Head-to-Head: Nottingham Forest vs Coventry

Nottingham Forest vs Coventry is a competitive English matchup with a recognizable Forest edge and a Coventry side capable of changing the balance. Forest have won at home and away, while Coventry have taken a clear result of their own and kept the scorelines close. That gives the fixture a useful status-gap question: can Forest’s stronger profile hold, or will Coventry create another moment that redraws it?

Past matches, Nottingham Forest vs Coventry

19 September 2026 Regular Season - 5

Nottingham Forest

0 - 1

Coventry

The City Ground
8 July 2022 Club Friendlies 3

Nottingham Forest

1 - 3

Coventry
6 April 2022 Regular Season - 30

Nottingham Forest

2 - 0

Coventry

The City Ground
8 August 2021 Regular Season - 1

Coventry

2 - 1

Nottingham Forest

The Coventry Building Society Arena
2 February 2021 Regular Season - 26

Coventry

1 - 2

Nottingham Forest

St. Andrew's Stadium

Match center

Nottingham Forest

0 - 1

19 September 2026

Coventry

Starting eleven

Substitutes Nottingham Forest

11
F
9
F
22
M
8
M
7
F
6
M
34
D
25
D
12
G

Coventry Substitutes

F
49
F
34
F
9
M
38
M
29
F
17
M
7
D
22
G
25

Match events

45'

90'

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45'

Loum Tchaouna Ephron Mason-Clark
55'
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Jay Dasilva Normal Goal (Asst: Carl Rushworth)
59'

Liam Delap Yellow Card
59'

Igor Jesus Dan Ndoye
73'

Chris Wood Ousmane Diomande
74'

Ellis Simms Jack Rudoni
83'

Luca Netz Daniel Muñoz
83'

Ibrahim Sangaré James Mcatee
88'

Igor Jesus Goal cancelled
90' +1

Joel Latibeaudiere Caleb Yirenkyi
90' +4

Jair Cunha Yellow Card

Stats for this game

Matchup Nottingham Forest VS Coventry

Forest usually have the margin

Forest beat Coventry 2–1 at home in November 2020 and 2–0 in April 2022, two results that show how their advantage can appear through controlled margins. The pairing, however, has not been one-way even across that stretch. Its identity comes from the exchange of answers, with a narrow Forest win carrying less certainty than the scoreline might suggest before another meeting resets balance.

Coventry can answer clearly

Coventry’s 2–1 home win in August 2021 interrupted Forest’s sequence and gave the challenger a concrete route to the result. The evidence points to a matchup decided by a few moments rather than an automatic difference in class. Forest carry the stronger side of the profile, but Coventry have already shown that a venue and a narrow lead can change the conversation. A future meeting will test whether Forest restore the expected order or Coventry add another exception.