Box Occupation
Aston Villa
Aston Villa kept getting bodies into the area — 78% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 14 of 18
- Share
- 78%
League Cup · Round of 32
Coventry
Victor Torp 27'
1 – 3
FT
HT 1–2
Aston Villa
Tammy Abraham 7', 59'
Ross Barkley 40'
League Cup
Round of 32Coventry1–3Aston Villa
5
Shots in the box
14
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture. Shots in the box is the closest measure the feed provides.
7′27′40′59′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture. The timeline above shows the goals and cards recorded by the match feed.
Match report
Coventry 1-3 Aston Villa
Aston Villa saw off Coventry 3-1 at Coventry Building Society Arena in League Cup. Abraham opened the scoring for Aston Villa on 7', Torp levelled for Coventry on 27', Barkley put Aston Villa back in front on 40' and Abraham added his second on 59'.
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture, so the closest read on chance quality is where the shots came from: Coventry took 5 of their 15 attempts inside the box, Aston Villa 14 of 18. Aston Villa held 58.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Aston Villa graded out for box occupation — 14 of 18 shots in the box. Coventry graded out for shooting from range — 10 of 15 shots from range.
R. Barkley came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 9.0 for Aston Villa from 1 goal, 1 assist and 2 key passes.
It was a niggly afternoon: 29 fouls between them and 6 yellow cards, with Coventry conceding the most free-kicks (17).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
42%Possession58%
15Shots18
What the numbers say
5 readsShooting From Range
Coventry
Coventry could not get inside the box and settled for distance — 67% of their shots came from outside it.
- Shots from range
- 10 of 15
- Share
- 67%
Cynical Press
Coventry
Coventry broke the game up whenever it got away from them — 17 fouls and 3 bookings.
- Fouls
- 17
- Yellow cards
- 3
Set-Piece Siege
Aston Villa
Aston Villa turned the game into a dead-ball contest with 9 corners.
- Corners
- 9
- Opponent
- 2
Timeline
⚽7'
Tammy Abraham — assist: George Hemmings
Ethan Pinnock ↑ Aurele Amenda ↓
🔄12'
Stephen Mfuni
Foul
🟨23'
🟨26'
Ross Barkley
Foul
Victor Torp
⚽27'
⚽40'
Ross Barkley — assist: Ibrahim Mbaye
🟨43'
Aaron Wan-Bissaka
Not Retreating
🔄45'
Zion Suzuki ↑ Marco Bizot ↓
Half-time
Caleb Yirenkyi
Handball
🟨46'
Loum Tchaouna ↑ Tatsuhiro Sakamoto ↓
🔄57'
Ellis Simms ↑ Sidiki Cherif ↓
🔄58'
⚽59'
Tammy Abraham — assist: Ross Barkley
🔄64'
Johan Manzambi ↑ John McGinn ↓
🔄64'
Emiliano Buendía ↑ Ibrahim Mbaye ↓
🔄69'
Nicolas Jackson ↑ Tammy Abraham ↓
Frank Onyeka ↑ Caleb Yirenkyi ↓
🔄73'
Jake Bidwell ↑ Stephen Mfuni ↓
🔄73'
🔄79'
Alysson Edward Franco da Rocha ↑ George Hemmings ↓
Frank Onyeka
Foul
🟨87'
🟨90'
Emiliano Buendía
Dissent
Match info
Kickoff
VenueCoventry Building Society Arena, Coventry
RefereeR. Jones
CompetitionLeague Cup
Season2026
RoundRound of 32
StatusMatch Finished