Betting preview: Coventry City vs Preston North End should be interesting

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 24.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Andrew's Stadium (30009 seats)

Season ticket holders at St. Andrew's Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Coventry City languishing in the 18th position so far. The guesting Preston North End will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Preston North End 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.

Coventry are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Preston North End are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Coventry City form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Coventry City at their home stadium (St. Andrew's Stadium) is 9 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at St. Andrew's Stadium.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Coventry City, as their goalkeeper Ben Wilson has completely shut out the opponents for 180 minutes in the Championship.

A strong away win for Coventry against Stoke City the last match, as Viktor Gyökeres, Tyler Walker and Maxime Biamou were on target. Ahead of that match, Coventry won a home game hosting Barnsley (2-0).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Coventry City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won six, drawn four and lost one.

The Coventry City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 24 in 21 matches. From these home matches, Coventry have conceded only 20 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Preston North End form and stats

9 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses. That’s the product of Preston North End playing as the away team in the Championship this season.

Preston have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Daniel Iversen. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in Championship.

Impressive finishing from Benjamin Whiteman, Ryan Ledson and Ched Evans secured the home win 3-0 against Derby County in their previous game. Before that, Preston travelled to Stoke City and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Preston playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were six Preston North End wins, five draws and five defeats.

The visiting Preston North End have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 25 goals from 21 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Preston North End have conceded 31 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Coventry City and Preston North End have met before this season: Preston North End - Coventry 2-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Coventry won one game, four matches ended with a draw and Preston North End has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

Preston North EndS. Sinclair
S. Sinclair
9 goals
Coventry CityM. Godden
M. Godden
6 goals
CoventryG. Hamer
G. Hamer
5 goals

Coventry City missing players

Preston North End missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Coventry City Preston North End
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
43 21 6 Played P 6 21 43
13 9 2 Won W 3 9 15
12 7 2 Drew D 0 2 7
18 5 2 Lost L 3 10 21
42 24 5 Scored S 5 25 44
58 20 7 Conceded C 5 31 55
84% 71% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 93%
72% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 71% 63%
42% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 57% 47%
23% 29% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 24% 16%
12% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 9%
47% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 43% 33%
30% 52% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 33%
40% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 42%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1.1 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.2 1.1
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
9.6 9.3 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 8.7 9.6
2.9 3 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.3 3.1
33% 38% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 36% 33%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Norwich City 43 27 9 7 66 32 22 13 6 3 35 14 21 14 3 4 31 18 34 90
2 Watford 43 25 10 8 60 28 21 17 2 2 41 12 22 8 8 6 19 16 32 85
3 AFC Bournemouth 43 22 11 10 73 42 21 13 3 5 40 21 22 9 8 5 33 21 31 77
4 Swansea City 43 22 10 11 52 34 22 11 6 5 25 15 21 11 4 6 27 19 18 76
5 Brentford 42 20 15 7 72 41 21 10 9 2 36 20 21 10 6 5 36 21 31 75
6 Barnsley 42 21 8 13 54 46 21 11 5 5 27 20 21 10 3 8 27 26 8 71
7 Reading 42 19 10 13 57 46 21 12 2 7 33 23 21 7 8 6 24 23 11 67
8 Queens Park Rangers 43 17 11 15 51 51 21 10 4 7 28 23 22 7 7 8 23 28 0 62
9 Cardiff City 43 16 13 14 59 47 21 7 5 9 34 24 22 9 8 5 25 23 12 61
10 Middlesbrough 43 17 9 17 51 48 21 10 4 7 27 21 22 7 5 10 24 27 3 60
11 Millwall 43 14 17 12 42 44 22 6 10 6 20 23 21 8 7 6 22 21 -2 59
12 Stoke City 42 14 14 14 45 47 21 9 5 7 27 23 21 5 9 7 18 23 -2 56
13 Luton Town 41 16 8 17 36 46 20 8 6 6 24 22 21 8 2 11 12 24 -10 56
14 Preston North End 43 15 7 21 44 55 22 6 5 11 19 24 21 9 2 10 25 31 -11 52
15 Bristol City 42 15 6 21 42 56 21 7 3 11 15 24 21 8 3 10 26 32 -14 51
16 Blackburn Rovers 43 13 11 19 54 49 21 7 7 7 27 24 22 6 4 12 27 25 5 50
17 Nottingham Forest 42 12 13 17 34 41 21 6 7 8 19 21 21 6 6 9 15 20 -7 49
18 Coventry City 42 12 12 18 40 56 21 9 7 5 24 20 21 3 5 13 15 36 -16 48
19 Birmingham City 42 12 12 18 32 50 21 6 3 12 17 32 21 6 9 6 15 18 -18 48
20 Huddersfield Town 42 12 11 19 45 62 21 8 6 7 27 21 21 4 5 12 18 41 -17 47
21 Derby County 43 11 10 22 31 51 21 6 6 9 16 21 22 5 4 13 15 30 -20 43
22 Rotherham United 41 11 6 24 42 56 22 5 3 14 25 34 19 6 3 10 17 22 -14 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 43 12 9 22 36 55 22 8 7 7 22 17 21 4 2 15 14 38 -19 39
24 Wycombe Wanderers 42 8 10 24 32 67 21 5 5 11 14 27 21 3 5 13 18 39 -35 34

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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 Norwich City 43 27 9 7 66 32 22 13 6 3 35 14 21 14 3 4 31 18 34 90
2 Watford 43 25 10 8 60 28 21 17 2 2 41 12 22 8 8 6 19 16 32 85
3 AFC Bournemouth 43 22 11 10 73 42 21 13 3 5 40 21 22 9 8 5 33 21 31 77
4 Swansea City 43 22 10 11 52 34 22 11 6 5 25 15 21 11 4 6 27 19 18 76
5 Brentford 42 20 15 7 72 41 21 10 9 2 36 20 21 10 6 5 36 21 31 75
6 Barnsley 42 21 8 13 54 46 21 11 5 5 27 20 21 10 3 8 27 26 8 71
7 Reading 42 19 10 13 57 46 21 12 2 7 33 23 21 7 8 6 24 23 11 67
8 Queens Park Rangers 43 17 11 15 51 51 21 10 4 7 28 23 22 7 7 8 23 28 0 62
9 Cardiff City 43 16 13 14 59 47 21 7 5 9 34 24 22 9 8 5 25 23 12 61
10 Middlesbrough 43 17 9 17 51 48 21 10 4 7 27 21 22 7 5 10 24 27 3 60
11 Millwall 43 14 17 12 42 44 22 6 10 6 20 23 21 8 7 6 22 21 -2 59
12 Stoke City 42 14 14 14 45 47 21 9 5 7 27 23 21 5 9 7 18 23 -2 56
13 Luton Town 41 16 8 17 36 46 20 8 6 6 24 22 21 8 2 11 12 24 -10 56
14 Preston North End 43 15 7 21 44 55 22 6 5 11 19 24 21 9 2 10 25 31 -11 52
15 Bristol City 42 15 6 21 42 56 21 7 3 11 15 24 21 8 3 10 26 32 -14 51
16 Blackburn Rovers 43 13 11 19 54 49 21 7 7 7 27 24 22 6 4 12 27 25 5 50
17 Nottingham Forest 42 12 13 17 34 41 21 6 7 8 19 21 21 6 6 9 15 20 -7 49
18 Coventry City 42 12 12 18 40 56 21 9 7 5 24 20 21 3 5 13 15 36 -16 48
19 Birmingham City 42 12 12 18 32 50 21 6 3 12 17 32 21 6 9 6 15 18 -18 48
20 Huddersfield Town 42 12 11 19 45 62 21 8 6 7 27 21 21 4 5 12 18 41 -17 47
21 Derby County 43 11 10 22 31 51 21 6 6 9 16 21 22 5 4 13 15 30 -20 43
22 Rotherham United 41 11 6 24 42 56 22 5 3 14 25 34 19 6 3 10 17 22 -14 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 43 12 9 22 36 55 22 8 7 7 22 17 21 4 2 15 14 38 -19 39
24 Wycombe Wanderers 42 8 10 24 32 67 21 5 5 11 14 27 21 3 5 13 18 39 -35 34

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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.