Championship game guide: Middlesbrough against Coventry City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 29.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Riverside Stadium (34988 seats)

8th place in the Championship table for Middlesbrough at present, a strong achievement. The match-going ticketholders hope for more entertainment as 9th-placed Coventry City visit Riverside Stadium.

Insights:
  • Middlesbrough have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Championship
  • Coventry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Championship

The visiting Coventry City played their last game only four days ago, a Championship match.

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Middlesbrough form and stats

Middlesbrough have played 14 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-2-4 (wins-draws-losses). Middlesbrough has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Riverside Stadium. We remember; it was Preston North End.

In their previous game, the manager Wilder led his Middlesbrough to a defeat away at Blackburn Rovers. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Riverside Stadium. Tavernier (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.24/10. Tavernier hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Reading.

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 ten times, drawn zero and lost six.

Middlesbrough are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 14 games. From these home matches, Middlesbrough have conceded only 13 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Coventry City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 3 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

Coventry City had fun at their own home (Riverside Stadium) last time out, beating Stoke City 1-0. Gyökeres scored. Attacker Allen got a player rating of 7.64 in the game. "Man of the match" Allen hit three key passes and had 20 successful passes (of 24 total).

A loss against Queens Park Rangers was the result prior to that, in a home game.

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 one win, four draws and five defeats. From a total of ten matches.

Coventry City find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 17 goals have been conceded by Coventry City in these games.

Head 2 Head

The newest recorded result involving both these contenders is the Coventry City - Middlesbrough 2-0 played not long ago this season. Middlesbrough-Coventry City H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Middlesbrough three wins, Coventry City three wins, three draws. four of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Coventry CityM. Godden
M. Godden
10 goals
Coventry CityV. Gyökeres
V. Gyökeres
10 goals
MiddlesbroughM. Crooks
M. Crooks
6 goals

Middlesbrough missing players

Coventry City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Middlesbrough Coventry City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 14 5 Played P 4 12 26
12 8 2 Won W 0 3 11
6 2 1 Drew D 3 5 7
9 4 2 Lost L 1 4 8
31 20 7 Scored S 5 13 35
26 13 6 Conceded C 7 17 30
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
78% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 69%
30% 36% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 42% 50%
7% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 23%
4% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 15%
44% 50% 80% BTTS BTTS 75% 50% 54%
37% 43% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 31%
26% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 23%
 
5.6 6.7 6.4 Corners for (avg) C F 7.8 6.5 6.5
4.6 4.1 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.6 3.8
2.4 1.5 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.4 1.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.9 13.1 11.6 Shots (avg) S ( 14 13.2 13.8
4.2 4.9 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 4.8 4.8
27% 29% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 23% 28%
 
9.9 8.9 9.4 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 12.7 10.3
2.9 2.6 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.3 3.3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Coventry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Championship
  • Middlesbrough have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Middlesbrough have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Championship
  • Middlesbrough have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Middlesbrough haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Blackburn Rovers 28 15 7 6 45 30 15 10 3 2 31 17 13 5 4 4 14 13 15 52
3 AFC Bournemouth 27 14 7 6 43 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 14 7 4 3 17 10 19 49
4 Queens Park Rangers 27 14 6 7 40 31 14 7 4 3 17 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 9 48
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 Nottingham Forest 28 12 7 9 38 29 15 6 3 6 19 18 13 6 4 3 19 11 9 43
8 Middlesbrough 27 12 6 9 31 26 14 8 2 4 20 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 5 42
9 Coventry City 26 11 7 8 35 30 14 8 2 4 22 13 12 3 5 4 13 17 5 40
10 Luton Town 26 10 8 8 38 32 13 6 4 3 22 16 13 4 4 5 16 16 6 38
11 Stoke City 27 11 5 11 32 29 14 6 3 5 19 16 13 5 2 6 13 13 3 38
12 Sheffield United 25 10 6 9 33 32 11 5 2 4 17 11 14 5 4 5 16 21 1 36
13 Blackpool 27 10 6 11 28 32 15 7 2 6 13 15 12 3 4 5 15 17 -4 36
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 28 9 6 13 36 49 15 5 5 5 18 19 13 4 1 8 18 30 -13 33
17 Swansea City 25 8 8 9 28 32 12 5 4 3 15 12 13 3 4 6 13 20 -4 32
18 Birmingham City 28 8 8 12 30 42 14 5 4 5 17 19 14 3 4 7 13 23 -12 32
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 26 5 5 16 23 53 12 4 4 4 15 15 14 1 1 12 8 38 -30 20
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 26 2 8 16 17 41 12 2 4 6 8 15 14 0 4 10 9 26 -24 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 Blackburn Rovers 28 15 7 6 45 30 15 10 3 2 31 17 13 5 4 4 14 13 15 52
3 AFC Bournemouth 27 14 7 6 43 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 14 7 4 3 17 10 19 49
4 Queens Park Rangers 27 14 6 7 40 31 14 7 4 3 17 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 9 48
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 Nottingham Forest 28 12 7 9 38 29 15 6 3 6 19 18 13 6 4 3 19 11 9 43
8 Middlesbrough 27 12 6 9 31 26 14 8 2 4 20 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 5 42
9 Coventry City 26 11 7 8 35 30 14 8 2 4 22 13 12 3 5 4 13 17 5 40
10 Luton Town 26 10 8 8 38 32 13 6 4 3 22 16 13 4 4 5 16 16 6 38
11 Stoke City 27 11 5 11 32 29 14 6 3 5 19 16 13 5 2 6 13 13 3 38
12 Sheffield United 25 10 6 9 33 32 11 5 2 4 17 11 14 5 4 5 16 21 1 36
13 Blackpool 27 10 6 11 28 32 15 7 2 6 13 15 12 3 4 5 15 17 -4 36
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 28 9 6 13 36 49 15 5 5 5 18 19 13 4 1 8 18 30 -13 33
17 Swansea City 25 8 8 9 28 32 12 5 4 3 15 12 13 3 4 6 13 20 -4 32
18 Birmingham City 28 8 8 12 30 42 14 5 4 5 17 19 14 3 4 7 13 23 -12 32
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 26 5 5 16 23 53 12 4 4 4 15 15 14 1 1 12 8 38 -30 20
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 26 2 8 16 17 41 12 2 4 6 8 15 14 0 4 10 9 26 -24 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.