Championship information and data: West Bromwich Albion odds-on expected to outplay Coventry City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Fri 03.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Hawthorns (26445 seats)

This is the real thing, this is Championship and this is West Bromwich Albion - Coventry City. Check out our full match preview!

Insights:
  • West Bromwich Albion have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Coventry City have the most clean sheets (13) in Championship

West Bromwich Albion and Coventry City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

West Bromwich Albion have played 14 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-4-4 (wins-draws-losses). After failing to beat Sheffield United here at The Hawthorns, WBA has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.

The club members hope that West Bromwich Albion will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 0-3 away defeat in the FA Cup fixture against Bristol City. Reach was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.85 out of 10. The defender Reach hit three key passes and won 10 of 11 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Burnley in the Championship.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does WBA handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

It should be taken into account that a peek at the 17 latest league games reveals that 13 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

West Bromwich Albion has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches.

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Coventry City form and stats

Coventry City have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Championship, after 3-4-6 (13 played). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Coventry City are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Palmer and Hamer scored in Coventry's previous match, the home game against Huddersfield Town that ended 2-0. Those three points felt nice as this side had gone five league matches without victory. Attacker Gyökeres got a player rating of 8.15 in the game. "Man of the match" Gyökeres signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Preceding that, the 2-4 home loss versus Norwich City.

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.

Low-scoring game? 17 of this club's latest 22 league rounds have contained two goals or less.

The attacking power of Coventry when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 13 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 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

These opponents have battled previously this season: Coventry City - West Bromwich Albion 1-0. Previous ten meetings with these sides: WBA won six, Coventry City were winners in two and we saw two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Coventry CityV. Gyökeres
V. Gyökeres
12 goals
West Bromwich AlbionB. Thomas-Asante
B. Thomas-Asante
5 goals
Coventry CityG. Hamer
G. Hamer
5 goals

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Coventry City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
West Bromwich Albion Coventry City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 3 13 28
11 6 3 Won W 0 3 10
8 4 0 Drew D 1 4 8
9 4 1 Lost L 2 6 10
38 20 10 Scored S 3 12 31
30 14 5 Conceded C 5 17 31
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 89%
75% 71% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 54% 54%
36% 29% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 38% 32%
18% 21% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 31% 25%
14% 21% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 15% 14%
50% 36% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 38% 36%
36% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 46%
21% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 29%
 
6.9 8.9 10 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.1 4.5
4.3 2.8 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 5.8 5.4
1.5 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
13.6 15.8 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13 11.3 12.3
4.1 5 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.5 4
33% 29% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 27% 27%
 
9.6 7.4 7 Shots against (avg) S A 8.7 10.9 10.5
3 2.5 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.7 3.5
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Coventry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Coventry City have the most clean sheets (13) in Championship
  • West Bromwich Albion have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • West Bromwich Albion have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 28 18 8 2 55 26 15 11 4 0 32 12 13 7 4 2 23 14 29 62
2 Sheffield United 28 17 6 5 48 24 14 9 3 2 30 13 14 8 3 3 18 11 24 57
3 Middlesbrough 29 13 6 10 44 35 14 7 5 2 20 12 15 6 1 8 24 23 9 45
4 Watford 29 12 8 9 34 31 14 7 3 4 20 13 15 5 5 5 14 18 3 44
5 Blackburn Rovers 28 14 1 13 31 35 13 9 0 4 20 13 15 5 1 9 11 22 -4 43
6 Norwich City 28 12 6 10 40 31 14 5 4 5 19 16 14 7 2 5 21 15 9 42
7 Luton Town 27 11 9 7 35 29 13 3 7 3 18 16 14 8 2 4 17 13 6 42
8 Millwall 27 12 6 9 33 27 13 8 3 2 20 8 14 4 3 7 13 19 6 42
9 Sunderland 28 11 8 9 41 32 14 5 4 5 19 16 14 6 4 4 22 16 9 41
10 West Bromwich Albion 28 11 8 9 38 30 14 6 4 4 20 14 14 5 4 5 18 16 8 41
11 Preston North End 28 11 7 10 26 31 14 3 4 7 8 18 14 8 3 3 18 13 -5 40
12 Swansea City 28 10 9 9 40 38 13 6 2 5 20 16 15 4 7 4 20 22 2 39
13 Coventry City 28 10 8 10 31 31 15 7 4 4 19 14 13 3 4 6 12 17 0 38
14 Queens Park Rangers 29 10 8 11 31 37 14 5 4 5 17 18 15 5 4 6 14 19 -6 38
15 Hull City 29 10 7 12 36 44 15 5 3 7 17 23 14 5 4 5 19 21 -8 37
16 Reading 28 11 4 13 31 42 13 8 2 3 20 14 15 3 2 10 11 28 -11 37
17 Bristol City 28 8 9 11 37 38 15 5 4 6 19 17 13 3 5 5 18 21 -1 33
18 Stoke City 28 9 6 13 33 37 14 4 3 7 17 18 14 5 3 6 16 19 -4 33
19 Birmingham City 28 8 8 12 30 35 15 4 5 6 18 18 13 4 3 6 12 17 -5 32
20 Rotherham United 28 7 10 11 33 40 13 5 4 4 24 17 15 2 6 7 9 23 -7 31
21 Cardiff City 28 7 8 13 21 31 15 4 5 6 11 13 13 3 3 7 10 18 -10 29
22 Huddersfield Town 27 7 5 15 25 35 14 5 2 7 13 14 13 2 3 8 12 21 -10 26
23 Blackpool 27 6 8 13 28 40 13 3 3 7 14 19 14 3 5 6 14 21 -12 26
24 Wigan Athletic 28 6 7 15 27 49 15 2 3 10 11 30 13 4 4 5 16 19 -22 25

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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 28 18 8 2 55 26 15 11 4 0 32 12 13 7 4 2 23 14 29 62
2 Sheffield United 28 17 6 5 48 24 14 9 3 2 30 13 14 8 3 3 18 11 24 57
3 Middlesbrough 29 13 6 10 44 35 14 7 5 2 20 12 15 6 1 8 24 23 9 45
4 Watford 29 12 8 9 34 31 14 7 3 4 20 13 15 5 5 5 14 18 3 44
5 Blackburn Rovers 28 14 1 13 31 35 13 9 0 4 20 13 15 5 1 9 11 22 -4 43
6 Norwich City 28 12 6 10 40 31 14 5 4 5 19 16 14 7 2 5 21 15 9 42
7 Luton Town 27 11 9 7 35 29 13 3 7 3 18 16 14 8 2 4 17 13 6 42
8 Millwall 27 12 6 9 33 27 13 8 3 2 20 8 14 4 3 7 13 19 6 42
9 Sunderland 28 11 8 9 41 32 14 5 4 5 19 16 14 6 4 4 22 16 9 41
10 West Bromwich Albion 28 11 8 9 38 30 14 6 4 4 20 14 14 5 4 5 18 16 8 41
11 Preston North End 28 11 7 10 26 31 14 3 4 7 8 18 14 8 3 3 18 13 -5 40
12 Swansea City 28 10 9 9 40 38 13 6 2 5 20 16 15 4 7 4 20 22 2 39
13 Coventry City 28 10 8 10 31 31 15 7 4 4 19 14 13 3 4 6 12 17 0 38
14 Queens Park Rangers 29 10 8 11 31 37 14 5 4 5 17 18 15 5 4 6 14 19 -6 38
15 Hull City 29 10 7 12 36 44 15 5 3 7 17 23 14 5 4 5 19 21 -8 37
16 Reading 28 11 4 13 31 42 13 8 2 3 20 14 15 3 2 10 11 28 -11 37
17 Bristol City 28 8 9 11 37 38 15 5 4 6 19 17 13 3 5 5 18 21 -1 33
18 Stoke City 28 9 6 13 33 37 14 4 3 7 17 18 14 5 3 6 16 19 -4 33
19 Birmingham City 28 8 8 12 30 35 15 4 5 6 18 18 13 4 3 6 12 17 -5 32
20 Rotherham United 28 7 10 11 33 40 13 5 4 4 24 17 15 2 6 7 9 23 -7 31
21 Cardiff City 28 7 8 13 21 31 15 4 5 6 11 13 13 3 3 7 10 18 -10 29
22 Huddersfield Town 27 7 5 15 25 35 14 5 2 7 13 14 13 2 3 8 12 21 -10 26
23 Blackpool 27 6 8 13 28 40 13 3 3 7 14 19 14 3 5 6 14 21 -12 26
24 Wigan Athletic 28 6 7 15 27 49 15 2 3 10 11 30 13 4 4 5 16 19 -22 25

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