📊 Form Guide

Coventry City

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Coventry City will be looking to improve on their last outing here following the 3-0 Championship loss in their previous game against Birmingham City.

In that match, Coventry City managed 71% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Coventry City was Bobby Thomas (12' Own goal). Birmingham City got 15 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Ivan Šunjić (41') and Jay Stansfield (59') scored for Birmingham City.

Matches with Coventry City have often been exciting affairs lately with plenty of scoring being the norm. Over their past six clashes, a grand total of 21 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 10 of those coming from Coventry City. We will have to find out if that trend will be sustained here.

Manchester United

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In their previous fixture, Manchester United drew 2-2 in the Premier League match with Bournemouth.

In that match, Manchester United managed 57% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 2 on target. The only player to score for Manchester United was Bruno Fernandes (31', 65'). For their opponents, Bournemouth got 20 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Dominic Solanke (16') and Justin Kluivert (36') scored for Bournemouth.

Manchester United have seen success in front of goal leading up to this encounter, having scored 14 goals in their previous 6 matches. Having said that, Manchester United can also improve defensively after being scored against in 5 of those same games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their past head-to-head meetings going back to 20/02/1999 shows us that Coventry City have won 1 of these games and Manchester United 5, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 0.

20 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 8 of them from The Sky Blues and 12 for The Red Devils. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.33.

🗞️ Team News: Coventry City

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just a single fitness concern for the Coventry City boss Mark Robins to contend with from a near full-strength set of players. Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Back injury) is sidelined.

In our view, The Sky Blues look set to employ a 4-2-3-1 formation featuring Bradley Collins, Joel Latibeaudiere, Bobby Thomas, Liam Kitching, Jake Bidwell, Josh Eccles, Ben Sheaf, Callum O'Hare, Milan van Ewijk, Haji Wright and Ellis Simms.

📋 Team News: Manchester United

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has to choose a team with limited availability. Raphaël Varane (Muscle injury), Tyrell Malacia (Knee injury), Luke Shaw (Muscle injury), Jonny Evans (Muscle injury), Victor Lindelöf (Hamstring injury) and Lisandro Martínez (Calf strain) are those who can’t be considered.

We’re of the thinking that The Red Devils seem likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting Andre Onana, Diogo Dalot, Casemiro, Harry Maguire, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Scott McTominay, Kobbie Mainoo, Alejandro Garnacho, Bruno Fernandes, Marcus Rashford and Rasmus Hoejlund.

🧠 Prediction

We’re thinking that Coventry City have the firepower to breach the defence of this Manchester United team, although just one goal is unlikely to prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We’re therefore tipping a close game with a 1-2 victory for Manchester United at the end of this one. Let’s see what happens here.

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Andre Moura, 14:01 21/04/2024