Premier League: Coventry vs Brighton – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Premier League game between Coventry and Brighton who meet up on Sunday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

As the early season favourites, Coventry will look to justify their title credentials this coming Sunday when they take on Brighton for a round 4 match in the Premier League.

A glance at the Premier League table reveals that the current difference between the teams is four points and ten places.

Team form: Coventry vs Brighton

Coventry Form

Coventry have been a bit bleak in their last three matches, although it opened with a 2-4 victory against Plymouth. Unable to follow that up, they went down 0-1 against Hull, before handing over another win to Manchester City in a 1-0 defeat. Coventry managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Premier League. In the remaining four, they drew two and lost two, as they scored three and conceded three goals.

Brighton Form

Brighton achieved a win, a loss and a draw in their previous three matches, starting off beating Tromso 4-0. A 4-3 defeat against Chelsea followed, before drawing with Leeds in a match resulting 1-1. Brighton claimed two wins against one draw and three defeats in their last six away matches in the Premier League. The scoreline from these matches reads ten goals conceded and nine scored.

Betting stats and facts for Coventry and Brighton

Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Coventry and Brighton. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.

Players on top: Coventry vs Brighton

It is the beginning of a new Premier League campaign, and both Coventry and Brighton will be looking for their main strikers this season. Accordingly, we have listed some of the in-form players who are expected to be getting it on for each team this season.

Popular markets: Coventry vs Brighton

Full-time result

Coventry won seven of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing one and losing two as well. Brighton won three from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew two and lost five in this run.

Both teams to score

Coventry scored first in six of their last ten home games. Brighton scored the opening goal in four of a possible ten games. Coventry have failed to score in 4 consecutive games. Coventry managed two wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches across all tournaments.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Coventry, who scored an average of 2.1 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Brighton, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 2.4 times goals per game themselves.