Coventry City v Hull City, 29 August 2026

Score1-0 to Hull City
RefereeJosh Smith
CompetitionPremier League
VenueCoventry Building Society Arena
Attendance31,239

View Coventry City v Hull City head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 1 Coventry City won: 0 Drawn: 0 Hull City won: 1 Coventry City scored: 0 Hull City scored: 1 . This was the first-ever meeting in the top division and the 942nd different fixture in the Premier League.

0 Coventry City

Manager: Frank Lampard

1 Hull City

Manager: Sergej Jakirović

Goals:

Goals:

Liam Millar 82 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Carl Rushworth
Defender Aurèle Amenda
Defender Bobby Thomas
Defender/Midfielder Jay Dasilva
Defender/Midfielder Milan van Ewijk
Midfielder Matt Grimes
Midfielder Jack Rudoni
Midfielder Caleb Yirenkyi
Midfielder/Forward Ephron Mason-Clark
Midfielder/Forward Loum Tchaouna
Forward Taiwo Awoniyi

Starting lineup:

Kostas Tzolakis Goalkeeper
Semi Ajayi Defender
Lewie Coyle Defender
John Egan Defender
Nobel Mendy Defender
Ryan Giles Defender/Midfielder
Hidemasa Morita Defender/Midfielder
Regan Slater Midfielder
Elliot Stroud Midfielder
Mohamed Belloumi Midfielder/Forward
Oli McBurnie Forward

Substitutions:

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto for Loum Tchaouna 58
Brandon Thomas-Asante for Ephron Mason-Clark 58
Gustavo Hamer for Jack Rudoni 71
Victor Torp for Caleb Yirenkyi 71
Ethan Pinnock for Bobby Thomas 78

Substitutions:

Cody Drameh for Lewie Coyle 46
Lucas Gourna-Douath for Hidemasa Morita 46
Lucas Herrington for Nobel Mendy 59
Liam Millar for Elliot Stroud 59
Mohamed-Ali Cho for Mohamed Belloumi 83

Cards:

Aurèle Amenda 84 Y

Cards:

Lewie Coyle 10 Y
Regan Slater 51 Y
Elliot Stroud 54 Y
Oli McBurnie 68 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Dan Bentley
Defender Liam Kitching
Defender Ethan Pinnock
Defender/Midfielder Joel Latibeaudiere
Midfielder Gustavo Hamer
Midfielder Tatsuhiro Sakamoto
Midfielder/Forward Victor Torp
Forward Ellis Simms
Forward Brandon Thomas-Asante

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Dillon Phillips
Defender Cody Drameh
Defender Lucas Herrington
Defender Matt Targett
Defender/Midfielder Paddy McNair
Midfielder Lucas Gourna-Douath
Midfielder Jens Hjertø-Dahl
Midfielder/Forward Liam Millar
Forward Mohamed-Ali Cho

Comments:

League position: 18th . This was Coventry City’s first-ever game in the Premier League at the Coventry Building Society Arena. . The Sky Blues had now lost consecutive league games for the first time since January 2026 in the League Championship. . They had now conceded 200 goals in their 178 home games in the Premier League (scored 219).

Comments:

League position: 2nd . This was Hull City's first away game in the Premier League since a 4-0 loss at Crystal Palace on 14 May 2017: a defeat that confirmed their relegation to the League Championship. . The Tigers had now become the first team to occupy all of the 92 league positions in the Premier League and Football League at the close of a matchday. [c/o Ian Walters] . City had now kept a clean sheet in five of their last six games in all competitions.

0 Coventry City

Manager: Frank Lampard

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Carl Rushworth
Defender Aurèle Amenda
Defender Bobby Thomas
Defender/Midfielder Jay Dasilva
Defender/Midfielder Milan van Ewijk
Midfielder Matt Grimes
Midfielder Jack Rudoni
Midfielder Caleb Yirenkyi
Midfielder/Forward Ephron Mason-Clark
Midfielder/Forward Loum Tchaouna
Forward Taiwo Awoniyi

Substitutions:

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto for Loum Tchaouna 58
Brandon Thomas-Asante for Ephron Mason-Clark 58
Gustavo Hamer for Jack Rudoni 71
Victor Torp for Caleb Yirenkyi 71
Ethan Pinnock for Bobby Thomas 78

Cards:

Aurèle Amenda 84 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Dan Bentley
Defender Liam Kitching
Defender Ethan Pinnock
Defender/Midfielder Joel Latibeaudiere
Midfielder Gustavo Hamer
Midfielder Tatsuhiro Sakamoto
Midfielder/Forward Victor Torp
Forward Ellis Simms
Forward Brandon Thomas-Asante

Comments:

League position: 18th . This was Coventry City’s first-ever game in the Premier League at the Coventry Building Society Arena. . The Sky Blues had now lost consecutive league games for the first time since January 2026 in the League Championship. . They had now conceded 200 goals in their 178 home games in the Premier League (scored 219).

1 Hull City

Manager: Sergej Jakirović

Goals:

Liam Millar 82 G

Starting lineup:

Kostas Tzolakis Goalkeeper
Semi Ajayi Defender
Lewie Coyle Defender
John Egan Defender
Nobel Mendy Defender
Ryan Giles Defender/Midfielder
Hidemasa Morita Defender/Midfielder
Regan Slater Midfielder
Elliot Stroud Midfielder
Mohamed Belloumi Midfielder/Forward
Oli McBurnie Forward

Substitutions:

Cody Drameh for Lewie Coyle 46
Lucas Gourna-Douath for Hidemasa Morita 46
Lucas Herrington for Nobel Mendy 59
Liam Millar for Elliot Stroud 59
Mohamed-Ali Cho for Mohamed Belloumi 83

Cards:

Lewie Coyle 10 Y
Regan Slater 51 Y
Elliot Stroud 54 Y
Oli McBurnie 68 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Dillon Phillips
Defender Cody Drameh
Defender Lucas Herrington
Defender Matt Targett
Defender/Midfielder Paddy McNair
Midfielder Lucas Gourna-Douath
Midfielder Jens Hjertø-Dahl
Midfielder/Forward Liam Millar
Forward Mohamed-Ali Cho

Comments:

League position: 2nd . This was Hull City's first away game in the Premier League since a 4-0 loss at Crystal Palace on 14 May 2017: a defeat that confirmed their relegation to the League Championship. . The Tigers had now become the first team to occupy all of the 92 league positions in the Premier League and Football League at the close of a matchday. [c/o Ian Walters] . City had now kept a clean sheet in five of their last six games in all competitions.