Huddersfield Town v Coventry City betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 11.December
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: The John Smith's Stadium (24500 seats)

Coventry City will not bank on any pleasantries from their host Huddersfield Town in this Championship fixture. Here's your complete match guide!

Insights:
  • Coventry City have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Championship

This should be an appealing fixture with lots of fun and bustle as both sides are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

Huddersfield Town have collected 19 points from their Championship home games so far after 6-1-3.

Huddersfield manager C. Corberán Vallet and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Barnsley (placed 23rd) in the Championship. Lewis O'Brien (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.35/10. O'Brien scored one goal and hit five key passes.

Before that game, the home loss against Middlesbrough with the scoreline 1-2.

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 Huddersfield have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn six and lost four.

The Huddersfield fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 10 matches. Huddersfield's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Coventry City form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Coventry City so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-4 (win-draw-lose). Coventry has drawn their two previous away games.

Home advantage was not enough for Coventry in their previous game, as they lost their Championship-match, hosting West Bromwich Albion, 1-2. Defender Michael Rose was the best team player with a rating of 7.3. Rose won 5 of 6 duels.

A 2-2 draw at AFC Bournemouth's stadium before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Coventry playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were three Coventry City wins, seven draws and five defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Coventry City as they have only managed to score 8 times from 10 away games in the league. Coventry City have conceded 15 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - two - zero (Huddersfield wins - draws - Coventry City wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Coventry CityV. Gyökeres
V. Gyökeres
9 goals
Coventry CityM. Godden
M. Godden
7 goals
HuddersfieldD. Ward
D. Ward
4 goals

Huddersfield Town missing players

Coventry City missing players

Huddersfield Town Coventry City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 4 Played P 3 10 21
8 6 3 Won W 1 2 9
5 1 0 Drew D 1 4 6
8 3 1 Lost L 1 4 6
24 14 6 Scored S 1 8 28
24 11 7 Conceded C 5 15 25
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 90% 90%
67% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 60% 71%
43% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 52%
14% 30% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 30% 24%
10% 20% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 10% 14%
43% 30% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 52%
38% 60% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 30% 33%
29% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 40% 24%
 
4.1 4.5 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6.7 6.2 6.1
4.2 3.9 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.7 3.9
1.9 1.9 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 1.5 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.6 10.5 10 Shots (avg) S ( 11.3 11.3 12.6
3.5 3.8 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.5 4.1
33% 37% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 23% 32%
 
11.9 10.2 13.2 Shots against (avg) S A 15.7 13.2 10.9
4 3.5 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.6 3.5
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Coventry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Championship
  • Coventry City have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Championship
  • Coventry City have the most points from losing position (14) in Championship

  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 21 13 5 3 50 17 11 7 3 1 24 7 10 6 2 2 26 10 33 44
2 AFC Bournemouth 21 12 7 2 37 17 10 6 3 1 23 11 11 6 4 1 14 6 20 43
3 West Bromwich Albion 21 10 7 4 29 17 10 6 4 0 16 5 11 4 3 4 13 12 12 37
4 Blackburn Rovers 21 10 6 5 35 27 11 7 2 2 24 16 10 3 4 3 11 11 8 36
5 Queens Park Rangers 20 10 5 5 33 25 10 6 3 1 16 8 10 4 2 4 17 17 8 35
6 Coventry City 21 9 6 6 28 25 11 7 2 2 20 10 10 2 4 4 8 15 3 33
7 Stoke City 20 9 4 7 24 21 10 6 2 2 15 9 10 3 2 5 9 12 3 31
8 Millwall 21 7 9 5 23 22 11 5 4 2 14 11 10 2 5 3 9 11 1 30
9 Middlesbrough 21 8 5 8 24 23 11 5 2 4 15 12 10 3 3 4 9 11 1 29
10 Sheffield United 21 8 5 8 28 28 10 4 2 4 15 11 11 4 3 4 13 17 0 29
11 Huddersfield Town 21 8 5 8 24 24 10 6 1 3 14 11 11 2 4 5 10 13 0 29
12 Luton Town 21 7 7 7 30 26 10 4 3 3 16 12 11 3 4 4 14 14 4 28
13 Nottingham Forest 21 7 7 7 26 23 11 3 3 5 12 15 10 4 4 2 14 8 3 28
14 Swansea City 21 7 6 8 25 27 10 4 4 2 13 8 11 3 2 6 12 19 -2 27
15 Blackpool 21 7 6 8 20 25 11 4 2 5 7 12 10 3 4 3 13 13 -5 27
16 Birmingham City 21 7 5 9 20 24 10 4 2 4 10 12 11 3 3 5 10 12 -4 26
17 Bristol City 21 7 5 9 22 30 11 3 5 3 9 10 10 4 0 6 13 20 -8 26
18 Preston North End 21 6 7 8 22 27 10 4 4 2 13 11 11 2 3 6 9 16 -5 25
19 Hull City 21 6 4 11 17 24 10 3 2 5 9 12 11 3 2 6 8 12 -7 22
20 Reading 21 8 3 10 27 33 11 4 3 4 16 16 10 4 0 6 11 17 -6 21
21 Cardiff City 21 6 3 12 23 37 11 2 1 8 9 18 10 4 2 4 14 19 -14 21
22 Peterborough United 21 4 4 13 17 40 10 3 4 3 12 10 11 1 0 10 5 30 -23 16
23 Barnsley 21 2 7 12 14 32 11 2 3 6 8 15 10 0 4 6 6 17 -18 13
24 Derby County 21 4 10 7 17 21 10 3 5 2 12 11 11 1 5 5 5 10 -4 1

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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.