Soccer match preview: Home fans have high expectations when Coventry City receive Birmingham City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 29.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Coventry Building Society Arena

Coventry City are thought of as favourites to win this home fixture vs Birmingham City, if the league positions are to be trusted. Or could we be looking at a possible?

Insights:
  • Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

For Birmingham most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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!

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Coventry City form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Coventry City at their home stadium (The Coventry Building Society Arena) is 10 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats.

Coventry City's last game was hosting Reading (placed 22nd) and winning 2-1. Midfielder Hamer was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.42 (out of ten) in that game. Hamer scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Blackburn Rovers the opponent.

Coventry City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 28 goals in 22 games. 24 goals have been conceded.

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Birmingham City form and stats

7-5-10 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Birmingham City in their Championship matches away.

Birmingham's previous game was their home loss versus Blackpool (0-1). Midfield player Chong was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.65/10. Chong hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Millwall.

Low-scoring game? 9 of this club's latest 11 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.

Birmingham City have scored 23 goals on their travels this season, from 22 away games in the league. 32 goals have been conceded by Birmingham City in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Coventry City have managed a sequence of 9 consecutive matches without losing (2-7-0) when facing Birmingham City.

Birmingham City - Coventry 0-0 was the score in these teams' last H2H fixture, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Coventry CityV. Gyökeres
V. Gyökeres
20 goals
Birmingham CityS. Hogan
S. Hogan
10 goals
Coventry CityG. Hamer
G. Hamer
8 goals

Coventry City missing players

Birmingham City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Coventry City Birmingham City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
44 22 7 Played P 7 22 44
17 10 4 Won W 2 7 14
15 7 2 Drew D 2 5 11
12 5 1 Lost L 3 10 19
55 28 11 Scored S 6 23 46
45 24 5 Conceded C 9 32 54
89% 95% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 91% 89%
61% 64% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 57% 68% 66%
36% 36% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 45% 41%
25% 23% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 18% 16%
11% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 14% 9%
41% 45% 43% BTTS BTTS 43% 50% 45%
43% 41% 57% Clean Sheets C S 29% 27% 32%
27% 18% 14% Failed to Score F T 43% 32% 34%
 
4.5 5 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 3.4 4.3
5.3 5 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 5 5.5
2.1 2 2.1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.1 2.2 2.1
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13 14.5 15.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 10.4 10.5
4.3 4.6 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.4 3.3
29% 27% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 31% 32%
 
11 10.9 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 14.1 13.1 12.2
3.5 3.8 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.5 3.8
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Birmingham City have won significantly less corners away then at 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 Burnley 43 26 14 3 81 34 22 15 6 1 46 15 21 11 8 2 35 19 47 92
2 Sheffield United 42 25 7 10 65 36 21 14 3 4 41 18 21 11 4 6 24 18 29 82
3 Luton Town 43 20 15 8 54 37 21 9 8 4 29 20 22 11 7 4 25 17 17 75
4 Middlesbrough 43 22 8 13 82 52 22 13 6 3 45 18 21 9 2 10 37 34 30 74
5 Coventry City 44 17 15 12 55 45 22 10 7 5 28 24 22 7 8 7 27 21 10 66
6 Millwall 44 18 11 15 51 44 22 11 6 5 31 18 22 7 5 10 20 26 7 65
7 Blackburn Rovers 43 19 8 16 47 49 21 13 3 5 26 17 22 6 5 11 21 32 -2 65
8 West Bromwich Albion 42 17 12 13 54 45 21 10 7 4 28 17 21 7 5 9 26 28 9 63
9 Preston North End 44 17 12 15 44 52 22 7 7 8 20 25 22 10 5 7 24 27 -8 63
10 Sunderland 43 16 14 13 61 52 22 7 8 7 31 31 21 9 6 6 30 21 9 62
11 Norwich City 44 17 11 16 56 51 22 8 5 9 27 26 22 9 6 7 29 25 5 62
12 Swansea City 44 17 11 16 64 61 22 10 4 8 35 30 22 7 7 8 29 31 3 62
13 Watford 44 15 14 15 52 51 22 10 6 6 33 23 22 5 8 9 19 28 1 59
14 Bristol City 44 14 14 16 52 54 22 9 7 6 29 22 22 5 7 10 23 32 -2 56
15 Hull City 44 14 14 16 50 60 22 9 5 8 23 26 22 5 9 8 27 34 -10 56
16 Stoke City 44 14 11 19 55 51 22 6 5 11 25 26 22 8 6 8 30 25 4 53
17 Birmingham City 44 14 11 19 46 54 22 7 6 9 23 22 22 7 5 10 23 32 -8 53
18 Queens Park Rangers 44 12 11 21 43 69 22 6 5 11 21 33 22 6 6 10 22 36 -26 47
19 Rotherham United 43 10 16 17 47 58 21 8 6 7 35 28 22 2 10 10 12 30 -11 46
20 Cardiff City 43 12 10 21 38 52 22 6 7 9 19 22 21 6 3 12 19 30 -14 46
21 Huddersfield Town 43 11 11 21 42 61 21 7 6 8 23 25 22 4 5 13 19 36 -19 44
22 Reading 44 13 10 21 45 65 22 10 7 5 30 23 22 3 3 16 15 42 -20 43
23 Blackpool 44 10 11 23 45 69 22 6 6 10 26 31 22 4 5 13 19 38 -24 41
24 Wigan Athletic 44 10 13 21 37 64 22 5 6 11 17 35 22 5 7 10 20 29 -27 40

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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 Burnley 43 26 14 3 81 34 22 15 6 1 46 15 21 11 8 2 35 19 47 92
2 Sheffield United 42 25 7 10 65 36 21 14 3 4 41 18 21 11 4 6 24 18 29 82
3 Luton Town 43 20 15 8 54 37 21 9 8 4 29 20 22 11 7 4 25 17 17 75
4 Middlesbrough 43 22 8 13 82 52 22 13 6 3 45 18 21 9 2 10 37 34 30 74
5 Coventry City 44 17 15 12 55 45 22 10 7 5 28 24 22 7 8 7 27 21 10 66
6 Millwall 44 18 11 15 51 44 22 11 6 5 31 18 22 7 5 10 20 26 7 65
7 Blackburn Rovers 43 19 8 16 47 49 21 13 3 5 26 17 22 6 5 11 21 32 -2 65
8 West Bromwich Albion 42 17 12 13 54 45 21 10 7 4 28 17 21 7 5 9 26 28 9 63
9 Preston North End 44 17 12 15 44 52 22 7 7 8 20 25 22 10 5 7 24 27 -8 63
10 Sunderland 43 16 14 13 61 52 22 7 8 7 31 31 21 9 6 6 30 21 9 62
11 Norwich City 44 17 11 16 56 51 22 8 5 9 27 26 22 9 6 7 29 25 5 62
12 Swansea City 44 17 11 16 64 61 22 10 4 8 35 30 22 7 7 8 29 31 3 62
13 Watford 44 15 14 15 52 51 22 10 6 6 33 23 22 5 8 9 19 28 1 59
14 Bristol City 44 14 14 16 52 54 22 9 7 6 29 22 22 5 7 10 23 32 -2 56
15 Hull City 44 14 14 16 50 60 22 9 5 8 23 26 22 5 9 8 27 34 -10 56
16 Stoke City 44 14 11 19 55 51 22 6 5 11 25 26 22 8 6 8 30 25 4 53
17 Birmingham City 44 14 11 19 46 54 22 7 6 9 23 22 22 7 5 10 23 32 -8 53
18 Queens Park Rangers 44 12 11 21 43 69 22 6 5 11 21 33 22 6 6 10 22 36 -26 47
19 Rotherham United 43 10 16 17 47 58 21 8 6 7 35 28 22 2 10 10 12 30 -11 46
20 Cardiff City 43 12 10 21 38 52 22 6 7 9 19 22 21 6 3 12 19 30 -14 46
21 Huddersfield Town 43 11 11 21 42 61 21 7 6 8 23 25 22 4 5 13 19 36 -19 44
22 Reading 44 13 10 21 45 65 22 10 7 5 30 23 22 3 3 16 15 42 -20 43
23 Blackpool 44 10 11 23 45 69 22 6 6 10 26 31 22 4 5 13 19 38 -24 41
24 Wigan Athletic 44 10 13 21 37 64 22 5 6 11 17 35 22 5 7 10 20 29 -27 40

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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.