Coventry City vs Southend United: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 03.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ricoh Arena (32609 seats)

Only the second game in the League One for these teams and it's all to play for here at Ricoh Arena as Coventry City welcomes Southend United. Check out this preview!

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Coventry City form and stats

The hosts won their first game here at Ricoh Arena, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Coventry City last season were 9 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses from 23 games.

Coventry City's previous game was a League One match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Southend United. The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Doncaster Rovers (0-2).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Coventry City handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W5-D5-L0.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Coventry City at home. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

Last season, Coventry City's league statistics were 18 wins, 11 draws and 17 losses, resulting in a 8th position in the League Two. Over these 46 matches they scored 54 goals and conceded 54. Playing at home last season Coventry City managed 9-7-7 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 20 conceded.

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Southend United form and stats

The visitors' first away game ended a defeat. Last season Southend United had these away match statistics: Played 23; won 6, drew 6 and lost 11.

Two away games in a row for Southend United, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Coventry City in the League One. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Sunderland.

Southend United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 7 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

It's early days yet, but Southend United has scored 0 and conceded 1 goals from their travels so far (1 game).

Let's have a look at how Southend United performed last season in the League One: They landed a 19th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 8 draws and 24 defeats. In total they scored 55 and conceded 68 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 6 and lost 11 with 23/34 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Coventry City - Southend United 1-0 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: 4 - 2 - 3 (Coventry City wins - draws - Southend United wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.

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Coventry City missing players

Southend United missing players

Coventry City Southend United
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
1 1 0 Played 0 1 1
1 1 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 1 1
1 1 0 Scored 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 100% 100%
 
5 5 0 Corners For (avg) 0 5 5
5 5 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 5 5
1 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Coventry City Last season Southend United
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
46 23   Played   23 46
18 9   Won   6 14
11 7   Drew   6 8
17 7   Lost   11 24
54 24   Scored   23 55
54 20   Conceded   34 68
96% 96%   Over 0.5   100% 98%
72% 65%   Over 1.5   78% 80%
43% 30%   Over 2.5   39% 50%
9% 0%   Over 3.5   22% 22%
4% 0%   Over 4.5   9% 15%
57% 52%   BTTS   43% 46%
24% 30%   Clean Sheets   17% 24%
24% 22%   Failed To Score   39% 33%
 
4.9 4.6   Corners For (avg)   4.4 5.2
5.1 5.4   Corners Against (avg)   5.7 5.4
1 0.9   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.7 1.4
1 1   Red Cards   1 5
Key stats last season:
  • Southend United 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
06-07-19 CF Leamington 0 - 4 Coventry City
12-07-19 CF Coventry City 1 - 1 Northampton Town
20-07-19 CF AFC Telford United 1 - 1 Coventry City
27-07-19 CF Swindon Town 0 - 1 Coventry City
03-08-19 LO Coventry City 1 - 0 Southend United
10-08-19 LO Bolton Wanderers 14:00 Coventry City
13-08-19 CC Coventry City 18:45 Exeter City
17-08-19 LO Coventry City 14:00 Bristol Rovers
20-08-19 LO Portsmouth 18:45 Coventry City
24-08-19 LO Coventry City 14:00 Gillingham
Southend United
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
20-07-19 CF Dagenham & Redbridge 1 - 1 Southend United
24-07-19 CF Southend United 2 - 1 Millwall
26-07-19 CF Gillingham 1 - 1 Southend United
27-07-19 CF Maidstone United 4 - 0 Southend United
03-08-19 LO Coventry City 1 - 0 Southend United
10-08-19 LO Southend United 14:00 Blackpool
13-08-19 CC Stevenage 18:45 Southend United
17-08-19 LO Lincoln City 14:00 Southend United
20-08-19 LO Southend United 18:45 Peterborough United
24-08-19 LO Wycombe Wanderers 14:00 Southend United

  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 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Fleetwood Town 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Lincoln City 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Wycombe Wanderers 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Coventry City 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Ipswich Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Rochdale 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
8 Rotherham United 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Shrewsbury Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 Doncaster Rovers 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Gillingham 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Oxford United 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Sunderland 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 AFC Wimbledon 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Burton Albion 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Portsmouth 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
19 Southend United 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Tranmere Rovers 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
21 Accrington Stanley 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
22 Bolton Wanderers 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
23 Bristol Rovers 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
24 Peterborough United 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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