Championship preview: Can Middlesbrough edge out victory against Coventry City?

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 17.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Riverside Stadium (34988 seats)

The two contenders are relishing a nice season so far and matches like this one could be deciding. Read up on Middlesbrough - Coventry City!

Insights:
  • Middlesbrough have the most points from losing position (26) in Championship
  • Coventry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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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Middlesbrough form and stats

Middlesbrough are steadily winning Championship games and points here at Riverside Stadium. 13 wins, 7 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 23 games.

An away draw last time out for Middlesbrough, facing Coventry City in a game that ended 0-0. Defender McNair got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.43/10. McNair won 6 of 7 duels.

Before that, Middlesbrough drew at home versus Coventry City.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Middlesbrough have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won 11 times, drawn 1 and lost 4.

Betting people might want to know that 9 of the most recent 12 league games from this football club have seen goals scored by both sides.

Middlesbrough are not conceding a lot of goals here at Riverside Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 19 from 23 matches.

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Coventry City form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Coventry City have produced an overall stat of 7-9-7 so far. Coventry are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played nine in a row without losing.

There were no winners in Coventry City's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Middlesbrough. Bidwell got a match rating of 7.34 in that game, top player of the team. Bidwell hit three key passes.

Before that, Coventry City travelled to Middlesbrough and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Coventry City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Coventry have scored 28 goals in 23 league games away. Coventry City are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 22 times in 23 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also met each other earlier on this season: Coventry City - Middlesbrough 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Middlesbrough four wins, three draws and Coventry City three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MiddlesbroughC. Akpom
C. Akpom
28 goals
Coventry CityV. Gyökeres
V. Gyökeres
21 goals
MiddlesbroughC. Archer
C. Archer
11 goals

Middlesbrough missing players

Coventry City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Middlesbrough Coventry City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
47 23 6 Played P 6 23 47
22 13 3 Won W 0 7 18
10 7 1 Drew D 3 9 17
15 3 2 Lost L 3 7 12
84 46 8 Scored S 7 28 58
56 19 7 Conceded C 11 22 46
94% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 87%
81% 78% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 61% 62%
64% 57% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 35% 34%
40% 35% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 26% 23%
15% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 13% 11%
64% 61% 67% BTTS BTTS 83% 39% 40%
23% 39% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 43% 45%
19% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 17% 35% 28%
 
6.1 6.1 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4 4.6
4.2 4.4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.7 5.4
1.8 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.2 2
3 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
12.2 12.4 11 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 11.5 12.9
4.1 4.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4 4.2
43% 43% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 31% 30%
 
10.1 8.7 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 9.3 11 10.8
3.6 2.9 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.3 3.4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Coventry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Middlesbrough have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Middlesbrough have the fewest matches under the total-line (17) in Championship
  • Middlesbrough have the most matches over the total-line (30) in Championship
  • Middlesbrough have the most points from losing position (26) in Championship
  • Middlesbrough have the most scored goals in the second half (51) 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 Burnley 46 29 14 3 87 35 23 16 6 1 49 15 23 13 8 2 38 20 52 101
2 Sheffield United 46 28 7 11 73 39 23 16 3 4 47 19 23 12 4 7 26 20 34 91
3 Luton Town 46 21 17 8 57 39 23 10 9 4 31 21 23 11 8 4 26 18 18 80
4 Middlesbrough 46 22 9 15 84 56 23 13 7 3 46 19 23 9 2 12 38 37 28 75
5 Coventry City 46 18 16 12 58 46 23 11 7 5 30 24 23 7 9 7 28 22 12 70
6 Sunderland 46 18 15 13 68 55 23 7 9 7 33 33 23 11 6 6 35 22 13 69
7 Blackburn Rovers 46 20 9 17 52 54 23 13 4 6 27 19 23 7 5 11 25 35 -2 69
8 Millwall 46 19 11 16 57 50 23 11 6 6 34 22 23 8 5 10 23 28 7 68
9 West Bromwich Albion 46 18 12 16 59 53 23 11 7 5 31 20 23 7 5 11 28 33 6 66
10 Swansea City 46 18 12 16 68 64 23 11 4 8 38 32 23 7 8 8 30 32 4 66
11 Watford 46 16 15 15 56 53 23 11 6 6 35 23 23 5 9 9 21 30 3 63
12 Preston North End 46 17 12 17 45 59 23 7 7 9 20 28 23 10 5 8 25 31 -14 63
13 Norwich City 46 17 11 18 57 54 23 8 5 10 27 27 23 9 6 8 30 27 3 62
14 Bristol City 46 15 14 17 55 56 23 9 7 7 30 24 23 6 7 10 25 32 -1 59
15 Hull City 46 14 16 16 51 61 23 9 6 8 24 27 23 5 10 8 27 34 -10 58
16 Stoke City 46 14 11 21 55 54 23 6 5 12 25 27 23 8 6 9 30 27 1 53
17 Birmingham City 46 14 11 21 47 58 23 7 6 10 24 24 23 7 5 11 23 34 -11 53
18 Huddersfield Town 46 14 11 21 47 62 23 9 6 8 26 25 23 5 5 13 21 37 -15 53
19 Rotherham United 46 11 17 18 49 60 23 9 6 8 37 30 23 2 11 10 12 30 -11 50
20 Queens Park Rangers 46 13 11 22 44 71 23 6 5 12 21 35 23 7 6 10 23 36 -27 50
21 Cardiff City 46 13 10 23 41 58 23 6 7 10 20 24 23 7 3 13 21 34 -17 49
22 Reading 46 13 11 22 46 68 23 10 8 5 31 24 23 3 3 17 15 44 -22 44
23 Blackpool 46 11 11 24 48 72 23 6 6 11 28 34 23 5 5 13 20 38 -24 44
24 Wigan Athletic 46 10 15 21 38 65 23 5 7 11 17 35 23 5 8 10 21 30 -27 42

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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 46 29 14 3 87 35 23 16 6 1 49 15 23 13 8 2 38 20 52 101
2 Sheffield United 46 28 7 11 73 39 23 16 3 4 47 19 23 12 4 7 26 20 34 91
3 Luton Town 46 21 17 8 57 39 23 10 9 4 31 21 23 11 8 4 26 18 18 80
4 Middlesbrough 46 22 9 15 84 56 23 13 7 3 46 19 23 9 2 12 38 37 28 75
5 Coventry City 46 18 16 12 58 46 23 11 7 5 30 24 23 7 9 7 28 22 12 70
6 Sunderland 46 18 15 13 68 55 23 7 9 7 33 33 23 11 6 6 35 22 13 69
7 Blackburn Rovers 46 20 9 17 52 54 23 13 4 6 27 19 23 7 5 11 25 35 -2 69
8 Millwall 46 19 11 16 57 50 23 11 6 6 34 22 23 8 5 10 23 28 7 68
9 West Bromwich Albion 46 18 12 16 59 53 23 11 7 5 31 20 23 7 5 11 28 33 6 66
10 Swansea City 46 18 12 16 68 64 23 11 4 8 38 32 23 7 8 8 30 32 4 66
11 Watford 46 16 15 15 56 53 23 11 6 6 35 23 23 5 9 9 21 30 3 63
12 Preston North End 46 17 12 17 45 59 23 7 7 9 20 28 23 10 5 8 25 31 -14 63
13 Norwich City 46 17 11 18 57 54 23 8 5 10 27 27 23 9 6 8 30 27 3 62
14 Bristol City 46 15 14 17 55 56 23 9 7 7 30 24 23 6 7 10 25 32 -1 59
15 Hull City 46 14 16 16 51 61 23 9 6 8 24 27 23 5 10 8 27 34 -10 58
16 Stoke City 46 14 11 21 55 54 23 6 5 12 25 27 23 8 6 9 30 27 1 53
17 Birmingham City 46 14 11 21 47 58 23 7 6 10 24 24 23 7 5 11 23 34 -11 53
18 Huddersfield Town 46 14 11 21 47 62 23 9 6 8 26 25 23 5 5 13 21 37 -15 53
19 Rotherham United 46 11 17 18 49 60 23 9 6 8 37 30 23 2 11 10 12 30 -11 50
20 Queens Park Rangers 46 13 11 22 44 71 23 6 5 12 21 35 23 7 6 10 23 36 -27 50
21 Cardiff City 46 13 10 23 41 58 23 6 7 10 20 24 23 7 3 13 21 34 -17 49
22 Reading 46 13 11 22 46 68 23 10 8 5 31 24 23 3 3 17 15 44 -22 44
23 Blackpool 46 11 11 24 48 72 23 6 6 11 28 34 23 5 5 13 20 38 -24 44
24 Wigan Athletic 46 10 15 21 38 65 23 5 7 11 17 35 23 5 8 10 21 30 -27 42

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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.