Coventry City vs Bristol City Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Coventry City

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Coventry City go into this fixture following a 1-1 Championship draw against Sunderland.

In that game, Coventry City managed 62% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for Coventry City was Viktor Gyökeres (84'). At the other end, Sunderland got 10 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Jack Clarke (12') scored for Sunderland.

It has not been often in recent games that Coventry City haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Coventry City have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 9 goals during that time. However, we must now wait to see if such a trend shall be maintained in this match.

Bristol City

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Since tasting defeat last time out to Sunderland in Championship action, Bristol City will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Bristol City managed 59% possession and 12 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. For Bristol City, the scorers were Andreas Weimann (10') and Chris Martin (51'). Sunderland got 15 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Ellis Simms (4', 53') and Ross Stewart (72') scored for Sunderland.

Nigel Pearson's Bristol City have seen their goal attempts be successful 11 times in the course of their latest six matches. The overall goals that they have conceded during the equivalent period comes to 6.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 18/10/2014 shows us that Coventry City have won 3 of these games and Bristol City 2, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

A sum of 19 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 10 from The Sky Blues and 9 netted by The Robins. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.17.

ℹ️ Team News: Coventry City

Looking at personnel, there is just one fitness concern for the Coventry City boss Mark Robins to contend with thanks to an otherwise robust group. Marcel Hilßner (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) is out of contention.

🗞️ Team News: Bristol City

Thanks to a largely healthy squad, there is only the one fitness worry for the Bristol City manager Nigel Pearson to contend with. Nathan Baker (Head Injury) won’t be in action.

✨ Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Bristol City are likely to break down this Coventry City lineup, although it isn’t expected to be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re going for a close game with a 2-1 victory for Coventry City when the full-time whistle blows. It’s a very tough call.

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Victor Martins, 01:06 06/08/2022