Evenly matched teams: Coventry City vs Norwich City match preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 07.Oct
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Coventry Building Society Arena (32609 seats)

Norwich City journey to Coventry City and The Coventry Building Society Arena loaded with hope and confidence, but the home side is no pushover. More info on the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Coventry City have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Championship
  • Norwich City have the most conceded goals (14) away in Championship

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Coventry City and Norwich City.

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Coventry City form and stats

Coventry City have collected 9 points from their Championship home games so far after 2-3-0.

Coventry City's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Blackburn Rovers (placed 20th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Coventry City's victory against Blackburn Rovers could easily have been with a bigger margin than 1-0 as they hit the posts three times. Wilson, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.95 out of 10 in that game. Wilson topped it up with a clean sheet.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Queens Park Rangers with a 3-1 scoreline.

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 Coventry have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 7 and lost 4.

Coventry City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Coventry Building Society Arena with 8 goals in 5 league matches. Coventry City have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Norwich City form and stats

1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Norwich City, who have the most conceded goals (14) away in Championship, playing as the away team in the Championship this season. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Norwich City are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Norwich, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Swansea City (placed 15th). Midfielder Sara was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.65. Sara scored one goal, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 26 successful passes (of 30 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Birmingham City.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Norwich City in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Norwich City, 2 draws and 0 defeats.

The Norwich City manager Wagner has got the team scoring on the road, with 12 away goals in 5 league matches. Norwich are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 12 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

Norwich City have won all of the 4 latest fixtures against this opponent. Can they do it again?

Top Goalscorers

Coventry CityM. Godden
M. Godden
5 goals
Norwich CityJ. Rowe
J. Rowe
5 goals
Norwich CityA. Idah
A. Idah
4 goals

Coventry City missing players

Norwich City missing players

Coventry City Norwich City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 3 5 10
3 2 0 Won W 0 1 5
5 3 1 Drew D 1 1 1
2 0 0 Lost L 2 3 4
16 8 0 Scored S 7 12 20
12 4 0 Conceded C 12 14 18
90% 80% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
50% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 70%
30% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 60% 40%
20% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 40% 20%
70% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 60%
30% 60% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 30%
10% 20% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 10%
 
6.6 7.4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 5.2 6
5.6 6.4 7 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 6 4.5
2.2 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.1 14 17 Shots (avg) S ( 13.3 13.2 15.8
4.3 4.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 5.4 4.8
37% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 44% 42%
 
13.2 13.4 15 Shots against (avg) S A 23.3 19.4 15.1
3.7 3.4 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9.3 7.2 4.8
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • All of Norwich City's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Coventry City have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Coventry City have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Championship
  • Norwich City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Norwich City have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Norwich City have the most conceded goals (14) away in Championship
  • Norwich City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 10 9 0 1 21 6 5 4 0 1 8 3 5 5 0 0 13 3 15 27
2 Ipswich Town 10 8 1 1 21 11 5 4 0 1 15 9 5 4 1 0 6 2 10 25
3 Preston North End 10 6 2 2 13 13 5 4 0 1 8 8 5 2 2 1 5 5 0 20
4 Sunderland 10 6 1 3 20 8 5 3 0 2 10 4 5 3 1 1 10 4 12 19
5 West Bromwich Albion 10 4 4 2 17 11 5 3 1 1 9 6 5 1 3 1 8 5 6 16
6 Leeds United 10 4 4 2 15 10 5 2 3 0 7 3 5 2 1 2 8 7 5 16
7 Norwich City 10 5 1 4 20 18 5 4 0 1 8 4 5 1 1 3 12 14 2 16
8 Cardiff City 10 5 1 4 16 14 5 4 0 1 10 5 5 1 1 3 6 9 2 16
9 Hull City 10 4 4 2 14 12 5 1 4 0 7 5 5 3 0 2 7 7 2 16
10 Southampton 10 5 1 4 16 20 5 2 1 2 10 11 5 3 0 2 6 9 -4 16
11 Bristol City 10 4 3 3 13 11 5 1 2 2 7 7 5 3 1 1 6 4 2 15
12 Birmingham City 10 4 3 3 11 9 5 3 2 0 7 2 5 1 1 3 4 7 2 15
13 Coventry City 10 3 5 2 16 12 5 2 3 0 8 4 5 1 2 2 8 8 4 14
14 Millwall 10 4 2 4 8 11 5 2 0 3 4 7 5 2 2 1 4 4 -3 14
15 Swansea City 10 3 3 4 15 13 5 2 2 1 8 5 5 1 1 3 7 8 2 12
16 Plymouth Argyle 10 3 2 5 17 15 5 3 0 2 13 6 5 0 2 3 4 9 2 11
17 Middlesbrough 10 3 2 5 12 17 5 2 1 2 5 5 5 1 1 3 7 12 -5 11
18 Stoke City 10 3 1 6 11 15 5 2 0 3 6 7 5 1 1 3 5 8 -4 10
19 Huddersfield Town 10 2 4 4 10 17 5 1 2 2 5 8 5 1 2 2 5 9 -7 10
20 Blackburn Rovers 10 3 1 6 13 21 5 2 0 3 7 11 5 1 1 3 6 10 -8 10
21 Watford 10 2 3 5 13 15 6 2 2 2 10 6 4 0 1 3 3 9 -2 9
22 Queens Park Rangers 10 2 2 6 8 16 4 0 1 3 3 8 6 2 1 3 5 8 -8 8
23 Rotherham United 10 1 2 7 9 21 5 1 2 2 7 8 5 0 0 5 2 13 -12 5
24 Sheffield Wednesday 10 0 2 8 5 18 5 0 1 4 2 8 5 0 1 4 3 10 -13 2

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.