Buy Coventry City vs Everton tickets for the 2026/27 Season, with the sides meeting at the Coventry Building Society Arena on Saturday 16 January 2027, scheduled for a 15:00 GMT kickoff. It is a fixture with a genuine claim to being historic, because no Premier League match has ever been played at this stadium.
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Coventry left Highfield Road in 2005 after 106 years, four seasons after their relegation from the top flight. The ground they moved into has staged Championship football, League One football and an Olympic tournament, but never a Premier League match until this season. Add a 25-year absence from the division and it explains why demand for Coventry City tickets has behaved unlike anything the club has seen.
What follows covers how the four stands differ, what resale realistically costs when a club's entire season ticket allocation has sold out, how the safe standing areas work and how the record between these two reads. If you are travelling, the arena sits outside the city and the journey needs planning.
Start with the hardest fact available. General admission season tickets for 2026/27 sold out completely, and the club opened a waiting list carrying a non-refundable £10 fee which does not guarantee a seat before 2027/28 at the earliest. A ground holding 32,609 is fully committed before the fixture list becomes real to anyone outside the membership.
Then add an unusual layer. Around 5,000 supporters who bought a Premier League package back in 2023, when the club was in the Championship, receive complimentary season tickets this year as that promise is honoured. Roughly 350 existing holders were also relocated to comply with broadcast regulations. Between the sold-out allocation and those commitments, the pool reaching general sale is thinner than the capacity figure suggests.
Prices moved with the division. A standard adult season ticket rose to £625 from £540, and the premium zones to £800 from £600, with the club saying Premier League football costs more to deliver and that the structure was benchmarked across the league. Renewals closed at 3pm on 13 July 2026, which is the moment the ground effectively filled.
The visitors matter too. Supporters buying Everton tickets are competing for a South Stand allocation of roughly 3,000, and Everton travel in numbers that comfortably exceed that at a new ground they have never visited in this division. For a January Saturday within easy reach of Merseyside by road, that allocation was never going to be enough.
The honest answer is that the club route is close to shut. With the season ticket book sold out and a paid waiting list already formed, single-match general sale for a fixture of this profile works with whatever the club holds back plus whatever members release. That is not a reliable supply.
Face values are worth knowing as a benchmark all the same. Match tickets in the standard and family zones run to £55 for an adult in category A, £50 in category B and £35 in category C, with concessions for seniors, 18 to 21s, under-18s and under-14s beneath those. Premium zone seats sit at £70, £65 and £50 across the same three bands. Those are club prices for club members.
Coventry also expanded home safe standing for the Premier League, covering blocks 11 to 16. That is worth understanding before you buy, because a rail seat is a different product from a conventional one and the listing may not spell it out.
If you hold no season ticket and are not in the visiting allocation, a verified marketplace is the practical route. Listings come from season ticket holders who cannot attend on 16 January, from supporters releasing seats over the winter and from sellers holding stock across the home stands. Read the notes carefully, because a club in its first Premier League season produces more unfamiliar seat arrangements than a settled one.
One point for visiting supporters. The South Stand allocation is sold by Everton to their own members under their conditions and is not a general-sale product. Anyone buying elsewhere in the arena is sitting in a home area, where visiting colours are not appropriate.
Five things move the price here: which stand you choose, whether the block is rail seating, how much stock remains, the historic framing of the fixture and whether the listing carries hospitality. The fourth of those is doing unusual work this season, because a share of the demand is attached to the occasion rather than the match.
A note on how this market behaves. Coventry resale has not softened at any point this season, and there is no reason to expect it to for this fixture. With the season ticket book closed and a waiting list behind it, late stock is scarce rather than discounted.
| Ticket Type | Resale Price Range | Best For | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Stand, upper areas | £130 – £225 | Budget buyers and first visits | Higher and further back, and usually where the last general stock sits. The lowest entry point into the ground this season. |
| North Stand | £150 – £255 | Supporters who want the noise | Behind one goal, with a view down the pitch rather than across it. Reasonable value given how tight supply is. |
| East Stand, lower | £180 – £310 | Balanced value | Side-on and close to the pitch, opposite the main stand. The sensible compromise if you want a seated view. |
| West Stand | £260 – £460+ | Comfort and the cleanest sightline | The only two-tiered stand and the main one, with the benches and the better facilities. Central lower blocks command the strongest prices. |
| Premium zones and hospitality | £450 – £1,000+ | Corporate guests and occasions | Lounge and premium seating in the main stand. Smallest inventory on this page and the first to clear. |
Prices reflect typical resale ranges and may change as demand and availability shift closer to the match.
One structural point for families. Coventry price concessions properly at face value, with separate bands for seniors, 18 to 21s, under-18s and under-14s, and dedicated family areas. Those reductions belong to the club's own sale, so a family buying on the resale market pays adult rates throughout. With the season ticket book closed there is no easy route into those bands this year, which is worth factoring into a group budget.
The arena opened in 2005 as the Ricoh Arena and is a clean modern bowl of four stands: North, South, East and West, with the West the only one built over two tiers. It sits north east of the city beside junction 3 of the M6. The CBS Arena seating plan maps the blocks in detail, and the wider guide to Coventry Building Society Arena tickets covers matchday logistics, but the table below is the decision most buyers face.
| Area | What It Suits | Pricing Bracket | Guidance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Stand, lower central | Families, first-time visitors, anyone paying for one memorable trip | Upper | Level with the halfway line in the only two-tier stand, with the strongest facilities behind it. The safest choice if comfort matters. |
| West Stand, upper | Buyers wanting the main-stand view without the central premium | Mid to upper | A wider read of the whole pitch under the same roof. Strong compromise for a January afternoon. |
| East Stand, lower | Neutrals wanting a proper side-on view | Mid | Opposite the West Stand and close to the pitch. Consistently the sensible value pick at this ground. |
| North Stand | Supporters who want to be behind the goal | Mid | One end of the ground, with a decent slope and good acoustics. Not central, but not distant either. |
| Home safe standing, blocks 11 to 16 | Supporters who want the atmosphere | Mid | Rail seating expanded for the Premier League season. Choose it for the noise, avoid it if you plan to sit. |
| South Stand, blocks 6 to 9 | Travelling Everton supporters | Set by allocation | Around 3,000 seats, with safe standing in blocks 6 and 7. Turnstiles open 90 minutes before kickoff, and the wheelchair platform sits at the front of block 8 with access through gate 25. |
If you are undecided, the lower East Stand is the sensible default. You get a genuine side-on view close to the pitch, you avoid the rail-seating blocks and you pay well below the West Stand. One practical note for January: the arena is exposed on its site beside the motorway and the concourses fill quickly, so arrive with time rather than cutting it fine at a ground you do not know.
The arena was built as a multi-purpose venue with conference and exhibition space attached, which means it carries more indoor hospitality capacity than a football-only ground of its size. That is the one respect in which supply here is better than the ticket market suggests.
| Hospitality Option | Typical Buyer | Main Appeal |
|---|---|---|
| Premium zone seating | Supporters marking an occasion, local business guests | The club's premium seated tier in the main stand, priced separately from standard zones on both the season and match lists. |
| Executive boxes | Companies and private groups | Private box space with hosted service and a block of seats held together, using the arena's built-in corporate facilities. |
| Lounge packages | Business guests and sponsors | Dining and lounge access in the conference areas attached to the stadium, paired with a premium seat. |
| Group and corporate bookings | Supporter groups and travel parties | Blocks of seats arranged together with catering added, which needs organising well ahead in a sold-out season. |
The practical point is that hospitality may be the most realistic route into this fixture for a group. When a general admission market is this tight, the premium end is where availability survives longest, and at this arena there is more of it than at a comparable ground.
The January timing adds to that. A first Premier League visit from Everton is an obvious corporate booking across the West Midlands, so the better packages moved early even by the standards of this season.
Premier League entry is almost entirely digital, and the arena runs barcode scanning at the turnstiles. The table below covers what to confirm against your listing before you travel.
| Delivery Type | What to Check |
|---|---|
| Mobile ticket | Whether it transfers to your own account or arrives as a pass for your phone wallet. Load it before you set off, because signal on the approach congests near kickoff. |
| E-ticket or PDF | Whether printing is required and whether the barcode is single-scan. The turnstiles scan barcodes, so keep the ticket clean and undamaged. |
| Collection in Coventry | The meeting point, the hours it runs and what identification the seller wants. Allow real time, since the arena is four miles from the city centre station. |
| Season ticket card | Whether the card must be returned afterwards and what the seller needs for that. Read these listings closely, as the conditions vary more than any other delivery type. |
Three habits save trouble. Read the listing notes in full before checkout, and this season check whether the block is rail seating, because that changes the afternoon. Carry photo identification in case of a check. Charge your phone properly, since a flat battery at a barcode turnstile leaves no fallback. Turnstiles open 90 minutes before kickoff, which is worth using at a ground most visitors have not been to.
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Step1
Open the fixture listing
Go to the Coventry City against Everton listing for 16 January 2027 and confirm the date, the kickoff time and the venue before looking at seats.
Step2
Set up your account
You can create an account in under a minute. Use the name that matches any identification you may be asked for on the day.
Step3
Check whether the block is rail seating
Home safe standing runs from blocks 11 to 16 this season. Decide whether you want that before comparing individual listings, because it changes the experience more than the price does.
Step4
Filter by quantity
Set the exact number of seats you need up front. In a sold-out season the releases arrive in ones and twos, so groups of four or more should filter early rather than wait for a block to appear.
Step5
Read the listing notes
Confirm the delivery method, the exact block and whether the seats are guaranteed together. Pay particular attention to any listing involving a season ticket card.
Step6
Complete the purchase
Pay through the secure checkout. Your order is covered from the moment payment clears, with seller verification applied before any listing goes live.
Step7
Confirm your delivery window
Note when the tickets are due. Premier League listings often release close to the match because the seller receives the digital ticket late, which is routine rather than a warning sign.
Step8
Follow your order through
Use track order to check the status at any point, then plan your route to the arena with the shuttle bus or Coventry Arena station in mind.
Overseas and long-distance buyers should favour delivery that follows them rather than an address. Mobile tickets and e-tickets suit anyone in a hotel, while courier delivery needs genuine lead time in January. If you want seats together, confirm it before purchase rather than afterwards, because a seller cannot rearrange a listing once the order is placed.
Getting there is the part first-time visitors underestimate. Coventry Arena station sits at the south-east corner of the ground, though onward connections from it are limited, and Coventry's main city centre station is four miles away. The club runs a £5 return shuttle from Coventry station and the White Street coach park, with local buses 9, 11 and 12X also serving the route. Drivers come off the M6 at junction 3, around 800 metres from the ground, with several thousand parking spaces on site at roughly £15 per car and car park C closest to the South Stand. One caution for travel planning: Premier League kickoff times move when broadcast selections are confirmed, usually around six weeks ahead, so treat the 15:00 slot as provisional until then.
There is no rivalry here, and there has been no fixture at all for a quarter of a century. Coventry spent 34 consecutive seasons in the top division from 1967 and were inaugural Premier League members in 1992, then finished 19th in 2000/01 and went down. They did not come back until winning the Championship in 2025/26.
That gap is why this page carries no data from the current stadium. The two clubs met 18 times in the Premier League between 1992 and 2001, every one of those at Highfield Road or Goodison Park, and Coventry moved grounds four years after the last of them. The 16 January 2027 fixture is the first Premier League meeting between the clubs at the Coventry Building Society Arena, and indeed the first Premier League match of any kind at the stadium.
The record itself is a curiosity. Half of those 18 meetings were drawn, and eight of the nine draws finished either goalless or one apiece. Coventry took six wins to Everton's three across the run, which makes them the only fixture from that era in which the smaller club held a clear edge. Everton's own ground has changed too, which means neither club will play this fixture at the venue where they last contested it.
What makes this fixture distinctive is therefore the setting rather than the standings. Coventry return to the division after 25 years, in a stadium that has never staged a Premier League match, against opponents they last faced at a ground neither club uses now. For a buyer, that is a far better reason to be there than anything the table will say in January.
No Premier League match has been played at the Coventry Building Society Arena, so the table below widens to all Premier League meetings between the clubs across both of their former grounds, from 1992 to 2001.
| Metric | Total |
|---|---|
| Matches played | 18 |
| Coventry City wins | 6 |
| Everton wins | 3 |
| Draws | 9 |
| Coventry City goals | 19 |
| Everton goals | 15 |
| Biggest Coventry City win | 3-0 |
| Biggest Everton win | 3-1 |
| First Premier League meeting | 17 October 1992 |
| Most recent Premier League meeting | 20 January 2001 |
Figures calculated from the verified match record below, cross-referenced against 11v11 records and club season archives.
All 18 Premier League meetings between the clubs, newest first, with the host ground shown. None was played at the current stadium.
| Date | Score | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 2001 | Coventry 1-3 Everton | Highfield Road |
| 26 Dec 2000 | Everton 1-2 Coventry | Goodison Park |
| 15 Mar 2000 | Coventry 1-0 Everton | Highfield Road |
| 2 Oct 1999 | Everton 1-1 Coventry | Goodison Park |
| 11 Apr 1999 | Everton 2-0 Coventry | Goodison Park |
| 15 Nov 1998 | Coventry 3-0 Everton | Highfield Road |
| 10 May 1998 | Everton 1-1 Coventry | Goodison Park |
| 25 Oct 1997 | Coventry 0-0 Everton | Highfield Road |
| 22 Feb 1997 | Coventry 0-0 Everton | Highfield Road |
| 4 Nov 1996 | Everton 1-1 Coventry | Goodison Park |
| 9 Mar 1996 | Everton 2-2 Coventry | Goodison Park |
| 23 Dec 1995 | Coventry 2-1 Everton | Highfield Road |
| 14 May 1995 | Coventry 0-0 Everton | Highfield Road |
| 15 Oct 1994 | Everton 0-2 Coventry | Goodison Park |
| 23 Apr 1994 | Everton 0-0 Coventry | Goodison Park |
| 6 Nov 1993 | Coventry 2-1 Everton | Highfield Road |
| 7 Mar 1993 | Coventry 0-1 Everton | Highfield Road |
| 17 Oct 1992 | Everton 1-1 Coventry | Goodison Park |
Results verified against 11v11 match records and club season archives.
The arena opened in 2005, four years after Coventry left the top flight, so the 2026/27 season brings the first Premier League football it has staged. Every previous meeting with Everton was at Highfield Road or Goodison Park.
No. General admission season tickets sold out and the club opened a paid waiting list which does not guarantee a seat before 2027/28. A verified marketplace sits outside that queue.
In the South Stand, blocks 6 to 9, in an allocation of roughly 3,000 with safe standing in blocks 6 and 7. Visiting colours should not be worn in the home areas.
Blocks 11 to 16 were set up as rail seating for the Premier League season. Choose them for the atmosphere, avoid them if you intend to sit down for ninety minutes.
Coventry Arena station is beside the ground, and a £5 return shuttle runs from Coventry station and the White Street coach park. Drivers leave the M6 at junction 3, around 800 metres away.
Sources: Coventry City FC official club ticketing, stadium and away supporter information, Everton FC official club records, Premier League official fixture information, 11v11 historical match records, club season archives, StadiumDB, Football Ground Guide and Coventry local press reporting on the season ticket campaign.