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- Cardiff City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Championship
- Coventry City have yet to win a game away.
Cardiff City and Coventry City 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.
Cardiff City form and stats
The story so far in the Championship for Cardiff City at their home stadium (Cardiff City Stadium) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
It's back home for Cardiff, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Wigan Athletic away with the result 3-1. Robinson, Ojo and Wintle found the net in that victory. The striker O'Dowda outshone all the other footballers in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.8 out of 10. O'Dowda served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Blackburn Rovers.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 14 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 6 and lost 4.
The manager Morison will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Queens Park Rangers in only four days.
Cardiff City have scored {5 league goals} here from 6 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Cardiff City have conceded only 3 goals.
Coventry City form and stats
There's been little loot from Coventry City's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 7 away games in the Championship. Coventry City only have 0 wins to counter their 3 defeats and 4 draws. One point away has become something of a habit for Coventry who have played out draws in their last three away games.
Coventry City have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 253 minutes ago. Gyokeres was the goal scorer.
Coventry's previous game was their home loss versus Burnley (0-1). That loss was their first after four consecutive league rounds winning points. Allen got a match rating of 7.33 in that game, top player of the team. Allen hit two key passes.
A 0-0 draw at Bristol City's stadium before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Coventry City in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Coventry City, 6 draws and 5 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Coventry City are hosting Sheffield United in the Championship only four days away.
Coventry City struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Cardiff-Coventry City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cardiff City six wins, Coventry City two wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  V. Gyökeres 3 goals | M. Godden 3 goals |   C. O'Dowda 2 goals |
Cardiff City missing players
Coventry City missing players
| Cardiff City | Coventry City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 4 | 7 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| 13 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 12 | 14 |
| 85% | 83% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 71% | 80% |
| 54% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 71% | 50% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | 40% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | 30% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 29% | 20% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 57% | 40% |
| 38% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 29% | 30% |
| 38% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 43% | 50% |
| 4.5 | 5.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 3.9 | 2.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.1 | 5.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 10.7 | 13.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 12.1 | 11.2 |
| 2.5 | 2.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 38% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 25% | 24% |
| 9.7 | 7.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11.1 | 10.8 |
| 2.8 | 1.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
- Cardiff City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Championship
- Cardiff City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Coventry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Coventry City have yet to win a game away.
| 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 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 24 |
| 2 | Norwich City | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Burnley | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Reading | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -3 | 22 |
| 6 | Swansea City | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 21 |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | Preston North End | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Cardiff City | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 11 | Sunderland | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| 12 | Watford | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 13 | Millwall | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 14 | Birmingham City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 | Stoke City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 16 | Wigan Athletic | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | -3 | 16 |
| 17 | Rotherham United | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 18 | Bristol City | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -1 | 15 |
| 19 | Blackpool | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 20 | Hull City | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 14 |
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 13 |
| 22 | West Bromwich Albion | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 8 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 7 |
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