Coventry City and Cardiff City fans can't wait for Championship meeting at The Coventry Building Society Arena

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Thu 29.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Coventry Building Society Arena

Coventry City have 33 points running out as the home side. Cardiff City have gained 27 points as the visiting team. Could we look at anything else than a home win?

Insights:
  • Coventry City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals (20) in Championship

It's no vacation for neither Coventry City nor Cardiff City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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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, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

No payout for Coventry in their previous match, an away game at Sheffield United that ended in defeat 1-3. The penalty miss from Gyökeres in the defeat against Sheffield United was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen. Midfielder Hamer was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.8 (out of ten) in that game. Hamer served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Ahead of that match, Coventry City won a home game hosting West Bromwich Albion (1-0).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Coventry City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 2 and lost 4.

It should be noted that a look at the 17 latest league games reveals that 13 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Coventry, as the Championship home game vs Bristol City is only three days away.

Coventry City has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. From these home matches, Coventry have conceded only 9 goals.

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Cardiff City form and stats

There's been little loot from Cardiff City's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 11 away games in the Championship. Cardiff City only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws. Cardiff City have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.

Cardiff City's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Queens Park Rangers that finished 0-0. O'Dowda, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.6. O'Dowda won 11 of 13 duels.

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

We have checked recent matches where Cardiff City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Blackburn Rovers.

The attacking power of Cardiff when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 11 league matches away. In the opposite end, Cardiff City have conceded 17 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two sides face each other this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Cardiff City - Coventry 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Coventry City three wins, two draws and Cardiff City five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Coventry CityV. Gyökeres
V. Gyökeres
12 goals
Coventry CityG. Hamer
G. Hamer
4 goals
Cardiff CityC. Robinson
C. Robinson
4 goals

Coventry City missing players

Cardiff City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Coventry City Cardiff City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 4 11 24
9 6 1 Won W 1 3 7
6 2 1 Drew D 1 2 6
8 3 1 Lost L 2 6 11
26 14 5 Scored S 4 10 20
25 9 4 Conceded C 6 17 28
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 91% 88%
52% 45% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 73% 54%
35% 27% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 45% 33%
26% 18% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 27% 17%
13% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 9% 8%
35% 27% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 36% 38%
48% 55% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 18% 33%
26% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 55% 42%
 
4.4 4.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.5 4.8
5.5 4.8 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.5 4.8
2 1.9 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.5 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
12.4 13.2 16.3 Shots (avg) S ( 5.2 7.5 11.2
4.1 4.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.2 2.3 2.6
28% 29% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 80% 40% 32%
 
10.6 10.2 10.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 12.5 10.3
3.3 3 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.3 3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Cardiff City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals (20) in Championship
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Championship
  • Cardiff City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Coventry City haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 23 13 8 2 46 24 12 8 4 0 26 11 11 5 4 2 20 13 22 47
2 Sheffield United 24 14 5 5 41 21 12 7 3 2 26 12 12 7 2 3 15 9 20 47
3 Blackburn Rovers 24 13 0 11 28 28 11 8 0 3 18 11 13 5 0 8 10 17 0 39
4 Watford 24 10 7 7 30 24 12 6 2 4 17 12 12 4 5 3 13 12 6 37
5 Norwich City 24 10 5 9 31 27 12 5 3 4 18 14 12 5 2 5 13 13 4 35
6 Millwall 23 10 5 8 29 26 11 7 2 2 17 8 12 3 3 6 12 18 3 35
7 Queens Park Rangers 24 10 5 9 27 27 11 5 2 4 15 13 13 5 3 5 12 14 0 35
8 Sunderland 24 9 7 8 33 27 12 4 4 4 16 13 12 5 3 4 17 14 6 34
9 Preston North End 24 9 7 8 23 24 13 3 4 6 8 14 11 6 3 2 15 10 -1 34
10 Middlesbrough 24 9 6 9 36 31 12 5 5 2 17 12 12 4 1 7 19 19 5 33
11 Luton Town 23 8 9 6 26 25 12 3 7 2 16 13 11 5 2 4 10 12 1 33
12 Coventry City 23 9 6 8 26 25 11 6 2 3 14 9 12 3 4 5 12 16 1 33
13 West Bromwich Albion 24 8 8 8 31 26 12 4 4 4 17 14 12 4 4 4 14 12 5 32
14 Birmingham City 23 8 8 7 26 22 12 4 5 3 16 12 11 4 3 4 10 10 4 32
15 Swansea City 23 8 8 7 30 32 11 5 2 4 15 14 12 3 6 3 15 18 -2 32
16 Reading 23 10 2 11 26 33 11 7 1 3 16 11 12 3 1 8 10 22 -7 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 24 7 6 11 31 34 13 4 3 6 14 14 11 3 3 5 17 20 -3 27
19 Rotherham United 24 6 9 9 28 34 12 4 4 4 20 17 12 2 5 5 8 17 -6 27
20 Cardiff City 24 7 6 11 20 28 13 4 4 5 10 11 11 3 2 6 10 17 -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 Blackpool 24 6 7 11 26 35 11 3 2 6 12 16 13 3 5 5 14 19 -9 25
23 Wigan Athletic 24 6 6 12 24 38 12 2 3 7 9 20 12 4 3 5 15 18 -14 24
24 Huddersfield Town 23 6 4 13 21 30 12 4 2 6 10 12 11 2 2 7 11 18 -9 22

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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 Burnley 23 13 8 2 46 24 12 8 4 0 26 11 11 5 4 2 20 13 22 47
2 Sheffield United 24 14 5 5 41 21 12 7 3 2 26 12 12 7 2 3 15 9 20 47
3 Blackburn Rovers 24 13 0 11 28 28 11 8 0 3 18 11 13 5 0 8 10 17 0 39
4 Watford 24 10 7 7 30 24 12 6 2 4 17 12 12 4 5 3 13 12 6 37
5 Norwich City 24 10 5 9 31 27 12 5 3 4 18 14 12 5 2 5 13 13 4 35
6 Millwall 23 10 5 8 29 26 11 7 2 2 17 8 12 3 3 6 12 18 3 35
7 Queens Park Rangers 24 10 5 9 27 27 11 5 2 4 15 13 13 5 3 5 12 14 0 35
8 Sunderland 24 9 7 8 33 27 12 4 4 4 16 13 12 5 3 4 17 14 6 34
9 Preston North End 24 9 7 8 23 24 13 3 4 6 8 14 11 6 3 2 15 10 -1 34
10 Middlesbrough 24 9 6 9 36 31 12 5 5 2 17 12 12 4 1 7 19 19 5 33
11 Luton Town 23 8 9 6 26 25 12 3 7 2 16 13 11 5 2 4 10 12 1 33
12 Coventry City 23 9 6 8 26 25 11 6 2 3 14 9 12 3 4 5 12 16 1 33
13 West Bromwich Albion 24 8 8 8 31 26 12 4 4 4 17 14 12 4 4 4 14 12 5 32
14 Birmingham City 23 8 8 7 26 22 12 4 5 3 16 12 11 4 3 4 10 10 4 32
15 Swansea City 23 8 8 7 30 32 11 5 2 4 15 14 12 3 6 3 15 18 -2 32
16 Reading 23 10 2 11 26 33 11 7 1 3 16 11 12 3 1 8 10 22 -7 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 24 7 6 11 31 34 13 4 3 6 14 14 11 3 3 5 17 20 -3 27
19 Rotherham United 24 6 9 9 28 34 12 4 4 4 20 17 12 2 5 5 8 17 -6 27
20 Cardiff City 24 7 6 11 20 28 13 4 4 5 10 11 11 3 2 6 10 17 -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 Blackpool 24 6 7 11 26 35 11 3 2 6 12 16 13 3 5 5 14 19 -9 25
23 Wigan Athletic 24 6 6 12 24 38 12 2 3 7 9 20 12 4 3 5 15 18 -14 24
24 Huddersfield Town 23 6 4 13 21 30 12 4 2 6 10 12 11 2 2 7 11 18 -9 22

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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.