Delightful dogfight as daring Coventry City duel with determined Blackpool

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 08.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Coventry Building Society Arena

Numbers, recent trends, recent fixtures, form, head to head, selected XIs and much more: Get all you should know about Coventry City - Blackpool!

Insights:
  • Coventry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Championship
  • Blackpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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 Coventry and Blackpool.

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Coventry City form and stats

8 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Coventry City have to build on here at The Coventry Building Society Arena in the Championship.

Sheaf (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.44/10. Sheaf served one assist and hit one key pass.

Prior to that, an away loss at Middlesbrough in the Championship.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Coventry City handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, two draws and two defeats.

Coventry City are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Reading awaits in four days.

The Coventry City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 22 goals in 14 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Coventry City are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Coventry Building Society Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 14 matches.

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Blackpool form and stats

The visitors are W3-D5-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

Blackpool go into this game after a win, the home game against Bristol City that ended 3-1. Midfielder Dougall was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.81. Dougall signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Fulham.

Blackpool are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, two draws and four defeats. From a total of nine matches.

A new game in only four days for Blackpool, the Championship home match versus AFC Bournemouth. Busy days.

Blackpool find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. Blackpool have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest logged match featuring both these squads is the Blackpool - Coventry 0-1 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Coventry City victories, three draws and four Blackpool wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Coventry CityM. Godden
M. Godden
10 goals
Coventry CityV. Gyökeres
V. Gyökeres
10 goals
BlackpoolJ. Yates
J. Yates
7 goals

Coventry City missing players

Blackpool missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Coventry City Blackpool
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 14 3 Played P 3 13 29
11 8 1 Won W 1 3 11
7 2 0 Drew D 1 5 7
9 4 2 Lost L 1 5 11
35 22 2 Scored S 3 16 32
31 13 3 Conceded C 3 18 34
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
67% 71% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 77% 66%
48% 57% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 46% 41%
22% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 23% 17%
15% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 7%
52% 57% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 77% 52%
30% 36% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 8% 24%
26% 14% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 15% 28%
 
6.6 6.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.2 3.9
3.9 3.2 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.4 5
1.4 1.5 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.8 1.7
2 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
13.8 14.3 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7 9 9.9
4.8 4.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.9 3.2
27% 32% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 42% 35%
 
10.3 8.4 7 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 12 12.2
3.3 2.4 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4 3.9
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Blackpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Coventry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Coventry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Championship
  • Coventry City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 Fulham 28 17 7 4 74 26 15 9 4 2 37 13 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 58
2 Blackburn Rovers 30 15 8 7 45 31 15 10 3 2 31 17 15 5 5 5 14 14 14 53
3 AFC Bournemouth 28 15 7 6 44 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 15 8 4 3 18 10 20 52
4 Queens Park Rangers 28 15 6 7 44 31 15 8 4 3 21 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 13 51
5 Huddersfield Town 30 13 9 8 40 34 15 8 4 3 22 16 15 5 5 5 18 18 6 48
6 West Bromwich Albion 29 12 9 8 34 24 14 8 5 1 21 8 15 4 4 7 13 16 10 45
7 Middlesbrough 28 13 6 9 32 26 15 9 2 4 21 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 6 45
8 Nottingham Forest 29 12 7 10 39 31 15 6 3 6 19 18 14 6 4 4 20 13 8 43
9 Luton Town 28 11 9 8 39 32 14 6 5 3 22 16 14 5 4 5 17 16 7 42
10 Sheffield United 27 12 6 9 37 33 11 5 2 4 17 11 16 7 4 5 20 22 4 42
11 Preston North End 30 10 11 9 34 35 14 5 7 2 20 17 16 5 4 7 14 18 -1 41
12 Coventry City 27 11 7 9 35 31 14 8 2 4 22 13 13 3 5 5 13 18 4 40
13 Blackpool 29 11 7 11 32 34 16 8 2 6 16 16 13 3 5 5 16 18 -2 40
14 Stoke City 28 11 6 11 33 30 14 6 3 5 19 16 14 5 3 6 14 14 3 39
15 Millwall 28 9 10 9 29 29 14 6 5 3 16 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 0 37
16 Swansea City 28 9 8 11 29 35 14 6 4 4 16 13 14 3 4 7 13 22 -6 35
17 Bristol City 30 9 7 14 39 54 15 5 5 5 18 19 15 4 2 9 21 35 -15 34
18 Birmingham City 30 8 9 13 33 46 15 5 4 6 18 21 15 3 5 7 15 25 -13 33
19 Hull City 29 9 5 15 25 32 15 5 3 7 15 17 14 4 2 8 10 15 -7 32
20 Cardiff City 28 8 5 15 31 48 13 3 1 9 11 20 15 5 4 6 20 28 -17 29
21 Reading 28 8 4 16 33 55 15 4 4 7 21 31 13 4 0 9 12 24 -22 22
22 Peterborough United 27 5 5 17 23 55 13 4 4 5 15 17 14 1 1 12 8 38 -32 20
23 Derby County 29 8 12 9 28 30 14 6 6 2 18 13 15 2 6 7 10 17 -2 15
24 Barnsley 28 2 8 18 17 43 14 2 4 8 8 17 14 0 4 10 9 26 -26 14

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  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 28 17 7 4 74 26 15 9 4 2 37 13 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 58
2 Blackburn Rovers 30 15 8 7 45 31 15 10 3 2 31 17 15 5 5 5 14 14 14 53
3 AFC Bournemouth 28 15 7 6 44 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 15 8 4 3 18 10 20 52
4 Queens Park Rangers 28 15 6 7 44 31 15 8 4 3 21 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 13 51
5 Huddersfield Town 30 13 9 8 40 34 15 8 4 3 22 16 15 5 5 5 18 18 6 48
6 West Bromwich Albion 29 12 9 8 34 24 14 8 5 1 21 8 15 4 4 7 13 16 10 45
7 Middlesbrough 28 13 6 9 32 26 15 9 2 4 21 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 6 45
8 Nottingham Forest 29 12 7 10 39 31 15 6 3 6 19 18 14 6 4 4 20 13 8 43
9 Luton Town 28 11 9 8 39 32 14 6 5 3 22 16 14 5 4 5 17 16 7 42
10 Sheffield United 27 12 6 9 37 33 11 5 2 4 17 11 16 7 4 5 20 22 4 42
11 Preston North End 30 10 11 9 34 35 14 5 7 2 20 17 16 5 4 7 14 18 -1 41
12 Coventry City 27 11 7 9 35 31 14 8 2 4 22 13 13 3 5 5 13 18 4 40
13 Blackpool 29 11 7 11 32 34 16 8 2 6 16 16 13 3 5 5 16 18 -2 40
14 Stoke City 28 11 6 11 33 30 14 6 3 5 19 16 14 5 3 6 14 14 3 39
15 Millwall 28 9 10 9 29 29 14 6 5 3 16 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 0 37
16 Swansea City 28 9 8 11 29 35 14 6 4 4 16 13 14 3 4 7 13 22 -6 35
17 Bristol City 30 9 7 14 39 54 15 5 5 5 18 19 15 4 2 9 21 35 -15 34
18 Birmingham City 30 8 9 13 33 46 15 5 4 6 18 21 15 3 5 7 15 25 -13 33
19 Hull City 29 9 5 15 25 32 15 5 3 7 15 17 14 4 2 8 10 15 -7 32
20 Cardiff City 28 8 5 15 31 48 13 3 1 9 11 20 15 5 4 6 20 28 -17 29
21 Reading 28 8 4 16 33 55 15 4 4 7 21 31 13 4 0 9 12 24 -22 22
22 Peterborough United 27 5 5 17 23 55 13 4 4 5 15 17 14 1 1 12 8 38 -32 20
23 Derby County 29 8 12 9 28 30 14 6 6 2 18 13 15 2 6 7 10 17 -2 15
24 Barnsley 28 2 8 18 17 43 14 2 4 8 8 17 14 0 4 10 9 26 -26 14

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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.