Open game expected at The Coventry Building Society Arena: Coventry City vs Middlesbrough preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 01.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Coventry Building Society Arena

Coventry City are eager to improve their points total at their own ground in the upcoming match against Middlesbrough.

Insights:
  • Coventry City is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Middlesbrough have yet to win a game away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Coventry City form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Championship game of the season here at The Coventry Building Society Arena. Last season these fans witnessed 10 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses from Coventry City's 23 home games.

Coventry travelled for their previous game, a trip to Birmingham City that ended 0-0. The goalie Wilson was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.83 out of ten. Wilson topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 2-2 draw away before that, with Luton Town the opponent.

There will be little rest for Coventry City after this match as they are travelling to Bristol City for a Championship game in only three days.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Coventry City at home in the league. 0 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Middlesbrough form and stats

Playing away, Middlesbrough have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Championship this season. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Middlesbrough are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Middlesbrough's last game was the home draw against Rotherham United (0-0). Midfielder Crooks was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.45. Crooks had 42 successful passes (of 51 total).

A 2-3 loss hosting Cardiff City before that.

A new game in only four days for Middlesbrough, the Championship home match versus Birmingham City. Busy days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Middlesbrough have scored 5 goals in 4 league games away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Coventry City wins - draws - Middlesbrough wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Coventry CityM. Godden
M. Godden
3 goals
Coventry CityV. Gyökeres
V. Gyökeres
2 goals
MiddlesbroughD. Watmore
D. Watmore
2 goals

Coventry City missing players

Middlesbrough missing players

Coventry City Middlesbrough
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 1 0 Played P 0 4 10
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 2
3 0 0 Drew D 0 1 4
4 1 0 Lost L 0 3 4
7 0 0 Scored S 0 5 13
13 1 0 Conceded C 0 8 15
86% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 90%
71% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 70%
57% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 75% 60%
43% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 40%
29% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 20%
57% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 75% 70%
14% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
43% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 20%
 
4.3 9 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6.8 6.5
4.7 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 3.9
1.7 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.8 2.3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.4 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 14.8 11.9
4 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.2 2.9
25% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 38% 45%
 
11.1 11 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10.5 8.1
4.9 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.2 3.4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Coventry City have failed to score a single goal at home.
  • Coventry City have lost all their home matches so far.
  • Coventry City have the fewest points (0) at home in Championship
  • Coventry City have the fewest scored goals (0) at home in Championship
  • Coventry City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Coventry City is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Middlesbrough have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Middlesbrough have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Middlesbrough have scored at least twice as many goals away as Coventry City have scored home.
  • Middlesbrough have yet to win a game away.
  • Middlesbrough haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

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

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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.