Coventry 1–3 Aston Villa

EFL Cup 2026/27 Round of 32 · 16 Sep 2026

Coventry vs Aston Villa in the EFL Cup 2026/27.

At The Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry, West Midlands.

Aston Villa beat Coventry 3–1. Tammy Abraham opened the scoring for Aston Villa after 7 minutes. Ross Barkley made it 1–2 after 40 minutes, and that was the winner.

Goalscorers

• Coventry: Victor Torp 27'
• Aston Villa: Tammy Abraham 7', Ross Barkley 40', Tammy Abraham 59'

Coventry before this match

• at Plymouth 4–2 (Plymouth) · Round of 64, 25 Aug 2026