League One preview: Can Coventry City edge out victory against Accrington Stanley?

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 02.November
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ricoh Arena (32500 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this Ricoh Arena clash with Accrington Stanley, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the League One table.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Coventry City form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Ricoh Arena as Coventry City have scored 12 goals to get 19 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the League One are 6-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The home team returns to Ricoh Arena after sharing the points with Peterborough United (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the League One game ended 2-2. Ahead of that match, Coventry City won a home game hosting Fleetwood Town (2-1).

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 Coventry City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won 7 times, drawn 5 and lost 0.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the EFL Trophy game versus Southampton U21 in only three days. This game is also played here at Ricoh Arena.

The Coventry City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. From these home matches, Coventry City have conceded only 6 goals.

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Accrington Stanley form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Accrington Stanley so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Accrington Stanley have lost on their last two travels.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League One home defeat versus Gillingham with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Peterborough United's place.

We have checked recent matches where Accrington Stanley have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were W1-D3-L4.

The attacking power of Accrington Stanley when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Accrington Stanley have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Coventry City 1 win, 1 draw and Accrington Stanley 2 victories. As for goals, 0 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Accrington StanleyC. Bishop
C. Bishop
6 goals
Coventry CityZ. Westbrooke
Z. Westbrooke
3 goals / 1 assists
Coventry CityA. Bakayoko
A. Bakayoko
3 goals

Coventry City missing players

Accrington Stanley missing players

Coventry City Accrington Stanley
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
15 8 3 Played P 3 8 15
6 6 2 Won W 0 1 3
7 1 0 Drew D 1 3 5
2 1 1 Lost L 2 4 7
20 12 3 Scored S 1 7 17
18 6 2 Conceded C 7 15 26
80% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 62% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 87%
47% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 38% 47%
33% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 33%
20% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 13%
47% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 60%
40% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 13%
33% 12% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 38% 27%
 
4.9 5.8 5.3 Corners For (avg) C F 4.3 6.1 6.2
5.5 3.8 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 4.9 4.8
1.4 1 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 2.3
3 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 3 4
Key stats this season:
  • Accrington Stanley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Accrington Stanley haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Coventry City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Coventry City
All EFL Trophy League One League Two FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away Home vs low
08-10-19 EFL Forest Green Rovers 0 - 0 Coventry City
13-10-19 LO Coventry City 0 - 1 Tranmere Rovers
19-10-19 LO Milton Keynes Dons 0 - 0 Coventry City
23-10-19 LO Coventry City 2 - 1 Fleetwood Town
26-10-19 LO Peterborough United 2 - 2 Coventry City
02-11-19 LO Coventry City 16:00 Accrington Stanley
05-11-19 EFL Coventry City 20:45 Southampton U21
09-11-19 FAC Colchester United 16:00 Coventry City
16-11-19 LO Coventry City 16:00 Rochdale
23-11-19 LO Sunderland 16:00 Coventry City
Accrington Stanley
All EFL Trophy League One League Two FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away Away vs top
08-10-19 EFL Oldham Athletic 0 - 3 Accrington Stanley
12-10-19 LO Rochdale 2 - 1 Accrington Stanley
20-10-19 LO Accrington Stanley 2 - 0 Ipswich Town
23-10-19 LO Peterborough United 4 - 0 Accrington Stanley
26-10-19 LO Accrington Stanley 0 - 1 Gillingham
29-10-19 EFL Accrington Stanley 20:45 Liverpool U21
02-11-19 LO Coventry City 16:00 Accrington Stanley
09-11-19 FAC Accrington Stanley 16:00 Crewe Alexandra
16-11-19 LO Rotherham United 16:00 Accrington Stanley
23-11-19 LO Accrington Stanley 16:00 Bolton Wanderers

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ipswich Town 14 9 3 2 24 10 6 3 2 1 10 5 8 6 1 1 14 5 14 30
2 Wycombe Wanderers 15 8 6 1 24 14 8 6 2 0 18 10 7 2 4 1 6 4 10 30
3 Peterborough United 15 8 4 3 36 18 8 5 2 1 23 9 7 3 2 2 13 9 18 28
4 Fleetwood Town 14 8 2 4 26 17 8 6 1 1 14 6 6 2 1 3 12 11 9 26
5 Oxford United 15 7 4 4 32 18 7 5 1 1 18 7 8 2 3 3 14 11 14 25
6 Coventry City 15 6 7 2 20 18 8 6 1 1 12 6 7 0 6 1 8 12 2 25
7 Doncaster Rovers 13 6 4 3 22 14 8 5 1 2 13 8 5 1 3 1 9 6 8 22
8 Sunderland 14 6 4 4 21 16 6 4 2 0 14 5 8 2 2 4 7 11 5 22
9 Blackpool 15 5 7 3 18 16 7 3 2 2 9 9 8 2 5 1 9 7 2 22
10 Bristol Rovers 15 6 4 5 17 18 9 4 4 1 13 9 6 2 0 4 4 9 -1 22
11 Rotherham United 14 6 3 5 21 13 7 2 2 3 12 7 7 4 1 2 9 6 8 21
12 Shrewsbury Town 14 5 6 3 12 14 7 3 3 1 7 7 7 2 3 2 5 7 -2 21
13 Burton Albion 13 5 4 4 16 13 6 2 2 2 3 2 7 3 2 2 13 11 3 19
14 Rochdale 15 5 4 6 19 25 7 2 3 2 7 8 8 3 1 4 12 17 -6 19
15 Gillingham 15 4 6 5 20 17 7 3 1 3 14 8 8 1 5 2 6 9 3 18
16 Portsmouth 13 4 5 4 15 14 6 3 3 0 9 5 7 1 2 4 6 9 1 17
17 Lincoln City 15 5 2 8 17 20 7 4 1 2 10 7 8 1 1 6 7 13 -3 17
18 Accrington Stanley 15 3 5 7 17 26 7 2 2 3 10 11 8 1 3 4 7 15 -9 14
19 Tranmere Rovers 14 3 4 7 17 27 7 2 3 2 14 10 7 1 1 5 3 17 -10 13
20 Milton Keynes Dons 15 4 1 10 12 22 8 3 1 4 5 11 7 1 0 6 7 11 -10 13
21 AFC Wimbledon 15 3 3 9 19 25 7 2 3 2 8 9 8 1 0 7 11 16 -6 12
22 Southend United 15 1 2 12 16 43 8 0 1 7 7 26 7 1 1 5 9 17 -27 5
23 Bolton Wanderers 12 1 4 7 5 28 6 0 4 2 2 9 6 1 0 5 3 19 -23 -5

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