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Coventry City v Bristol City : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 13th Dec, 15:00 BST, The Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry

The Coventry Building Society Arena is the stage on Saturday afternoon, as Frank Lampard's Coventry City welcome Gerhard Struber's Bristol City in the Championship. Team form, head-to-head statistics, predictions and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are all laid out below. It's our job to give you all the information you need to place a smart, well-informed bet. We're tipping , but why not take a look and see if there's another bet you prefer?


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Over / Under 3.5 Goals
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Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
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Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Coventry
58%
--
Draw
22%
--
Bristol C
20%
--
Draw 1-1
11%
--
Coventry 1-0
10%
--
Coventry 2-1
10%
--
Coventry 2-0
10%
--
Coventry 3-1
6%
--
Coventry 3-0
6%
--
Bristol C 1-0
6%
--
Draw 0-0
5%
--
Bristol C 2-1
5%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Coventry 3-2
3%
--
Coventry 4-1
3%
--
Coventry 4-0
3%
--
Bristol C 2-0
3%
--
Bristol C 3-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
56%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
44%
--
Home 1st Goal
55%
--
Away 1st Goal
41%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
54%
--
BTTS - No
46%
--
BTTS - Home Win
27%
--
BTTS - Draw
17%
--
BTTS - Away Win
10%
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Home/draw
80%
--
Away/draw
42%
--
Home/away
78%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
79%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
21%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
33%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
67%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
17%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
83%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
--
Home DNB
73%
--
Away DNB
36%
--
Coventry win to nil
31%
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Bristol C win to nil
10%
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Coventry have played 18 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the Championship league table. Coventry are unbeaten at home after 9 games and have kept 3 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 18 games against teams below in the table, having won 13, drawn 4 and lost 1 match. They have kept 7 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Coventry have outscored their opponents by 50 goals to 26 goals.

Home League Performance

Coventry have played 9 games at home winning 7, drawing 2 and losing 0 games. They have scored 25 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 7 goals at home.

Bristol C are in 6th position in the Championship on 29 points having played 18 matches so far this season. Bristol C are winless in the 2 games they have played against teams above them in the table and have conceded in 1 of those games.

Away League Performance

2 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 10 goals and kept 4 clean sheets. They have scored 12 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

2 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 1 games, drawn 1 and won zero. Bristol C have conceded 5 goals, scored 1, failed to score in 1 fixture and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Coventry
Bristol C
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Coventry1813413243 
-
-
Mar 7
Dec 13
2
M'Boro18963533 
Feb 16
w
 
2-4F
Dec 20
Mar 14
3
Millwall18945-331 
Jan 20
w
 
0-4F
Dec 6
Dec 29
4
Stoke189361230 
Feb 28
w
 
0-1F
May 2
l
 
5-1A
5
Preston18864630 
Mar 11
Dec 9
Jan 4
d
 
0-00-0
6
Bristol C18855629 
Dec 13
Mar 7
-
-
7
Hull18846028 
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 6
w
 
4-2A
Feb 7
8
Ipswich177641127 
Dec 29
Dec 6
d
 
1-1F
Jan 20
9
Wrexham18684326 
Apr 25
l
 
3-2F
Feb 13
l
 
2-0A
10
Derby18756026 
Apr 3
w
 
3-5F
Jan 30
d
 
1-1F
11
Birmingham17746625 
w
 
3-0F
Jan 4
w
 
1-0F
Apr 25
12
West Brom18747-225 
w
 
3-2A
Feb 21
Mar 21
Dec 26
13
QPR18747-625 
w
 
7-1F
Jan 31
l
 
1-2F
Apr 11
14
Southampton18666324 
Mar 14
Dec 20
w
 
3-1A
Apr 21
15
Watford17665224 
w
 
3-1F
May 2
Feb 27
d
 
1-1A
16
Leicester18666-124 
Jan 17
d
 
0-00-0
Dec 10
Mar 10
17
Charlton18657-523 
w
 
3-1A
Jan 1
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 3
18
Blackburn17629-520 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 18
l
 
0-1A
Feb 24
19
Sheff Utd186111-819 
w
 
3-1A
Feb 25
Apr 6
w
 
1-4F
20
Oxford Utd18468-518 
Feb 7
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-3A
Jan 17
21
Swansea18459-917 
Dec 26
Mar 21
w
 
3-0F
Feb 21
22
Portsmouth18459-1017 
Apr 21
w
 
1-2F
Jan 1
w
 
0-1F
23
Norwich183411-1013 
d
 
1-1A
Jan 26
Apr 18
w
 
0-1F
24
Sheff Wed181512-22-4 
Apr 11
w
 
0-5F
Jan 24
w
 
0-3F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Coventry 1ST
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
43
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
15
D
2
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Coventry3 - 1Charlton
Coventry3 - 2West Brom
Coventry3 - 1Sheff Utd
Coventry3 - 1Watford
Coventry2 - 0Blackburn
Coventry3 - 0Birmingham
Coventry1 - 1Norwich
Coventry7 - 1QPR
Coventry0 - 0Hull
Coventry1 - 2Sunderland
Coventry2 - 0M'Boro
Coventry2 - 0West Brom
Coventry1 - 0Portsmouth
Coventry1 - 2Burnley
Coventry3 - 0Sunderland
Coventry3 - 2Stoke
Coventry2 - 1Preston
Coventry1 - 0QPR
Coventry0 - 2Leeds
Coventry2 - 1Watford
Goals: Scored
52
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
14
D
4
L
2
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HCoventry3 - 1Charlton
ACoventry4 - 2M'Boro
HCoventry3 - 2West Brom
ACoventry1 - 0Stoke
HCoventry3 - 1Sheff Utd
ACoventry2 - 3Wrexham
HCoventry3 - 1Watford
ACoventry2 - 1Portsmouth
HCoventry2 - 0Blackburn
ACoventry5 - 0Sheff Wed
ACoventry4 - 0Millwall
HCoventry3 - 0Birmingham
ACoventry0 - 0Leicester
HCoventry1 - 1Norwich
ACoventry2 - 2Oxford Utd
HCoventry7 - 1QPR
ACoventry5 - 3Derby
HCoventry0 - 0Hull
ACoventry1 - 0Sunderland
HCoventry1 - 2Sunderland
Bristol C 6TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
5
Draw
8
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Portsmouth0 - 1Bristol C
Wrexham2 - 0Bristol C
Watford1 - 1Bristol C
Stoke5 - 1Bristol C
Norwich0 - 1Bristol C
Preston0 - 0Bristol C
Sheff Wed0 - 3Bristol C
Derby1 - 1Bristol C
Sheff Utd1 - 4Bristol C
Sheff Utd3 - 0Bristol C
Leeds4 - 0Bristol C
Luton3 - 1Bristol C
QPR1 - 1Bristol C
Burnley1 - 0Bristol C
Sheff Utd1 - 1Bristol C
Millwall0 - 2Bristol C
Cardiff1 - 1Bristol C
Oxford Utd1 - 1Bristol C
Sheff Wed2 - 2Bristol C
Coventry1 - 0Bristol C
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABristol C1 - 0Portsmouth
ABristol C0 - 2Wrexham
HBristol C3 - 0Swansea
ABristol C1 - 1Watford
HBristol C0 - 1Blackburn
ABristol C1 - 5Stoke
HBristol C1 - 0Birmingham
HBristol C3 - 1Southampton
ABristol C1 - 0Norwich
HBristol C1 - 2QPR
HBristol C1 - 1Ipswich
ABristol C0 - 0Preston
HBristol C1 - 3Oxford Utd
ABristol C3 - 0Sheff Wed
HBristol C4 - 2Hull
ABristol C1 - 1Derby
HBristol C0 - 0Charlton
ABristol C4 - 1Sheff Utd
ABristol C0 - 3Sheff Utd
HBristol C0 - 3Sheff Utd
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Coventry have not lost to Bristol C in 5 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Coventry since 2007
Coventry
Bristol C
Goals: Scored
19
24
Games: Scored
10 / 12
10 / 12
Clean sheets
2 / 12
2 / 12
COV
5
D
3
BCY
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Coventry
Coventry1 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Coventry3 - 2
Coventry3 - 1
1 - 3Bristol C
Coventry5 - 4
Coventry1 - 0
1 - 4Bristol C
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 3Bristol C
0 - 3Bristol C
League games at Bristol C since 2008
Bristol C
Coventry
Goals: Scored
15
11
Games: Scored
10 / 12
8 / 12
Clean sheets
4 / 12
2 / 12
COV
3
D
4
BCY
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bristol C
Draw1 - 1Draw
Bristol C1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 2Coventry
Bristol C2 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 2Coventry
Bristol C3 - 1
1 - 2Coventry
Draw1 - 1Draw
Bristol C2 - 0
Bristol C2 - 1
Goal Statistics

Coventry City have been steady in attack of late, finding the net in 11 consecutive Championship matches. Their PG of 1.9 against Bristol City on Saturday suggests that run is likely to continue.

Coventry 1st Bristol C 6th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.9
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
15%
1
29%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
12%
There is a 85% probability that Coventry will score 1 or more goals
0
36%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 73% probability that Bristol C will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+26
Coventry have scored 26% more goals at home than predicted
-12
Bristol C have scored 12% fewer goals when away than predicted
2.2
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
Coventry
PG (predicted goals)
Bristol C
1.9
1
Attack rating
30%
better
COV
BCY
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Games scored16
14
Failed to score2
4
Scored first12
9
Goals scored50
26
Avg. goals scored2.8
1.4
Avg. shots per game13
9
Avg. shots per goal5
6
Conversion rate for22
16
Avg. XG for2.3
1.3
KickOff rating
+30%
Defence rating
9%
better
COV
BCY
view stats
Games conceded11
11
Clean sheets7
7
Conceded first4
7
Goals conceded18
20
Avg. goals conceded1
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded8
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
8
Conversion rate against13%
13%
Avg. XG against1.1
1.3
KickOff rating
+9%

Coventry v Bristol C Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Coventry Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
181055
C RushworthB Thomas-AsanteM EwijkM Ewijk
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Rushworth GLK18
2
-
J Dasilva DEF181
4
-
L Kitching DEF182
4
-
M Grimes MID182
1
-
M Ewijk DEF175
5
-
B Thomas DEF1724
3
-
B Thomas-Asante FWD17103
-
J Allen MID1611
-
V Torp MID1673
3
-
E Mason-Clark FWD1532
1
-
E Simms FWD1573
-
T Sakamoto FWD1543
1
-
H Wright FWD1481
4
-
K Kesler-Hayden DEF1311
1
-
J Eccles MID92
1
-
J Rudoni MID921
-
L Woolfenden DEF6
1
-
J Bidwell DEF5
1
-
K. Andrews MID5
-
M Brau DEF4
-
Bristol C Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18664
R VítekA MehmetiA MehmetiZ Vyner
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Vítek GLK18
2
-
Z Vyner DEF18
4
-
R McCrorie DEF1813
3
-
A Randell MID181
2
-
A Mehmeti MID1866
4
-
G Tanner DEF17
-
R Dickie DEF171
1
-
S Twine MID1762
1
-
M Sykes MID1721
1
-
E Riis FWD1752
1
-
S Armstrong FWD171
1
-
Y Hirakawa FWD1611
2
-
R Atkinson DEF1311
1
-
N Borges DEF122
-
J Knight MID9
2
-
H Roberts DEF8
-
F Mayulu FWD8
-
M Bird MID41
-
C Pring DEF1
-
H Cornick FWD1
-