📏 Form Guide

Coventry City

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Coventry City will be looking for an improved result here following a 1-2 Championship losing effort in their last game against Burnley.

In that game, Coventry City managed 50% possession and 14 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Coventry City was Haji Wright (5'). For their opponents, Burnley had 13 shots at goal with 6 on target. Jaidon Anthony (16', 46') was the scorer for Burnley.

Matches featuring Coventry City have often been lively encounters of late with a lot of goalmouth action the rule rather than the exception. Over their past six games alone, a total of 22 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 11 of those being chalked up by Coventry City. Previous results aside, we will just have to wait and see if the trend shall be sustained here in this match.

Portsmouth

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Since being beaten in their last game against Millwall in Championship competition, Portsmouth will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Portsmouth had 52% possession and 6 shots on goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Portsmouth was Andre Dozzell (80'). Millwall had 14 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Mihailo Ivanović (57', 87') was the scorer for Millwall.

John Mousinho's Portsmouth have fired home 6 times throughout their latest 6 matches. The number of goals that have been scored against them during the equivalent period adds up to 6.

Coming into this fixture, Portsmouth are without a win away from home in their last 3 league matches.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their past head to head clashes dating back to 09/08/2016 shows that Coventry City have won 2 of these & Portsmouth 3, with the tally of drawn results being 1.

In all, 21 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 9 for The Sky Blues and 12 coming from Pompey. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.5.

The previous league contest featuring the two was Championship match day 22 on 21/12/2024 and the score finished Portsmouth 4-1 Coventry City.

On that occasion, Portsmouth had 44% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Their only player to score was Callum Lang (14', 43', 48', 55').

Coventry City got 7 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Norman Bassette (3') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Dean Whitestone.

🗞️ Team News: Coventry City

Ben Wilson (Knee injury), Haji Wright (Ankle injury), Jack Rudoni (Shoulder injury) and Raphael Borges Rodrigues (muscular problems) will not be taking part for Coventry City boss Frank Lampard.

📰 Team News: Portsmouth

Thanks to a mainly full-strength group of players, there’s only the one fitness problem for the Portsmouth manager John Mousinho to be concerned about. Ibane Bowat (Patellar tendon rupture) won’t be in action.

💭 Prediction

We feel that Coventry City have it within them to stay in control for long periods of time and should be able to convert a few of the chances that they create.

At the other end, Portsmouth could well find it tough to find the back of the net but we do fancy them getting enough chances to score, too.

We’re therefore anticipating a controlled 3-1 margin for Coventry City after 90 minutes.

Victor Martins, 18:02 09/04/2025