Struggling Coventry City will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Reading in the upcoming league round. It’s 21st vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Coventry City and Reading.
Coventry City form and stats
Coventry City, who have the most conceded goals (10) at home in Championship, have collected 4 points from their Championship home games so far after 1-1-2.
Stress levels are on the rise for Coventry's attacking players as they have now played 251 minutes without scoring in a league game. J. Shipley was their last goal scorer.
Coventry City faced defeat in their previous match, away at Middlesbrough (0-2). Before that game, the home loss against Blackburn Rovers with the scoreline 0-4.
Coventry City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 games. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Coventry have allowed the opposition to score 10 goals here at St. Andrew's Stadium.
Reading form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Championship, are W3-D1-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.
It's the second away game in a row for Reading, but there's smiles all around after the 4-2 victory versus Blackburn Rovers (placed 12th) in the Championship last time out. Before that, Reading secured a home win against Rotherham United with the score 3-0.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Blackburn Rovers was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Reading are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's not easy to score on Reading as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Coventry City-Reading H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Coventry City zero wins, Reading five wins, five draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Santos João 5 goals |  Y. Meïté 4 goals |   M. Godden 3 goals |
Coventry City missing players
Reading missing players
| Coventry City | Reading | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 16 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 50% | 75% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 38% | 75% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 50% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | 30 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 28 | 53 |
| 14 | 9 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 14 | 31 |
| 43% | 56% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 57% | 48% |
- All of Coventry City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Coventry City has the most conceded goals (10) at home in Championship
- Coventry City has the most conceded goals in the second half (11) in Championship
- Coventry City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Coventry City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Coventry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Coventry City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Reading has the fewest conceded goals (3) in Championship
- Reading has the most clean sheets (6) in Championship
- Reading has the the best goal difference (+12) in Championship
- Reading have not yet lost a game.
- Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Reading have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Reading have scored more than double the goals of Coventry City.
- Reading is in the best form (5-1-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Reading | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 22 |
| 2 | Swansea City | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | Watford | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Bristol City | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | AFC Bournemouth | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Millwall | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Stoke City | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Luton Town | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Brentford | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 16 | Barnsley | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 7 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 18 | Queens Park Rangers | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 19 | Rotherham United | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 5 |
| 21 | Coventry City | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -10 | 5 |
| 22 | Derby County | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -8 | 4 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -13 | 1 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | -4 |