Soccer betting preview: Bristol City welcomes Coventry City in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 22.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Ashton Gate Stadium (21497 seats)

This campaign has been a rollercoaster for these contenders so far, good and bad giving mid-table places so far. Let's get ready for Bristol City - Coventry City!

Insights:
  • Bristol City have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Championship
  • Coventry City have the most points from losing position (19) 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 Bristol City and Coventry City.

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Bristol City form and stats

7-5-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Bristol City, who have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Championship, so far this season. After failing to beat Queens Park Rangers here at Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol City has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

Bristol's last game was hosting Middlesbrough (placed 7th) and winning 2-1.

Heartbreak before that as Bristol City lost 1-3 at Swansea City's place.

There will be little rest for Bristol City after this match as they are travelling to Nottingham Forest for a Championship game in only four days.

The Bristol fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 17 matches. Bristol City have conceded 21 in these home matches.

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Coventry City form and stats

The visitors are W4-D5-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

Hyam scored in Coventry City's previous match, the home game against Barnsley that ended 1-0. McFadzean was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.91. The defender McFadzean won 9 of 9 duels.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Cardiff City's place.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Preston North End in just four days.

Coventry City find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. Coventry have conceded 22 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have played previously this season: Coventry City - Bristol City 3-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Bristol wins - draws - Coventry City wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bristol CityA. Weimann
A. Weimann
16 goals
Coventry CityV. Gyökeres
V. Gyökeres
11 goals
Coventry CityM. Godden
M. Godden
10 goals

Bristol City missing players

Coventry City missing players

Bristol City Coventry City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 17 5 Played P 3 15 31
11 7 2 Won W 1 4 13
7 5 2 Drew D 1 5 8
15 5 1 Lost L 1 6 10
44 22 6 Scored S 3 16 40
59 21 5 Conceded C 3 22 36
97% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 94%
85% 76% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 68%
67% 47% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 45%
33% 18% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 23%
21% 18% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 16%
73% 71% 60% BTTS BTTS 67% 47% 52%
9% 18% 40% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 29%
21% 18% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 26%
 
4.2 3.8 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6.2 6.3
6 6.3 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 4.6 3.9
1.9 1.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.6 1.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.2 10.9 10.4 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 12.9 14.1
3.4 3.4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 4.6 4.8
39% 38% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 23% 27%
 
14.2 14.1 11 Shots against (avg) S A 16.3 11.9 10.1
4.7 4.1 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.3 3.3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Bristol City have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Championship
  • Bristol City have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Championship
  • Bristol City have the most dropped points from leading position (26) in Championship
  • Bristol City have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Championship
  • Coventry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Championship
  • Coventry City have the most points from losing position (19) in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 31 19 7 5 79 28 17 10 4 3 41 15 14 9 3 2 38 13 51 64
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Blackburn Rovers 32 15 9 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 16 5 6 5 14 14 12 54
4 Queens Park Rangers 32 15 8 9 47 37 17 8 6 3 24 14 15 7 2 6 23 23 10 53
5 Huddersfield Town 33 14 11 8 42 35 16 8 5 3 22 16 17 6 6 5 20 19 7 53
6 Sheffield United 31 14 8 9 43 33 14 7 3 4 23 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 10 50
7 Middlesbrough 31 14 7 10 39 31 16 10 2 4 25 14 15 4 5 6 14 17 8 49
8 Luton Town 31 13 9 9 43 36 16 8 5 3 26 17 15 5 4 6 17 19 7 48
9 Nottingham Forest 31 13 8 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 47
10 Coventry City 31 13 8 10 40 36 16 9 3 4 24 14 15 4 5 6 16 22 4 47
11 West Bromwich Albion 32 12 10 10 34 28 15 8 6 1 21 8 17 4 4 9 13 20 6 46
12 Preston North End 33 11 12 10 37 38 16 5 8 3 22 20 17 6 4 7 15 18 -1 45
13 Stoke City 31 12 8 11 40 34 16 7 4 5 24 18 15 5 4 6 16 16 6 44
14 Millwall 31 11 10 10 33 33 16 8 5 3 20 13 15 3 5 7 13 20 0 43
15 Blackpool 32 11 9 12 35 38 17 8 2 7 17 18 15 3 7 5 18 20 -3 42
16 Bristol City 33 11 7 15 44 59 17 7 5 5 22 21 16 4 2 10 22 38 -15 40
17 Swansea City 31 10 8 13 32 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 3 4 9 13 29 -11 38
18 Birmingham City 33 9 10 14 39 51 16 6 4 6 21 21 17 3 6 8 18 30 -12 37
19 Cardiff City 32 10 6 16 39 51 16 5 2 9 18 21 16 5 4 7 21 30 -12 36
20 Hull City 33 9 7 17 27 37 16 5 3 8 15 18 17 4 4 9 12 19 -10 34
21 Reading 32 9 5 18 39 62 16 4 4 8 23 34 16 5 1 10 16 28 -23 26
22 Derby County 32 10 12 10 33 35 16 8 6 2 22 14 16 2 6 8 11 21 -2 21
23 Peterborough United 31 5 6 20 23 61 15 4 5 6 15 18 16 1 1 14 8 43 -38 21
24 Barnsley 31 3 8 20 19 46 15 3 4 8 9 17 16 0 4 12 10 29 -27 17

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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.