Cardiff City vs Coventry City betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 15.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Cardiff City Stadium (26828 seats)

Cardiff City have some lost ground to recover from their 20th spot, and the job starts vs Coventry City. Read more!

Insights:
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) 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 Cardiff City and Coventry City.

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Cardiff City form and stats

Cardiff City's struggle is real here at Cardiff City Stadium with only 13 points collected from 14 Championship games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 4-1-9. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Cardiff City after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Cardiff faced defeat in their previous match, away at Millwall (1-2). Bagan, defender, was given a rating of 7.22/10 in that game, top of the team. Bagan scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 6 of 12 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Peterborough United in a game that was won 4-0.

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 Cardiff City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won three, drawn five and lost seven.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Blackpool in only four days. This game is also played here at Cardiff Stadium.

The Cardiff City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 14 matches. Cardiff City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. 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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Coventry City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 4 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

It's the second away game in a row for Coventry, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Reading (placed 21st) last time out. Midfielder Hamer was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.45. Hamer signed up for two assists, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 48 successful passes (of 56 total).

A draw for Coventry City before that, at their own venue hosting Blackpool (1-1).

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Coventry City playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were three Coventry City wins, six draws and five defeats.

A new game in only four days for Coventry, the Championship home match versus Barnsley. Busy days.

The visiting Coventry City have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 14 games. 20 goals have been conceded by Coventry City in these games.

Head 2 Head

Cardiff City and Coventry City have played each other already this season: Coventry City - Cardiff 1-0. Previous ten meetings involving these teams: Cardiff City won six, Coventry City triumphed in two and we saw two draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Coventry CityV. Gyökeres
V. Gyökeres
11 goals
Coventry CityM. Godden
M. Godden
10 goals
Cardiff CityA. Flint
A. Flint
5 goals

Cardiff City missing players

Coventry City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cardiff City Coventry City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 14 3 Played P 4 14 29
9 4 1 Won W 3 4 12
5 1 0 Drew D 0 5 8
16 9 2 Lost L 1 5 9
36 15 4 Scored S 8 16 39
50 20 7 Conceded C 4 20 34
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
77% 64% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 69%
60% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 48%
30% 29% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 36% 24%
13% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 21% 17%
53% 43% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 55%
10% 7% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 21% 28%
37% 50% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 36% 24%
 
4.1 4.4 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 6.5 6.6
4.8 4.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.6 3.9
2.2 2.2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.5 11.7 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 13.8 13.1 14
3.9 4.1 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.7 4.8
31% 26% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 24% 28%
 
11.1 10.1 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 12.2 10.3
3.8 3.7 5.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 4.2 3.3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Cardiff City have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Championship
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Championship
  • Cardiff City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Coventry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) 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 30 19 7 4 78 26 16 10 4 2 40 13 14 9 3 2 38 13 52 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 31 15 8 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 15 5 5 5 14 14 12 53
4 Queens Park Rangers 30 15 7 8 46 34 16 8 5 3 23 13 14 7 2 5 23 21 12 52
5 Huddersfield Town 32 13 11 8 40 34 16 8 5 3 22 16 16 5 6 5 18 18 6 50
6 Middlesbrough 30 14 7 9 38 29 16 10 2 4 25 14 14 4 5 5 13 15 9 49
7 Nottingham Forest 31 13 8 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 47
8 Sheffield United 29 13 7 9 39 33 12 6 2 4 19 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 6 46
9 West Bromwich Albion 30 12 9 9 34 26 14 8 5 1 21 8 16 4 4 8 13 18 8 45
10 Luton Town 30 12 9 9 41 36 15 7 5 3 24 17 15 5 4 6 17 19 5 45
11 Preston North End 32 11 12 9 35 35 15 5 8 2 20 17 17 6 4 7 15 18 0 45
12 Coventry City 29 12 8 9 39 34 15 8 3 4 23 14 14 4 5 5 16 20 5 44
13 Stoke City 30 12 7 11 38 32 15 7 3 5 22 16 15 5 4 6 16 16 6 43
14 Blackpool 31 11 8 12 34 37 17 8 2 7 17 18 14 3 6 5 17 19 -3 41
15 Millwall 30 10 10 10 31 33 15 7 5 3 18 13 15 3 5 7 13 20 -2 40
16 Bristol City 31 10 7 14 41 55 16 6 5 5 20 20 15 4 2 9 21 35 -14 37
17 Birmingham City 32 9 9 14 37 49 16 6 4 6 21 21 16 3 5 8 16 28 -12 36
18 Swansea City 29 9 8 12 29 38 14 6 4 4 16 13 15 3 4 8 13 25 -9 35
19 Hull City 31 9 5 17 26 36 16 5 3 8 15 18 15 4 2 9 11 18 -10 32
20 Cardiff City 30 9 5 16 36 50 14 4 1 9 15 20 16 5 4 7 21 30 -14 32
21 Reading 30 8 4 18 36 60 16 4 4 8 23 34 14 4 0 10 13 26 -24 22
22 Peterborough United 29 5 5 19 23 60 14 4 4 6 15 18 15 1 1 13 8 42 -37 20
23 Derby County 31 9 12 10 32 35 15 7 6 2 21 14 16 2 6 8 11 21 -3 18
24 Barnsley 30 3 8 19 19 45 15 3 4 8 9 17 15 0 4 11 10 28 -26 17

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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 Fulham 30 19 7 4 78 26 16 10 4 2 40 13 14 9 3 2 38 13 52 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 31 15 8 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 15 5 5 5 14 14 12 53
4 Queens Park Rangers 30 15 7 8 46 34 16 8 5 3 23 13 14 7 2 5 23 21 12 52
5 Huddersfield Town 32 13 11 8 40 34 16 8 5 3 22 16 16 5 6 5 18 18 6 50
6 Middlesbrough 30 14 7 9 38 29 16 10 2 4 25 14 14 4 5 5 13 15 9 49
7 Nottingham Forest 31 13 8 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 47
8 Sheffield United 29 13 7 9 39 33 12 6 2 4 19 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 6 46
9 West Bromwich Albion 30 12 9 9 34 26 14 8 5 1 21 8 16 4 4 8 13 18 8 45
10 Luton Town 30 12 9 9 41 36 15 7 5 3 24 17 15 5 4 6 17 19 5 45
11 Preston North End 32 11 12 9 35 35 15 5 8 2 20 17 17 6 4 7 15 18 0 45
12 Coventry City 29 12 8 9 39 34 15 8 3 4 23 14 14 4 5 5 16 20 5 44
13 Stoke City 30 12 7 11 38 32 15 7 3 5 22 16 15 5 4 6 16 16 6 43
14 Blackpool 31 11 8 12 34 37 17 8 2 7 17 18 14 3 6 5 17 19 -3 41
15 Millwall 30 10 10 10 31 33 15 7 5 3 18 13 15 3 5 7 13 20 -2 40
16 Bristol City 31 10 7 14 41 55 16 6 5 5 20 20 15 4 2 9 21 35 -14 37
17 Birmingham City 32 9 9 14 37 49 16 6 4 6 21 21 16 3 5 8 16 28 -12 36
18 Swansea City 29 9 8 12 29 38 14 6 4 4 16 13 15 3 4 8 13 25 -9 35
19 Hull City 31 9 5 17 26 36 16 5 3 8 15 18 15 4 2 9 11 18 -10 32
20 Cardiff City 30 9 5 16 36 50 14 4 1 9 15 20 16 5 4 7 21 30 -14 32
21 Reading 30 8 4 18 36 60 16 4 4 8 23 34 14 4 0 10 13 26 -24 22
22 Peterborough United 29 5 5 19 23 60 14 4 4 6 15 18 15 1 1 13 8 42 -37 20
23 Derby County 31 9 12 10 32 35 15 7 6 2 21 14 16 2 6 8 11 21 -3 18
24 Barnsley 30 3 8 19 19 45 15 3 4 8 9 17 15 0 4 11 10 28 -26 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.