Coventry vs Newcastle: Confirmed teams and line ups in Premier League

Coventry City and Newcastle have named their starting teams for their meeting at the Coventry Building Society Arena in the Premier League on Monday.

The second-placed hosts earned their first victory of the top-flight season by beating Nottingham Forest away last time out and will move out of the relegation zone if they win again.

Newcastle lost their last away game 4-1 at Leeds United on September 14 but recovered to beat Hull City 2-1 at home five days later.

The 11th-placed Magpies are five points above Coventry and will move ninth with a draw or fourth with victory.

Coventry confirmed starting team vs Newcastle United

Frank Lampard makes two changes from the XI that started the victory at the City Ground.

Milan van Ewijk returns from a hamstring injury, while Sidiki Cherif also comes into the side. They replace Stephen Mfuni and Frank Onyeka, who drop to the bench.

Coventry City: Rushworth; Van Ewijk, Pinnock, Thomas, Dasilva; Rudoni, Yirenkyi, Grimes; Thomas-Asante, Cherif, Mason-Clark.

Substitutes: Bentley, Sakamoto, Simms, Mfuni, Onyeka, Latibeaudiere, Torp, Gboho, Hamer.

Newcastle full line up vs Coventry City

Newcastle make one change from the side that beat Hull, with Nico Gonzalez returning from a concussion to start in midfield. He comes in for Sean Steur.

Joelinton is included in a matchday squad for the first time this season after recovering from a thigh injury.

The Brazilian is one of several injury returnees who feature on the bench. With captain Dan Burn back among the substitutes, along with right-back Amar Dedic and forward Will Osula.

Newcastle United: Hornicek; Murphy, Thiaw, Botman, Hall; Gonzalez, Miley; Willock, Wissa, Barnes; Fernandez-Pardo.

Substitutes: Pope, Schar, Joelinton, Bamba, Osula, Steur, Toure, Burn, Dedic.

Where to watch Coventry vs Newcastle: TV channel, live online stream

Kick-off on Monday is at 20:00 BST (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT), with live coverage in the UK on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Ultra.

Via Now TV, Sky Sports costs £14.99 for a day membership, £27.99 a month for a 12-month membership or £34.99 a month with no contract.

Here’s the full list of Premier League international broadcasters.

Coventry City vs Newcastle United Premier League stats

• This is the first time the two sides will meet in the league since 2009/10 in the Championship and first in the Premier League since 2000/01
• Coventry have lost seven of their last eight league games against Newcastle United (W1), including their last five in a row
• They have lost both of their home Premier League games this season by an aggregate score of 6-0 and could become the sixth side in competition history to lose each of their opening three home matches of a campaign without scoring, after Everton in 2005/06, Crystal Palace in 2017/18, Burnley in 2020/21, Wolves in 2021/22 and Everton in 2023/24
• Only one side in English top-flight history has ever lost each of their opening four matches of a season without scoring but then won their next two games, with Derby County doing so in 1899/00
• Only against Crystal Palace (5) has Coventry’s Frank Lampard won more Premier League games as a manager than he has versus Newcastle (3). As a player, Lampard won 16 Premier League matches against the Magpies, only winning more against Sunderland (19) and Tottenham (18)
• Before the start of this weekend’s matches, Newcastle (97) and Coventry (87) had faced more attempts than any other sides in the Premier League this season, with only Aston Villa (48) making fewer attempts than Matthias Jaissle’s side and the Sky Blues (51 each)
• Newcastle have won their last two league visits to Coventry 2-0 – in September 2000 and December 2009 – but have never prevailed in three in a row before
• Since the start of May, only Arsenal (8) and Manchester City (7) have won more Premier League games than Newcastle (4), who could win successive games in the competition for the third time in 2026, having done so in January and March
• Jaissle’s eight points are the most by a manager in his first five Premier League games in charge of Newcastle since Alan Pardew in January 2011 (9)
• A win here would give the German the most points in his first six in charge of the club in the competition (11) since Sam Allardyce in September 2007 (11)

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