Moving closer to the top sides is the mission when these two mid-table sides duel. Both will be aiming to better their league position, Bristol City in 14th and Coventry City in 13th position.
- Bristol City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Coventry City have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Championship
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Bristol City form and stats
Overall Championship statistics playing at home this season for Bristol City are 1-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Bristol City faced defeat in their previous match, away at Leeds United (1-2). O'Leary had a busy but productive day in the Leeds United match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Defender Naismith got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.01/10. Naismith scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 8 of 11 duels.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Rotherham United.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Bristol City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 3 and lost 4.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Bristol, as the Championship home game vs Ipswich Town is only four days away.
The Bristol City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. Bristol City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Coventry City form and stats
Playing away, Coventry City have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Championship this season.
Coventry City's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Norwich City that finished 1-1. Defender Thomas was the best team player with a rating of 7.84. Thomas hit one key pass and won 11 of 12 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Blackburn Rovers.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Coventry City playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 1 Coventry win, 7 draws and 1 defeat.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Rotherham United.
The travelling fans enjoy Coventry City's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. Coventry's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 8 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Bristol City victories, three draws and three Coventry City wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Godden 5 goals |   S. Bell 4 goals |  M. James 2 goals |
Bristol City missing players
Coventry City missing players
| Bristol City | Coventry City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 91% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 73% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 82% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 45% |
| 18% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 18% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 64% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 73% |
| 18% | 20% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 27% | 40% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 5.7 | 7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.8 | 6.7 |
| 4.5 | 3.8 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.9 | 11.6 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 12.2 | 13.8 |
| 3.2 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| 40% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 42% | 36% |
| 12.4 | 10.6 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 13 | 12.5 |
| 4.2 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | 3.5 |
- All of Coventry City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bristol City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Coventry City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Coventry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Coventry City have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Coventry City have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Championship
- Coventry City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leicester City | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 30 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Preston North End | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 20 |
| 4 | Sunderland | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 5 | Leeds United | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
| 6 | Birmingham City | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | Norwich City | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | Cardiff City | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | Hull City | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 10 | Southampton | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 17 |
| 11 | West Bromwich Albion | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 16 |
| 12 | Swansea City | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 15 |
| 13 | Coventry City | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| 14 | Bristol City | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 15 | Millwall | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 15 |
| 16 | Middlesbrough | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 14 |
| 17 | Blackburn Rovers | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 18 | Plymouth Argyle | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 11 |
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 11 |
| 20 | Watford | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -2 | 10 |
| 21 | Stoke City | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 22 | Queens Park Rangers | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -12 | 8 |
| 23 | Rotherham United | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -12 | 6 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -13 | 3 |
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