Result, Monday 19 October: Tottenham 3-1 Coventry City.
Tottenham vs Coventry kickoff time and how to watch
- Kickoff: Monday 19 October 2026 at 20:00 BST in the UK, which is 3:00 p.m. ET and 12:00 p.m. PT in the US.
- Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London.
- US TV: ESPN lists USA Network and Universo as the US broadcasters.
- UK TV: live on Sky Sports, according to Sky Sports' list of televised games published on 21 September; Sky's match page shows it on Sky Sports Premier League.
It is the only Premier League game on Monday and the last of matchweek 7. The whole round is on our Premier League fixtures page.
Form and the table
Tottenham have lost three and drawn three of their six league games and sit 19th on three points, level on points and goal difference with 18th-placed AFC Bournemouth, who have scored more. They are one point above Fulham in 20th and one behind Sunderland in 17th. Bournemouth, Tottenham and Fulham are the only clubs yet to win a league game, and Tottenham's three goals are the fewest in the division. Sky Sports noted after their last game that Spurs had not won a league match since May.
Their league form, oldest first, is L D D L D: a 2-0 home defeat by Newcastle United, goalless draws at Nottingham Forest and at home to Everton, a 3-2 home defeat by Aston Villa and a 1-1 draw at Manchester United on 10 October, where Dominic Solanke headed a stoppage-time equalizer for ten men.
Promoted Coventry lost their first four league games without scoring, then won 1-0 at Nottingham Forest and beat Newcastle United 4-1 at home on Monday 12 October. Their league form reads L L L W W, and they are 14th with six points, three clear of the bottom three. All five of their league goals have come in those two wins, from five different players: Jay Da Silva at Forest, then Jack Rudoni, Sidiki Cherif, Ellis Simms and Stephen Mfuni against Newcastle. Sky Sports noted on 13 October that the three promoted clubs, Coventry, Hull City and Ipswich Town, had 24 points between them after six games.
Both clubs are out of the League Cup: Tottenham lost 3-1 at Liverpool on 15 September and Coventry lost 3-1 at home to Aston Villa a day later. Neither has played since matchweek 6.
In table terms, a win would take Tottenham to six points, level with Coventry's current total, and a Coventry win would take them to nine. The Premier League table has the full standings, and our study of how many points it takes to stay up gives context.
Team news
Rodrigo Bentancur, a substitute at Old Trafford, was sent off on 78 minutes for violent conduct; Sky Sports' match report said he made a headbutting motion toward Luke Shaw. By Wednesday we had not seen the length of his suspension confirmed by the club or a reputable outlet.
Before that game, Sky Sports reported on 9 October that the trip came too soon for the injured Pedro Porro and Mykhailo Mudryk, while James Maddison was available despite a minor setback; Maddison came on as a substitute at Old Trafford. Tottenham are spending part of the nine-day gap before this game at a training camp in Marbella, Spain, where head coach Roberto De Zerbi wants to build on the spirit shown at Old Trafford, the club said on 12 October. We found no new Tottenham injury news by Wednesday.
We have to react and we have to win.
Roberto De Zerbi, Tottenham head coach, looking ahead to Coventry at his Old Trafford press conference, via tottenhamhotspur.com, 10 October 2026
For Coventry, head coach Frank Lampard said before the Newcastle game that Milan van Ewijk and Kaine Kesler-Hayden were back in training, the club reported on 8 October, and van Ewijk started the 4-1 win. Lampard said Josh Eccles was potentially a few weeks away, that Haji Wright and Luke Woolfenden would take longer, with Wright not back before November at the earliest, and that Aurèle Amenda had an injury of up to three months. We found no newer Coventry injury news by Wednesday. After the win, Lampard told Sky Sports it was only one game.
Tottenham vs Coventry head to head
| Date | Competition | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Sep 2024 | League Cup 2024-25 | Coventry 1-2 Tottenham |
| 5 Jan 2013 | FA Cup 2012-13 | Tottenham 3-0 Coventry |
| 24 Sep 2003 | League Cup 2003-04 | Coventry 0-3 Tottenham |
| 16 Jan 2002 | FA Cup 2001-02 | Coventry 0-2 Tottenham |
All four came in cup competitions and Tottenham won every one, three of them away from home, most recently 2-1 at Coventry in the League Cup in September 2024.
Key numbers
| Tottenham | Coventry | |
|---|---|---|
| Position | 19th | 14th |
| Points | 3 | 6 |
| Won-drawn-lost | 0-3-3 | 2-0-4 |
| Goals for | 3 | 5 |
| Goals against | 9 | 11 |
| Goal difference | -6 | -6 |
| Home / away record (W-D-L) | Home 0-1-2, goals 2-5 | Away 1-0-2, goals 1-4 |
| Clean sheets | 2 | 1 |
| Games without scoring | 4 | 4 |
| Top scorers (ESPN) | Jan Paul van Hecke, Dominic Solanke: 1 each | Jay Da Silva, Jack Rudoni: 1 each |
Tottenham's only home point came in the 0-0 draw with Everton, Coventry's only away win came at Nottingham Forest, and no player at either club has more than one league goal in ESPN's season leaders.
How they lined up last time
Tottenham started in a 4-2-3-1 at Manchester United (our Man United v Tottenham report), with Antonín Kinsky in goal and Marcos Senesi, Jan Paul van Hecke, Destiny Udogie, Archie Gray, Conor Gallagher, Sandro Tonali, Lucas Bergvall, Dominic Solanke, Sávio and Mohammed Kudus. Bentancur was not in that starting XI.
Coventry also used a 4-2-3-1 against Newcastle (our Coventry v Newcastle report), with Carl Rushworth in goal and Ethan Pinnock, Bobby Thomas, Jay Da Silva, Milan van Ewijk, Jack Rudoni, Matt Grimes, Caleb Yirenkyi, Sidiki Cherif, Ephron Mason-Clark and Brandon Thomas-Asante. Simms and Mfuni, who scored the third and fourth goals, came off the bench. To play out the rest of the season from the current table, try our Premier League simulator.
How this preview was built: kickoff time, venue, US broadcasters, results, form, head-to-head meetings, lineups, red cards and season leaders come from ESPN's match data; the table after matchweek 6 is our own, computed from ESPN full-time results. UK TV comes from Sky Sports' list of televised games and match page. Team news, quotes and context come from Sky Sports (9 October, 10 October, 12 October, 13 October), tottenhamhotspur.com (10 October, 12 October) and ccfc.co.uk (8 October), all read on 14 October 2026.