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

Spurs and Coventry City have named their starting teams for their meeting at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the Premier League on Monday.

The hosts start bottom of the table but earned their third point of the season with a 1-1 draw at Manchester United on October 10.

Promoted Coventry lost their first four league games but have prevailed in two in a row, winning 1-0 at Nottingham Forest before beating Newcastle 4-1 at home a week ago.

Spurs can leapfrog City into 16th with victory, while the Sky Blues will move 14th with a draw and rise to at least 11th should they win.

Tottenham confirmed starting team vs Coventry City

Tottenham make five changes from their draw at Old Trafford.

Dejan Kulusevski is on the bench and could feature for the first time since 11 May 2025 following a knee injury.

Pedro Porro (hamstring), Lucas Bergvall (knock), Mykhaylo Mudryk (ankle), Savio (muscle) and Wilson Odobert and Xavi Simons (both knee) are injured.

Rodrigo Bentancur is serving for the first match of a three-game ban for headbutting United defender Luke Shaw.

Tottenham: Antonin Kinsky, Archie Gray, Tosin Adarabioyo, Jan Paul van Hecke, James Maddison, Archie Gray, Sandro Tonali, Dominic Solanke, Mohammed Kudus, Omar Marmoush, Micky van de Ven

Substitutes: Martin Dubravka, Marcos Senesi, Ben Davies, Conor Gallagher, Mateus Fernandes, Dejan Kulusevski, Callum Olusesi, Luca Williams-Barnett, Mathys Tel

Coventry full line up vs Spurs

Coventry make one alteration from their win over Newcastle, bringing in Tatsuhiro Sakamoto for Ephron Mason-Clark.

Kaine Kesler-Hayden is on the bench following a hamstring issue but Aurele Amenda (calf), Luke Woolfenden (knee), Josh Eccles (knock) and Haji Wright (muscle) are sidelined.

Coventry City: Carl Rushworth, Milan van Ewijk, Bobby Thomas, Ethan Pinnock, Jay Dasilva, Caleb Yirenkyi, Matt Grimes, Jack Rudoni, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Sidiki Cherif

Substitutes: Daniel Bentley, Ellis Simms, Ephron Mason-Clark, Stephen Mfuni, Taiwo Awoniyi, Frank Onyeka, Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Victor Torp, Gustavo Hamer

Where to watch Spurs vs Coventry: 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.

Tottenham vs Coventry Premier League stats, form

• Tottenham have won their last five games against Coventry in all competitions, most recently a 2-1 away win in the EFL Cup in September 2024 under Ange Postecoglou
• They have three wins in their last 25 home Premier League matches (D7 L15). Since their first game at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in April 2019, only Wolves at Molineux (57) and Southampton at St Mary’s (52) have more defeats at one stadium than Spurs at their current ground (50)
• Spurs remain without a Premier League victory this season (D3 L3) and have scored just goals. Only in 1912/13 (first 12) and 2008/09 (first 8) have they had a longer winless start to a league season, while this is their second-lowest tally in their first six league games ever, behind the two they scored in 2006/07
• Only three teams have had more touches in the opposition box in the Premier League this season than Spurs (182) and only two have completed more passes in the final third of the pitch (770)
• Roberto De Zerbi’s team rank bottom for shot conversion rate (3.6%) and have underperformed their xG by 3.6 goals (3 goals from 6.6 xG)
• Coventry are visiting Tottenham for the first time since losing 3-0 in the FA Cup third round in 2012/13 and are winless in five games at Spurs (D2 L3) since a 2-1 win on the final day of the 1996/97 Premier League
• City could earn consecutive away wins in the competition for the first time since August 2000, while they last kept consecutive away clean sheets back in March 1998
• The Sky Blues are on their best winning run in the competition since a purple patch in January and February 1998, when they won five in a row under Gordon Strachan
• In top-flight history, only three teams have lost their opening four then won three in a row: Derby in 1899/00, Arsenal in 1923/24 and Aston Villa in 1997/98
• Against Newcastle, Sidiki Cherif scored on his first Premier League start for Coventry. Cherif could now join the three City players ever to have scored in their first two Premier League starts: John Williams (August 1992), Mick Quinn (November 1992) and Dion Dublin (September 1994)

Latest updated Premier League table

Premier League 2026

England

#	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Last 5
1	Manchester City	7	7	0	0	19	7	12	21	W W W W W
2	Arsenal	7	6	0	1	11	5	6	18	W W L W W
3	Brighton	7	5	1	1	23	5	18	16	W W W W D
4	Chelsea	7	4	1	2	17	13	4	13	W W L D L
5	Liverpool	7	3	3	1	9	8	1	12	W L W D W
6	Brentford	7	2	4	1	13	8	5	10	L D W D D
7	Leeds	7	2	4	1	9	6	3	10	D L D W D
8	Everton	7	2	4	1	8	7	1	10	L D W D D
9	Hull City	7	2	3	2	8	7	1	9	L D L D D
10	Ipswich	7	3	0	4	11	15	-4	9	L W L W L
11	Newcastle	7	2	2	3	10	14	-4	8	L L W L D
12	Aston Villa	7	2	2	3	7	11	-4	8	W D W L D
13	Manchester United	7	1	4	2	10	10	0	7	D D D L D
14	Crystal Palace	7	2	1	4	9	17	-8	7	L W D L W
15	Bournemouth	7	1	3	3	9	13	-4	6	W L L D D
16	Coventry	6	2	0	4	5	11	-6	6	W W L L L
17	Fulham	7	1	2	4	7	10	-3	5	W L D D L
18	Nottingham Forest	7	1	2	4	5	9	-4	5	L L L W D
19	Sunderland	7	1	1	5	6	14	-8	4	L L L L D
20	Tottenham	6	0	3	3	3	9	-6	3	D L D D L

• Position 1, 2, 3, 4 : Promotion – Champions League (League phase)
• Position 5 : Promotion – Europa League (League phase)
• Position 18, 19, 20 : Relegation – Championship