A total of 22 sets of matches have been played and both Coventry City and Stoke City are high up in the table. Get this show on the road!
- Coventry City have the most points from losing position (15) in Championship
- Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Coventry City and Stoke City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Coventry City form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at The Coventry Building Society Arena as Coventry City have scored 20 goals to get 23 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Championship are 7-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Coventry manager Robins and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Huddersfield Town (placed 10th) in the Championship. Todd Kane (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.85/10. Kane hit seven key passes.
Before that game, the home loss against West Bromwich Albion with the scoreline 1-2.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 has won six of these, drawn two and lost three.
The Coventry fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 11 league matches. Coventry have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Stoke City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
The Stoke City goalkeeper Adam Davies is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 218 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
There were no winners in Stoke City's previous match, a Championship home game that ended 0-0 vs Middlesbrough (placed 9th). Danny Batth was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.45. The defender Batth won 4 of 5 duels.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Queens Park Rangers at their stadium, the result 2-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Stoke City in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Stoke City, six draws and four defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Stoke have scored 11 goals in 11 league games away. 12 goals have been conceded by Stoke in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Data for the prior nine meetings involving these two teams are: four wins for Coventry, two draws and three wins for Stoke City. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  V. Gyökeres 9 goals | M. Godden 8 goals |   N. Powell 5 goals |
Coventry City missing players
Stoke City missing players
| Coventry City | Stoke City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 29 | 20 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 26 |
| 26 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 21 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 73% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 59% |
| 50% | 64% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 45% | 36% |
| 23% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 14% | 18% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 55% | 64% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 45% | 41% |
| 32% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | 41% |
| 23% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 27% | 27% |
| 6.3 | 6.1 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.4 |
| 4 | 3.2 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 12.5 | 6 | 5.6 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13.1 | 13.8 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 12.4 | 11.5 |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 29% | 38% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 26% | 29% |
| 10.9 | 8.8 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.5 | 11.3 | 10.5 |
| 3.5 | 2.5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 3.4 | 3 |
- Coventry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Coventry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Championship
- Coventry City have the most points from losing position (15) in Championship
- Stoke City 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 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 51 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 33 | 45 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 43 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 40 |
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 39 |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 35 |
| 6 | Stoke City | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 35 |
| 7 | Coventry City | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 34 |
| 8 | Nottingham Forest | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 31 |
| 9 | Middlesbrough | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 30 |
| 10 | Huddersfield Town | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 30 |
| 11 | Millwall | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 30 |
| 12 | Luton Town | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 29 |
| 13 | Sheffield United | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 29 |
| 14 | Preston North End | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 28 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 27 |
| 16 | Swansea City | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 27 |
| 17 | Blackpool | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -6 | 27 |
| 18 | Bristol City | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -8 | 27 |
| 19 | Hull City | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 23 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 21 | -14 | 22 |
| 21 | Reading | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 21 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 30 | -22 | 19 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -19 | 13 |
| 24 | Derby County | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 4 |
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