Coventry City - Stoke City: Small difference between teams in Championship clash

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 01.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Coventry Building Society Arena

Coventry City have been busy practising for this match following their 4-1 result versus Blackpool, a fixture that produced some answers. Will they show it against Stoke City?

Insights:
  • Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Coventry City form and stats

Coventry City have played 19 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 9-6-4 (wins-draws-losses).

It's back home for Coventry City, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Blackpool away with the result 4-1. Sheaf, Godden and McFadzean found the net in that victory. McFadzean, defender, was given a rating of 7.84/10 in that game, top of the team. McFadzean scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 9 of 12 duels.

Before that, Coventry played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Wigan Athletic.

This is expected to be a close game, with Coventry City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Coventry City as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Coventry City has won 7 of these, drawn 4 and lost 4.

Low on goals? In this team's last 32 league games, 24 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).

Coventry has scored 24 league goals at home this season, in 19 matches. Coventry City have only conceded 17 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Stoke City form and stats

7 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Stoke City playing as the away team in the Championship this season.

Stoke's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Norwich City that finished 0-0. Bonham (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.3. Bonham topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 1-1 draw at Middlesbrough's stadium before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Stoke City playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 7 Stoke City wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Stoke City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 25 away goals from 19 games (in the league). Stoke City have conceded 24 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Coventry have pulled off a streak of 6 consecutive matches without losing (4-2-0) when playing Stoke City.

The last H2H meeting ended Stoke City - Coventry City 0-2, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

CoventryV. Gyökeres
V. Gyökeres
18 goals
Stoke CityT. Campbell
T. Campbell
8 goals
Stoke CityL. Baker
L. Baker
7 goals

Coventry City missing players

Stoke City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Coventry City Stoke City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
38 19 6 Played P 7 19 38
15 9 2 Won W 1 7 13
12 6 3 Drew D 2 4 9
11 4 1 Lost L 4 8 16
47 24 8 Scored S 5 25 48
37 17 7 Conceded C 11 24 45
89% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 92%
58% 58% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 74% 68%
32% 26% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 29% 47% 45%
24% 16% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 32% 32%
13% 11% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 5%
39% 42% 67% BTTS BTTS 57% 53% 42%
45% 47% 17% Clean Sheets C S 14% 26% 29%
26% 16% 17% Failed to Score F T 29% 26% 37%
 
4.5 5.1 7.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.7 5.6
5.4 5.1 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.4 5.4 5
2 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2 1.8
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.8 13.8 16.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.1 12.6 13
4.2 4.5 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.9 4.5 4.6
29% 28% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 29% 27%
 
10.9 10.3 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.9 11.4 10.1
3.4 3.4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 3.6 3.2
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 37 24 11 2 74 29 19 14 5 0 43 13 18 10 6 2 31 16 45 83
2 Sheffield United 37 21 7 9 58 33 18 11 3 4 35 17 19 10 4 5 23 16 25 70
3 Middlesbrough 38 20 7 11 69 42 19 11 6 2 36 14 19 9 1 9 33 28 27 67
4 Luton Town 38 17 13 8 46 35 19 7 8 4 24 19 19 10 5 4 22 16 11 64
5 Blackburn Rovers 37 19 4 14 43 42 18 13 1 4 25 14 19 6 3 10 18 28 1 61
6 Millwall 38 17 9 12 48 40 19 10 5 4 29 17 19 7 4 8 19 23 8 60
7 Norwich City 38 16 9 13 52 41 19 8 4 7 27 22 19 8 5 6 25 19 11 57
8 Coventry City 38 15 12 11 47 37 19 9 6 4 24 17 19 6 6 7 23 20 10 57
9 West Bromwich Albion 37 15 10 12 47 39 19 10 5 4 26 15 18 5 5 8 21 24 8 55
10 Watford 38 14 13 11 45 40 19 9 6 4 28 17 19 5 7 7 17 23 5 55
11 Sunderland 38 14 11 13 53 46 19 6 6 7 24 25 19 8 5 6 29 21 7 53
12 Preston North End 38 14 11 13 34 43 19 5 6 8 14 22 19 9 5 5 20 21 -9 53
13 Stoke City 38 13 9 16 48 45 19 6 5 8 23 21 19 7 4 8 25 24 3 48
14 Bristol City 38 12 12 14 45 46 19 8 5 6 24 18 19 4 7 8 21 28 -1 48
15 Hull City 38 12 11 15 43 53 19 7 4 8 21 26 19 5 7 7 22 27 -10 47
16 Swansea City 38 12 10 16 51 57 19 8 3 8 30 28 19 4 7 8 21 29 -6 46
17 Birmingham City 38 12 9 17 42 50 19 6 5 8 22 21 19 6 4 9 20 29 -8 45
18 Reading 38 13 6 19 40 58 19 10 4 5 28 21 19 3 2 14 12 37 -18 45
19 Queens Park Rangers 38 11 9 18 38 59 19 6 4 9 20 27 19 5 5 9 18 32 -21 42
20 Rotherham United 37 9 13 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 30 23 19 2 8 9 11 28 -10 40
21 Cardiff City 37 10 9 18 28 41 19 6 6 7 16 17 18 4 3 11 12 24 -13 39
22 Huddersfield Town 38 9 9 20 32 53 19 6 5 8 17 21 19 3 4 12 15 32 -21 36
23 Blackpool 38 8 11 19 40 58 19 5 6 8 24 26 19 3 5 11 16 32 -18 35
24 Wigan Athletic 38 7 13 18 33 59 19 3 6 10 14 32 19 4 7 8 19 27 -26 31

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 37 24 11 2 74 29 19 14 5 0 43 13 18 10 6 2 31 16 45 83
2 Sheffield United 37 21 7 9 58 33 18 11 3 4 35 17 19 10 4 5 23 16 25 70
3 Middlesbrough 38 20 7 11 69 42 19 11 6 2 36 14 19 9 1 9 33 28 27 67
4 Luton Town 38 17 13 8 46 35 19 7 8 4 24 19 19 10 5 4 22 16 11 64
5 Blackburn Rovers 37 19 4 14 43 42 18 13 1 4 25 14 19 6 3 10 18 28 1 61
6 Millwall 38 17 9 12 48 40 19 10 5 4 29 17 19 7 4 8 19 23 8 60
7 Norwich City 38 16 9 13 52 41 19 8 4 7 27 22 19 8 5 6 25 19 11 57
8 Coventry City 38 15 12 11 47 37 19 9 6 4 24 17 19 6 6 7 23 20 10 57
9 West Bromwich Albion 37 15 10 12 47 39 19 10 5 4 26 15 18 5 5 8 21 24 8 55
10 Watford 38 14 13 11 45 40 19 9 6 4 28 17 19 5 7 7 17 23 5 55
11 Sunderland 38 14 11 13 53 46 19 6 6 7 24 25 19 8 5 6 29 21 7 53
12 Preston North End 38 14 11 13 34 43 19 5 6 8 14 22 19 9 5 5 20 21 -9 53
13 Stoke City 38 13 9 16 48 45 19 6 5 8 23 21 19 7 4 8 25 24 3 48
14 Bristol City 38 12 12 14 45 46 19 8 5 6 24 18 19 4 7 8 21 28 -1 48
15 Hull City 38 12 11 15 43 53 19 7 4 8 21 26 19 5 7 7 22 27 -10 47
16 Swansea City 38 12 10 16 51 57 19 8 3 8 30 28 19 4 7 8 21 29 -6 46
17 Birmingham City 38 12 9 17 42 50 19 6 5 8 22 21 19 6 4 9 20 29 -8 45
18 Reading 38 13 6 19 40 58 19 10 4 5 28 21 19 3 2 14 12 37 -18 45
19 Queens Park Rangers 38 11 9 18 38 59 19 6 4 9 20 27 19 5 5 9 18 32 -21 42
20 Rotherham United 37 9 13 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 30 23 19 2 8 9 11 28 -10 40
21 Cardiff City 37 10 9 18 28 41 19 6 6 7 16 17 18 4 3 11 12 24 -13 39
22 Huddersfield Town 38 9 9 20 32 53 19 6 5 8 17 21 19 3 4 12 15 32 -21 36
23 Blackpool 38 8 11 19 40 58 19 5 6 8 24 26 19 3 5 11 16 32 -18 35
24 Wigan Athletic 38 7 13 18 33 59 19 3 6 10 14 32 19 4 7 8 19 27 -26 31

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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.