Championship duel: Close contest expected between Coventry City and Rotherham United

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 05.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Andrew's Stadium (30009 seats)

Coventry City are welcoming Rotherham United for another important game after their 1-1 result against 24th-placed Derby County.

Insights:
  • Coventry City has the most conceded goals (25) in Championship
  • Rotherham United has the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Championship

It's no vacation for neither Coventry City nor Rotherham United 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

Coventry City, who have the most conceded goals (25) in Championship, have collected 11 points from their Championship home games so far after 3-2-2.

Coventry manager M. Robins and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Derby County (placed 24th) in the Championship. Before that, Coventry City played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Norwich City.

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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won six, drawn four and lost three.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Luton Town in only three days. This game is also played here at St. Andrew's Stadium.

Coventry has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.

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Rotherham United form and stats

There's been little loot from Rotherham United's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the Championship. Rotherham United only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Rotherham United, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Rotherham United's previous game was their home loss versus Brentford (0-2). A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting AFC Bournemouth.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Rotherham United playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were four Rotherham wins, two draws and four defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Rotherham now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Watford is waiting in only three days.

The attacking power of Rotherham when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 7 league matches away. 10 goals have been conceded by Rotherham United in these games.

Head 2 Head

Coventry City-Rotherham United H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Coventry City one win, Rotherham United two wins, one draw. three of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Coventry CityM. Godden
M. Godden
4 goals
Rotherham UnitedF. Ladapo
F. Ladapo
4 goals
CoventryG. Hamer
G. Hamer
3 goals

Coventry City missing players

Rotherham United missing players

Coventry City Rotherham United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 4 7 15
3 3 1 Won W 1 1 3
5 2 1 Drew D 2 2 4
7 2 0 Lost L 1 4 8
15 9 3 Scored S 5 5 14
25 12 2 Conceded C 5 10 20
87% 86% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 57% 67%
47% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 29% 40%
33% 57% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 14% 13%
20% 29% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 14% 7%
60% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 43% 47%
20% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 14% 13%
33% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.7 1.8
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.6 8.6 9 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.6 10.5
2.4 2.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.4 3
42% 50% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 29% 31%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Coventry City has the most conceded goals (25) in Championship
  • Coventry City has the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in Championship
  • Coventry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rotherham United has the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Championship
  • Rotherham United 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 Norwich City 14 8 4 2 18 11 7 3 3 1 7 5 7 5 1 1 11 6 7 28
2 AFC Bournemouth 15 7 6 2 25 16 8 5 2 1 14 8 7 2 4 1 11 8 9 27
3 Bristol City 15 8 3 4 19 15 7 3 2 2 7 6 8 5 1 2 12 9 4 27
4 Brentford 15 7 5 3 22 13 7 3 3 1 11 7 8 4 2 2 11 6 9 26
5 Watford 14 7 5 2 19 11 7 6 1 0 16 7 7 1 4 2 3 4 8 26
6 Swansea City 14 7 5 2 16 8 7 4 2 1 9 4 7 3 3 1 7 4 8 26
7 Reading 14 8 2 4 23 18 7 5 0 2 10 7 7 3 2 2 13 11 5 26
8 Stoke City 14 6 4 4 21 18 7 3 2 2 13 13 7 3 2 2 8 5 3 22
9 Blackburn Rovers 14 6 3 5 27 16 7 3 2 2 12 7 7 3 1 3 15 9 11 21
10 Middlesbrough 14 5 6 3 14 9 7 4 2 1 9 3 7 1 4 2 5 6 5 21
11 Cardiff City 15 5 5 5 20 13 8 3 2 3 13 7 7 2 3 2 7 6 7 20
12 Millwall 14 4 8 2 12 10 7 1 5 1 6 7 7 3 3 1 6 3 2 20
13 Barnsley 15 5 4 6 17 17 7 3 2 2 8 4 8 2 2 4 9 13 0 19
14 Preston North End 15 6 1 8 20 23 7 1 0 6 2 10 8 5 1 2 18 13 -3 19
15 Luton Town 14 5 4 5 11 17 7 2 3 2 7 9 7 3 1 3 4 8 -6 19
16 Huddersfield Town 15 5 3 7 18 22 7 3 1 3 8 8 8 2 2 4 10 14 -4 18
17 Queens Park Rangers 15 4 5 6 17 22 8 3 3 2 11 10 7 1 2 4 6 12 -5 17
18 Birmingham City 15 3 7 5 11 14 8 2 2 4 7 10 7 1 5 1 4 4 -3 16
19 Coventry City 15 3 5 7 15 25 7 3 2 2 9 12 8 0 3 5 6 13 -10 14
20 Rotherham United 15 3 4 8 14 20 8 2 2 4 9 10 7 1 2 4 5 10 -6 13
21 Nottingham Forest 14 3 3 8 9 17 7 2 2 3 7 8 7 1 1 5 2 9 -8 12
22 Wycombe Wanderers 14 2 4 8 7 20 7 1 3 3 3 6 7 1 1 5 4 14 -13 10
23 Sheffield Wednesday 14 3 5 6 7 12 7 1 4 2 3 4 7 2 1 4 4 8 -5 8
24 Derby County 15 1 5 9 7 22 8 0 3 5 3 13 7 1 2 4 4 9 -15 8

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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.