Football tips: Portsmouth vs Coventry City - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: England League One
Date: Tue 20.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Fratton Park (20821 seats)

The Portsmouth manager K. Jackett attacks this game with the team placed 15th so far. In the visitors dressing room Coventry City and their manager M. Robins are in 4th place before this match.

It's no vacation for neither Portsmouth nor Coventry City 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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Portsmouth form and stats

1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Portsmouth have to build on here at Fratton Park. Two home wins in a row for Portsmouth bring valid hopes of a third.

In their previous game, the manager K. Jackett led his Portsmouth to a defeat in the League One match away at Sunderland. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Fratton Park. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Tranmere Rovers.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Portsmouth matches with similar probabilities have ended with 5 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats (from seven games).

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League One game versus Rotherham United in only four days. This game is also played here at Fratton Park.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Portsmouth at home. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Coventry City form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first away game of the season. During their previous season 23 away games resulted in 9 wins, 4 draws and 10 defeats.

The supporters enjoyed Coventry City's previous game versus Bristol Rovers, a League One 2-0 win played at home. Before that, Coventry City secured a home win against Exeter City with the score 4-1.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Coventry City when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 2 and winning 1 game.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Gillingham in just four days.

0 goals so far away for Coventry City, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 5 - 1 - 4 (Portsmouth wins - draws - Coventry City wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

B. Close
1 goals
T. Naylor
1 goals
M. Harness
1 goals

Portsmouth missing players

Coventry City missing players

Portsmouth Coventry City
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played 0 1 3
1 1 0 Won 0 0 2
0 0 0 Drew 0 1 1
2 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
3 2 0 Scored 0 0 3
3 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 67%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 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%
33% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
33% 100% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 100% 33%
 
6.7 5 0 Corners For (avg) 0 4 4.3
1.7 2 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 2 4
2.3 2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1 1
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Portsmouth Last season Coventry City
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
48 24 8 Played 7 23 46
25 12 3 Won 3 9 18
14 8 3 Drew 2 4 11
9 4 2 Lost 2 10 17
83 42 10 Scored 13 30 54
52 22 8 Conceded 13 34 54
94% 92% 75% Over 0.5 100% 96% 96%
81% 79% 62% Over 1.5 100% 78% 72%
52% 46% 50% Over 2.5 71% 57% 43%
27% 29% 25% Over 3.5 29% 17% 9%
19% 17% 12% Over 4.5 14% 9% 4%
67% 58% 62% BTTS 86% 61% 57%
25% 33% 38% Clean Sheets 0% 17% 24%
15% 17% 25% Failed To Score 14% 26% 24%
 
5.6 6.4 6 Corners For (avg) 4.6 5.2 4.9
4.4 3.8 4.9 Corners Against (avg) 4.9 4.8 5.1
1.6 1.3 2.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 0.9 1.1 1
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats last season:
  • Coventry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Portsmouth
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
30-07-19 CF Woking 2 - 4 Portsmouth
03-08-19 LO Shrewsbury Town 1 - 0 Portsmouth
06-08-19 CC Portsmouth 3 - 0 Birmingham City
10-08-19 LO Portsmouth 2 - 0 Tranmere Rovers
17-08-19 LO Sunderland 2 - 1 Portsmouth
20-08-19 LO Portsmouth 18:45 Coventry City
24-08-19 LO Portsmouth 11:30 Rotherham United
28-08-19 CC Queens Park Rangers 18:45 Portsmouth
31-08-19 LO Blackpool 14:00 Portsmouth
03-09-19 EFL Portsmouth 18:45 Crawley Town
Coventry City
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies League Two Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
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 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 18:45 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

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