Coventry City vs West Bromwich Albion Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Coventry City

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Coventry City enter this game coming off the back of a 1-1 Championship tied result vs Hull City.

In that match, Coventry City managed 55% possession and 14 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Coventry City was Matt Grimes (46'). At the other end, Hull City got 9 shots at goal with 3 on target. Abu Kamara (82') was the scorer for Hull City.

Over their prior six fixtures, Frank Lampard's Coventry City have netted 6 times which gives them an average number of goals scored per match of 1.

Coming into this contest, Coventry City have not won against West Bromwich Albion in their last 4 league matches.

West Bromwich Albion

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West Bromwich Albion head into the game following on from a 2-1 Championship win with the downing of Watford in their most recent fixture.

In that game, West Bromwich Albion had 39% possession and 10 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. For West Bromwich Albion, goals were scored by Karlan Ahearne-Grant (11') and Mikey Johnston (60'). Watford had 15 shots at goal with 3 on target. Moussa Sissoko (76') scored for Watford.

The numbers tell their own story, and West Bromwich Albion have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 7 goals overall. In defence, West Bromwich Albion can certainly do much better. That kind of trend might not be continued into this match, though.

Heading into this contest, West Bromwich Albion have not won away from home in their last 13 league games. They must be getting so desperate.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 23/04/2022 tells us that Coventry City have won 1 of these and West Bromwich Albion 4, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.

9 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 2 from The Sky Blues and 7 created by The Baggies. That’s an average goals per game of 1.5.

The last league encounter between these clubs was Championship match day 20 on 11/12/2024 which finished with the scoreline of West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Coventry City.

On that day, West Bromwich Albion managed 53% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 2 on target. The scorers were Alex Mowatt (11') and Karlan Ahearne-Grant (74').

On the other side, Coventry City had 16 shots on goal with 4 on target.

The match was refereed by John Busby.

ℹ️ Team News: Coventry City

Ben Wilson (Knee injury), Haji Wright (Ankle injury), Jack Rudoni (Shoulder injury) and Raphael Borges Rodrigues (muscular problems) won’t be able to feature for Coventry City manager Frank Lampard.

🗞️ Team News: West Bromwich Albion

From a largely healthy group of players, there is just the lone fitness problem for the West Bromwich Albion gaffer Tony Mowbray to be concerned with. Josh Maja (Calf injury) won’t be playing here.

⚡ Prediction

We’re of the view that West Bromwich Albion will have to perform well to see themselves scoring against this Coventry City team who should do enough to score at the other end and edge ahead.

We’re therefore expecting a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 advantage for Coventry City at the end of this game.

There should be little in it.

💵 ⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?

Checking on the latest odds for this match in the win-draw-win market, victory for Coventry City is available for 2.2, betting on a drawn result is 3.6 and staking on a victory for West Bromwich Albion gets you 3.1. These are the most competitive market prices being offered at present.

Victor Martins, 10:20 16/04/2025