Coventry City – Sunderland match report
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Coventry City got the better of Sunderland, winning 3-1 at Coventry Building Society Arena. It was 2-0 at half-time. Jack Rudoni was our player of the match, rated 7.2 by the ScoreMondo model for Coventry City. The match was played on Saturday, 31 October 2026 at Coventry Building Society Arena in Coventry (matchday 9). The attendance at Coventry Building Society Arena was 31,455.
Key moments
Tatsuhiro Sakamoto opened the scoring for Coventry City after 17 minutes. Coventry City extended their lead to 2-0 in the 37th minute through Taiwo Awoniyi. Coventry City led 2-0 at the break.
Jack Rudoni made it 3-0 for Coventry City after 53 minutes. Sunderland pulled one back to make it 3-1 on 67 minutes thanks to Enzo Le Fée from the penalty spot. Sunderland were a man down from the 99th minute, when Omar Alderete was sent off for a second yellow card.
What the numbers say
On target it was 5-3, from 10 and 12 attempts respectively. Corners finished 4-4. The referee showed 3 yellow cards, 2 to Coventry City and 1 to Sunderland, and a red. Coventry City committed 17 fouls to Sunderland's 10, and the offside count read 2-1.
Coventry City's yellow cards went to Victor Torp in the 7th minute and Tatsuhiro Sakamoto in the 55th minute. Booked for Sunderland: Omar Alderete (94').
The players
The best ScoreMondo ratings after the player of the match went to Taiwo Awoniyi (Coventry City, 7.2), Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Coventry City, 6.9) and Victor Torp (Coventry City, 6.6). From the Coventry City bench came Brandon Thomas-Asante on 72 minutes, Sidiki Cherif on 72 minutes and Matt Grimes on 83 minutes. Sunderland made 4 changes: Chemsdine Talbi for Nilson Angulo (57'), Wilson Isidor for Chris Rigg (57'), Thomas Meunier for Trai Hume (75') and Malick Fofana for Noah Sadiki (75').
The context
Coventry City came into the match with 2 wins and 3 defeats from their last 5 matches. Fulham beat Coventry City 1-0 last time out. Before kick-off, Sunderland's last 5 matches had brought 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Last time out, Sunderland beat Brentford 3-2 at home. Coventry City and Sunderland have met 9 times in our records: 4 wins for Coventry City, 1 for Sunderland and 4 draws. The last meeting, in 2025, went 2-1 to Sunderland. Those 9 games produced 21 goals, an average of 2.3 per match. Simon Hooper was the referee, averaging 4.3 yellow cards per match across 49 matches in our records.
What it means
Sunderland's 3-match unbeaten run is over.
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