Ipswich Town will be visiting Coventry Building Society Arena on Tuesday for the Championship showdown with home side Coventry City.
Our Coventry City v Ipswich Town tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below - as well as up-to-date odds.
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Form Guide
Coventry City
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Coventry City will be hoping to bounce back here following a 2-3 Championship defeat last time out to Hull City.
In that game, Coventry City had 55% possession and 7 shots at goal with 3 on target. For Coventry City, the goalscorers were Kasey Palmer (36') and Bobby Thomas (58'). On the other side, Hull City got 14 shots on goal with 8 on target. Jaden Philogene (31'), Fรกbio Carvalho (45') and Noah Ohio (78') scored for Hull City.
Matches involving Coventry City have proved to be absorbing affairs recently with plenty of scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past half dozen clashes, a grand total of 23 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 9 of those coming from Coventry City.
Ipswich Town
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In their previous game, Ipswich Town drew 1-1 in the Championship tie with Middlesbrough.
In that match, Ipswich Town managed 55% possession and 21 shots at goal with 5 on target. The only player to score for Ipswich Town was Massimo Luongo (30'). At the other end, Middlesbrough got 11 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Emmanuel Latte Lath (20') scored for Middlesbrough.
A succession of very capable performances by the Ipswich Town defensive unit has seen the number of goals theyโve conceded amounting to 4 from their last 6 fixtures overall. During the same period of time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 11. Putting that to one side, we will just have to wait and see whether that trend will be maintained in this next match.
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Head to head
A look at their past head to head clashes dating back to 01/01/2011 shows that Coventry City have won 1 of them and Ipswich Town 3, with the tally of drawn results standing at 2.
A sum of 16 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 6 for The Sky Blues and 10 netted by The Tractor Boys. Thatโs an average goals per game of 2.67.
The previous league clash featuring these sides was Championship match day 19 on 02/12/2023 when the final score was Ipswich Town 2-1 Coventry City.
On that occasion, Ipswich Town managed 55% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Goals were scored by George Hirst (6'), Wes Burns (41') and Brandon Williams (96' Own goal).
Coventry City had 15 shots on goal with 1 on target.
The referee was Andrew Kitchen.
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Team News: Coventry City
There arenโt many personnel worries, with just the lone fitness concern for the Coventry City manager Mark Robins to be concerned about from an otherwise complete set of players. Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Back injury) wonโt play.
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Team News: Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna has not got a full squad to pick from. George Hirst (Torn muscle fiber) and Janoi Donacien (Groin injury) wonโt be making appearances.
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Prediction
In this game, Ipswich Town have the ability to create a decent amount of chances and shots on target.
At the other end, Coventry City might well find it difficult to get goals of their own- but, we do see them hitting back at some stage here, too.
Our tip is for a fairly comfortable 1-3 margin for Ipswich Town come full-time.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest,
01:02 27/04/2024
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Coventry City
Formed: 1883
Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena (32,753)
Captain: Liam Kelly
Chairman: Doug King
Manager: Mark Robins
Competitions: Championship position 8
๐ Key Player: Tatsuhiro Sakamoto
Regularly taking to the field in the Central Attacking Midfielder position, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto was born in Tokyo, Japan. Having made a first senior appearance for Cerezo Osaka in the 2020 season, the skilful Midfielder has netted 7 league goals in the Championship 2023 - 2024 season to date coming from a total of 29 appearances.