Coventry City vs Fulham match preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 02.October
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Ricoh Arena (32500 seats)

Coventry City and Fulham are both doing (very) nicely in the Championship with their 4th and 3rd places respectively. Expect a fun match!

Insights:
  • Coventry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Championship
  • Fulham have the most scored goals (22) in Championship

It's no vacation for neither Coventry nor Fulham 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

Coventry City have collected 15 points from their Championship home games so far after 5-0-0. Coventry has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Ricoh Arena. We remember; it was Nottingham Forest.

Coventry are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-5 away versus Luton Town. As you see from the result above, Coventry suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Todd Kane (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.13/10. Kane hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Coventry had a home game versus Peterborough United which ended with a victory 3-0.

Coventry City can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 10 times. As for guarding their own goal, Coventry have only let in 2 goals at home.

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Fulham form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (22) in Championship, on their Championship travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

The supporters enjoyed Fulham's previous game versus Swansea City (placed 19th), a Championship 3-1 win played at home. Aleksandar Mitrović certainly enjoyed Fulham's last game versus Swansea City, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 3-1 victory. Attacker Aleksandar Mitrović got a player rating of 10.0 in the game. "Man of the match" Mitrović scored three goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

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

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Fulham are regular goalscorers on their travels. 5 goals have been conceded by Fulham in these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

FulhamA. Mitrović
A. Mitrović
10 goals
CoventryV. Gyökeres
V. Gyökeres
7 goals
FulhamF. Carvalho
F. Carvalho
3 goals

Coventry City missing players

Fulham missing players

Coventry City Fulham
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 0 Played P 1 5 10
6 5 0 Won W 1 3 6
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
3 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
12 10 0 Scored S 5 12 22
11 2 0 Conceded C 1 5 9
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 90%
40% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 60%
10% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 40% 30%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 40% 20%
30% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 70%
40% 60% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
30% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 10%
 
6.6 5.6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5 5.8
4.6 4.2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.6 3.7
2.1 2.4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 1.9
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
14.2 15.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 15 16.8 16.5
4.3 5.6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 11 6.8 6.3
28% 36% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 35% 35%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Coventry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Coventry City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Coventry City have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Coventry City have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Championship
  • Coventry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Championship
  • Coventry City have the most points (15) at home in Championship
  • Coventry City have the the best goal difference (+8) at home in Championship
  • Coventry City have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Coventry City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Fulham have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Fulham have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Fulham have the most scored goals (12) away in Championship
  • Fulham have the most scored goals (22) in Championship
  • Fulham have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Championship
  • Fulham have the the best goal difference (+13) in Championship
  • Fulham have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Championship
  • Fulham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 West Bromwich Albion 10 6 4 0 20 8 5 3 2 0 10 4 5 3 2 0 10 4 12 22
2 AFC Bournemouth 10 6 4 0 16 7 5 3 2 0 11 6 5 3 2 0 5 1 9 22
3 Fulham 10 6 2 2 22 9 5 3 1 1 10 4 5 3 1 1 12 5 13 20
4 Coventry City 10 6 1 3 12 11 5 5 0 0 10 2 5 1 1 3 2 9 1 19
5 Stoke City 10 5 3 2 14 11 5 4 1 0 9 4 5 1 2 2 5 7 3 18
6 Blackburn Rovers 10 4 4 2 18 12 5 3 1 1 12 6 5 1 3 1 6 6 6 16
7 Huddersfield Town 10 5 1 4 16 14 5 3 0 2 9 9 5 2 1 2 7 5 2 16
8 Queens Park Rangers 10 4 3 3 19 14 5 2 2 1 8 5 5 2 1 2 11 9 5 15
9 Luton Town 10 3 4 3 18 16 5 2 2 1 11 8 5 1 2 2 7 8 2 13
10 Bristol City 10 3 4 3 11 11 5 0 4 1 3 4 5 3 0 2 8 7 0 13
11 Reading 10 4 1 5 16 19 5 3 1 1 11 8 5 1 0 4 5 11 -3 13
12 Middlesbrough 10 3 3 4 11 11 5 2 1 2 8 7 5 1 2 2 3 4 0 12
13 Sheffield United 10 3 3 4 13 14 5 2 1 2 10 7 5 1 2 2 3 7 -1 12
14 Millwall 10 2 6 2 10 11 5 2 2 1 6 5 5 0 4 1 4 6 -1 12
15 Birmingham City 10 3 3 4 10 12 5 1 2 2 3 6 5 2 1 2 7 6 -2 12
16 Blackpool 10 3 3 4 9 13 5 2 0 3 2 6 5 1 3 1 7 7 -4 12
17 Preston North End 10 2 5 3 10 12 5 2 2 1 7 7 5 0 3 2 3 5 -2 11
18 Cardiff City 10 3 2 5 12 18 5 1 1 3 5 9 5 2 1 2 7 9 -6 11
19 Swansea City 10 2 4 4 9 14 5 1 3 1 2 3 5 1 1 3 7 11 -5 10
20 Nottingham Forest 10 2 2 6 11 14 5 0 1 4 4 9 5 2 1 2 7 5 -3 8
21 Barnsley 10 1 5 4 7 13 5 1 2 2 3 5 5 0 3 2 4 8 -6 8
22 Peterborough United 10 2 2 6 10 20 5 2 2 1 7 4 5 0 0 5 3 16 -10 8
23 Hull City 10 1 3 6 6 15 5 0 2 3 2 8 5 1 1 3 4 7 -9 6
24 Derby County 10 3 4 3 7 8 5 2 3 0 5 3 5 1 1 3 2 5 -1 1

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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.