Coventry after five gameweeks
Coventry won the 2025/26 Championship with 95 points and are in the Premier League for the first time since 2000/01. Frank Lampard’s side have found the step up hard: eighteenth after Gameweek 5, with four defeats — at Arsenal and Manchester City, and at home to Hull and Brighton — and a 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest in GW5. One goal scored, ten conceded.
For FPL that makes Coventry a club for cheap bench players who start, not for attacking points.
The £4.0m defenders are the pick
Bobby Thomas is Coventry’s top FPL scorer and has started every game at £4.0m. Jay Dasilva has also started every game at £4.0m, and his goal won the game at Forest — the only one Coventry have scored. Carl Rushworth has played every minute in goal at £4.5m.
They are bench players: nailed starters at the minimum price, so the money goes elsewhere in your squad. Milan van Ewijk, the most-owned Coventry defender, carries a fitness doubt.
The attack
Haji Wright, first on penalties, is out with a thigh injury and no return date, and Taiwo Awoniyi is suspended until 19 October. Matt Grimes takes the corners and is third on penalties; Jack Rudoni takes the direct free kicks. Brandon Thomas-Asante has started two games up front. None of them is worth a transfer while Coventry are scoring once in five.
Coventry’s next five
After the international break Coventry play Newcastle (H), Tottenham (A), Fulham (H), Sunderland (H) and Everton (A). The FPL difficulty ratings put Fulham at 2 and the rest at 3 — one of the kinder runs in the division, and the stretch in which Coventry’s cheap defenders are most likely to return.
The live table on this page carries each player’s price, ownership and flag.