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Coventry City

vs Birmingham City. Sky Bet Championship.

12: 30pm, Saturday 27th September 2025.

The Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: Attendance30, 585.

Report and free match highlights from the Sky Bet Championship match between Coventry City and Birmingham City at the Coventry Building Society Arena on Saturday; goals from Brandon Thomas-Asante and Victor Torp, as well as an own goal from Bright Osayi-Samuel, seal a routine home win Saturday 27 September 2025 16: 09, UK Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Coventry ended their run of three straight draws as they recorded a convincing 3-0 Championship win over 10-man Birmingham to extend their unbeaten start to the season to seven league games. Brandon Thomas-Asante netted his third goal of the campaign to set the Sky Blues on their way before Bright Osayi-Samuel's own goal shortly after the restart. Victor Torp put the icing on the cake when he tapped in to make it 3-0 with 10 minutes to go to move his side up to second before the rest of the afternoon action. The visitors were reduced to 10 men in the first half when Jack Robinson was sent off for a second bookable offence. Thomas-Asante opened the scoring after 16 minutes when he latched onto a loose ball in the box after Ryan Allsop could only parry Liam Kitching's effort. The goal stemmed from a back-in-fashion long throw, after Milan van Ewijk launched the ball into the heart of the Blues' penalty box. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Haji Wright almost doubled the lead when he was on the end of Bobby Thomas' raking forward pass that caught out the Birmingham back line.

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The United States international rounded Blues goalkeeper Allsop but gave himself too acute of an angle to tuck home a sixth goal in seven games. Coventry boss Frank Lampard had been dealt a blow ahead of kick-off as star midfielder Jack Rudoni was ruled out injured and was replaced by Josh Eccles, who made his first start since 11 March. Robinson was handed his first yellow card for clattering into the returning Eccles after 34 minutes and was given his marching orders eight minutes later after bringing down Wright just past the halfway line. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player The hosts doubled their lead three minutes after the break when Tatsuhiro Sakamoto's ball to the back post was headed back across goal by Eccles and deflected off the unmoved Osayi-Samuel beyond Allsop. Coventry started the weekend as the top scorers in the Championship in stark contrast to Chris Davies' Birmingham, who had mustered just five goals since their return to the second tier and only one in their last three outings. It was another lacklustre showing in front of goal as the Blues failed to have a shot on target, Christoph Klarer and Ethan Laird putting their efforts wide from Demarai Gray corners. Wright missed his second golden opportunity of the afternoon when Jamie Allen won the ball high up the pitch and laid it off to the American, who scuffed his effort wide. But Coventry were not to be denied their third of the afternoon. Carl Rushworth's hopeful punt up field set Ellis Simms one-on-one with Allsop and, although his effort was kept out by the Blues' stopper, Torp was on hand to tap home and secure Coventry their third win of the season. Coventry's Frank Lampard: "The performance was outstanding, every part of the game - 11 vs 11, 11 vs 10, the focus of the group, the work ethic, the desire to compete in challenges and duels against a strong team. "We knew we had to compete in this game because they're physically good and we matched that completely. "A high-pressing team, but we made it hard for them to press us and we could play at good times and get control of the game. "Then when they went down to 10 men, we played deep in their half and kept doing the right things, getting it down the sides and we got our goals. "Lots of things we had to manage, the lads managed it well on the pitch. "When we're winning the ball back we're counter pressing and we're going at speed. There's a feeling that when there's a moment, we have to be at it and ready to go. "Brandon (Thomas-Asante) is really hungry and sharp at the minute. He smelt it and he gets a good goal. "If you want to succeed in this league you have to have big physicality and capacity. Since we've been in, that's one of the things we've worked on a lot and it's really grown. " Birmingham's Chris Davies: "First half an hour, I thought the game was very tight. I thought there was very little in it. I thought we looked a threat. "We conceded a goal from a long throw that we should have done better on but I could see as the half went on that we were going to grow even more into the game. "Then the two yellow cards obviously impacted where we went from there - I thought they were harsh. "We've had a game today where the decisive moment has come from us losing a player and the frustration for me is that we've had multiple examples of their players kicking the ball away in the first half and not receiving cautions. "When you get one yellow card, you always run the risk. If you kick a ball away blatantly in front of the referee and don't get booked for it, you can carry on doing it. "We're down a player, but the first 20-25 minutes, if we don't concede a goal it's basically the number one objective. "Stay solid and as the game wears on we'll get opportunities and the pressure will turn a little bit. "But to concede that goal in the fashion that we did was very, very disappointing at that time because all we had to do was stay solid and wait until the final stages. " The £250, 000 is up for grabs with Super 6, and as always it is completely free to play. Entries by 3pm Saturday.

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