Coventry City vs Sheffield United match preview: Even contest expected at The Coventry Building Society Arena

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Coventry Building Society Arena

All you must know about the Championship fixture Coventry City - Sheffield United!

Insights:
  • Coventry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (17) in Championship
  • Sheffield United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Coventry nor Sheffield 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

The story so far in the Championship for Coventry City at their home stadium (The Coventry Building Society Arena) is 9 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

The Coventry City supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at The Coventry Building Society Arena: A 0-1 defeat against Luton Town (placed 6th). Hamer (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.15/10. Hamer hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Heartbreak before that as Coventry City lost 1-3 at Swansea City's place.

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 eleven matches with the results: Won six, drawn two and lost three.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Coventry City, as the Championship home game vs Hull City is only four days away.

Coventry City has scored 25 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Coventry 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 16 from 18 matches.

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Sheffield United form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Sheffield United have produced an overall stat of 7-5-6 so far.

Berge, Gibbs-White, Sharp and Robinson scored in Sheffield United's previous match, the home game against Middlesbrough that ended 4-1. Attacker Gibbs-White got a player rating of 8.33 in the game. "Man of the match" Gibbs-White scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 17 successful passes (of 21 total).

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Nottingham Forest.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Sheffield United in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Sheffield United, one draw and four defeats.

Sheffield have another game away in just four nights, a Championship fixture against Blackpool. A back-breaking calendar for the guests!

The visiting Sheffield United have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 20 goals from 18 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Sheffield have conceded 23 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Coventry City and Sheffield United have duelled previously this season: Sheffield United - Coventry City 0-0. Last ten meetings featuring these squads: Coventry City won four, Sheffield United were winners in four and we saw two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sheffield UnitedB. Sharp
B. Sharp
14 goals
Coventry CityV. Gyökeres
V. Gyökeres
12 goals
CoventryM. Godden
M. Godden
10 goals

Coventry City missing players

Sheffield United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Coventry City Sheffield United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 18 4 Played P 5 18 35
14 9 2 Won W 0 7 16
9 4 0 Drew D 3 5 9
12 5 2 Lost L 2 6 10
44 25 7 Scored S 3 20 49
42 16 4 Conceded C 8 23 36
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 83% 86%
69% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 67% 66%
46% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 44% 43%
23% 11% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 33% 29%
14% 11% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
54% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 44% 43%
26% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 33% 40%
26% 17% 25% Failed to Score F T 60% 39% 31%
 
6 6.1 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.4 4.8 5.6
3.9 3.4 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.1 3.9
1.7 1.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.1 1.9
3 3 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
13.9 14.9 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.4 10.7 13.1
4.7 4.9 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.9 4.3
27% 28% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 29% 33%
 
10 8.4 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10 9.1 9
3.3 2.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.3 3.2
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Coventry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (17) in Championship
  • Sheffield United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Fulham 35 23 7 5 89 30 19 12 4 3 45 16 16 11 3 2 44 14 59 76
2 AFC Bournemouth 33 18 8 7 53 30 16 9 4 3 32 17 17 9 4 4 21 13 23 62
3 Huddersfield Town 36 17 11 8 49 36 18 10 5 3 27 17 18 7 6 5 22 19 13 62
4 Blackburn Rovers 36 16 10 10 46 36 18 11 4 3 32 19 18 5 6 7 14 17 10 58
5 Sheffield United 35 16 9 10 49 36 17 9 4 4 29 13 18 7 5 6 20 23 13 57
6 Luton Town 35 16 9 10 48 39 17 9 5 3 27 17 18 7 4 7 21 22 9 57
7 Queens Park Rangers 35 16 8 11 50 41 19 9 6 4 27 17 16 7 2 7 23 24 9 56
8 Middlesbrough 35 16 7 12 46 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 17 4 5 8 17 24 6 55
9 Millwall 35 14 11 10 37 34 17 9 5 3 21 13 18 5 6 7 16 21 3 53
10 Nottingham Forest 34 14 10 10 46 34 17 7 4 6 23 20 17 7 6 4 23 14 12 52
11 Coventry City 35 14 9 12 44 42 18 9 4 5 25 16 17 5 5 7 19 26 2 51
12 Preston North End 36 12 14 10 40 40 18 6 9 3 24 21 18 6 5 7 16 19 0 50
13 West Bromwich Albion 35 13 10 12 37 32 16 8 6 2 21 10 19 5 4 10 16 22 5 49
14 Blackpool 35 13 9 13 41 41 18 9 2 7 21 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 0 48
15 Stoke City 35 12 9 14 43 40 18 7 4 7 25 21 17 5 5 7 18 19 3 45
16 Swansea City 34 12 8 14 38 49 17 8 4 5 23 20 17 4 4 9 15 29 -11 44
17 Cardiff City 36 12 6 18 43 55 18 6 2 10 19 22 18 6 4 8 24 33 -12 42
18 Birmingham City 36 10 10 16 42 56 17 6 4 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 21 33 -14 40
19 Bristol City 36 11 7 18 46 65 19 7 5 7 24 25 17 4 2 11 22 40 -19 40
20 Hull City 36 10 7 19 30 41 18 5 3 10 15 22 18 5 4 9 15 19 -11 37
21 Reading 35 10 5 20 42 68 18 5 4 9 25 36 17 5 1 11 17 32 -26 29
22 Derby County 36 11 12 13 36 39 18 9 6 3 25 16 18 2 6 10 11 23 -3 24
23 Barnsley 35 5 9 21 25 51 17 4 5 8 13 20 18 1 4 13 12 31 -26 24
24 Peterborough United 35 5 7 23 25 70 16 4 5 7 15 21 19 1 2 16 10 49 -45 22

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Table
  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 35 23 7 5 89 30 19 12 4 3 45 16 16 11 3 2 44 14 59 76
2 AFC Bournemouth 33 18 8 7 53 30 16 9 4 3 32 17 17 9 4 4 21 13 23 62
3 Huddersfield Town 36 17 11 8 49 36 18 10 5 3 27 17 18 7 6 5 22 19 13 62
4 Blackburn Rovers 36 16 10 10 46 36 18 11 4 3 32 19 18 5 6 7 14 17 10 58
5 Sheffield United 35 16 9 10 49 36 17 9 4 4 29 13 18 7 5 6 20 23 13 57
6 Luton Town 35 16 9 10 48 39 17 9 5 3 27 17 18 7 4 7 21 22 9 57
7 Queens Park Rangers 35 16 8 11 50 41 19 9 6 4 27 17 16 7 2 7 23 24 9 56
8 Middlesbrough 35 16 7 12 46 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 17 4 5 8 17 24 6 55
9 Millwall 35 14 11 10 37 34 17 9 5 3 21 13 18 5 6 7 16 21 3 53
10 Nottingham Forest 34 14 10 10 46 34 17 7 4 6 23 20 17 7 6 4 23 14 12 52
11 Coventry City 35 14 9 12 44 42 18 9 4 5 25 16 17 5 5 7 19 26 2 51
12 Preston North End 36 12 14 10 40 40 18 6 9 3 24 21 18 6 5 7 16 19 0 50
13 West Bromwich Albion 35 13 10 12 37 32 16 8 6 2 21 10 19 5 4 10 16 22 5 49
14 Blackpool 35 13 9 13 41 41 18 9 2 7 21 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 0 48
15 Stoke City 35 12 9 14 43 40 18 7 4 7 25 21 17 5 5 7 18 19 3 45
16 Swansea City 34 12 8 14 38 49 17 8 4 5 23 20 17 4 4 9 15 29 -11 44
17 Cardiff City 36 12 6 18 43 55 18 6 2 10 19 22 18 6 4 8 24 33 -12 42
18 Birmingham City 36 10 10 16 42 56 17 6 4 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 21 33 -14 40
19 Bristol City 36 11 7 18 46 65 19 7 5 7 24 25 17 4 2 11 22 40 -19 40
20 Hull City 36 10 7 19 30 41 18 5 3 10 15 22 18 5 4 9 15 19 -11 37
21 Reading 35 10 5 20 42 68 18 5 4 9 25 36 17 5 1 11 17 32 -26 29
22 Derby County 36 11 12 13 36 39 18 9 6 3 25 16 18 2 6 10 11 23 -3 24
23 Barnsley 35 5 9 21 25 51 17 4 5 8 13 20 18 1 4 13 12 31 -26 24
24 Peterborough United 35 5 7 23 25 70 16 4 5 7 15 21 19 1 2 16 10 49 -45 22

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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.