Coventry City want to have lots of fans in for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 16 points and a 22nd place in the Championship table. Visiting Rotherham United are in 11th place with 21 pts.
- Coventry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Championship
- Rotherham United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Championship
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 Rotherham United.
Coventry City form and stats
2-0-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Coventry City, who have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Championship, so far this season.
Coventry are confident in defense, having played 321 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A good away victory last time out for Coventry City, who won 2-0 against Stoke City (placed 17th). Midfield player Hamer got a match rating of 8.1 in that game, the max score being 10. Hamer scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, Coventry had a home game versus Sheffield United which ended with a victory 1-0.It should be considered that a look at the 10 latest league matches reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Blackpool are coming to town in four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Coventry City here at The Coventry Building Society Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 4 games). From these home matches, Coventry City have conceded only 2 goals.
Rotherham United form and stats
There's been little loot from Rotherham United's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Championship. Rotherham United only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 3 draws.
Home advantage was not enough for Rotherham in their previous game as they lost hosting Hull City, 2-4. As you can tell from the result, the match against Hull City was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Rotherham United goalkeeper Johansson took pride in a splendid day against Hull City, but even with pulling off nine saves the defeat could not be stopped.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Stoke City.The schedule is very tough for Rotherham United now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Cardiff City is waiting in only four days.
Rotherham United are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {2 goals} from 6 away games. As opposed to that, Rotherham have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Coventry City three wins, one draw and Rotherham United two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Gyökeres 4 goals |   R. Wood 4 goals | C. Ogbene 4 goals |
Coventry City missing players
Rotherham United missing players
| Coventry City | Rotherham United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 67% | 87% |
| 46% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 31% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 23% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 31% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 40% |
| 46% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 67% | 33% |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.7 | 4.1 |
| 6.6 | 7.2 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 7.5 | 5.9 |
| 2.1 | 2.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.5 | 8.5 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 5.2 | 9.1 |
| 3.2 | 1.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.5 | 1.2 | 3 |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 29% | 40% |
| 11.4 | 11 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 17.8 | 14.2 |
| 3.9 | 3.8 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
- Coventry City have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Championship
- Coventry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Championship
- Coventry City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Rotherham United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Rotherham United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Rotherham United have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Championship
- Rotherham United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Championship
- Rotherham United have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 30 |
| 3 | Burnley | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | Sheffield United | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 26 |
| 5 | Millwall | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 6 | Norwich City | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 25 |
| 7 | Reading | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -4 | 25 |
| 8 | Luton Town | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| 9 | Swansea City | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 24 |
| 10 | Preston North End | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 22 |
| 11 | Rotherham United | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 21 |
| 12 | Bristol City | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 21 |
| 13 | Sunderland | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 20 |
| 14 | Birmingham City | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 15 | Watford | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 20 |
| 16 | Hull City | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 18 | Blackpool | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -7 | 19 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 18 |
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 17 |
| 22 | Coventry City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 16 |
| 23 | West Bromwich Albion | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 14 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 12 |
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