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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Coventry Building Society Arena

The league table tells us that 4 points separate the pair of opponents in this Championship fixture. Coventry City have both the points- and home ground advantage.

Insights:
  • Coventry City have the most points from losing position (19) in Championship

It's no vacation for neither Coventry nor Preston North End 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 total Championship stats playing at home this season for Coventry City are 9-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Coventry City enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Bristol City's place. The match ended 2-1 with Maatsen and Gyökeres scoring. Hamer (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.14/10. Hamer signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Ahead of that match, Coventry won a home game hosting Barnsley (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 eleven games) they have won seven times, drawn two and lost two.

Coventry City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Coventry Building Society Arena with 24 goals in 16 league matches. Coventry City are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Coventry Building Society Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 16 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Preston North End form and stats

The visitors are W6-D4-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Championship. Preston has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Preston North End played 0-0 against Nottingham Forest in their previous match. Midfield player Whiteman was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.9/10. Whiteman hit four key passes.

A loss against Reading was the result prior to that, in a home game.

We have checked recent matches where Preston North End have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were two victories, two draws and five defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Preston as they have only managed to score 15 times from 17 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Preston North End have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's what happened when the sides faced each other previously this season; Preston North End - Coventry City 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Coventry one win, four draws and Preston North End 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
Preston North EndE. Riis Jakobsen
E. Riis Jakobsen
12 goals
Coventry CityM. Godden
M. Godden
10 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 top Away Total
32 16 6 Played P 6 17 34
14 9 3 Won W 2 6 11
8 3 1 Drew D 1 4 13
10 4 2 Lost L 3 7 10
42 24 8 Scored S 8 15 37
37 14 7 Conceded C 9 18 38
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 82%
69% 69% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 53% 65%
47% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 41% 44%
22% 12% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 12% 21%
16% 12% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 6% 9%
53% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 35% 53%
28% 38% 17% Clean Sheets C S 0% 35% 32%
25% 12% 17% Failed to Score F T 33% 47% 32%
 
6.2 6.4 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 4.8 4.9
3.9 3.2 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.6 4.9
1.6 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.1 1.9
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
14.1 15.2 14.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 8.2 10.3
4.8 5.1 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.3 3.1
27% 30% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 53% 38% 35%
 
10.2 8.3 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 11.1 11.6
3.3 2.3 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.1 3.3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Coventry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Coventry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in Championship
  • Coventry City have the most points from losing position (19) in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 31 19 7 5 79 28 17 10 4 3 41 15 14 9 3 2 38 13 51 64
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Blackburn Rovers 32 15 9 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 16 5 6 5 14 14 12 54
4 Queens Park Rangers 32 15 8 9 47 37 17 8 6 3 24 14 15 7 2 6 23 23 10 53
5 Huddersfield Town 33 14 11 8 42 35 16 8 5 3 22 16 17 6 6 5 20 19 7 53
6 Middlesbrough 32 15 7 10 41 32 17 11 2 4 27 15 15 4 5 6 14 17 9 52
7 Sheffield United 31 14 8 9 43 33 14 7 3 4 23 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 10 50
8 Coventry City 32 14 8 10 42 37 16 9 3 4 24 14 16 5 5 6 18 23 5 50
9 Nottingham Forest 32 13 9 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 16 7 5 4 22 13 10 48
10 Luton Town 31 13 9 9 43 36 16 8 5 3 26 17 15 5 4 6 17 19 7 48
11 West Bromwich Albion 33 12 10 11 35 30 15 8 6 1 21 8 18 4 4 10 14 22 5 46
12 Preston North End 34 11 13 10 37 38 17 5 9 3 22 20 17 6 4 7 15 18 -1 46
13 Stoke City 31 12 8 11 40 34 16 7 4 5 24 18 15 5 4 6 16 16 6 44
14 Millwall 31 11 10 10 33 33 16 8 5 3 20 13 15 3 5 7 13 20 0 43
15 Blackpool 32 11 9 12 35 38 17 8 2 7 17 18 15 3 7 5 18 20 -3 42
16 Bristol City 34 11 7 16 45 61 18 7 5 6 23 23 16 4 2 10 22 38 -16 40
17 Swansea City 31 10 8 13 32 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 3 4 9 13 29 -11 38
18 Birmingham City 34 9 10 15 40 53 16 6 4 6 21 21 18 3 6 9 19 32 -13 37
19 Cardiff City 32 10 6 16 39 51 16 5 2 9 18 21 16 5 4 7 21 30 -12 36
20 Hull City 34 9 7 18 27 39 17 5 3 9 15 20 17 4 4 9 12 19 -12 34
21 Reading 33 10 5 18 41 63 17 5 4 8 25 35 16 5 1 10 16 28 -22 29
22 Derby County 32 10 12 10 33 35 16 8 6 2 22 14 16 2 6 8 11 21 -2 21
23 Peterborough United 31 5 6 20 23 61 15 4 5 6 15 18 16 1 1 14 8 43 -38 21
24 Barnsley 32 4 8 20 21 46 15 3 4 8 9 17 17 1 4 12 12 29 -25 20

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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 Fulham 31 19 7 5 79 28 17 10 4 3 41 15 14 9 3 2 38 13 51 64
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Blackburn Rovers 32 15 9 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 16 5 6 5 14 14 12 54
4 Queens Park Rangers 32 15 8 9 47 37 17 8 6 3 24 14 15 7 2 6 23 23 10 53
5 Huddersfield Town 33 14 11 8 42 35 16 8 5 3 22 16 17 6 6 5 20 19 7 53
6 Middlesbrough 32 15 7 10 41 32 17 11 2 4 27 15 15 4 5 6 14 17 9 52
7 Sheffield United 31 14 8 9 43 33 14 7 3 4 23 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 10 50
8 Coventry City 32 14 8 10 42 37 16 9 3 4 24 14 16 5 5 6 18 23 5 50
9 Nottingham Forest 32 13 9 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 16 7 5 4 22 13 10 48
10 Luton Town 31 13 9 9 43 36 16 8 5 3 26 17 15 5 4 6 17 19 7 48
11 West Bromwich Albion 33 12 10 11 35 30 15 8 6 1 21 8 18 4 4 10 14 22 5 46
12 Preston North End 34 11 13 10 37 38 17 5 9 3 22 20 17 6 4 7 15 18 -1 46
13 Stoke City 31 12 8 11 40 34 16 7 4 5 24 18 15 5 4 6 16 16 6 44
14 Millwall 31 11 10 10 33 33 16 8 5 3 20 13 15 3 5 7 13 20 0 43
15 Blackpool 32 11 9 12 35 38 17 8 2 7 17 18 15 3 7 5 18 20 -3 42
16 Bristol City 34 11 7 16 45 61 18 7 5 6 23 23 16 4 2 10 22 38 -16 40
17 Swansea City 31 10 8 13 32 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 3 4 9 13 29 -11 38
18 Birmingham City 34 9 10 15 40 53 16 6 4 6 21 21 18 3 6 9 19 32 -13 37
19 Cardiff City 32 10 6 16 39 51 16 5 2 9 18 21 16 5 4 7 21 30 -12 36
20 Hull City 34 9 7 18 27 39 17 5 3 9 15 20 17 4 4 9 12 19 -12 34
21 Reading 33 10 5 18 41 63 17 5 4 8 25 35 16 5 1 10 16 28 -22 29
22 Derby County 32 10 12 10 33 35 16 8 6 2 22 14 16 2 6 8 11 21 -2 21
23 Peterborough United 31 5 6 20 23 61 15 4 5 6 15 18 16 1 1 14 8 43 -38 21
24 Barnsley 32 4 8 20 21 46 15 3 4 8 9 17 17 1 4 12 12 29 -25 20

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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.