Evenly matched teams: Coventry City vs Watford match preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Mon 10.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Coventry Building Society Arena

Glory for the home side, the away team claims the win or a point each? Everything is possible when the mid-table sides Coventry City and Watford duel at The Coventry Building Society Arena.

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 20 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 9-6-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Stress levels are on the rise for Coventry's attacking players as they have now played 197 minutes without scoring in a league game. Godden was their last goal scorer.

An away draw last time out for Coventry City, facing Swansea City in a game that ended 0-0. Defender Doyle got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.05/10. Doyle won 1 of 2 duels.

Ahead of that match, Coventry lost 0-4 at home to Stoke City.

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 15 games. Coventry City has won 6 of these, drawn 4 and lost 5.

The Coventry fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 24 in 20 matches. 21 goals have been conceded.

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Watford form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 5 wins, 7 draws and 8 defeats. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Watford's last three away games as they have all been lost.

This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Huddersfield Town with 2-3 on the scoreboard. The attacker Pedro got a match rating of 7.74 in that game. Pedro served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 6 of 10 times.

A 0-2 defeat away at Luton Town before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Watford in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Watford, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Few goals the story here? 17 of this club's most recent 22 league rounds have seen two or less goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Watford as they have only managed to score 17 times from 20 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 25 goals have been conceded by Watford in these games.

Head 2 Head

Coventry City and Watford have faced off earlier this season: Watford - Coventry City 0-1. Head to head statistics (for the former ten meetings): Coventry City won three games, four matches ended with a draw and Watford got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.

Top Goalscorers

CoventryV. Gyökeres
V. Gyökeres
18 goals
WatfordJ. Junqueira de Jesus
J. Junqueira de Jesus
9 goals
WatfordI. Sarr
I. Sarr
9 goals

Coventry City missing players

Watford missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Coventry City Watford
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
40 20 5 Played P 5 20 40
15 9 2 Won W 1 5 14
13 6 2 Drew D 3 7 13
12 5 1 Lost L 1 8 13
47 24 7 Scored S 6 17 47
41 21 9 Conceded C 6 25 45
88% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 90% 90%
57% 60% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 70% 72%
32% 30% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 30% 38%
25% 20% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 20% 22%
12% 10% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
38% 40% 60% BTTS BTTS 40% 35% 42%
45% 45% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 30% 35%
30% 20% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 45% 32%
 
4.5 5.1 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.8 5.1
5.4 5.1 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 5.7 5.1
2 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2.1
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
12.8 13.8 15.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.4 10.2 11.6
4.3 4.5 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.2 3.9
27% 26% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 26% 30%
 
11.4 11.1 13.4 Shots against (avg) S A 12.4 12.8 11.8
3.6 3.8 5.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.3 4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 39 25 12 2 76 30 20 14 6 0 43 13 19 11 6 2 33 17 46 87
2 Sheffield United 39 23 7 9 60 33 19 12 3 4 36 17 20 11 4 5 24 16 27 76
3 Luton Town 40 18 14 8 48 35 20 8 8 4 26 19 20 10 6 4 22 16 13 68
4 Middlesbrough 40 20 7 13 72 48 20 11 6 3 37 16 20 9 1 10 35 32 24 67
5 Millwall 40 17 11 12 48 40 20 10 6 4 29 17 20 7 5 8 19 23 8 62
6 Blackburn Rovers 39 19 4 16 43 45 19 13 1 5 25 16 20 6 3 11 18 29 -2 61
7 Norwich City 40 17 9 14 54 42 20 8 4 8 27 23 20 9 5 6 27 19 12 60
8 Preston North End 40 16 11 13 39 44 20 6 6 8 17 23 20 10 5 5 22 21 -5 59
9 Coventry City 40 15 13 12 47 41 20 9 6 5 24 21 20 6 7 7 23 20 6 58
10 West Bromwich Albion 39 15 11 13 48 42 20 10 6 4 26 15 19 5 5 9 22 27 6 56
11 Sunderland 40 14 13 13 57 50 20 6 7 7 28 29 20 8 6 6 29 21 7 55
12 Watford 40 14 13 13 47 45 20 9 6 5 30 20 20 5 7 8 17 25 2 55
13 Bristol City 40 13 13 14 48 48 20 8 6 6 25 19 20 5 7 8 23 29 0 52
14 Stoke City 40 14 9 17 53 47 20 6 5 9 24 23 20 8 4 8 29 24 6 51
15 Swansea City 40 13 11 16 54 59 20 8 4 8 30 28 20 5 7 8 24 31 -5 50
16 Birmingham City 40 13 10 17 44 51 20 7 5 8 23 21 20 6 5 9 21 30 -7 49
17 Hull City 40 12 13 15 47 57 20 7 5 8 21 26 20 5 8 7 26 31 -10 49
18 Rotherham United 39 10 14 15 44 52 19 8 5 6 33 24 20 2 9 9 11 28 -8 44
19 Cardiff City 39 11 9 19 33 45 20 6 6 8 18 20 19 5 3 11 15 25 -12 42
20 Huddersfield Town 40 11 9 20 39 57 20 7 5 8 21 23 20 4 4 12 18 34 -18 42
21 Queens Park Rangers 40 11 9 20 38 62 20 6 4 10 20 29 20 5 5 10 18 33 -24 42
22 Reading 40 13 8 19 42 60 20 10 5 5 29 22 20 3 3 14 13 38 -18 41
23 Blackpool 40 8 11 21 42 64 20 5 6 9 25 29 20 3 5 12 17 35 -22 35
24 Wigan Athletic 40 8 13 19 34 60 20 4 6 10 15 32 20 4 7 9 19 28 -26 34

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 39 25 12 2 76 30 20 14 6 0 43 13 19 11 6 2 33 17 46 87
2 Sheffield United 39 23 7 9 60 33 19 12 3 4 36 17 20 11 4 5 24 16 27 76
3 Luton Town 40 18 14 8 48 35 20 8 8 4 26 19 20 10 6 4 22 16 13 68
4 Middlesbrough 40 20 7 13 72 48 20 11 6 3 37 16 20 9 1 10 35 32 24 67
5 Millwall 40 17 11 12 48 40 20 10 6 4 29 17 20 7 5 8 19 23 8 62
6 Blackburn Rovers 39 19 4 16 43 45 19 13 1 5 25 16 20 6 3 11 18 29 -2 61
7 Norwich City 40 17 9 14 54 42 20 8 4 8 27 23 20 9 5 6 27 19 12 60
8 Preston North End 40 16 11 13 39 44 20 6 6 8 17 23 20 10 5 5 22 21 -5 59
9 Coventry City 40 15 13 12 47 41 20 9 6 5 24 21 20 6 7 7 23 20 6 58
10 West Bromwich Albion 39 15 11 13 48 42 20 10 6 4 26 15 19 5 5 9 22 27 6 56
11 Sunderland 40 14 13 13 57 50 20 6 7 7 28 29 20 8 6 6 29 21 7 55
12 Watford 40 14 13 13 47 45 20 9 6 5 30 20 20 5 7 8 17 25 2 55
13 Bristol City 40 13 13 14 48 48 20 8 6 6 25 19 20 5 7 8 23 29 0 52
14 Stoke City 40 14 9 17 53 47 20 6 5 9 24 23 20 8 4 8 29 24 6 51
15 Swansea City 40 13 11 16 54 59 20 8 4 8 30 28 20 5 7 8 24 31 -5 50
16 Birmingham City 40 13 10 17 44 51 20 7 5 8 23 21 20 6 5 9 21 30 -7 49
17 Hull City 40 12 13 15 47 57 20 7 5 8 21 26 20 5 8 7 26 31 -10 49
18 Rotherham United 39 10 14 15 44 52 19 8 5 6 33 24 20 2 9 9 11 28 -8 44
19 Cardiff City 39 11 9 19 33 45 20 6 6 8 18 20 19 5 3 11 15 25 -12 42
20 Huddersfield Town 40 11 9 20 39 57 20 7 5 8 21 23 20 4 4 12 18 34 -18 42
21 Queens Park Rangers 40 11 9 20 38 62 20 6 4 10 20 29 20 5 5 10 18 33 -24 42
22 Reading 40 13 8 19 42 60 20 10 5 5 29 22 20 3 3 14 13 38 -18 41
23 Blackpool 40 8 11 21 42 64 20 5 6 9 25 29 20 3 5 12 17 35 -22 35
24 Wigan Athletic 40 8 13 19 34 60 20 4 6 10 15 32 20 4 7 9 19 28 -26 34

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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.