester CityPhil Foden ONRayan Cherki OFF
Show 4 earlier events
  1. 63’SubstitutionCoventry crestCoventryLoum Tchaouna ONJack Rudoni OFF
  2. 63’SubstitutionCoventry crestCoventryCaleb Yirenkyi ONFrank Onyeka OFF
  3. 26’Goal!Manchester City crestManchester CityErling HaalandAssist: Antoine Semenyo1 – 0
  4. 19’Yellow cardCoventry crestCoventryMilan van Ewijk
  5. 1’Kick-off

Key stats

Manchester City crestManchester CityCoventryCoventry crest
  • 78%Possession22%
  • 15Shots12
  • 4Shots on Target3
  • 4Corners5
  • 7Fouls17
  • 5Offsides2
  • 3Saves2
  • 800Passes214
  • 1Yellow Cards2

Lineups

Confirmed selections

Manchester City crestManchester City4 - 2 - 3 - 1

  1. 1Donnarumma
  2. 45Khusanov
  3. 3Dias
  4. 24Gvardiol
  5. 33O'Reilly
  6. 5Anderson
  7. 6Guéhi
  8. 42Semenyo
  9. 10Cherki
  10. 7Ndiaye
  11. 9Haaland

Substitutions

  1. 66’↑47 P. Foden↓10 R. Cherki
  2. 76’↑32 A. Bouaddi↓17 E. Fernández
  3. 87’↑56 R. McAidoo↓7 I. Ndiaye

Unused substitutes 8 M. Kovačić, 17 E. Fernández, 27 Matheus Nunes, 82 R. Lewis, 21 R. Aït-Nouri, 28 G. Rulli

Coach E. Maresca

Coventry crestCoventry3 - 4 - 2 - 1

  1. 19Rushworth
  2. 4Thomas
  3. 24Amenda
  4. 2Pinnock
  5. 27Ewijk
  6. 16Onyeka
  7. 6Grimes
  8. 3Dasilva
  9. 5Rudoni
  10. 10Mason-Clark
  11. 14Awoniyi

Substitutions

  1. 63’↑18 L. Tchaouna↓5 J. Rudoni
  2. 63’↑8 Caleb Marfo Yirenkyi↓16 F. Onyeka
  3. 71’↑9 E. Simms↓14 T. Awoniyi
  4. 71’↑23 B. Thomas-Asante↓10 E. Mason-Clark
  5. 85’↑38 G. Hamer↓3 J. Dasilva

Unused substitutes 25 D. Bentley, 22 J. Latibeaudiere, 7 T. Sakamoto, 29 V. Torp

Coach F. Lampard

Match facts

Competition
Premier League - England
Round
Matchday 3
Date
Sat, 5 Sept 2026
Kick-off
14:00 (UTC)
Venue
Etihad Stadium, Manchester
Referee
P. Tierney
Manchester City coach
E. Maresca
Coventry coach
F. Lampard

League table

Premier League - England

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#TeamPWDLGDPts
1Arsenal crestArsenal10901+1027
2Manchester City crestManchester City9702+1021
3Brighton crestBrighton9612+1719
4Chelsea crestChelsea9513+416
5Everton crestEverton10442+216
16Coventry crestCoventry10307-99

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  1. W
  2. W
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Coventry

  1. L
  2. L

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Last 5 matches, all competitions

Manchester City crestManchester City
W-D-L
2-0-0
Scored / match
3.0
Conceded / match
1.0
Coventry crestCoventry
W-D-L
0-0-2
Scored / match
0.0
Conceded / match
2.0

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What happened

Written from the recorded events — no interpretation added

Manchester City beat Coventry 1-0 in matchday 3 of the Premier League - England at Etihad Stadium, Manchester.

Erling Haaland 26' scored for Manchester City.

Manchester City had 78% of the ball to Coventry's 22%; the sides had 15 and 12 shots (4 and 3 on target).

The referee showed 3 yellow cards and no reds.

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Match record

Competition
Premier League - England
Round
Matchday 3
Kick-off
Venue
Etihad Stadium, Manchester
Referee
Paul Tierney
Match ID
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12 events

  1. 19’Yellow cardCoventry crestCoventryMilan van Ewijk
  2. 26’Goal!Manchester City crestManchester CityErling HaalandAssist: Antoine Semenyo1 – 0
  3. 63’SubstitutionCoventry crestCoventryLoum Tchaouna ONJack Rudoni OFF
  4. 63’SubstitutionCoventry crestCoventryCaleb Yirenkyi ONFrank Onyeka OFF
  5. 66’SubstitutionManchester City crestManchester CityPhil Foden ONRayan Cherki OFF
  6. 71’SubstitutionCoventry crestCoventryEllis Simms ONTaiwo Awoniyi OFF
  7. 71’SubstitutionCoventry crestCoventryBrandon Thomas-Asante ONEphron Mason-Clark OFF
  8. 76’SubstitutionManchester City crestManchester CityAyyoub Bouaddi ONEnzo Fernández OFF
  9. 85’SubstitutionCoventry crestCoventryGustavo Hamer ONJay Dasilva OFF
  10. 87’SubstitutionManchester City crestManchester CityRyan McAidoo ONIliman Ndiaye OFF
  11. 90+2’Yellow cardCoventry crestCoventryEthan Pinnock
  12. 90+5’Yellow cardManchester City crestManchester CityAbdukodir Khusanov