Coventry City vs Bristol Rovers: Soccer betting preview

Competition: England League One
Date: Sun 07.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ricoh Arena (32609 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the League One table so far. Here's the Coventry City - Bristol Rovers latest:

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Coventry City form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Coventry City are 8-5-7 (wins-draw-losses).

The home team returns to Ricoh Arena after sharing the points with Barnsley on their last time out; the League One game ended 2-2. Ahead of that match, Coventry City lost 0-1 at home to Oxford United.

This is expected to be a close game, with Coventry City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Coventry City as a small favourite), we find six games. Coventry City has won 2 of these, drawn 1 and lost 3.

Coventry City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 21 goals in 20 matches. From these home matches, Coventry City have conceded only 19 goals.

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Bristol Rovers form and stats

The visitors are W7-D6-L7 on the road this term.

Bristol Rovers failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Luton Town that ended with defeat 1-2. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Doncaster Rovers wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 24 similar matches played by Bristol Rovers in our archives, and the results are: 9 wins for Bristol Rovers, 7 draws and 8 defeats.

Bristol Rovers have scored 22 goals on their travels this season, 20 away games. As opposed to that, Bristol Rovers have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Bristol Rovers - Coventry City 3-1, played this season. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Coventry City, 0 draws and 2 wins for Bristol Rovers.

Top Goalscorers

J. Hiwula-Mayifuila
9 goals / 3 assists
J. Clarke-Harris
9 goals
A. Bakayoko
6 goals / 3 assists

Coventry City missing players

Bristol Rovers missing players

Coventry City Bristol Rovers
Total Home Statistic Away Total
40 20 Played 19 39
45 21 Scored 21 40
45 19 Conceded 19 43
98% 100% Over 0.5 84% 82%
70% 65% Over 1.5 58% 62%
45% 35% Over 2.5 42% 46%
8% 0% Over 3.5 21% 21%
2% 0% Over 4.5 5% 3%
57% 55% Both teams to score 47% 46%
22% 25% Clean Sheet 37% 33%
22% 20% Failed To Score 32% 38%
Key stats this season:
  • Coventry City hasn'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 D P
1 Luton Town 40 25 11 4 78 32 20 15 5 0 50 14 20 10 6 4 28 18 46 86
2 Barnsley 40 22 13 5 67 30 20 12 8 0 32 12 20 10 5 5 35 18 37 79
3 Sunderland 38 20 16 2 67 34 19 11 8 0 38 18 19 9 8 2 29 16 33 76
4 Portsmouth 39 21 11 7 68 41 19 10 6 3 33 16 20 11 5 4 35 25 27 74
5 Charlton Athletic 39 20 10 9 56 37 20 13 5 2 30 14 19 7 5 7 26 23 19 70
6 Doncaster Rovers 40 17 12 11 68 52 20 11 7 2 40 19 20 6 5 9 28 33 16 63
7 Peterborough United 39 16 10 13 60 54 20 7 6 7 25 26 19 9 4 6 35 28 6 58
8 Blackpool 40 14 15 11 45 43 20 7 8 5 26 21 20 7 7 6 19 22 2 57
9 Coventry City 40 16 9 15 45 45 20 8 5 7 21 19 20 8 4 8 24 26 0 57
10 Fleetwood Town 39 15 10 14 50 41 19 8 6 5 28 23 20 7 4 9 22 18 9 55
11 Burton Albion 39 14 11 14 53 46 20 9 5 6 29 19 19 5 6 8 24 27 7 53
12 Oxford United 40 12 13 15 47 55 20 10 2 8 30 24 20 2 11 7 17 31 -8 49
13 Gillingham 40 13 9 18 54 64 20 6 4 10 24 31 20 7 5 8 30 33 -10 48
14 Plymouth Argyle 40 12 11 17 51 63 20 8 6 6 33 31 20 4 5 11 18 32 -12 47
15 Shrewsbury Town 40 11 13 16 44 52 20 8 7 5 22 21 20 3 6 11 22 31 -8 46
16 Bristol Rovers 40 11 12 17 41 45 20 4 6 10 19 24 20 7 6 7 22 21 -4 45
17 Wycombe Wanderers 39 11 11 17 48 60 19 8 5 6 24 22 20 3 6 11 24 38 -12 44
18 Accrington Stanley 39 11 11 17 40 58 19 5 6 8 19 27 20 6 5 9 21 31 -18 44
19 Scunthorpe United 40 12 8 20 48 69 20 6 6 8 29 36 20 6 2 12 19 33 -21 44
20 Southend United 40 12 6 22 47 59 20 6 2 12 27 29 20 6 4 10 20 30 -12 42
21 Walsall 40 11 9 20 43 64 20 6 4 10 25 33 20 5 5 10 18 31 -21 42
22 AFC Wimbledon 40 12 6 22 36 58 20 5 3 12 20 34 20 7 3 10 16 24 -22 42
23 Rochdale 39 11 9 19 48 77 20 6 4 10 22 35 19 5 5 9 26 42 -29 42
24 Bradford City 40 10 6 24 43 68 20 7 2 11 24 29 20 3 4 13 19 39 -25 36

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