Coventry City U21 vs Birmingham City U21 full preview

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Competition: England Professional Development League
Competition: Tue 28.February
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Coventry Building Society Arena

Here's every piece of info you must learn, and a little bit more, going into the Coventry City U21 - Birmingham City U21 match!

Insights:
  • Coventry City U21 have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Professional Development League
  • Birmingham City U21 have the most points from losing position (11) in Professional Development League

Coventry City U21 and Birmingham City U21 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Coventry City U21 form and stats

Coventry City U21's struggle is real here at The Coventry Building Society Arena with only 7 points collected from 8 Professional Development League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-5.

Coventry City U21 travelled for their previous game, a trip to Barnsley U21 that ended 1-1.

Heartbreak before that as Coventry lost 0-1 at Wigan Athletic U21's place.

A decent goal production from Coventry City U21 in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.

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Birmingham City U21 form and stats

There's been little loot from Birmingham City U21's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 8 away games in the Professional Development League. Birmingham City U21 only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Birmingham are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Peterborough United U21 with 0-5 on the scoreboard. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Peterborough United U21 was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.

A draw for Birmingham City U21 before that, at their own venue hosting Burnley U21 (1-1).

Birmingham City U21 find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league.

Head 2 Head

Birmingham City U21 - Coventry City U21 3-0 was the result in these contenders' last h2h fixture, earlier this season. Campbell likes to face Coventry and have scored 2 goals in these encounters.

Coventry City U21 missing players

Birmingham City U21 missing players

Coventry City U21 Birmingham City U21
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 8 1 Played P 2 8 19
5 2 0 Won W 1 2 5
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 6
10 5 1 Lost L 1 4 8
23 12 1 Scored S 4 10 27
30 15 3 Conceded C 4 16 37
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 89%
83% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 89%
61% 88% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 68%
28% 38% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 53%
17% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 37%
50% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 58%
22% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 26%
28% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 26%
 
4.7 5.9 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 3.1 3.7
6.4 5.8 8 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.2 5.2
1.3 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
7.6 9 6 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7 6.6
2.9 3.8 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.1 2.7
43% 40% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 40% 52%
 
11.7 12.1 7 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 11 10.6
4.7 4.8 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 5.2 5
Key stats in Professional Development League this season:
  • All of Coventry City U21's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Birmingham City U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Birmingham City U21 have the most points from losing position (11) in Professional Development League
  • Coventry City U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Coventry City U21 have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Professional Development League
  • Coventry City U21 have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Professional Development League
  • Coventry City U21 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Coventry City U21 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 Sheffield United U21 20 13 4 3 38 20 10 7 2 1 18 9 10 6 2 2 20 11 18 43
2 Wigan Athletic U21 20 9 3 8 36 29 10 5 0 5 18 15 10 4 3 3 18 14 7 30
3 Hull City U21 19 8 3 8 41 32 10 5 1 4 22 15 9 3 2 4 19 17 9 27
4 Burnley U21 18 7 3 8 31 37 10 3 1 6 18 27 8 4 2 2 13 10 -6 24
5 Crewe Alexandra U21 17 6 4 7 25 31 10 2 4 4 9 14 7 4 0 3 16 17 -6 22
6 Birmingham City U21 19 5 6 8 27 37 11 3 4 4 17 21 8 2 2 4 10 16 -10 21
7 Peterborough United U21 16 5 5 6 32 30 8 3 4 1 18 13 8 2 1 5 14 17 2 20
8 Barnsley U21 18 5 4 9 25 31 11 4 3 4 17 14 7 1 1 5 8 17 -6 19
9 Coventry City U21 18 5 3 10 23 30 8 2 1 5 12 15 10 3 2 5 11 15 -7 18
10 Sheffield Wednesday U21 20 5 1 14 18 43 10 2 0 8 7 24 10 3 1 6 11 19 -25 16