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Premier League · Matchweek 22

Sunderland vs Coventry lineups

Looking for the match at Coventry Building Society Arena on 31 October? See Coventry vs Sunderland lineups.

Sunderland host Coventry at Stadium of Light on 23 January 2027. The fixture is Matchweek 22 of the Premier League. They last met on 13 May 2025, when Sunderland and Coventry drew 1-1.

Sunderland vs Coventry match facts

Kick-off
Sat 23 Jan 2027, 15:00
Stadium
Stadium of Light, Sunderland
Competition
Premier League
Round
Matchweek 22

Sunderland vs Coventry lineups

Both clubs name their starting eleven about an hour before kick-off, and it appears here as soon as it does. From fourteen days before kick-off, this page carries the likely XI for each side, worked out from the eleven they have named in recent matches. Team news follows in the days before the match.

Sunderland vs Coventry head to head

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Sunderland wins
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Draws
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Coventry wins

13–21 on goals in 12 meetings since 29 September 2018

Recent Sunderland vs Coventry results

  1. Sunderland1–1CoventryStadium of Light
  2. Coventry1–2SunderlandThe Coventry Building Society Arena
  3. Coventry3–0SunderlandThe Coventry Building Society Arena
  4. Sunderland2–2CoventryStadium of Light
  5. Sunderland0–3CoventryStadium of Light

All in the Championship

Sunderland vs Coventry history

Sunderland have won one of the last five, with two drawn. Coventry last won at Stadium of Light on 23 December 2023, by 3-0. One of the last five was decided by a single goal. Both clubs scored in three of the last five. Coventry hold the longest unbeaten run in the fixture, ten meetings.

Stadium of Light

Sunderland play at Stadium of Light in Sunderland. The ground holds 49,000. Coventry have won there twice in six visits, most recently in December 2023. Sunderland have won no of those, with four drawn. The pitch is grass. Coventry's most recent visit was on 13 May 2025, a 1-1 draw.

Last meeting: Sunderland 1-1 Coventry, May 2025

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Sunderland, 4-4-2
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Coventry, 4-2-3-1
Sunderland crest
SunderlandFormation 4-4-2
  1. 1Anthony PattersonG
  2. 32Trai HumeD
  3. 5Daniel BallardD
  4. 13Luke O'NienD
  5. 3Dennis CirkinD
  6. 10Patrick RobertsM
  7. 4Daniel NeilM
  8. 7J. BellinghamM
  9. 28Enzo Le FéeM
  10. 12Eliezer MayendaF
  11. 18Wilson IsidorF

Bench

  1. 11Christopher RiggM
  2. 14Romaine MundleF
  3. 33Leo HjeldeD
  4. 20S. Abdul SamedM
  5. 26Christopher MephamD
  6. 21Simon MooreG
  7. 50Harrison JonesM
  8. 40Thomas WatsonF
  9. 8BrowneM

Coach: R. Le Bris

Coventry crest
CoventryFormation 4-2-3-1
  1. 13Ben WilsonG
  2. 27Milan van EwijkD
  3. 4Bobby ThomasD
  4. 15Liam KitchingD
  5. 3Jay DasilvaD
  6. 14B. SheafM
  7. 6Matthew GrimesM
  8. 7Tatsuhiro SakamotoM
  9. 5Jack RudoniM
  10. 10Ephron Mason-ClarkM
  11. 11H. WrightF

Bench

  1. 28Joshua EcclesM
  2. 23Solomon Thomas-AsanteF
  3. 8J. AllenM
  4. 21Jake BidwellD
  5. 12J. PatersonF
  6. 40B. CollinsG
  7. 2L. BinksD
  8. 22Joel LatibeaudiereD
  9. 9Ellis SimmsF

Coach: F. Lampard

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Coventry in a 4-2-3-1 when the clubs last met, on 13 May 2025 in the Championship. It finished 1-1. E. Mason-Clark and Daniel Ballard scored. Anthony Patterson and Ben Wilson started in goal.

Sunderland vs Coventry lineups — common questions

When is Sunderland vs Coventry?
Sunderland vs Coventry kicks off at 15:00 UK time on 23 January 2027 at Stadium of Light in Sunderland. The match is Matchweek 22 of the 2026/27 Premier League season.
What was the score in the last Sunderland vs Coventry match?
In the meeting before this one, Sunderland and Coventry drew 1-1 on 13 May 2025 in the Championship. The time before that, Sunderland won 2-1 on 9 May 2025 in the Championship. Sunderland have won 1 of the 12 meetings between the clubs and Coventry have won 5.

Coventry vs Sunderland at Coventry Building Society Arena

Updated 9 August 2026