EFL Cup 25/26, Round 1 · 12 Aug 2025

Coventry City 1–0 Luton Town

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jul 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Footybot made Coventry City favourites at 60%.

Coventry City won and made the better chances: 2.7 xG to 1.2.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Ben Wilson, 52.9 in 90′.

Each side's last five results before this match.

9 Aug 2025	D 0–0	v Hull City Championship

No earlier result in Footybot's data.

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score	vs usual
Matt Grimes Midfielder	27	0	0	–	71.8	–
Ben Wilson Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	52.9	–
Ellis Simms Forward	90	1	0	2.09	52.2	–
Brandon Thomas-Asante Forward	15	0	0	–	51.6	–
Liam Kitching Defender	45	0	0	–	48.8	–
Jake Bidwell Defender	90	0	0	–	46.6	–
Raphael Rodrigues Midfielder	75	0	0	–	43.4	–
Jamie Allen Midfielder	90	0	0	–	39.6	–
Haji Wright Forward	63	0	1	0.17	38.4	–
Victor Torp Midfielder	63	0	0	0.07	36.1	–
Miguel Ángel Brau Defender	90	0	0	–	35.9	–
Tatsuhiro Sakamoto Midfielder	27	0	0	–	32.4	–
Kaine Kesler-Hayden Defender	90	0	0	–	32.0	–
Jack Rudoni Midfielder	27	0	0	0.06	32.0	–
Bobby Thomas Defender	45	0	0	–	31.0	–
Kai Andrews Midfielder	63	0	0	0.31	23.5	–

Player	Min	xG	Score	vs usual
Liam Walsh Midfielder	90	0.05	52.6	–
James Shea Goalkeeper	90	–	50.2	–
Zack Nelson Midfielder	90	0.07	48.7	–
Cauley Woodrow Forward	59	0.16	47.9	–
Mark McGuinness Defender	90	–	44.5	–
Lasse Selvåg Nordås Forward	64	0.18	43.3	–
Gideon Kodua Midfielder	59	–	42.8	–
Cohen Bramall Defender	45	–	42.0	–
Christian Chigozie Defender	90	–	39.6	–
Jake Richards Midfielder	31	0.33	38.7	–
Jerry Yates Forward	26	–	38.3	–
Lamine Fanne Midfielder	90	0.31	35.8	–
Joshua Phillips Midfielder	27	–	21.3	–
Millenic Alli Midfielder	31	0.04	20.2	–