Both Sheffield United and Coventry City are hungry for points in this match, despite the guesting team holding a 11 point edge so far.
- Sheffield United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Coventry City have the most points from losing position (13) in Championship
This should be an engrossing game with lots of action and excitement as both sides are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!
Sheffield United form and stats
Sheffield United have played 8 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-4 (wins-draws-losses). We have seen two home losses in a row now for Sheffield, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Sheffield are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Blackburn Rovers. Midfield player Morgan Gibbs-White got a match rating of 7.4 in that game, the max score being 10. Gibbs-White hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 9 times.
Before that, Sheffield played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Nottingham Forest.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sheffield handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, three draws and three defeats.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sheffield as they are travelling to their away game against Reading in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from Sheffield United in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. Sheffield United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Coventry City form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Coventry City so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
Matt Godden (2) and Callum O'Hare scored in Coventry's previous match, the home game against Bristol City that ended 3-2. Coventry made it very difficult for themselves in their last game, Ian Maatsen receiving a red card in the 45th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Coventry City won the match 3-2! Late drama in the previous game, when Matt Godden scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time to defeat Bristol City. Matt Godden, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.13. Godden scored two goals and hit one key pass.
A 1-2 loss hosting Swansea City before that.Coventry 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, two draws and five defeats. From a total of eight matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Coventry City are hosting Birmingham City in the Championship only three days away.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Coventry have conceded 13 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Sheffield United wins - draws - Coventry City wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Gyökeres 9 goals | M. Godden 6 goals |   B. Sharp 4 goals |
Sheffield United missing players
Coventry City missing players
| Sheffield United | Coventry City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 22 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 25 |
| 26 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 21 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 62% | 76% |
| 59% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 38% | 53% |
| 35% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 59% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 38% | 53% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 29% |
| 35% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 18% |
| 6.1 | 6.9 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 6.8 | 6.4 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.4 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12.6 | 15.8 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 12 | 13.1 |
| 3.9 | 4.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| 33% | 36% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 23% | 35% |
| 9.6 | 8.8 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 13.6 | 11.1 |
| 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.8 | 3.5 |
- Coventry City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Coventry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Championship
- Coventry City have the most points from losing position (13) in Championship
- Coventry City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sheffield United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sheffield United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Coventry City have scored away.
- Sheffield United 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 | AFC Bournemouth | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 21 | 40 |
| 2 | Fulham | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 30 | 38 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 32 |
| 4 | Coventry City | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 5 | Stoke City | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 28 |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 26 |
| 8 | Huddersfield Town | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 25 |
| 9 | Millwall | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 25 |
| 10 | Blackpool | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 25 |
| 11 | Luton Town | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 24 |
| 12 | Swansea City | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 23 |
| 13 | Nottingham Forest | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 22 |
| 14 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | -1 | 22 |
| 16 | Reading | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 22 |
| 17 | Preston North End | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -4 | 21 |
| 18 | Sheffield United | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 19 |
| 19 | Bristol City | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -8 | 19 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 15 |
| 21 | Peterborough United | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 22 | -15 | 15 |
| 22 | Hull City | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | -11 | 12 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -13 | 11 |
| 24 | Derby County | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 6 |
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