Ace Football previews the Championship game between Coventry and Birmingham who meet up this coming Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
Birmingham go up against Coventry this coming Saturday for a Championship meeting at Coventry Building Society Arena.
Coventry are number 6 in the table on ten points after six matches. Birmingham rank as number 8 with ten points after six matches played.
Form: Coventry vs Birmingham
Coventry Form
Coventry have three draws to show from their last three games, as Oxford held on to a 2-2 draw. Against Norwich, the score was 1-1, while their most recent match finished 0-0 against Leicester. Coventry won half of their previous six matches on home soil in the Championship, while also drawing two. They suffered one defeats, while they scored 13 and conceded four goals.
Birmingham Form
Birmingham suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches as they were run over by Leicester in a 2-0 defeat. Stoke also proved too hard to handle as they won 1-0, before Birmingham were able to strike back in a 1-0 win against Swansea. Birmingham managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Championship. On top of winning once they also drew two as well as losing three, while scoring seven time and letting in four.
Betting stats and facts for Coventry and Birmingham
Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Coventry and Birmingham. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.
- In 14 of the last 16 Coventry home matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 5 of the last 7 Coventry home matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Coventry home matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Coventry matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Coventry home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 18 Birmingham matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 12 Birmingham matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 15 of the last 17 Birmingham away matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 13 of the last 15 Birmingham away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 8 of the last 9 Birmingham matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 2.5
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Full-time result
Coventry won four of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Coventry Building Society Arena. They drew four and lost two as well, while Birmingham won five of their last 10 games away. They drew zero and lost five. Coventry didn’t lose any of their previous 7 matches. Coventry have not lost to Birmingham in 8 consecutive home meetings.
Both teams to score
Coventry scored the first goal in six out of their last ten games. Birmingham got the opening goal in four out of their last ten away games. Birmingham managed three wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches.
Total goals
Coventry saw over 2.5 goals in five of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of two goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in three of Birmingham’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.8 goals in these matches.
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