League One duel: Close contest expected between Coventry City and Oxford United

Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 23.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ricoh Arena

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 7th and 19th place in the table will show on the pitch.

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

When playing at home, Coventry City have managed 8 wins, 5 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 19 games.

Coventry City are returning here after visiting Peterborough United in a League One game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Before that, Coventry City had a home game versus Fleetwood Town which ended with a victory 2-1.

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 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Coventry City has scored 21 goals at home this season, in 19 matches. From these home matches, Coventry City have conceded only 18 goals.

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Oxford United form and stats

Oxford United has only collected 14 points from their away games after 1-11-7 (19 played).

Oxford United are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the League One against Bradford City (placed 23rd). Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Rochdale.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 25 similar matches played by Oxford United in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Oxford United, 12 draws and 8 defeats.

The attacking power of Oxford United when travelling is not overwhelming with 16 goals scored in 19 matches. Oxford United have conceded 31 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Oxford United - Coventry City 1-2. Coventry City-Oxford United H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Coventry City 3 wins, Oxford United 2 wins, 0 draws.

Top Goalscorers

J. Henry
10 goals / 4 assists
J. Hiwula-Mayifuila
8 goals / 3 assists
A. Bakayoko
6 goals / 3 assists

Coventry City missing players

Oxford United missing players

Coventry City Oxford United
Total Home Statistic Away Total
38 19 Played 19 37
97% 100% Over 0.5 100% 86%
71% 68% Over 1.5 79% 70%
45% 37% Over 2.5 53% 49%
5% 0% Over 3.5 21% 27%
3% 0% Over 4.5 11% 14%
58% 58% Both teams to score 53% 51%
24% 26% Clean Sheet 26% 30%
21% 16% Failed To Score 21% 32%

  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 38 23 11 4 72 31 19 14 5 0 46 14 19 9 6 4 26 17 41 80
2 Barnsley 38 21 12 5 64 28 19 12 7 0 30 10 19 9 5 5 34 18 36 75
3 Sunderland 37 19 16 2 64 34 19 11 8 0 38 18 18 8 8 2 26 16 30 73
4 Portsmouth 38 20 11 7 66 41 19 10 6 3 33 16 19 10 5 4 33 25 25 71
5 Charlton Athletic 38 19 10 9 55 37 19 12 5 2 29 14 19 7 5 7 26 23 18 67
6 Doncaster Rovers 37 15 12 10 61 46 18 9 7 2 33 17 19 6 5 8 28 29 15 57
7 Coventry City 38 16 8 14 43 42 19 8 5 6 21 18 19 8 3 8 22 24 1 56
8 Peterborough United 38 15 10 13 58 54 19 6 6 7 23 26 19 9 4 6 35 28 4 55
9 Blackpool 38 13 14 11 39 40 19 7 7 5 24 19 19 6 7 6 15 21 -1 53
10 Fleetwood Town 38 14 10 14 49 41 19 8 6 5 28 23 19 6 4 9 21 18 8 52
11 Burton Albion 38 13 11 14 48 44 19 8 5 6 24 17 19 5 6 8 24 27 4 50
12 Plymouth Argyle 38 12 9 17 47 59 19 8 5 6 31 29 19 4 4 11 16 30 -12 45
13 Bristol Rovers 37 11 11 15 37 37 19 4 6 9 18 22 18 7 5 6 19 15 0 44
14 Accrington Stanley 36 11 11 14 38 49 17 5 6 6 19 23 19 6 5 8 19 26 -11 44
15 Wycombe Wanderers 38 11 11 16 47 58 19 8 5 6 24 22 19 3 6 10 23 36 -11 44
16 Gillingham 38 12 8 18 49 61 19 6 3 10 23 30 19 6 5 8 26 31 -12 44
17 Scunthorpe United 38 12 8 18 46 64 19 6 6 7 28 34 19 6 2 11 18 30 -18 44
18 Shrewsbury Town 38 10 13 15 42 50 19 8 7 4 22 19 19 2 6 11 20 31 -8 43
19 Oxford United 38 10 13 15 44 54 19 9 2 8 28 23 19 1 11 7 16 31 -10 43
20 Southend United 38 12 6 20 47 55 19 6 2 11 27 27 19 6 4 9 20 28 -8 42
21 Walsall 38 11 9 18 42 60 19 6 4 9 25 32 19 5 5 9 17 28 -18 42
22 AFC Wimbledon 38 11 6 21 32 53 19 5 3 11 18 30 19 6 3 10 14 23 -21 39
23 Rochdale 37 10 8 19 44 75 19 5 4 10 19 34 18 5 4 9 25 41 -31 38
24 Bradford City 38 10 6 22 42 63 19 7 2 10 23 25 19 3 4 12 19 38 -21 36

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