Coventry City vs West Bromwich Albion: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 21.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Coventry Building Society Arena

Home team gets the points, the away team steals it or a score draw? Everything is possible when the mid-table inhabitants Coventry City and West Bromwich Albion battle at The Coventry Building Society Arena.

Insights:
  • Coventry City have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Championship
  • West Bromwich Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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 West Bromwich Albion.

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Coventry City form and stats

All-inclusive Championship stats playing at home this season for Coventry City are 5-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Coventry drew their last game, also a home match. Swansea City (placed 10th) was the opponent, 3-3 the score. Opportunity lost for Coventry City in the Swansea City match as a lead 3-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. The striker Gyökeres edged out all others in that game and managed a match rating of 8.33 out of 10. Gyökeres scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist and hit three key passes.

Heartbreak before that as Coventry City lost 0-1 at Reading's place.

It should be added that a glance at the 15 most recent league fixtures reveals that 12 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).

Coventry has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Coventry City have conceded only 9 goals.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

The visitors are W3-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Championship. WBA have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.

Diangana, Wallace and Thomas-Asante scored in West Bromwich Albion's previous match, the home game against Rotherham United that ended 3-0. The attacker Wallace got a match rating of 8.55 in that game. Wallace scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.

Prior to that result West Bromwich Albion won their away game at Sunderland. The scoreline was 2-1.

Stats flash: 9 of the last 11 league games involving this team have had only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far WBA have scored 12 goals in 10 league games away. As opposed to that, West Bromwich Albion have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

West Bromwich Albion have pulled off a streak of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (3-2-0) when playing Coventry.

Top Goalscorers

Coventry CityV. Gyökeres
V. Gyökeres
10 goals
Coventry CityG. Hamer
G. Hamer
4 goals
West Bromwich AlbionJ. Wallace
J. Wallace
4 goals

Coventry City missing players

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Coventry City West Bromwich Albion
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 4 10 22
8 5 1 Won W 2 3 7
6 2 1 Drew D 1 4 8
7 3 0 Lost L 1 3 7
24 13 4 Scored S 6 12 29
22 9 3 Conceded C 4 11 25
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
52% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 77%
33% 30% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 36%
24% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 18%
14% 10% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
33% 30% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 70% 55%
48% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 20% 32%
29% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 23%
 
4 4.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.7 6.9
5.8 5.1 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.5 3.5
2 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.4 1.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
12.2 12.8 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 11.4 13.6
3.9 4.1 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.1 4
29% 32% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 39% 33%
 
11 10.8 10 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 11.7 9.3
3.4 3.1 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3 2.7
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Coventry City have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Championship
  • Coventry City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • West Bromwich Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • West Bromwich Albion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • West Bromwich Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 23 13 8 2 46 24 12 8 4 0 26 11 11 5 4 2 20 13 22 47
2 Sheffield United 22 12 5 5 36 19 11 6 3 2 23 11 11 6 2 3 13 8 17 41
3 Blackburn Rovers 23 13 0 10 27 26 11 8 0 3 18 11 12 5 0 7 9 15 1 39
4 Watford 23 10 7 6 30 22 11 6 2 3 17 10 12 4 5 3 13 12 8 37
5 Norwich City 23 10 5 8 30 25 12 5 3 4 18 14 11 5 2 4 12 11 5 35
6 Queens Park Rangers 23 10 4 9 27 27 11 5 2 4 15 13 12 5 2 5 12 14 0 34
7 Preston North End 23 9 7 7 22 22 12 3 4 5 7 12 11 6 3 2 15 10 0 34
8 Birmingham City 23 8 8 7 26 22 12 4 5 3 16 12 11 4 3 4 10 10 4 32
9 Millwall 22 9 5 8 27 26 11 7 2 2 17 8 11 2 3 6 10 18 1 32
10 Swansea City 23 8 8 7 30 32 11 5 2 4 15 14 12 3 6 3 15 18 -2 32
11 Reading 23 10 2 11 26 33 11 7 1 3 16 11 12 3 1 8 10 22 -7 32
12 Sunderland 23 8 7 8 31 26 11 3 4 4 14 12 12 5 3 4 17 14 5 31
13 Middlesbrough 23 8 6 9 32 30 11 4 5 2 13 11 12 4 1 7 19 19 2 30
14 Coventry City 21 8 6 7 24 22 10 5 2 3 13 9 11 3 4 4 11 13 2 30
15 Luton Town 22 7 9 6 24 24 11 2 7 2 14 12 11 5 2 4 10 12 0 30
16 West Bromwich Albion 22 7 8 7 29 25 12 4 4 4 17 14 10 3 4 3 12 11 4 29
17 Stoke City 23 8 5 10 26 30 11 3 3 5 13 16 12 5 2 5 13 14 -4 29
18 Bristol City 23 7 6 10 31 32 12 4 3 5 14 12 11 3 3 5 17 20 -1 27
19 Rotherham United 23 6 8 9 26 32 11 4 3 4 18 15 12 2 5 5 8 17 -6 26
20 Cardiff City 23 7 5 11 20 28 12 4 3 5 10 11 11 3 2 6 10 17 -8 26
21 Hull City 23 7 5 11 26 40 12 4 1 7 12 21 11 3 4 4 14 19 -14 26
22 Blackpool 23 6 6 11 25 34 11 3 2 6 12 16 12 3 4 5 13 18 -9 24
23 Wigan Athletic 22 6 6 10 22 32 11 2 3 6 8 18 11 4 3 4 14 14 -10 24
24 Huddersfield Town 22 5 4 13 19 29 12 4 2 6 10 12 10 1 2 7 9 17 -10 19

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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 Burnley 23 13 8 2 46 24 12 8 4 0 26 11 11 5 4 2 20 13 22 47
2 Sheffield United 22 12 5 5 36 19 11 6 3 2 23 11 11 6 2 3 13 8 17 41
3 Blackburn Rovers 23 13 0 10 27 26 11 8 0 3 18 11 12 5 0 7 9 15 1 39
4 Watford 23 10 7 6 30 22 11 6 2 3 17 10 12 4 5 3 13 12 8 37
5 Norwich City 23 10 5 8 30 25 12 5 3 4 18 14 11 5 2 4 12 11 5 35
6 Queens Park Rangers 23 10 4 9 27 27 11 5 2 4 15 13 12 5 2 5 12 14 0 34
7 Preston North End 23 9 7 7 22 22 12 3 4 5 7 12 11 6 3 2 15 10 0 34
8 Birmingham City 23 8 8 7 26 22 12 4 5 3 16 12 11 4 3 4 10 10 4 32
9 Millwall 22 9 5 8 27 26 11 7 2 2 17 8 11 2 3 6 10 18 1 32
10 Swansea City 23 8 8 7 30 32 11 5 2 4 15 14 12 3 6 3 15 18 -2 32
11 Reading 23 10 2 11 26 33 11 7 1 3 16 11 12 3 1 8 10 22 -7 32
12 Sunderland 23 8 7 8 31 26 11 3 4 4 14 12 12 5 3 4 17 14 5 31
13 Middlesbrough 23 8 6 9 32 30 11 4 5 2 13 11 12 4 1 7 19 19 2 30
14 Coventry City 21 8 6 7 24 22 10 5 2 3 13 9 11 3 4 4 11 13 2 30
15 Luton Town 22 7 9 6 24 24 11 2 7 2 14 12 11 5 2 4 10 12 0 30
16 West Bromwich Albion 22 7 8 7 29 25 12 4 4 4 17 14 10 3 4 3 12 11 4 29
17 Stoke City 23 8 5 10 26 30 11 3 3 5 13 16 12 5 2 5 13 14 -4 29
18 Bristol City 23 7 6 10 31 32 12 4 3 5 14 12 11 3 3 5 17 20 -1 27
19 Rotherham United 23 6 8 9 26 32 11 4 3 4 18 15 12 2 5 5 8 17 -6 26
20 Cardiff City 23 7 5 11 20 28 12 4 3 5 10 11 11 3 2 6 10 17 -8 26
21 Hull City 23 7 5 11 26 40 12 4 1 7 12 21 11 3 4 4 14 19 -14 26
22 Blackpool 23 6 6 11 25 34 11 3 2 6 12 16 12 3 4 5 13 18 -9 24
23 Wigan Athletic 22 6 6 10 22 32 11 2 3 6 8 18 11 4 3 4 14 14 -10 24
24 Huddersfield Town 22 5 4 13 19 29 12 4 2 6 10 12 10 1 2 7 9 17 -10 19

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