It's early days in the Professional Development League and both Coventry U23 and Bristol City U23 are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
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.
Coventry U23 form and stats
The first Professional Development League game here resulted in a draw. Last season Coventry U23's home game statistics were 6 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats from 11 games.
A good away victory last time out for Coventry, who won 3-0 against Watford U23. Preceding that match was a defeat to Millwall U23 (0-1).
Coventry U23 has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Bristol City U23 form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the Professional Development League away games so far for Bristol City U23 with six points collected from three matches.
Bristol won their last game, 4-1 versus Crewe U23 played at home. Prior to that match, the Bristol manager faced defeat when travelling to Sheffield Utd U23 and losing 0-4.
Bristol have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 6 goals from 3 away matches. Bristol's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 5 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Last four meetings between the teams: Coventry U23 won three, Bristol City U23 won one and zero draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.Coventry U23 missing players
Bristol City U23 missing players
| Coventry U23 | Bristol City U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 60% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | 15 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 24 | 41 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 13 | 23 |
| 36% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 46% | 57% |
| Coventry U23 | Last season | Bristol City U23 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 21 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Scored | S | 15 | 29 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Conceded | C | 18 | 39 | ||
| 91% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 95% | ||
| 82% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 81% | ||
| 50% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 67% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 48% | ||
| 14% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 55% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 243 | 103 | Total Shots | T S | 98 | 200 | ||
| 107 | 44 | Shots on Target | S O | 37 | 88 | ||
| 29% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nottingham U23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Hull City U23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Coventry U23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Barnsley U23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Birmingham U23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 6 | Crewe U23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Wigan U23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -6 | 3 |
| 8 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 9 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |