Head-to-Head: Brighton vs Coventry

Brighton vs Coventry is an English matchup whose cited sequence crosses league and FA Cup settings. Brighton produced a strong cup win, Coventry claimed a clear league result, and another league contest also went Brighton’s way. Those contrasting references keep the profile open: a future meeting will ask whether Brighton can convert their stronger results into control or Coventry can again challenge the expected balance.

Past matches, Brighton vs Coventry

13 September 2026 Regular Season - 4

Coventry

0 - 5

Brighton
17 February 2018 5th Round

Brighton

3 - 1

Coventry
31 December 2011 Regular Season - 24

Coventry

2 - 0

Brighton
26 November 2011 Regular Season - 18

Brighton

2 - 1

Coventry

Match center

Coventry

0 - 5

13 September 2026

Brighton

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Starting eleven

Substitutes Coventry

49
F
23
F
38
M
25
G
12
D
7
M
8
M
17
F
29
M

Brighton Substitutes

D
3
D
4
D
20
M
14
F
15
M
33
G
23
F
12
M
59

Match events

45'

90'

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35'
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Charalampos Kostoulas Normal Goal (Asst: Pascal Groß)
51'
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Malick Yalcouyé Normal Goal (Asst: Maxim De Cuyper)
53'

Taiwo Awoniyi Red Card
60'

Sidiki Cherif Ephron Mason-Clark
65'

Chema Andrés Malick Yalcouyé
70'
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Pascal Groß Penalty
73'

Brandon Thomas-Asante Jack Rudoni
73'

Caleb Yirenkyi Frank Onyeka
78'

Ibrahim Osman Olivier Boscagli
78'

Pascal Struijk Luka Vuskovic
83'
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Lewis Dunk Normal Goal (Asst: Chema Andrés)
84'

Victor Torp Matt Grimes
84'

Matt O'Riley Charalampos Kostoulas
84'

Costinha Diego Gomez
90' +4
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Yasin Ayari Normal Goal (Asst: Pascal Groß)

Stats for this game

Matchup Brighton VS Coventry

Results point in two directions

The clubs have exchanged meaningful results across different settings. Brighton won 2–1 at home in November 2011, but Coventry answered with a 2–0 victory in December that year. When they met again in the FA Cup in February 2018, Brighton won 3–1. Those scorelines establish a pairing with a recognisable Brighton edge in the later evidence, while Coventry’s clear response prevents it from reading as one-sided history.

Each setting adds a different test

Across the dated examples, every result supplies a distinct reference point. A future contest could follow the cup’s more decisive shape or return to the narrower margins of the league meetings. The durable interest lies in that uncertainty: Brighton carry the stronger evidence in the documented sequence, but Coventry have already shown they can win the fixture. Another meeting will test whether Brighton impose the expected hierarchy or whether Coventry can make one sharp response reshape the balance.