Watford have played Coventry City 91 times in competitive football, winning 39, drawing 19 and losing 33, first meeting on 1 Sep 1926 and most recently on 2 May 2026. Every meeting is listed below.
| Date | Season | Competition | Venue | Opponent | Score | Scorers | Att |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Sep 1926 | 1926–27 | Third Division South | H | Coventry City | 1–0 | ||
| 1 Jan 1927 | 1926–27 | Third Division South | A | Coventry City | 1–5 | ||
| 27 Aug 1927 | 1927–28 | Third Division South | H | Coventry City | 3–1 | ||
| 10 Dec 1927 | 1927–28 | Third Division South | A | Coventry City | 3–2 | ||
| 27 Aug 1928 | 1928–29 | Third Division South | A | Coventry City | 1–1 | ||
| 5 Sep 1928 | 1928–29 | Third Division South | H | Coventry City | 4–2 | ||
| 21 Sep 1929 | 1929–30 | Third Division South | H | Coventry City | 1–3 | ||
| 25 Jan 1930 | 1929–30 | Third Division South | A | Coventry City | 1–3 | ||
| 3 Apr 1931 | 1930–31 | Third Division South | H | Coventry City | 4–1 | ||
| 7 Apr 1931 | 1930–31 | Third Division South | A | Coventry City | 2–2 | ||
| 19 Dec 1931 | 1931–32 | Third Division South | H | Coventry City | 2–0 | ||
| 30 Apr 1932 | 1931–32 | Third Division South | A | Coventry City | 0–5 | ||
| 19 Nov 1932 | 1932–33 | Third Division South | H | Coventry City | 3–1 | ||
| 1 Apr 1933 | 1932–33 | Third Division South | A | Coventry City | 3–1 | ||
| 7 Oct 1933 | 1933–34 | Third Division South | H | Coventry City | 3–3 | ||
| 17 Feb 1934 | 1933–34 | Third Division South | A | Coventry City | 0–2 | ||
| 8 Sep 1934 | 1934–35 | Third Division South | A | Coventry City | 1–1 | ||
| 19 Jan 1935 | 1934–35 | Third Division South | H | Coventry City | 2–0 | ||
| 5 Oct 1935 | 1935–36 | Third Division South | A | Coventry City | 0–2 | ||
| 8 Feb 1936 | 1935–36 | Third Division South | H | Coventry City | 5–0 | ||
| 8 Nov 1952 | 1952–53 | Third Division South | H | Coventry City | 1–1 | ||
| 28 Mar 1953 | 1952–53 | Third Division South | A | Coventry City | 0–1 | ||
| 19 Sep 1953 | 1953–54 | Third Division South | A | Coventry City | 1–0 | ||
| 6 Feb 1954 | 1953–54 | Third Division South | H | Coventry City | 1–0 | ||
| 30 Oct 1954 | 1954–55 | Third Division South | A | Coventry City | 2–3 | ||
| 19 Mar 1955 | 1954–55 | Third Division South | H | Coventry City | 1–0 | ||
| 23 Aug 1955 | 1955–56 | Third Division South | H | Coventry City | 2–1 | ||
| 29 Aug 1955 | 1955–56 | Third Division South | A | Coventry City | 0–3 | ||
| 24 Nov 1956 | 1956–57 | Third Division South | A | Coventry City | 2–0 | ||
| 6 Apr 1957 | 1956–57 | Third Division South | H | Coventry City | 1–0 | ||
| 7 Sep 1957 | 1957–58 | Third Division South | A | Coventry City | 2–2 | ||
| 11 Jan 1958 | 1957–58 | Third Division South | H | Coventry City | 1–0 | ||
| 24 Jan 1959 | 1958–59 | Fourth Division | H | Coventry City | 1–4 | ||
| 25 Apr 1959 | 1958–59 | Fourth Division | A | Coventry City | 0–1 | ||
| 11 Apr 1961 | 1960–61 | Third Division | H | Coventry City | 7–2 | ||
| 14 Apr 1961 | 1960–61 | Third Division | A | Coventry City | 1–0 | ||
| 12 Mar 1962 | 1961–62 | Third Division | A | Coventry City | 0–1 | ||
| 23 Mar 1962 | 1961–62 | Third Division | H | Coventry City | 0–1 | ||
| 4 Sep 1962 | 1962–63 | Third Division | A | Coventry City | 1–3 | ||
| 11 Sep 1962 | 1962–63 | Third Division | H | Coventry City | 6–1 | ||
| 26 Oct 1963 | 1963–64 | Third Division | A | Coventry City | 2–2 | ||
| 7 Mar 1964 | 1963–64 | Third Division | H | Coventry City | 1–1 | ||
| 2 Dec 1980 | 1980–81 | League Cup | H | Coventry City | 2–2 | ||
| 9 Dec 1980 | 1980–81 | League Cup | A | Coventry City | 0–5 | ||
| 23 Oct 1982 | 1982–83 | First Division | H | Coventry City | 0–0 | ||
| 5 Mar 1983 | 1982–83 | First Division | A | Coventry City | 1–0 | ||
| 27 Aug 1983 | 1983–84 | First Division | H | Coventry City | 2–3 | ||
| 14 Jan 1984 | 1983–84 | First Division | A | Coventry City | 2–1 | ||
| 6 Oct 1984 | 1984–85 | First Division | H | Coventry City | 0–1 | ||
| 23 Mar 1985 | 1984–85 | First Division | A | Coventry City | 1–3 | ||
| 31 Aug 1985 | 1985–86 | First Division | H | Coventry City | 3–0 | ||
| 4 Jan 1986 | 1985–86 | FA Cup | A | Coventry City | 3–1 | ||
| 18 Jan 1986 | 1985–86 | First Division | A | Coventry City | 2–0 | ||
| 27 Sep 1986 | 1986–87 | First Division | A | Coventry City | 0–1 | ||
| 30 Apr 1987 | 1986–87 | First Division | H | Coventry City | 2–3 | ||
| 3 Oct 1987 | 1987–88 | First Division | A | Coventry City | 0–1 | ||
| 30 Jan 1988 | 1987–88 | FA Cup | A | Coventry City | 1–0 | ||
| 27 Feb 1988 | 1987–88 | First Division | H | Coventry City | 0–1 | ||
| 31 Oct 1999 | 1999–00 | Premier League | A | Coventry City | 0–4 | 21,700 | |
| 14 May 2000 | 1999–00 | Premier League | H | Coventry City | 1–0 | Heiðar Helguson | 18,977 |
| 9 Dec 2001 | 2001–02 | First Division | A | Coventry City | 2–0 | Stephen Glass, Stephen Glass | 13,251 |
| 16 Mar 2002 | 2001–02 | First Division | H | Coventry City | 3–0 | Wayne Brown, Wayne Brown, Marcus Gayle | 15,833 |
| 26 Aug 2002 | 2002–03 | First Division | H | Coventry City | 5–2 | Stephen Glass, Tommy Smith, Danny Webber, Allan Nielsen, Paul Robinson | 11,136 |
| 1 Feb 2003 | 2002–03 | First Division | A | Coventry City | 1–0 | Micah Hyde | 17,393 |
| 21 Oct 2003 | 2003–04 | First Division | H | Coventry City | 1–1 | Scott Fitzgerald | 13,487 |
| 10 Jan 2004 | 2003–04 | First Division | A | Coventry City | 0–0 | 12,226 | |
| 18 Dec 2004 | 2004–05 | Championship | A | Coventry City | 0–1 | 14,493 | |
| 5 Mar 2005 | 2004–05 | Championship | H | Coventry City | 2–3 | Bruce Dyer, Danny Webber | 13,794 |
| 28 Sep 2005 | 2005–06 | Championship | A | Coventry City | 1–3 | Ashley Young | 16,978 |
| 11 Feb 2006 | 2005–06 | Championship | H | Coventry City | 4–0 | Ashley Young, Marlon King, Darius Henderson, Jay DeMerit | 19,842 |
| 23 Oct 2007 | 2007–08 | Championship | A | Coventry City | 3–0 | Adam Johnson 30, Marlon King 42, Darius Henderson 46 | 17,032 |
| 5 Apr 2008 | 2007–08 | Championship | H | Coventry City | 2–1 | Nathan Ellington 7, Tommy Smith 79 | 17,188 |
| 13 Dec 2008 | 2008–09 | Championship | H | Coventry City | 2–1 | Smith pen 62, O'Toole 72 | 14,075 |
| 25 Apr 2009 | 2008–09 | Championship | A | Coventry City | 3–2 | Smith 58, Rasiak 61, Tamás Priskin 74 | 17,195 |
| 29 Sep 2009 | 2009–10 | Championship | H | Coventry City | 2–3 | Tom Cleverley 21, Will Hoskins 37 | 13,034 |
| 2 May 2010 | 2009–10 | Championship | A | Coventry City | 4–0 | Danny Graham 78, Henri Lansbury 17, Marvin Sordell 81 | 19,103 |
| 14 Aug 2010 | 2010–11 | Championship | H | Coventry City | 2–2 | John Eustace 58, Will Buckley | 12,813 |
| 2 Apr 2011 | 2010–11 | Championship | A | Coventry City | 0–2 | ||
| 20 Aug 2011 | 2011–12 | Championship | A | Coventry City | 0–0 | 13,043 | |
| 17 Mar 2012 | 2011–12 | Championship | H | Coventry City | 0–0 | 12,563 | |
| 27 Aug 2019 | 2019–20 | League Cup | H | Coventry City | 3–0 | Ismaïla Sarr 37, Daryl Janmaat 56, Adalberto Peñaranda 69 | 12,257 |
| 7 Nov 2020 | 2020–21 | Championship | H | Coventry City | 3–2 | Andre Gray 54, William Troost-Ekong 66, Ismaïla Sarr 83 | |
| 6 Feb 2021 | 2020–21 | Championship | A | Coventry City | 0–0 | ||
| 5 Nov 2022 | 2022–23 | Championship | H | Coventry City | 0–1 | 20,164 | |
| 10 Apr 2023 | 2022–23 | Championship | A | Coventry City | 2–2 | João Pedro 6, Imrân Louza 45+1 | 21,112 |
| 2 Sep 2023 | 2023–24 | Championship | A | Coventry City | 3–3 | Mileta Rajović 35, Matheus Martins 52, Mileta Rajović 79 | 24,539 |
| 9 Mar 2024 | 2023–24 | Championship | H | Coventry City | 1–2 | Ryan Porteous 20 | 18,907 |
| 14 Sep 2024 | 2024–25 | Championship | H | Coventry City | 1–1 | Tom Dele-Bashiru 67 | 19,441 |
| 25 Jan 2025 | 2024–25 | Championship | A | Coventry City | 1–2 | Liam Kitching 82 | 27,078 |
| 25 Oct 2025 | 2025–26 | Championship | A | Coventry City | 1–3 | Louza Irankunda 69 | 30,109 |
| 2 May 2026 | 2025–26 | Championship | H | Coventry City | 0–4 | 19,174 |
See also: the Coventry City archive and Coventry City v Watford.