This is the first meeting in any competition between Manchester City and Coventry City since March 2002 in the second tier, won 4-2 at Maine Road by the Citizens under Kevin Keegan.

The last season Man City and Coventry met in the Premier League was 2000-01, when both sides were relegated. The Citizens are winless in their last eight top-flight games against the Sky Blues (D4 L4) since doing the double in 1992-93.

Manchester City are unbeaten in their last 30 Premier League games against newly promoted sides (W27 D3) since losing 2-1 to Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds in April 2021. Enzo Maresca’s most recent game against a promoted club was a 3-1 defeat to Leeds in December 2025 with Chelsea.

Manchester City will be looking to win their opening three Premier League matches of a campaign for the third time in four attempts after 2023-24 and 2024-25. They’ve also won their opening two home league games of a campaign in four of the last five seasons.

Coventry have lost 3-0 against Arsenal and 1-0 against Hull so far this season. On just four occasions have they lost each of their first three at the start of a league campaign – 1968-69 in the top-flight, and 1919-20, 1949-50 and 2011-12 in the second tier. They’ve never lost their opening three without finding the net.

Manchester City lead the Premier League for successful passes (1,315) so far this season and have played 94.6% of their passes short, the highest ratio in the league. They are also top for passing accuracy (90.9%) and passing accuracy while under high-intensity pressure (85.8%).

Coventry boss Frank Lampard has won just four of his last 32 Premier League matches (D8 L20), including just one of his last 19 in the competition (D4 L14), a 3-1 win at Bournemouth as Chelsea caretaker manager in May 2023.

Manchester City’s Rayan Cherki has recorded four goal contributions across his opening two Premier League matches this season (two goals, two assists). Overall in the competition, the Frenchman has now recorded 15 across his 20 starts (five goals, 10 assists).

Manchester City forward Erling Haaland has scored 19 goals in 20 Premier League appearances against newly promoted sides – this will be his first game against Coventry, with the Norwegian scoring against 23 of the 24 teams he’s faced so far, failing only versus Sunderland.

During Manchester City’s game against Crystal Palace last time out, Elliot Anderson recorded three interceptions, five tackles, five possession won and attempted 100 passes, becoming the first City midfielder to hit those tallies in a game on Opta record (since 2003-04).