The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Preston North End are in the 15th position while the guesting Coventry City worry at 18th.
- Preston North End has the most conceded goals (30) in Championship
- Coventry City has the most conceded goals in the second half (21) in Championship
It's no vacation for neither Preston nor Coventry City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Preston North End form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Championship this season. Preston North End, who have the most conceded goals (30) in Championship, have only managed 3 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses from their games here at Deepdale. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Preston after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Preston travelled for their previous game, a trip to Derby County that ended 0-0. Ahead of that match, Preston won a home game hosting Bristol City (1-0).
This is expected to be a close game, with Preston perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Preston North End as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Preston North End has won four of these, drawn three and lost seven.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Nottingham Forest in only four days. This game is also played here at Deepdale.
Preston aren't scoring a lot here at Deepdale in the league, with only 8 goals from 10 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Preston's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Coventry City form and stats
Coventry City have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Championship, after 1-3-6 (10 played).
L. Kelly was the last player to score for the away team. Coventry haven't scored a league goal in the last 225 minutes.
Coventry's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Stoke City that finished 0-0. Prior to that match, the Coventry City manager M. Robins faced defeat when travelling to Sheffield Wednesday and losing 0-1.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Coventry City in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Coventry, six draws and four defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Coventry manager M. Robins as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Millwall.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Coventry as they have only managed to score 8 times from 10 away games in the league. As for defending, Coventry City rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Preston won four games, five matches ended with a draw and Coventry City has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  S. Sinclair 7 goals |  T. Barkhuizen 4 goals |   M. Godden 4 goals |
Preston North End missing players
Coventry City missing players
| Preston North End | Coventry City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 27 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 20 |
| 30 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 28 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 90% | 76% |
| 71% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 67% |
| 62% | 40% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 43% |
| 24% | 10% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 43% | 20% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 52% |
| 29% | 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 10% | 29% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9.7 | 10.4 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 10.4 | 9.2 |
| 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 36% | 25% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 31% | 37% |
- Coventry City has the most conceded goals in the second half (21) in Championship
- Preston North End has the most conceded goals (30) in Championship
- Preston North End has the most matches over the total-line (14) in Championship
- Preston North End 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 | Norwich City | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 43 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 38 |
| 3 | Swansea City | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Brentford | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 35 |
| 5 | Watford | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 34 |
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 7 | Stoke City | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 33 |
| 8 | Reading | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 33 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 30 |
| 10 | Cardiff City | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 29 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 28 |
| 12 | Huddersfield Town | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -3 | 28 |
| 13 | Barnsley | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 28 |
| 14 | Luton Town | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 27 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | -3 | 26 |
| 16 | Millwall | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -6 | 22 |
| 18 | Coventry City | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 22 |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 20 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 16 |
| 22 | Derby County | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -12 | 16 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -10 | 12 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -17 | 12 |
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