Rotherham United vs Coventry City: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 05.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: AESSEAL New York Stadium (12021 seats)

Rotherham United will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Coventry City.

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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Rotherham United form and stats

The story so far in the League One for Rotherham United at their home stadium (AESSEAL New York Stadium) is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Rotherham United lost their last game at Bristol Rovers (placed 7th) after a 0-1 scoreline. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Shrewsbury Town.

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 Rotherham United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won 3 Drawn 0 Lost 1.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Doncaster Rovers are coming to town in three days.

A decent goal production from Rotherham United in their home games so far, with 7 goals from 4 league matches. 4 goals have been conceded.

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Coventry City form and stats

0 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Coventry City playing as the away team in the League One this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Coventry City as they haven't lost any of their last ten games. It's been quite a sequence of draws for Coventry City when traveling as their last four away games have all ended all square. Not since the Bolton Wanderers match has the points been distributed unevenly.

There were no winners in Coventry City's previous match, a League One home game that ended 1-1 vs Doncaster Rovers (placed 9th). Before that, Coventry City secured a home win against AFC Wimbledon with the score 2-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Coventry City playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were 7 Coventry City wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Coventry City has another fixture away, a EFL Trophy game, against Forest Green Rovers in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

The travelling fans enjoy Coventry City's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. In the opposite end, Coventry City have conceded 6 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Rotherham United, 0 draws and 1 win for Coventry City. Over 2,5 goals: 2 times; under 2,5 goals: 0 games.

Top Goalscorers

F. Ladapo
3 goals / 1 assists
J. Hastie
3 goals
M. Godden
3 goals / 1 assists

Rotherham United missing players

Coventry City missing players

Rotherham United Coventry City
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
9 4 0 Played P 2 4 10
3 1 0 Won W 0 0 5
3 2 0 Drew D 2 4 5
3 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
12 7 0 Scored S 3 6 16
9 4 0 Conceded C 3 6 10
89% 75% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 50% 80%
67% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 60%
33% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 40%
11% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 30%
11% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 50% 30%
56% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 50%
22% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 50%
33% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 20%
 
6.1 7 0 Corners For (avg) C F 3 3.8 5.2
5 6.5 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 13 8.2 5.5
1.1 1.8 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.5
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 2
Key stats This season:
  • Coventry City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Coventry City have not yet lost a game.
  • Coventry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Coventry City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Coventry City have yet to win a game away.

Rotherham United
All EFL Trophy League One Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
07-09-19 LO Doncaster Rovers 2 - 1 Rotherham United
14-09-19 LO Rotherham United 6 - 1 Bolton Wanderers
17-09-19 LO Sunderland 1 - 1 Rotherham United
21-09-19 LO Rotherham United 0 - 0 Shrewsbury Town
28-09-19 LO Bristol Rovers 1 - 0 Rotherham United
05-10-19 LO Rotherham United 14:00 Coventry City
08-10-19 EFL Rotherham United 18:00 Doncaster Rovers
12-10-19 LO Blackpool 14:00 Rotherham United
19-10-19 LO Rotherham United 14:00 Oxford United
23-10-19 LO Ipswich Town 18:45 Rotherham United
Coventry City
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies League Two Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
03-09-19 EFL Coventry City 0 - 0 Walsall
07-09-19 LO Coventry City 3 - 2 Blackpool
14-09-19 LO Burton Albion 0 - 0 Coventry City
17-09-19 LO Coventry City 2 - 1 AFC Wimbledon
28-09-19 LO Coventry City 1 - 1 Doncaster Rovers
05-10-19 LO Rotherham United 14:00 Coventry City
08-10-19 EFL Forest Green Rovers 18:00 Coventry City
13-10-19 LO Coventry City 11:00 Tranmere Rovers
19-10-19 LO Milton Keynes Dons 14:00 Coventry City
23-10-19 LO Coventry City 18:45 Fleetwood Town

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ipswich Town 10 7 3 0 20 5 5 3 2 0 10 3 5 4 1 0 10 2 15 24
2 Wycombe Wanderers 11 6 4 1 18 10 6 5 1 0 14 7 5 1 3 1 4 3 8 22
3 Fleetwood Town 10 6 2 2 20 13 5 4 1 0 9 4 5 2 1 2 11 9 7 20
4 Coventry City 10 5 5 0 16 10 6 5 1 0 10 4 4 0 4 0 6 6 6 20
5 Sunderland 10 5 4 1 16 12 5 3 2 0 9 5 5 2 2 1 7 7 4 19
6 Blackpool 11 5 4 2 16 13 5 3 1 1 7 6 6 2 3 1 9 7 3 19
7 Bristol Rovers 11 5 3 3 14 12 6 3 3 0 10 5 5 2 0 3 4 7 2 18
8 Peterborough United 10 5 2 3 23 12 5 3 1 1 15 7 5 2 1 2 8 5 11 17
9 Doncaster Rovers 9 4 4 1 12 8 6 4 1 1 10 6 3 0 3 0 2 2 4 16
10 Oxford United 11 4 3 4 22 15 5 3 1 1 12 7 6 1 2 3 10 8 7 15
11 Lincoln City 11 4 1 6 15 17 5 3 0 2 8 7 6 1 1 4 7 10 -2 13
12 Shrewsbury Town 10 3 4 3 9 13 5 2 2 1 5 6 5 1 2 2 4 7 -4 13
13 Rotherham United 9 3 3 3 12 9 4 1 2 1 7 4 5 2 1 2 5 5 3 12
14 Burton Albion 9 3 3 3 11 9 4 1 1 2 2 2 5 2 2 1 9 7 2 12
15 Milton Keynes Dons 10 4 0 6 12 15 6 3 0 3 5 8 4 1 0 3 7 7 -3 12
16 Gillingham 10 2 4 4 14 13 5 2 1 2 10 5 5 0 3 2 4 8 1 10
17 Accrington Stanley 10 2 4 4 12 17 4 1 1 2 6 8 6 1 3 2 6 9 -5 10
18 Rochdale 10 2 4 4 10 17 5 0 3 2 3 7 5 2 1 2 7 10 -7 10
19 Portsmouth 8 2 3 3 10 10 4 2 2 0 8 5 4 0 1 3 2 5 0 9
20 Tranmere Rovers 10 2 3 5 15 20 5 2 2 1 13 8 5 0 1 4 2 12 -5 9
21 Southend United 10 1 1 8 11 25 5 0 1 4 4 12 5 1 0 4 7 13 -14 4
22 AFC Wimbledon 11 0 3 8 11 21 5 0 3 2 4 7 6 0 0 6 7 14 -10 3
23 Bolton Wanderers 9 0 3 6 2 25 4 0 3 1 1 6 5 0 0 5 1 19 -23 -9

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