Coventry vs Brighton Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 13th September 2026

When Brighton come to Coventry Building Society Arena for the Premier League match on Sunday, Coventry will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Coventry are rock bottom having failed to claim a single point from three matches in this season. Following their three encounters Brighton managed to scrape together four points which hands them a ranking as number 10 in the Premier League standings.

Coventry have not gained a single point yet from the first three rounds of the Premier League this campaign. Brighton account for four points from their opening three games, earning them a place as number 10 in the table.

Brighton are aiming to extend the lead on Coventry in the Premier League table after they go toe-to-toe on Sunday. On the other hand, the hosts should be motivated to not let the current gap get any bigger than it already is.

Coventry have a hard time getting on the scoreboard these days, as they managed a poorly eight goals in their previous ten matches. That is an average of 0.8 goals per game, in which they conceded 17 goals, or 1.7 goals per game. Furthermore, they fought their way to two clean sheets in this run.

Brighton scored 19 goals, conceded 14 and managed four clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Having never shared a season in the Premier League in recent past, this is the first time Coventry comes up against Brighton in this context.

Coventry vs Brighton Prediction

Coventry Form

In their last three matches, Coventry won 2-4 against Plymouth, before losing 0-1 against Hull and 1-0 to Manchester City. Coventry managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Premier League. In the remaining four, they drew two and lost two, as they scored three and conceded three goals.

Brighton Form

In their previous three matches, Brighton beat Tromso 4-0, lost 4-3 against Chelsea and drew 1-1 with Leeds. Brighton claimed two wins against one draw and three defeats in their last six away matches in the Premier League. The scoreline from these matches reads ten goals conceded and nine scored.

Bookmakers have Brighton down as rather big favourites for the win against Coventry. While the hosts will obviously come out fighting, we still think the visitors will prevail in the end.

Coventry vs Brighton Squads

Coventry Squad

Frank Lampard will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Brighton from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Ben Wilson (0/0), Carl Rushworth (0/3), Daniel Bentley (0/0), Aurele Amenda (0/3), Bobby Thomas (0/3), Ethan Pinnock (0/2), Jake Bidwell (0/0), Jay Dasilva (0/3), Joel Latibeaudiere (0/0), Kaine Kesler-Hayden (0/0), Luke Woolfenden (0/0), Milan van Ewijk (0/3), Stephen Mfuni (0/0), Caleb Yirenkyi (0/3), Frank Onyeka (0/2), Gustavo Hamer (0/3), Jack Rudoni (0/3), Josh Eccles (0/0), Matt Grimes (0/3), Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (0/1), Victor Torp (0/2), Bassala Sambou (0/0), Brandon Thomas-Asante (0/3), Ellis Simms (0/2), Ephron Mason-Clark (0/2), Haji Wright (0/0), Loum Tchaouna (0/3), Sidiki Cherif (0/0), Taiwo Awoniyi (0/3), Yann Gboho (0/0).

Brighton Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Brighton players that the manager Fabian Hurzeler will choose from for the upcoming game:

Bart Verbruggen (0/3), Jason Steele (0/0), Thomas McGill (0/0), Costinha (0/3), Jaouen Hadjam (0/0), Lewis Dunk (0/3), Luka Vuskovic (1/3), Michael Svoboda (0/0), Olivier Boscagli (0/3), Pascal Struijk (0/1), Chema Andres (0/0), Diego Gomez (0/3), Ferdi Kadioglu (0/2), Jack Hinshelwood (2/1), Kaoru Mitoma (0/0), Malick Junior Yalcouye (1/3), Mats Wieffer (0/2), Matthew O'Riley (0/0), Maxim De Cuyper (1/3), Pascal Gross (1/3), Yasin Ayari (0/2), Zadok Yohanna (0/1), Charalampos Kostoulas (0/3), Evan Ferguson (0/0), Femi Azeez (0/0), Georginio Rutter (0/1), Ibrahim Osman (0/2), Promise David (0/2), Stefanos Tzimas (0/0), Yankuba Minteh (0/0).

Coventry vs Brighton Team News

Coventry just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Brighton at Coventry Building Society Arena. Josh Eccles gets a day off from the Coventry squad, as he serves out a suspension.

Coventry vs Brighton Lineups

Coventry vs Brighton H2H

This is the first time Coventry squares up against Brighton in the Premier League in the 21st century, thus both face a whole new experience of coming up against an unknown opponent. Coventry picked up four wins in their previous ten matches against The Seagulls, while the latter claimed two wins in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 27/10.

Coventry vs Brighton Results

Coventry vs Brighton Betting Tips

As the new Premier League campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for Coventry and Brighton this season. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.

Coventry claimed all three points seven times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing one along the way. They endured defeat in two of the games in this run. Brighton won three of their last 10 games away, while drawing two and losing five in this series of matches. Strap yourselves up for a goals at Coventry Building Society Arena since both teams scored in six of the last 10 home matches for Coventry. The same occurred in three of the last 10 league games away from home for Brighton.

Coventry saw over 2.5 goals in six of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 2.1 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Brighton, who scored 2.4 times on average in these matches.