The Coventry Building Society Arena: Coventry City vs Luton Town Championship full preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 11.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Coventry Building Society Arena

Both contenders are in good shape, Luton Town holding a 10 point edge on Coventry City in the standings. Get this show on the road!

Insights:
  • Coventry City have the most clean sheets (13) in Championship
  • Luton Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a FA Cup game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Grimsby Town. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Coventry City form and stats

Coventry City have collected 25 points from their Championship home games so far after 7-4-4.

Coventry are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus West Bromwich Albion. Midfielder Bidwell was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.45 (out of ten) in that game. Bidwell hit two key passes.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Huddersfield Town.

This is expected to be a close game, with Coventry City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Coventry City as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Coventry City has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 5.

Not much happening? In this team's last 14 league games, 11 have seen two goals or less.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Millwall in only three days. This game is also played here at The Coventry Building Society Arena.

The Coventry City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 15 matches. Coventry have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Luton Town form and stats

8-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Luton Town in their Championship matches away. It’s been three wins in a row for Luton Town on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

The Luton Town goalkeeper Ethan Horvath is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 293 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Two away games in a row for Luton, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Grimsby Town in the FA Cup.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Stoke City in the Championship.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Luton Town playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 4 Luton Town wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Preston North End.

Luton have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 14 league away games 17 goals have been scored. Luton Town are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 13 times in 14 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Luton Town have avoided defeat in the last 8 fixtures (4-4-0) facing Coventry City.

The latest H2H encounter ended Luton Town - Coventry 2-2, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Coventry CityV. Gyökeres
V. Gyökeres
12 goals
Luton TownC. Morris
C. Morris
11 goals
Luton TownE. Adebayo
E. Adebayo
6 goals

Coventry City missing players

Luton Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Coventry City Luton Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 15 5 Played P 4 14 29
10 7 4 Won W 4 8 13
8 4 0 Drew D 0 2 9
11 4 1 Lost L 0 4 7
31 19 4 Scored S 8 17 37
32 14 1 Conceded C 0 13 29
90% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 90%
52% 53% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 79% 72%
31% 27% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 36% 38%
24% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 17%
14% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
34% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 45%
45% 53% 80% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 41%
31% 20% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 24%
 
4.5 4.9 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.1 5.9
5.6 5 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.6 5.3
1.9 1.8 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.5 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
12.2 13.1 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 9.5 12
3.9 4.5 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.3 4
27% 28% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 37% 32%
 
10.7 10.1 9 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 12.1 11.9
3.4 3.3 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.2 2.6 3.1
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Coventry City have the most clean sheets (13) in Championship
  • Luton Town 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 29 19 8 2 58 26 15 11 4 0 32 12 14 8 4 2 26 14 32 65
2 Sheffield United 29 17 7 5 48 24 14 9 3 2 30 13 15 8 4 3 18 11 24 58
3 Middlesbrough 30 14 6 10 47 35 15 8 5 2 23 12 15 6 1 8 24 23 12 48
4 Luton Town 29 13 9 7 37 29 15 5 7 3 20 16 14 8 2 4 17 13 8 48
5 Watford 30 12 9 9 36 33 14 7 3 4 20 13 16 5 6 5 16 20 3 45
6 West Bromwich Albion 29 12 8 9 39 30 15 7 4 4 21 14 14 5 4 5 18 16 9 44
7 Blackburn Rovers 29 14 2 13 31 35 14 9 1 4 20 13 15 5 1 9 11 22 -4 44
8 Millwall 28 12 7 9 34 28 14 8 4 2 21 9 14 4 3 7 13 19 6 43
9 Sunderland 29 11 9 9 42 33 14 5 4 5 19 16 15 6 5 4 23 17 9 42
10 Norwich City 29 12 6 11 40 34 15 5 4 6 19 19 14 7 2 5 21 15 6 42
11 Preston North End 29 11 7 11 27 33 15 3 4 8 9 20 14 8 3 3 18 13 -6 40
12 Hull City 30 11 7 12 37 44 16 6 3 7 18 23 14 5 4 5 19 21 -7 40
13 Swansea City 29 10 9 10 43 42 14 6 2 6 23 20 15 4 7 4 20 22 1 39
14 Queens Park Rangers 30 10 9 11 32 38 14 5 4 5 17 18 16 5 5 6 15 20 -6 39
15 Coventry City 29 10 8 11 31 32 15 7 4 4 19 14 14 3 4 7 12 18 -1 38
16 Reading 29 11 5 13 33 44 14 8 3 3 22 16 15 3 2 10 11 28 -11 38
17 Bristol City 29 9 9 11 39 39 15 5 4 6 19 17 14 4 5 5 20 22 0 36
18 Birmingham City 29 9 8 12 34 38 15 4 5 6 18 18 14 5 3 6 16 20 -4 35
19 Stoke City 29 9 6 14 33 38 14 4 3 7 17 18 15 5 3 7 16 20 -5 33
20 Rotherham United 29 7 11 11 33 40 14 5 5 4 24 17 15 2 6 7 9 23 -7 32
21 Cardiff City 30 7 8 15 21 33 15 4 5 6 11 13 15 3 3 9 10 20 -12 29
22 Huddersfield Town 29 7 7 15 28 38 15 5 3 7 14 15 14 2 4 8 14 23 -10 28
23 Blackpool 29 6 9 14 30 45 14 3 4 7 16 21 15 3 5 7 14 24 -15 27
24 Wigan Athletic 29 6 8 15 27 49 15 2 3 10 11 30 14 4 5 5 16 19 -22 26

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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 29 19 8 2 58 26 15 11 4 0 32 12 14 8 4 2 26 14 32 65
2 Sheffield United 29 17 7 5 48 24 14 9 3 2 30 13 15 8 4 3 18 11 24 58
3 Middlesbrough 30 14 6 10 47 35 15 8 5 2 23 12 15 6 1 8 24 23 12 48
4 Luton Town 29 13 9 7 37 29 15 5 7 3 20 16 14 8 2 4 17 13 8 48
5 Watford 30 12 9 9 36 33 14 7 3 4 20 13 16 5 6 5 16 20 3 45
6 West Bromwich Albion 29 12 8 9 39 30 15 7 4 4 21 14 14 5 4 5 18 16 9 44
7 Blackburn Rovers 29 14 2 13 31 35 14 9 1 4 20 13 15 5 1 9 11 22 -4 44
8 Millwall 28 12 7 9 34 28 14 8 4 2 21 9 14 4 3 7 13 19 6 43
9 Sunderland 29 11 9 9 42 33 14 5 4 5 19 16 15 6 5 4 23 17 9 42
10 Norwich City 29 12 6 11 40 34 15 5 4 6 19 19 14 7 2 5 21 15 6 42
11 Preston North End 29 11 7 11 27 33 15 3 4 8 9 20 14 8 3 3 18 13 -6 40
12 Hull City 30 11 7 12 37 44 16 6 3 7 18 23 14 5 4 5 19 21 -7 40
13 Swansea City 29 10 9 10 43 42 14 6 2 6 23 20 15 4 7 4 20 22 1 39
14 Queens Park Rangers 30 10 9 11 32 38 14 5 4 5 17 18 16 5 5 6 15 20 -6 39
15 Coventry City 29 10 8 11 31 32 15 7 4 4 19 14 14 3 4 7 12 18 -1 38
16 Reading 29 11 5 13 33 44 14 8 3 3 22 16 15 3 2 10 11 28 -11 38
17 Bristol City 29 9 9 11 39 39 15 5 4 6 19 17 14 4 5 5 20 22 0 36
18 Birmingham City 29 9 8 12 34 38 15 4 5 6 18 18 14 5 3 6 16 20 -4 35
19 Stoke City 29 9 6 14 33 38 14 4 3 7 17 18 15 5 3 7 16 20 -5 33
20 Rotherham United 29 7 11 11 33 40 14 5 5 4 24 17 15 2 6 7 9 23 -7 32
21 Cardiff City 30 7 8 15 21 33 15 4 5 6 11 13 15 3 3 9 10 20 -12 29
22 Huddersfield Town 29 7 7 15 28 38 15 5 3 7 14 15 14 2 4 8 14 23 -10 28
23 Blackpool 29 6 9 14 30 45 14 3 4 7 16 21 15 3 5 7 14 24 -15 27
24 Wigan Athletic 29 6 8 15 27 49 15 2 3 10 11 30 14 4 5 5 16 19 -22 26

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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.