Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Coventry City - Portsmouth!
It's no vacation for neither Coventry City nor Portsmouth 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.
Coventry City form and stats
Coventry City are steadily winning League One games and points here at St. Andrew's Stadium. 9 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 14 games.
Coventry City's previous game was a League One match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Bolton Wanderers (placed 23rd). The home side are looking to build on that result. 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. A late climax in the match against Bolton Wanderers as the winning goal came one minutes into overtime; scored by M. Biamou.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Coventry City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won five, drawn three and lost three.
Coventry City are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Southend United awaits in four days.
Coventry City has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. From these home matches, Coventry City have conceded only 10 goals.
Portsmouth form and stats
As the visiting team in League One matches, Portsmouth have produced an overall stat of 5-3-6 so far. Portsmouth have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena. Portsmouth have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
The Portsmouth goalkeeper Alex Bass is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 388 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Portsmouth play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Tranmere Rovers (placed 21st). A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Sunderland.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Portsmouth playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were three Portsmouth wins, three draws and four defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Shrewsbury Town in just four days.
Portsmouth are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 14 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Portsmouth have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Portsmouth - Coventry City 3-3. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Coventry City, two draws and four wins for Portsmouth. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Curtis 11 goals |   M. Godden 9 goals |  J. Marquis 6 goals |
Coventry City missing players
Portsmouth missing players
| Coventry City | Portsmouth | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| 13 | 9 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 40 | 19 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 17 | 43 |
| 28 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 17 | 29 |
| 82% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 64% | 64% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 71% |
| 46% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 43% |
| 25% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 21% | 29% |
| 18% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 14% |
| 57% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 36% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 39% |
| 25% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 21% | 14% |
| 4.8 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 4.8 | 4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 5.4 | 4.6 |
| 1.4 | 0.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 363 | 192 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 186 | 403 |
| 130 | 62 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 58 | 137 |
| 31% | 31% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | 31% |
- Coventry City has the most points from losing position (18)
- Portsmouth haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Portsmouth is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 |