Coventry City suffered a heavy 5-0 home defeat to Brighton, leaving them the second team in Premier League history to lose their opening four fixtures without scoring a single goal. The result piles pressure on manager Frank Lampard, whose side have shown promise in patches but continue to be undone by moments of individual brilliance from opponents and their own indiscipline, deepening fears of an early relegation battle for the promoted club.

Brighton's goals came from Charalampos Kostoulas, Malick Yalcouyé, Lewis Dunk and a late Yasin Ayari strike, with Pascal Gross also converting a penalty after Bobby Thomas fouled Kostoulas in the box. Coventry's afternoon worsened when Taiwo Awoniyi was sent off for an elbow on Maxim De Cuyper shortly after half-time, and Dunk capped the rout with a stunning 35-yard strike into the top corner. Only Crystal Palace, in 2017-18, have previously started a Premier League season with four scoreless defeats, and that campaign ended with Palace turning to Roy Hodgson to steady the ship.