A important match in Championship as both teams are challenging for the top spots. With Coventry City in 8th position and Queens Park Rangers at 4th, this is almost guaranteed to be a thriling battle. Read on to find out more!
- Coventry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Championship
- Queens Park Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Coventry City form and stats
7-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Coventry City so far this season. Coventry City are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at The Coventry Building Society Arena, having lost their two previous games here.
Coventry City are returning here after visiting Peterborough United in a Championship game and winning with a 4-1 scoreline. Godden (2) and Hamer scored the goal(s). Godden, a striker, was the declared top performer for the side in that fixture, and was presented with a rating of 8.45 (out of 10). Godden scored two goals.
Before that, Coventry had a FA Cup home game versus Derby County which ended with a victory 1-0.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 eleven games. Coventry City has won six of these, drawn two and lost three.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Coventry City, as the Championship home game vs Stoke City is only three days away.
A decent goal production from Coventry City in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 12 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Coventry City have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Queens Park Rangers form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 6 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. Having won their last three away games Queens Park Rangers has no reason to fear anyone.
The supporters enjoyed QPR's previous game versus West Bromwich Albion (placed 5th), a Championship 1-0 win played at home. Austin came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against West Bromwich Albion last time out, making the manager Warburton feel like a tactical genius. Willock, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.85. Willock served one assist, hit two key passes and had 28 successful passes (of 33 total).
A draw for Queens Park Rangers before that, at their own venue hosting Rotherham United (after extra-time, 8-7 on penalties) (1-1).As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Queens Park Rangers in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Queens Park Rangers, one draw and six defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Swansea City in just three days.
The travelling fans enjoy Queens Park Rangers's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 12 league matches away. As for defending, QPR rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 19 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Queens Park Rangers - Coventry City 2-0 was the end result in these teams' last head to head game, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings with these participants: Coventry City won three, Queens Park Rangers were winners in four and we saw three draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  M. Godden 10 goals | V. Gyökeres 9 goals |   I. Chair 6 goals |
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| Coventry City | Queens Park Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 33 | 20 | 7 | Scored | S | 6 | 21 | 38 |
| 28 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 10 | 19 | 30 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 80% |
| 50% | 58% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 52% |
| 25% | 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 20% |
| 17% | 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 16% |
| 54% | 58% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 60% |
| 29% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 32% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 6.3 | 6.1 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
| 3.9 | 3.2 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.5 | 13.8 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 10.4 | 12.7 |
| 4.7 | 4.7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| 29% | 36% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 39% | 32% |
| 10.5 | 8.4 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 11.6 | 12 |
| 3.4 | 2.5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
- Coventry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Coventry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Championship
- Queens Park Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Queens Park Rangers have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Queens Park Rangers 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 | Fulham | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 64 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 43 | 51 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 49 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 49 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 44 |
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 42 |
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 42 |
| 7 | Huddersfield Town | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 41 |
| 8 | Coventry City | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 37 |
| 9 | Nottingham Forest | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 37 |
| 10 | Stoke City | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 35 |
| 11 | Millwall | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -1 | 33 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 33 |
| 13 | Luton Town | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 32 |
| 14 | Sheffield United | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -1 | 32 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 32 |
| 16 | Bristol City | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 28 | -13 | 30 |
| 17 | Swansea City | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -5 | 28 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -9 | 28 |
| 19 | Hull City | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 23 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 25 | -18 | 23 |
| 21 | Reading | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 30 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -15 | 22 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 48 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 33 | -27 | 19 |
| 23 | Derby County | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 24 | Barnsley | 24 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 14 |
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