Only a win will satisfy the Coventry City supporters in this St. Andrew's Stadium clash with Bolton Wanderers, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the League One table.
The hosts Coventry City saw competitive action as recent as zero days ago, playing in the League One. Thankfully the previous game, versus Bolton Wanderers, was also a home game here at St. Andrew's Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Coventry City form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at St. Andrew's Stadium as Coventry City have scored 19 goals to get 31 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the League One are 9-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The Coventry City supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Bolton Wanderers in League One and win 2-1. Before that, Coventry City played out a FA Cup draw 2-2 when visiting Birmingham City (after extra-time, 4-1 on penalties).
Manager M. Robins felt very clever after M. Biamou scored the winning goal against Bolton Wanderers, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 75th minute. Some amazing scenes last match, when M. Biamou scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time.
The Coventry City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 14 matches. Coventry City have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Bolton Wanderers form and stats
There's been little loot from Bolton Wanderers's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 12 away games in the League One. Bolton Wanderers only have 1 win to counter their 10 defeats and 1 draw. Bolton Wanderers seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
D. Politic and C. O'Grady scored in Bolton Wanderers's previous match, the home game against Tranmere Rovers that ended 2-0. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Bristol Rovers.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Bolton Wanderers manager K. Hill as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Doncaster Rovers.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Bolton Wanderers's away games in the league this season with only 6 goals from 12 matches. The Bolton Wanderers defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 36 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Coventry City - Bolton Wanderers 2-1. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Coventry City victory, two draws and one Bolton Wanderers win. two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Godden 9 goals |   D. Murphy 8 goals |  J. Shipley 5 goals |
Coventry City missing players
Bolton Wanderers missing players
| Coventry City | Bolton Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 26 |
| 13 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 40 | 19 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 22 |
| 28 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 10 | 34 | 55 |
| 82% | 93% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 91% | 85% |
| 64% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 73% | 69% |
| 46% | 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 45% | 42% |
| 25% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 45% | 38% |
| 18% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 45% | 31% |
| 57% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 27% | 42% |
| 36% | 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 18% | 27% |
| 25% | 14% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 80% | 64% | 46% |
| 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 3.4 | 4.5 |
| 4.8 | 4 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
| 1.4 | 0.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 363 | 192 | 74 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 86 | 261 |
| 130 | 62 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 26 | 79 |
| 31% | 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 19% | 28% |
- Bolton Wanderers has the fewest points (4) away
- Bolton Wanderers has the fewest scored goals (23)
- Bolton Wanderers has the fewest scored goals (6) away
- Bolton Wanderers has the fewest scored goals in the second half (11)
- Bolton Wanderers has the the worst goal difference (-30) away
- Bolton Wanderers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Bolton Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bolton Wanderers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Coventry City has the most points from losing position (18)
- Coventry City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Bolton Wanderers have scored 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 | Rotherham United | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 54 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 24 | 56 |
| 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 35 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 53 |
| 3 | Peterborough United | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 60 | 37 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 52 |
| 4 | Coventry City | 28 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 40 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 51 |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 43 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 50 |
| 6 | Sunderland | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 48 |
| 7 | Ipswich Town | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 41 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 48 |
| 8 | Doncaster Rovers | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 44 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 45 |
| 9 | Fleetwood Town | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 45 |
| 10 | Oxford United | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 44 |
| 11 | Burton Albion | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 3 | 42 |
| 12 | Gillingham | 29 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 33 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 40 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -8 | 38 |
| 14 | Blackpool | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 36 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 37 |
| 15 | Lincoln City | 31 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 37 | 39 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 24 | -2 | 37 |
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 35 |
| 17 | Accrington Stanley | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -4 | 33 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 35 | 48 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 29 | -13 | 33 |
| 19 | Milton Keynes Dons | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 41 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 21 | -9 | 32 |
| 20 | AFC Wimbledon | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 35 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 26 | -9 | 28 |
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers | 29 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 53 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 27 | -25 | 22 |
| 22 | Southend United | 29 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 33 | 72 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 37 | -39 | 16 |
| 23 | Bolton Wanderers | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 57 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 36 | -34 | 11 |