Awoniyi targets Coventry debut

Taiwo Awoniyi could make his debut for Coventry City against Arsenal tonight in the 2026/27 Premier League season’s opener, just days after completing a permanent move from Nottingham Forest, reports Afrik-Foot.

Awoniyi netted 21 Premier League goals in 90 appearances during four years’ stay at Forest, and he gives Frank Lampard extra cover up front as Coventry return to the Premier League for the first time in 25 years.

Awoniyi is one of two Nigerian internationals in Lampard’s squad for the season, alongside midfielder Frank Onyeka, who arrived permanently from Brentford this summer, having been central to Coventry’s Championship title win.

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Awoniyi, who spent four years at Nottingham Forest after loan spells away from Liverpool, netted 23 goals with six assists in 103 appearances across all competitions for the Tricky Trees.

Coventry subdued Espanyol and Monaco during pre-season games, as they are set for the big clash in London tonight.

Recall that Awoniyi, in the colours of Nottingham Forest, had netted three times in his last six Premier League games against Arsenal.

The 2013 FIFA U17 World Cup winner on August 12, 2023, scored

in the season’s opener against Arsenal, but could not stop the Reds from a 1-2 defeat in London.

Awoniyi also scored the lone goal, which forced Arsenal out of the City Ground empty-handed on May 20, 2023.

Meanwhile, both sides have not met in the EPL since February 2001, the season of Coventry’s relegation from the top flight, and their most recent competitive clash came in the FA Cup in January 2014, when Arsenal won 4-0 at the Emirates Stadium.