Here's what we know about the Coventry City - Shrewsbury Town match:

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sun 28.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ricoh Arena (32609 seats)

Coventry City perform at a high level so far being 8th in the table. Shrewsbury Town can look both up and down from their 16th position.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Coventry City form and stats

The story so far for Coventry City at their home stadium (Ricoh Arena) is 9 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats.

In their previous game, the manager M. Robins led his Coventry City to a defeat in the League One match away at Portsmouth. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Ricoh Arena. Before that, Coventry City had a home game versus Bradford City which ended with a victory 2-0.

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 eleven games. Coventry City has won 5 of these, drawn 1 and lost 5.

Coventry City has scored 23 goals at home this season, in 22 matches. From these home matches, Coventry City have conceded only 19 goals.

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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

There's been little loot from Shrewsbury Town's travels as they have only collected 18 points from 22 away games. Shrewsbury Town only has 4 wins to counter their 12 defeats and 6 draws.

The manager S. Ricketts was unhappy after their last game, a League One match played at their home ground Ricoh Arena. Shrewsbury Town suffered a 2-3 loss to Oxford United. Prior to that match, the Shrewsbury Town manager S. Ricketts faced defeat when travelling to Barnsley and losing 1-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Shrewsbury Town playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were 9 Shrewsbury Town wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Shrewsbury Town find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 25 goals from 22 away fixtures. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Shrewsbury Town have conceded 33 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Shrewsbury Town - Coventry City 1-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Coventry City won 1, Shrewsbury Town won 5 and 4 draws.

Top Goalscorers

J. Hiwula-Mayifuila
12 goals / 2 assists
F. Okenabirhie
9 goals / 1 assists
O. Norburn
9 goals

Coventry City missing players

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Coventry City Shrewsbury Town
Total Home Statistic Away Total
44 22 Played 22 44
53 23 Scored 25 50
51 19 Conceded 33 58
95% 95% Over 0.5 86% 86%
70% 64% Over 1.5 82% 77%
45% 32% Over 2.5 59% 48%
9% 0% Over 3.5 14% 18%
5% 0% Over 4.5 14% 11%
57% 50% Both teams to score 68% 55%
25% 32% Clean Sheet 23% 30%
23% 23% Failed To Score 23% 30%
 
4.8 4.7 Corners For (avg) 4.9 5.3
5.1 5.5 Corners Against (avg) 5.2 4.6
1 0.9 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.4 1.5
1 1 Red Cards (total) 2 2
Key stats this season:
  • Shrewsbury Town is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than 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 43 26 12 5 84 37 21 15 6 0 52 16 22 11 6 5 32 21 47 90
2 Barnsley 44 25 13 6 77 36 22 14 8 0 38 15 22 11 5 6 39 21 41 88
3 Portsmouth 43 25 11 7 79 46 21 12 6 3 39 18 22 13 5 4 40 28 33 86
4 Sunderland 43 22 18 3 77 42 22 12 9 1 45 24 21 10 9 2 32 18 35 84
5 Charlton Athletic 44 24 10 10 67 40 22 15 5 2 37 15 22 9 5 8 30 25 27 82
6 Doncaster Rovers 43 19 12 12 71 54 21 12 7 2 42 19 22 7 5 10 29 35 17 69
7 Peterborough United 43 18 12 13 65 56 22 8 7 7 28 27 21 10 5 6 37 29 9 66
8 Coventry City 44 18 10 16 53 51 22 9 6 7 23 19 22 9 4 9 30 32 2 64
9 Blackpool 44 15 17 12 49 47 22 8 8 6 28 23 22 7 9 6 21 24 2 62
10 Burton Albion 44 16 12 16 63 53 22 10 5 7 33 22 22 6 7 9 30 31 10 60
11 Oxford United 44 15 14 15 55 59 22 11 3 8 32 25 22 4 11 7 23 34 -4 59
12 Fleetwood Town 43 15 12 16 56 50 21 8 8 5 31 26 22 7 4 11 25 24 6 57
13 Gillingham 44 14 10 20 58 70 22 7 4 11 27 34 22 7 6 9 31 36 -12 52
14 Rochdale 44 14 9 21 53 83 22 7 4 11 24 37 22 7 5 10 29 46 -30 51
15 Bristol Rovers 44 12 14 18 45 49 22 5 6 11 22 27 22 7 8 7 23 22 -4 50
16 Shrewsbury Town 44 12 14 18 50 58 22 8 8 6 25 25 22 4 6 12 25 33 -8 50
17 Wycombe Wanderers 44 13 11 20 53 65 22 9 5 8 27 26 22 4 6 12 26 39 -12 50
18 Accrington Stanley 43 12 12 19 43 64 22 6 6 10 21 32 21 6 6 9 22 32 -21 48
19 Southend United 44 13 8 23 53 66 22 7 2 13 30 33 22 6 6 10 23 33 -13 47
20 Plymouth Argyle 44 12 11 21 52 73 22 8 6 8 33 36 22 4 5 13 19 37 -21 47
21 Scunthorpe United 44 12 10 22 49 77 22 6 7 9 29 39 22 6 3 13 20 38 -28 46
22 AFC Wimbledon 43 12 9 22 38 60 22 5 5 12 22 36 21 7 4 10 16 24 -22 45
23 Walsall 44 11 10 23 46 71 22 6 5 11 27 37 22 5 5 12 19 34 -25 43
24 Bradford City 44 10 7 27 46 75 22 7 3 12 25 31 22 3 4 15 21 44 -29 37

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