Premier League · Matchweek 6

Coventry vs Newcastle

Mon 12 Oct, 20:00 UK · Coventry Building Society Arena

Coventry4–1

Newcastle

Coventry City

⚽ 6' Jack Rudoni (pen)
⚽ 48' Sidiki Cherif
⚽ 81' Ellis Simms – assist Brandon Thomas-Asante
⚽ 86' Stephen Mfuni – assist Jay Da Silva
🟨 66' Milan van Ewijk

Newcastle United

⚽ 70' Sven Botman – assist Nico González
🟨 81' Joelinton

Coventry – Newcastle: match preview and predicted line-ups

Coventry host Newcastle at Coventry Building Society Arena on Monday 12 October at 21:00. The match preview, team news and betting tips will be updated ahead of kick-off.

Predicted line-ups and absences have been updated using Rotowire on 9 October 2026.
The line-ups are predictions – the official starting XIs may differ.

Starting lineups

Coventry3-6-1

GK: Carl Rushworth
DEF: Stephen Mfuni, Bobby Thomas, Ethan Pinnock
MID: Jay Dasilva, Frank Onyeka, Matt Grimes, Milan van Ewijk, Jack Rudoni, Loum Tchaouna
FWD: Brandon Thomas-Asante

Rotowire · updated 9 October 2026. Predicted, not confirmed. Kaine Kesler-Hayden (doubtful) · Joel Latibeaudiere (doubtful) · Milan van Ewijk (doubtful) · Taiwo Awoniyi (suspended) · Aurele Amenda (out) · Josh Eccles (out) · Luke Woolfenden (out) · Haji Wright (out)

Newcastle4-3-3

GK: Lukas Hornicek
DEF: Lewis Hall, Malick Thiaw, Sven Botman, Amar Dedic
MID: Nico Gonzalez, Lewis Miley, Yoane Wissa
FWD: Harvey Barnes, Jacob Murphy, Matias Fernandez-Pardo

Rotowire · updated 9 October 2026. Predicted, not confirmed. Dan Burn (doubtful) · Joelinton (doubtful) · Amar Dedic (doubtful) · Valentino Livramento (doubtful) · Lewis Miley (doubtful) · Will Osula (doubtful) · Jacob Ramsey (doubtful) · Anthony Elanga (out) · Ewen Jaouen (out)

Our prediction

Newcastle to win and keep a clean sheet · Win and both teams to score – no
Coventry are among the teams Emil believes create the fewest chances. The high odds on a Newcastle win combined with a clean sheet make this his pick. Both conditions must be met for the bet at 4.03 to win.