Coventry City manager M. Robins looking for three points in Gillingham showdown

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 24.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ricoh Arena (32609 seats)

After four games we know a little more about the qualities of Coventry City and Gillingham in this fresh League One season. Read our match preview!

It's no vacation for neither Coventry City nor Gillingham as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Coventry City form and stats

As mentioned below, Coventry City are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 games. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Coventry City, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

The home team returns to Ricoh Arena after sharing the points with Portsmouth on their last time out; the League One game ended 3-3. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Bristol Rovers.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Coventry City handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W7-D5-L0.

There will be little rest for Coventry City after this match as they are travelling to Watford for a Carabao Cup game in only three days.

Early season goal statistics from Coventry City's 2 home games: 3 goals, 0 conceded.

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Gillingham form and stats

One match played away so far for Gillingham and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 8 wins, 6 draws and 9 losses from 23 games.

There were no winners in Gillingham's previous match, a League One home game that ended 2-2 vs Blackpool. A draw for Gillingham before that, at their own venue hosting Newport County (2-2).

We have checked recent matches where Gillingham have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were W5-D5-L3.

Gillingham has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip at the early stages of this season.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Coventry City won 4 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and Gillingham has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 6 / 4

Top Goalscorers

A. Jakubiak
3 goals
J. Shipley
1 goals
Z. Westbrooke
1 goals

Coventry City missing players

Gillingham missing players

Coventry City Gillingham
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
4 2 1 Played 0 1 3
2 2 1 Won 0 0 0
2 0 0 Drew 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 1
6 3 2 Scored 0 1 4
3 0 0 Conceded 0 1 5
75% 100% 100% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 50% 100% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 67%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 33%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 100%
75% 100% 100% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
4.5 4.5 4 Corners For (avg) 0 4 5.7
4.2 5 5 Corners Against (avg) 0 6 4.7
1.5 1 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1 0.3
2 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Coventry City Last season Gillingham
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
46 23 8 Played 8 23 46
18 9 1 Won 1 8 15
11 7 3 Drew 3 6 10
17 7 4 Lost 4 9 21
54 24 5 Scored 11 34 61
54 20 9 Conceded 16 36 72
96% 96% 88% Over 0.5 100% 100% 98%
72% 65% 62% Over 1.5 100% 91% 83%
43% 30% 25% Over 2.5 50% 52% 50%
9% 0% 0% Over 3.5 38% 30% 35%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 25% 17% 15%
57% 52% 50% BTTS 62% 57% 50%
24% 30% 12% Clean Sheets 12% 22% 24%
24% 22% 50% Failed To Score 25% 22% 28%
 
4.9 4.6 5 Corners For (avg) 4 4.3 5.4
5.1 5.4 5.8 Corners Against (avg) 9 6.6 5.8
1 0.9 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.5 1.5 1.6
1 1 1 Red Cards 0 1 1
Key stats last season:
  • Gillingham have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gillingham have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Gillingham haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Coventry City
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies League Two Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
03-08-19 LO Coventry City 1 - 0 Southend United
10-08-19 LO Bolton Wanderers 0 - 0 Coventry City
13-08-19 CC Coventry City 4 - 1 Exeter City
17-08-19 LO Coventry City 2 - 0 Bristol Rovers
20-08-19 LO Portsmouth 3 - 3 Coventry City
24-08-19 LO Coventry City 14:00 Gillingham
27-08-19 CC Watford 18:45 Coventry City
31-08-19 LO Oxford United 14:00 Coventry City
03-09-19 EFL Coventry City 18:45 Walsall
07-09-19 LO Coventry City 14:00 Blackpool
Gillingham
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
29-07-19 CF Welling United 5 - 0 Gillingham
03-08-19 LO Doncaster Rovers 1 - 1 Gillingham
10-08-19 LO Gillingham 1 - 2 Burton Albion
13-08-19 CC Gillingham 2 - 2 Newport County
20-08-19 LO Gillingham 2 - 2 Blackpool
24-08-19 LO Coventry City 14:00 Gillingham
31-08-19 LO Gillingham 14:00 Bolton Wanderers
03-09-19 EFL Gillingham 18:45 Colchester United
07-09-19 LO Tranmere Rovers 14:00 Gillingham
14-09-19 LO Gillingham 14:00 Wycombe Wanderers

  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 Blackpool 4 3 1 0 9 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 5 3 5 10
2 Lincoln City 4 3 0 1 9 2 2 2 0 0 6 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 7 9
3 Coventry City 4 2 2 0 6 3 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 8
4 Wycombe Wanderers 4 2 2 0 6 3 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 8
5 Ipswich Town 4 2 2 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 8
6 Sunderland 4 2 2 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 8
7 Fleetwood Town 4 2 1 1 8 6 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 7
8 Shrewsbury Town 4 2 1 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 7
9 Burton Albion 4 2 0 2 6 5 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 6 3 1 6
10 Milton Keynes Dons 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 6
11 Rotherham United 3 2 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 6
12 Doncaster Rovers 3 1 2 0 5 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 5
13 Rochdale 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 5
14 Portsmouth 4 1 1 2 6 6 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 4
15 Peterborough United 4 1 1 2 5 6 2 0 1 1 3 5 2 1 0 1 2 1 -1 4
16 Oxford United 4 1 1 2 5 7 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 4
17 Bristol Rovers 4 1 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -2 4
18 Tranmere Rovers 4 1 0 3 7 7 2 1 0 1 7 3 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 3
19 Gillingham 3 0 2 1 4 5 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 2
20 AFC Wimbledon 4 0 1 3 4 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 2 4 -3 1
21 Accrington Stanley 3 0 1 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 -3 1
22 Bolton Wanderers 3 0 1 2 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 7 -7 1
24 Southend United 4 0 0 4 1 10 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 5 -9 0
Last season 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 46 27 13 6 90 42 23 16 7 0 57 19 23 11 6 6 33 23 48 94
2 Barnsley 46 26 13 7 80 39 23 15 8 0 40 16 23 11 5 7 40 23 41 91
3 Charlton Athletic 46 26 10 10 73 40 23 16 5 2 41 15 23 10 5 8 32 25 33 88
4 Portsmouth 46 25 13 8 83 51 23 12 7 4 42 22 23 13 6 4 41 29 32 88
5 Sunderland 46 22 19 5 80 47 23 12 10 1 46 25 23 10 9 4 34 22 33 85
6 Doncaster Rovers 46 20 13 13 76 58 23 13 7 3 45 21 23 7 6 10 31 37 18 73
7 Peterborough United 46 20 12 14 71 62 23 9 7 7 31 28 23 11 5 7 40 34 9 72
8 Coventry City 46 18 11 17 54 54 23 9 7 7 24 20 23 9 4 10 30 34 0 65
9 Burton Albion 46 17 12 17 66 57 23 11 5 7 35 23 23 6 7 10 31 34 9 63
10 Blackpool 46 15 17 14 50 52 23 8 8 7 28 26 23 7 9 7 22 26 -2 62
11 Fleetwood Town 46 16 13 17 58 52 23 9 9 5 33 27 23 7 4 12 25 25 6 61
12 Oxford United 46 15 15 16 58 64 23 11 4 8 34 27 23 4 11 8 24 37 -6 60
13 Gillingham 46 15 10 21 61 72 23 7 4 12 27 36 23 8 6 9 34 36 -11 55
14 Accrington Stanley 46 14 13 19 51 67 23 7 6 10 26 33 23 7 7 9 25 34 -16 55
15 Bristol Rovers 46 13 15 18 47 50 23 6 6 11 24 28 23 7 9 7 23 22 -3 54
16 Rochdale 46 15 9 22 54 87 23 8 4 11 25 37 23 7 5 11 29 50 -33 54
17 Wycombe Wanderers 46 14 11 21 55 67 23 10 5 8 28 26 23 4 6 13 27 41 -12 53
18 Shrewsbury Town 46 12 16 18 51 59 23 8 9 6 25 25 23 4 7 12 26 34 -8 52
19 Southend United 46 14 8 24 55 68 23 8 2 13 32 34 23 6 6 11 23 34 -13 50
20 AFC Wimbledon 46 13 11 22 42 63 23 6 5 12 24 37 23 7 6 10 18 26 -21 50
21 Plymouth Argyle 46 13 11 22 56 80 23 9 6 8 36 38 23 4 5 14 20 42 -24 50
22 Walsall 46 12 11 23 49 71 23 7 5 11 30 37 23 5 6 12 19 34 -22 47
23 Scunthorpe United 46 12 10 24 53 83 23 6 7 10 31 42 23 6 3 14 22 41 -30 46
24 Bradford City 46 11 8 27 49 77 23 7 4 12 25 31 23 4 4 15 24 46 -28 41

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