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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

Coventry City and Bristol City clash at The Coventry Building Society Arena on Saturday afternoon, with both Frank Lampard and Gerhard Struber hoping for success in the Championship. Stats power the algorithmic predictions below for 17 individual betting markets, and changing between them shows bespoke analysis, including head to head (H2H), form and unique league tables. The best odds are also provided. Hit the tabs below to see it all.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

KickOff's predictive algorithm suggests there is a 80% probability of Coventry and Bristol C delivering a minimum of two goals in this Championship match. Recent form statistics and head-to-head (H2H) records are included in the calculation , and it would appear that the bookmakers are predicting the same. This over 1.5 goals tip is available at a best price of 1.20.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Coventry are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 59% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.62.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Coventry
59%
3/58/13
Draw
22%
14/53/1
Bristol C
20%
17/417/4
Draw 1-1
10%
13/26/1
Coventry 2-1
10%
15/213/2
Coventry 1-0
10%
7/113/2
Coventry 2-0
9%
15/213/2
Coventry 3-1
7%
11/19/1
Coventry 3-0
6%
11/110/1
Bristol C 2-1
5%
16/112/1
Draw 2-2
5%
14/111/1
Bristol C 1-0
5%
16/112/1
Draw 0-0
5%
12/110/1
Coventry 3-2
3%
20/116/1
Coventry 4-1
3%
22/116/1
Coventry 4-0
3%
22/116/1
Bristol C 2-0
3%
28/120/1
Bristol C 3-1
2%
40/125/1
Over 2.5 Goals
58%
4/613/20
Under 2.5 Goals
42%
6/523/20
Home 1st Goal
55%
1/21/2
Away 1st Goal
42%
13/815/8
No 1st Goal
3%
12/110/1
BTTS - Yes
56%
8/118/11
BTTS - No
44%
1/121/20
BTTS - Home Win
29%
11/52/1
BTTS - Draw
17%
15/419/5
BTTS - Away Win
11%
8/17/1
Home/draw
80%
1/62/13
Away/draw
41%
13/1013/10
Home/away
78%
1/42/9
Over 1.5 Goals
80%
2/91/5
Under 1.5 Goals
20%
10/33/1
Over 3.5 Goals
36%
7/48/5
Under 3.5 Goals
64%
4/94/9
Over 4.5 Goals
19%
4/17/2
Under 4.5 Goals
81%
1/62/11
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
9/115/2
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
1/161/18
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/251/33
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
12/110/1
Home DNB
74%
2/92/9
Away DNB
35%
3/114/5
Coventry win to nil
30%
2/1-
Bristol C win to nil
9%
9/1-
Coventry / Coventry
33%
7/511/8
Coventry / Bristol C
3%
33/128/1
Coventry / Draw
6%
14/112/1
Draw / Coventry
18%
7/217/5
Draw / Bristol C
8%
10/19/1
Draw / Draw
13%
11/219/4
Bristol C / Coventry
4%
20/116/1
Bristol C / Bristol C
10%
15/213/2
Bristol C / Draw
6%
14/112/1
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Coventry have played 19 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 19 games against teams below in the table, having won 13, drawn 4 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 7 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 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 7th position in the Championship on 29 points having played 19 matches so far this season. Bristol C are winless in the 4 games they have played against teams above them in the table and have conceded in 3 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

4 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 2 games, drawn 2 and won zero. Bristol C have conceded 7 goals, scored 2, failed to score in 2 fixtures 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
Coventry1913422943 
-
-
Mar 7
Dec 13
2
M'Boro191063836 
Feb 16
w
 
2-4F
Dec 20
Mar 14
3
Millwall191045-234 
Jan 20
w
 
0-4F
l
 
0-1A
Dec 29
4
Ipswich198741431 
Dec 29
l
 
3-0A
d
 
1-1F
Jan 20
5
Preston19874631 
Mar 11
Dec 9
Jan 4
d
 
0-00-0
6
Stoke19937830 
Feb 28
w
 
0-1F
May 2
l
 
5-1A
7
Bristol C19856529 
Dec 13
Mar 7
-
-
8
Birmingham19847528 
w
 
3-0F
Jan 4
w
 
1-0F
Apr 25
9
Hull19847-328 
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 6
w
 
4-2A
Feb 7
10
QPR19847-428 
w
 
7-1F
Jan 31
l
 
1-2F
Apr 11
11
Southampton19766527 
Mar 14
Dec 20
w
 
3-1A
Apr 21
12
Wrexham19694327 
Apr 25
l
 
3-2F
Feb 13
l
 
2-0A
13
Watford19766227 
w
 
3-1F
May 2
Feb 27
d
 
1-1A
14
Leicester19766127 
Jan 17
d
 
0-00-0
Dec 10
Mar 10
15
Derby19757-226 
Apr 3
w
 
3-5F
Jan 30
d
 
1-1F
16
West Brom19748-425 
w
 
3-2A
Feb 21
Mar 21
Dec 26
17
Charlton18657-523 
w
 
3-1A
Jan 1
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 3
18
Sheff Utd197111-422 
w
 
3-1A
Feb 25
Apr 6
w
 
1-4F
19
Blackburn18639-521 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 18
l
 
0-1A
Feb 24
20
Swansea19559-720 
Dec 26
Mar 21
w
 
3-0F
Feb 21
21
Oxford Utd19469-718 
Feb 7
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-3A
Jan 17
22
Portsmouth18459-1017 
Apr 21
w
 
1-2F
Jan 1
w
 
0-1F
23
Norwich193412-1113 
d
 
1-1A
Jan 26
Apr 18
w
 
0-1F
24
Sheff Wed181512-22-10 
Apr 11
w
 
0-5F
Jan 24
w
 
0-3F
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Win / draw / win form
6
Coventry have won 6 consecutive home league games
9
Coventry have not lost in 9 consecutive home league games
Coventry 1ST
20 league games
Home
6
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
51
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
14
D
4
L
2
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ACoventry0 - 3Ipswich
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
Bristol C 7TH
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
24
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
HBristol C0 - 1Millwall
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
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's forwards have been superb of late, finding the net twice or more in 3 consecutive Championship outings. A PG of 2.0 suggests that run should continue on Saturday afternoon.

Coventry 1st Bristol C 7th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.0
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
14%
1
27%
2
27%
3
18%
4+
14%
There is a 86% probability that Coventry will score 1 or more goals
0
35%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 72% 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
2
1.1
Attack rating
29%
better
COV
BCY
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Games scored16
14
Failed to score2
4
Scored first12
9
Goals scored50
26
Avg. goals scored2.6
1.4
Avg. shots per game12
9
Avg. shots per goal5
6
Conversion rate for22
16
Avg. XG for2.3
1.3
KickOff rating
+29%
Defence rating
9%
better
COV
BCY
view stats
Games conceded11
11
Clean sheets7
7
Conceded first4
7
Goals conceded18
20
Avg. goals conceded0.9
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded7
8
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
191055
C RushworthB Thomas-AsanteM EwijkM Ewijk
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Rushworth GLK19
2
-
J Dasilva DEF191
4
-
L Kitching DEF192
4
-
M Grimes MID192
2
-
M Ewijk DEF185
5
-
B Thomas DEF1824
3
-
J Allen MID1711
-
B Thomas-Asante FWD17103
-
V Torp MID1673
3
-
E Mason-Clark FWD1632
1
-
E Simms FWD1673
-
T Sakamoto FWD1543
1
-
H Wright FWD1581
4
-
K Kesler-Hayden DEF1411
1
-
J Eccles MID102
2
-
J Rudoni MID1021
-
L Woolfenden DEF6
1
-
K. Andrews MID6
-
J Bidwell DEF5
1
-
M Brau DEF4
-
Bristol C Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19664
R VítekA MehmetiA MehmetiZ Vyner
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Vítek GLK19
2
-
Z Vyner DEF19
4
-
R McCrorie DEF1913
3
-
A Randell MID191
2
-
A Mehmeti MID1966
4
-
G Tanner DEF18
-
R Dickie DEF181
1
-
S Twine MID1862
1
-
M Sykes MID1821
1
-
E Riis FWD1852
1
-
S Armstrong FWD181
2
-
Y Hirakawa FWD1711
2
-
R Atkinson DEF1311
1
-
N Borges DEF132
-
J Knight MID10
2
-
H Roberts DEF8
-
F Mayulu FWD8
-
M Bird MID41
-
C Pring DEF2
-
H Cornick FWD1
-