Coventry vs Fulham Preview: Team News & Prediction | 2026-27 English Premier League

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Coventry City host Fulham on Saturday in the 2026-27 English Premier League, with the promoted Sky Blues looking to bounce back from Monday's 3-1 defeat at Tottenham and Fulham seeking back-to-back wins after Alvaro Arbeloa's first Premier League victory as manager.

Kick-off date/time: 24 October 2026 at 3:00 pm

How to watch on TV & online: UK – Not available / USA – NBCSN, Fubo & Peacock Premium

Coventry preview: Spurs setback

Coventry were beaten 3-1 at Tottenham on Monday, with Jack Rudoni cancelling out James Maddison's early opener four minutes after the restart only for the hosts to net twice in the second half.

The defeat ended a run of two straight Premier League wins for the promoted Sky Blues, who had beaten Nottingham Forest 1-0 and Newcastle 4-1 in their previous two league games.

Fulham preview: Arbeloa gets off the mark

Fulham finally got their first Premier League win of the season, beating Hull 1-0 at Craven Cottage on Saturday through Alex Iwobi's 34th-minute goal. They were on top in the first half and held on despite finishing with ten men after substitute Ryan Sessegnon was sent off in stoppage time.

It was the first Premier League win as a manager for Arbeloa, who had been under mounting pressure after Fulham's winless start, and he will be urging his players to use this victory as a platform for a sustained run of results.

Coventry team news: As you were

None of the injured quartet of Aurele Amenda, Luke Woolfenden, Josh Eccles and Haji Wright will recover for this fixture, although all are predicted to return to action in 2026.

Further details will appear here following pre-match press conferences…

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Rushworth; Van Ewijk, Thomas, Pinnock, Dasilva; Yirenkyi, Grimes; Thomas-Asante, Rudoni, Mason-Clark; Awoniyi

Unavailable: Amenda (Injured), Woolfenden (Injured), Eccles (Injured), Wright (Injured)

Questionable:

Fulham team news: Ban for Sessegnon

Sessegnon's dismissal at the weekend means that he will not be involved against Coventry, but given that he didn't start the match against Hull, Arbeloa could well name an unchanged starting line-up.

Further details will appear here following pre-match press conferences…

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Leno; Castagne, Affengruber, Bassey, Robinson; Berge, Charles; Bobb, King, Iwobi; Garcia

Unavailable: Sessegnon (Suspended)

Questionable: Larsson (Injured)

Key stats

• This is the first ever Premier League meeting between the clubs. Coventry were relegated in 2001 just as Fulham were promoted for their first Premier League season in 2001/02.
• Coventry's 4-1 win over Newcastle is the only home game this season in which they have scored; they lost the other two without scoring (0-1 v Hull, 0-5 v Brighton).
• Coventry lost 3-1 at Tottenham in Matchweek 7, ending a two-game winning run.
• Coming into Matchweek 8, Coventry have failed to score in four of seven games, joint-most in the division. They have kept one clean sheet (1-0 at Forest).
• Coventry's matches have averaged 2.86 goals this season; Fulham's 2.43.
• Fulham won their first game of the season at the seventh attempt, 1-0 against Hull, which was also their second clean sheet.
• Fulham are winless in eight Premier League away games (D4 L4). Their last away win was 3-1 at Sunderland on 22 February 2026, and they have scored only five goals in their last ten away games.
• Fulham won only four of 19 away league games last season (D5 L10).
• Coming into Matchweek 8, Coventry are 17th and Fulham 18th, separated by one point.
• Coventry have lost both of their Saturday 15:00 kick-offs this season. Since 2018/19, Fulham have won 32 of 90 in that slot (D18 L40).
• Coventry have won only 22.9% of their Premier League games in October (eight of 35), the lowest of any current club.

Coventry vs Fulham prediction

Coventry have been competitive this season and have shown what they can do at home when they hit Newcastle for four in their last encounter on home turf.

Fulham have at last got a win on the board, but it was a narrow 1-0 victory over a Hull side that offered little, and while Arbeloa will hope that they have turned a corner, there is still a lot of improvement to be made.

We give Coventry the slight advantage here given that they have offered more this season, and with Fulham yet to deliver a convincing performance under Arbeloa, a home win could be on the cards.

Coventry vs Fulham tip: Coventry to win