Evenly matched teams: Coventry City vs Stoke City match preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 25.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Coventry Building Society Arena

This is match day, this is Championship and this is Coventry City - Stoke City. Check out our comprehensive preview!

Insights:
  • Coventry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Championship

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Coventry City form and stats

Coventry City have played 13 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).

A nice win for Coventry City last time playing, versus Queens Park Rangers. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-2 with Shipley scoring for the victors. The spoils were shared in Coventry's previous game, also at home. Visiting Queens Park Rangers (placed 4th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-2 scoreline. The Coventry City crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Queens Park Rangers here at The Coventry Building Society Arena. The attacker O'Hare was announced as "man of the match" for Coventry City with a rating of 7.35/10. O'Hare hit three key passes and had 44 successful passes (of 51 total).

In the game before, an away victory match versus Peterborough United with a 4-1 scoreline. 4-1 away at Peterborough United before that. Heartbreak before that as Coventry City lost 4-1 at Peterborough United'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 City 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 game coming up fairly quickly for Coventry City as they are travelling to their away game against Middlesbrough in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.

The Coventry fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 13 league 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. 13 goals have been conceded.

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Stoke City form and stats

The visitors are W5-D2-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Championship. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Stoke City are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

There were no winners in Stoke City's previous match, the home game that ended 2-3 vs Fulham (placed 1st). Stoke City failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Fulham (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 2-3. Stoke City are travelling after their nice 2-3 home win in the fixture against Fulham (placed 1st). Midfield player Tymon was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.82/10. Tymon signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hull City at their stadium, the result 2-0. Before that, Stoke City travelled to Hull City and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-0. Preceding that game, the 2-0 loss visiting Hull City's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Stoke playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were five Stoke City wins, five draws and four defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Huddersfield Town.

Stoke City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Stoke City have conceded 12 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Coventry City four wins, two draws and Stoke City three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Coventry CityM. Godden
M. Godden
10 goals
Coventry CityV. Gyökeres
V. Gyökeres
9 goals
Stoke CityJ. Brown
J. Brown
6 goals

Coventry City missing players

Stoke City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Coventry City Stoke City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 13 2 Played P 6 12 26
10 7 1 Won W 2 5 11
7 2 0 Drew D 1 2 5
8 4 1 Lost L 3 5 10
34 21 3 Scored S 5 13 32
30 13 3 Conceded C 6 12 28
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
72% 77% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 65%
52% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 42% 42%
24% 15% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 15%
16% 15% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
56% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 42% 46%
28% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 42% 38%
24% 15% 50% Failed to Score F T 17% 25% 23%
 
6.6 6.6 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 5.7 5.2
3.8 3.1 2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 6.1 5.7
1.4 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.5 2.3
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
13.8 14.3 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 13.2 11.7
4.8 4.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 4.2 4
28% 33% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 25% 30%
 
10.4 8.4 5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 10.7 10.1
3.4 2.5 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 3.2 3.1
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Coventry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Coventry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Championship
  • Coventry City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 Fulham 27 17 6 4 73 25 14 9 3 2 36 12 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 57
2 AFC Bournemouth 27 14 7 6 43 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 14 7 4 3 17 10 19 49
3 Blackburn Rovers 27 14 7 6 44 30 14 9 3 2 30 17 13 5 4 4 14 13 14 49
4 Queens Park Rangers 26 14 5 7 40 31 13 7 3 3 17 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 9 47
5 West Bromwich Albion 27 12 9 6 34 20 13 8 5 0 21 6 14 4 4 6 13 14 14 45
6 Huddersfield Town 28 12 8 8 37 33 13 7 3 3 19 15 15 5 5 5 18 18 4 44
7 Middlesbrough 26 12 6 8 31 25 14 8 2 4 20 13 12 4 4 4 11 12 6 42
8 Nottingham Forest 27 11 7 9 35 29 14 5 3 6 16 18 13 6 4 3 19 11 6 40
9 Stoke City 26 11 5 10 32 28 14 6 3 5 19 16 12 5 2 5 13 12 4 38
10 Coventry City 25 10 7 8 34 30 13 7 2 4 21 13 12 3 5 4 13 17 4 37
11 Sheffield United 25 10 6 9 33 32 11 5 2 4 17 11 14 5 4 5 16 21 1 36
12 Blackpool 27 10 6 11 28 32 15 7 2 6 13 15 12 3 4 5 15 17 -4 36
13 Luton Town 25 9 8 8 36 31 12 5 4 3 20 15 13 4 4 5 16 16 5 35
14 Millwall 26 8 9 9 27 29 12 5 4 3 14 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 -2 33
15 Preston North End 26 8 9 9 29 33 13 5 6 2 18 15 13 3 3 7 11 18 -4 33
16 Bristol City 27 9 6 12 35 47 15 5 5 5 18 19 12 4 1 7 17 28 -12 33
17 Swansea City 24 8 7 9 28 32 12 5 4 3 15 12 12 3 3 6 13 20 -4 31
18 Birmingham City 27 8 7 12 28 40 13 5 3 5 15 17 14 3 4 7 13 23 -12 31
19 Hull City 27 8 5 14 23 31 13 4 3 6 13 16 14 4 2 8 10 15 -8 29
20 Cardiff City 26 6 5 15 28 47 12 2 1 9 9 19 14 4 4 6 19 28 -19 23
21 Reading 27 8 4 15 33 51 15 4 4 7 21 31 12 4 0 8 12 20 -18 22
22 Peterborough United 25 5 4 16 21 51 12 4 4 4 15 15 13 1 0 12 6 36 -30 19
23 Derby County 27 8 11 8 26 26 13 6 5 2 16 11 14 2 6 6 10 15 0 14
24 Barnsley 25 2 8 15 17 38 12 2 4 6 8 15 13 0 4 9 9 23 -21 14

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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 27 17 6 4 73 25 14 9 3 2 36 12 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 57
2 AFC Bournemouth 27 14 7 6 43 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 14 7 4 3 17 10 19 49
3 Blackburn Rovers 27 14 7 6 44 30 14 9 3 2 30 17 13 5 4 4 14 13 14 49
4 Queens Park Rangers 26 14 5 7 40 31 13 7 3 3 17 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 9 47
5 West Bromwich Albion 27 12 9 6 34 20 13 8 5 0 21 6 14 4 4 6 13 14 14 45
6 Huddersfield Town 28 12 8 8 37 33 13 7 3 3 19 15 15 5 5 5 18 18 4 44
7 Middlesbrough 26 12 6 8 31 25 14 8 2 4 20 13 12 4 4 4 11 12 6 42
8 Nottingham Forest 27 11 7 9 35 29 14 5 3 6 16 18 13 6 4 3 19 11 6 40
9 Stoke City 26 11 5 10 32 28 14 6 3 5 19 16 12 5 2 5 13 12 4 38
10 Coventry City 25 10 7 8 34 30 13 7 2 4 21 13 12 3 5 4 13 17 4 37
11 Sheffield United 25 10 6 9 33 32 11 5 2 4 17 11 14 5 4 5 16 21 1 36
12 Blackpool 27 10 6 11 28 32 15 7 2 6 13 15 12 3 4 5 15 17 -4 36
13 Luton Town 25 9 8 8 36 31 12 5 4 3 20 15 13 4 4 5 16 16 5 35
14 Millwall 26 8 9 9 27 29 12 5 4 3 14 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 -2 33
15 Preston North End 26 8 9 9 29 33 13 5 6 2 18 15 13 3 3 7 11 18 -4 33
16 Bristol City 27 9 6 12 35 47 15 5 5 5 18 19 12 4 1 7 17 28 -12 33
17 Swansea City 24 8 7 9 28 32 12 5 4 3 15 12 12 3 3 6 13 20 -4 31
18 Birmingham City 27 8 7 12 28 40 13 5 3 5 15 17 14 3 4 7 13 23 -12 31
19 Hull City 27 8 5 14 23 31 13 4 3 6 13 16 14 4 2 8 10 15 -8 29
20 Cardiff City 26 6 5 15 28 47 12 2 1 9 9 19 14 4 4 6 19 28 -19 23
21 Reading 27 8 4 15 33 51 15 4 4 7 21 31 12 4 0 8 12 20 -18 22
22 Peterborough United 25 5 4 16 21 51 12 4 4 4 15 15 13 1 0 12 6 36 -30 19
23 Derby County 27 8 11 8 26 26 13 6 5 2 16 11 14 2 6 6 10 15 0 14
24 Barnsley 25 2 8 15 17 38 12 2 4 6 8 15 13 0 4 9 9 23 -21 14

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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.