Coventry City will pray that their home support is enough to get all three points from this strenuous meeting, versus high-octane West Bromwich Albion.
- Coventry City have not yet lost a game at home.
- West Bromwich Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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!
Coventry City form and stats
Coventry City have collected 10 points from their Championship home games so far after 2-4-0.
Coventry haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 182 minutes ago. Gibson (own goal) scored that one.
The fans are hoping that Coventry City will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the match against Rotherham United (placed 22nd). Sheaf (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.84/10. Sheaf hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 71 successful passes (of 85 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Bristol City.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 16 games. Coventry City has won 5 of these, drawn 7 and lost 4.
Coventry have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Coventry Building Society Arena with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Coventry City have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
West Bromwich Albion form and stats
There's been little loot from West Bromwich Albion's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Championship. West Bromwich Albion only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 3 draws.
WBA have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Alex Palmer. It's been 183 minutes since they last conceded in Championship.
Impressive finishing from Diangana and Thomas-Asante secured the home win 2-0 against Queens Park Rangers in their previous game. Attacker Diangana got a player rating of 9.32 in the game. "Man of the match" Diangana scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 38 successful passes (of 43 total).
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Plymouth Argyle.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with West Bromwich Albion playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 2 West Bromwich Albion wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy West Bromwich Albion's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. As opposed to that, WBA have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these squads: Coventry City won two, West Bromwich Albion triumphed in six and we saw two draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Swift 6 goals |   M. Godden 5 goals |  B. Thomas-Asante 3 goals |
Coventry City missing players
West Bromwich Albion missing players
| Coventry City | West Bromwich Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 20 |
| 16 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 92% | 83% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 77% |
| 77% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 83% | 69% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 54% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 54% |
| 23% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 46% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 7.7 | 7.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.2 | 5.8 |
| 4.9 | 5.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.4 | 15.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.3 | 12.2 |
| 4.2 | 4.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 31% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 45% | 45% |
| 12.6 | 12.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11.7 | 9.9 |
| 3.8 | 3.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.2 | 3 |
- Coventry City have not yet lost a game at home.
- West Bromwich Albion 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 | Leicester City | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 36 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 31 |
| 3 | Leeds United | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Preston North End | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 22 |
| 5 | Southampton | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 20 |
| 7 | Cardiff City | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Hull City | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| 9 | Middlesbrough | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Sunderland | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 12 | Bristol City | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 13 | Birmingham City | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 14 | Norwich City | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 17 |
| 15 | Watford | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 16 | Millwall | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 16 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 16 |
| 18 | Plymouth Argyle | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 19 | Swansea City | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 20 | Coventry City | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 15 |
| 21 | Huddersfield Town | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -10 | 14 |
| 22 | Rotherham United | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -10 | 9 |
| 23 | Queens Park Rangers | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -15 | 8 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -17 | 3 |
- Coventry City
- Coventry Observer - (local newspaper)
- Coventry Telegraph - (local newspaper)
- Sky Blues Blog - (supporter blog)
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- West Bromwich Albion
- Express & Star - (local newspaper)
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