Coventry City and Bristol City supporters eagerly anticipate Championship meet at The Coventry Building Society Arena

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sun 01.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Coventry Building Society Arena

Coventry City have succeeded in 6 home victories this season, Bristol City have won 3 away. Which team improves their standings in this one?

Insights:
  • Coventry City have the most clean sheets (12) in Championship
  • Bristol City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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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 6 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

The spoils were shared in Coventry City's previous game, also at home. Visiting Cardiff City (placed 19th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Hamer (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.1/10. Hamer hit four key passes.

Heartbreak before that as Coventry lost 1-3 at Sheffield United's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Coventry City handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

It should be noted that a look at the 18 most recent league matches reveals that 14 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Coventry City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 12 games. From these home matches, Coventry have conceded only 9 goals.

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Bristol City form and stats

Playing away, Bristol City have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 5 defeats in the Championship this season.

Bristol City aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 237 league minutes without a goal. Wells was the last player to find the net.

Bristol City has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Millwall for a 0-0 draw. Atkinson, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.24. Atkinson won 9 of 13 duels.

A loss against West Bromwich Albion was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Bristol are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

Low-scoring game? 8 of this side's last 10 league fixtures have had two or less goals.

Bristol City have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. As for defending, Bristol City rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 20 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest H2H encounter ended Bristol City - Coventry 0-0, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings involving these sides: Coventry City won four, Bristol City were winners in four and we saw two draws. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Coventry CityV. Gyökeres
V. Gyökeres
12 goals
Bristol CityN. Wells
N. Wells
8 goals
Bristol CityT. Conway
T. Conway
6 goals

Coventry City missing players

Bristol City missing players

Coventry City Bristol City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 4 12 25
9 6 1 Won W 1 3 7
7 3 2 Drew D 0 4 7
8 3 1 Lost L 3 5 11
26 14 5 Scored S 4 17 31
25 9 4 Conceded C 8 20 34
88% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 88%
50% 42% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 84%
33% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 58% 48%
25% 17% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 20%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 25% 16%
33% 25% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 67% 56%
50% 58% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 17% 28%
29% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 28%
 
4.4 4.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.2 5
5.3 4.6 3 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.6 5.8
2 1.9 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
12.5 13.4 16.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 8.3 9.8
4.1 4.5 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.9 3.2
26% 26% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 49% 39%
 
10.4 9.8 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12 13.8 11.5
3.3 2.9 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.2 3.4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Bristol City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bristol City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Coventry City have the most clean sheets (12) in Championship
  • Coventry City have the most clean sheets (7) at home 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 Burnley 24 14 8 2 49 24 13 9 4 0 29 11 11 5 4 2 20 13 25 50
2 Sheffield United 25 15 5 5 43 22 12 7 3 2 26 12 13 8 2 3 17 10 21 50
3 Blackburn Rovers 25 13 0 12 29 30 12 8 0 4 19 13 13 5 0 8 10 17 -1 39
4 Sunderland 25 10 7 8 37 28 12 4 4 4 16 13 13 6 3 4 21 15 9 37
5 Watford 24 10 7 7 30 24 12 6 2 4 17 12 12 4 5 3 13 12 6 37
6 Middlesbrough 25 10 6 9 38 32 12 5 5 2 17 12 13 5 1 7 21 20 6 36
7 Luton Town 24 9 9 6 29 25 12 3 7 2 16 13 12 6 2 4 13 12 4 36
8 Millwall 24 10 6 8 29 26 12 7 3 2 17 8 12 3 3 6 12 18 3 36
9 West Bromwich Albion 25 9 8 8 33 26 13 5 4 4 19 14 12 4 4 4 14 12 7 35
10 Norwich City 24 10 5 9 31 27 12 5 3 4 18 14 12 5 2 5 13 13 4 35
11 Queens Park Rangers 25 10 5 10 27 30 12 5 2 5 15 16 13 5 3 5 12 14 -3 35
12 Reading 24 11 2 11 28 34 12 8 1 3 18 12 12 3 1 8 10 22 -6 35
13 Coventry City 24 9 7 8 26 25 12 6 3 3 14 9 12 3 4 5 12 16 1 34
14 Preston North End 25 9 7 9 23 26 13 3 4 6 8 14 12 6 3 3 15 12 -3 34
15 Birmingham City 24 8 8 8 26 25 12 4 5 3 16 12 12 4 3 5 10 13 1 32
16 Swansea City 24 8 8 8 31 34 11 5 2 4 15 14 13 3 6 4 16 20 -3 32
17 Stoke City 24 8 6 10 28 32 11 3 3 5 13 16 13 5 3 5 15 16 -4 30
18 Bristol City 25 7 7 11 31 34 13 4 3 6 14 14 12 3 4 5 17 20 -3 28
19 Cardiff City 25 7 7 11 20 28 13 4 4 5 10 11 12 3 3 6 10 17 -8 28
20 Rotherham United 25 6 9 10 28 36 12 4 4 4 20 17 13 2 5 6 8 19 -8 27
21 Hull City 24 7 6 11 27 41 13 4 2 7 13 22 11 3 4 4 14 19 -14 27
22 Huddersfield Town 24 7 4 13 23 30 13 5 2 6 12 12 11 2 2 7 11 18 -7 25
23 Blackpool 25 6 7 12 27 37 12 3 2 7 13 18 13 3 5 5 14 19 -10 25
24 Wigan Athletic 25 6 6 13 25 42 13 2 3 8 10 24 12 4 3 5 15 18 -17 24

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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.