Tottenham vs Coventry City: Predictions, Picks, Odds & Lineups

Tottenham host Coventry City at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Monday, October 19 (3:00 PM ET / 2:00 PM CT / 12:00 PM PT).

Tottenham head into this one without the injured Xavi Simons, the injured Wilson Odobert and the injured Mykhailo Mudryk, while the suspended Rodrigo Bentancur also misses out. The doubtful Dejan Kulusevski and the doubtful Pedro Porro face fitness tests, leaving Sandro Tonali and Conor Gallagher as the central figures in midfield, with Jan Paul van Hecke an aerial threat from set pieces. Coventry City travel without the injured Aurele Amenda, the injured Haji Wright, the injured Josh Eccles and the injured Luke Woolfenden, and the suspended Taiwo Awoniyi is out too, with the doubtful Kaine Kesler-Hayden and the doubtful Milan van Ewijk added to the worry list. Jack Rudoni and Jay Dasilva carry the bulk of the creative responsibility in their absence.

Neither side has found much of a scoring touch lately, and with Tottenham’s defense porous enough to have shipped goals in three of their last five games while still grinding out stalemates against Everton and Nottingham Forest, this has the shape of a tense, low-scoring afternoon. Coventry’s away-day form offers little encouragement going forward, and with both sides carrying an identical minus-six goal difference, the next goal feels more likely to arrive from a single moment than a flowing move. Expect a scrappy, cagey contest settled by the odd goal at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

US viewers can watch Tottenham vs Coventry City on NBC and Peacock.

Season Form & Standings

Tottenham have taken just 3 points from 6 games this season, a return built on 3 draws and 3 defeats with 0 wins, reflected in a minus-6 goal difference, while Coventry City have 6 points from 6 games, a mix of 2 wins and 4 losses, on an identical minus-6 goal difference.

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Potential Match-Winners

• Conor Gallagher (Tottenham): The attacking midfielder has 1 goal in just 208 minutes so far this season, with 4 shots and 2 on target showing he’s a live threat around the box.
• Sandro Tonali (Tottenham): The defensive midfielder has created 5 chances and added 1 assist across 519 minutes, firing 9 shots of his own from deeper positions.
• Jack Rudoni (Coventry City): The attacking midfielder leads Coventry’s creative numbers with 9 chances created, adding 1 goal from 7 shots, 4 of them on target, in 384 minutes.

Recent Form

Tottenham: L D D L D

• 2026-10-10: Manchester United 1-1 Tottenham (D, away)
• 2026-09-19: Tottenham 2-3 Aston Villa (L, home)
• 2026-09-12: Tottenham 0-0 Everton (D, home)
• 2026-09-05: Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham (D, away)
• 2026-08-29: Tottenham 0-2 Newcastle (L, home)

Tottenham have drawn three of their past five matches, including back-to-back goalless draws against Everton and away at Nottingham Forest, sandwiched between defeats to Aston Villa and Newcastle.

Coventry City: L L L W W

• 2026-10-12: Coventry City 4-1 Newcastle (W, home)
• 2026-09-19: Nottingham Forest 0-1 Coventry City (W, away)
• 2026-09-13: Coventry City 0-5 Brighton (L, home)
• 2026-09-05: Manchester City 1-0 Coventry City (L, away)
• 2026-08-29: Coventry City 0-1 Hull City (L, home)

Coventry City have won their last two matches, a one-nil victory away at Nottingham Forest and a four-one win over Newcastle, following three straight defeats against Hull City, Manchester City and Brighton.

Tottenham vs Coventry City Prediction

This looks set to be tight. Tottenham have the quality in Tonali and Gallagher to find the single goal that settles it, while Coventry’s leaky away form suggests another night without a goal of their own. Backing the hosts to edge a cagey, low-scoring contest, the call here is 1-0 to Tottenham.