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

The Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry

The Coventry Building Society Arena crowd welcome Cardiff City's supporters on Saturday afternoon, as Mark Robins's Coventry City take on Erol Bulut's side in the Championship. We want you to make a smart bet on this match, so we've sifted through our expansive database and found the stats that matter the most. Head-to-head and recent form is included, and the KickOff predictions are produced from them. Odds from leading bookmakers are there to make sure you get the best return.

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Coventry City's next match is v Millwall at 15:00 on Saturday 7th December
Cardiff City's next match is v Watford at 15:00 on Saturday 7th December

The last English Championship meeting between Coventry and Cardiff was on Saturday 30th November 2024

English Championship

November 30th 2024

Coventry 2	2 Cardiff

E. Mason-Clark 7'	4' Y. Meïté
V. Torp Overgaard 89'	48' A. Robertson

	COV CAR
Shots On	6 4
Shots Off	5 5
Corners	5 1
Possession	63% 37%
Fouls	10 15
Yellow/red cards	1/0 7/0

Coventry	Cardiff

B. Collins J. Dasilva L. Binks M. van Ewijk B. Thomas B. Sheaf T. Sakamoto (B. Thomas-Asante 71') J. Rudoni J. Eccles (V. Torp Overgaard 67') E. Mason-Clark N. Bassette (E. Simms 67')	J. Alnwick D. Goutas P. Ng C. Chambers (J. Bagan 61') J. Collins A. Robertson (A. Rinomhota 90') E. Siopis (R. Colwill 42') D. Turnbull C. O'Dowda (O. Tanner 90') Y. Meïté (M. Reindorf 61') C. Robinson

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Coventry or Cardiff are in the kind of form that would leave us feeling confident in tipping a match winner, so instead we've gone for over 1.5 goals. The stats tell us that both have form in this market, both individually and when going head-to-head. We're predicting there's a 76% chance of 2 goals or more.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Coventry are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 54% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.75.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Coventry 54%	4/6 2%	8/11 1%
Draw 23%	3/1 7%	29/10 5%
Cardiff 22%	7/2 10%	18/5 2%
Draw 1-1 11%	13/2	6/1 8%
Coventry 1-0 10%	13/2 15%	11/2 8%
Coventry 2-1 10%	15/2	13/2
Coventry 2-0 9%	7/1	13/2
Cardiff 1-0 6%	12/1 18%	10/1 10%
Draw 0-0 6%	11/1 9%	17/2 12%
Cardiff 2-1 6%	14/1	11/1 8%
Coventry 3-1 6%	12/1 13%	10/1 8%
Coventry 3-0 5%	12/1	10/1 8%
Draw 2-2 5%	16/1	12/1
Cardiff 2-0 3%	22/1 10%	18/1 12%
Coventry 3-2 3%	25/1 10%	18/1 10%
Coventry 4-1 3%	25/1 10%	20/1 9%
Coventry 4-0 2%	25/1 10%	18/1 10%
Cardiff 3-1 2%	40/1 21%	25/1
Over 2.5 Goals 54%	4/5 10%	4/5 8%
Under 2.5 Goals 46%	1/1 11%	10/11 6%
Home 1st Goal 54%	4/9 4%	-
Away 1st Goal 42%	15/8	-
No 1st Goal 3%	11/1 9%	-
BTTS - Yes 54%	5/6	4/5 6%
BTTS - No 46%	5/6	10/11 6%
BTTS - Home Win 25%	13/5 10%	12/5 9%
BTTS - Draw 17%	9/2	19/5
BTTS - Away Win 11%	15/2	13/2 6%
Home/draw 78%	2/11 2%	1/5
Away/draw 46%	23/20 8%	11/10 2%
Home/away 77%	2/9	1/4
Over 1.5 Goals 77%	1/4 6%	1/4 4%
Under 1.5 Goals 23%	3/1 18%	5/2 9%
Over 3.5 Goals 32%	11/5 9%	2/1 9%
Under 3.5 Goals 68%	4/11 5%	7/20 5%
Over 4.5 Goals 16%	9/2 15%	9/2 15%
Under 4.5 Goals 84%	1/7 3%	1/8 2%
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	10/1 27%	10/1 15%
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	1/20 2%	1/33 1%
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1/20	1/25 2%
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	10/1	9/1 18%
Home DNB 71%	2/7 3%	2/7 1%
Away DNB 39%	5/2 8%	23/10 2%
Coventry win to nil 29%	7/4	-
Cardiff win to nil 11%	7/1 14%	-
Coventry / Coventry 30%	13/8 5%	13/8 3%
Coventry / Cardiff 3%	33/1	28/1
Coventry / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1
Draw / Coventry 18%	7/2	17/5 2%
Draw / Cardiff 9%	9/1 5%	8/1 6%
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1 9%	17/4 5%
Cardiff / Coventry 4%	20/1 9%	16/1 11%
Cardiff / Cardiff 11%	7/1	6/1
Cardiff / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1

Win / draw / win Championship table

Coventry have played 17 matches so far this season and lay in 18th place in the Championship league table. Coventry are winless in the 2 games they have played against teams below them in the table and have conceded in every game.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 2 games against teams below in the table, having won 0, drawn 1 and lost 1 match. They have kept 0 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. Coventry have outscored their opponents by 22 goals to 15 goals.

Home League Performance

Coventry have played 8 games at home winning 3, drawing 1 and losing 4 games. They have scored 14 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and conceded 13 goals at home.

Cardiff are in 21st position in the Championship on 16 points having played 17 matches so far this season. Cardiff are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 4 of those games.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 14 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 4 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 4 and won 3. Cardiff have conceded 20 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 7 fixtures and have kept 3 clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Coventry Cardiff
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Sheff Utd	18	12	4	2	16	38	d 2-2A	Mar 29	Dec 21	Apr 18
2	Burnley	18	10	6	2	17	36	Apr 5	l 2-0A	Mar 1	l 5-0A
3	Leeds	18	10	5	3	18	35	Feb 8	l 3-0A	l 0-2A	Feb 1
4	Sunderland	18	9	6	3	13	33	Mar 15	d 2-2A	l 0-2A	Mar 8
5	M'Boro	18	9	3	6	11	30	May 3	w 0-3F	l 0-2A	Jan 4
6	Watford	18	9	3	6	2	30	Jan 25	d 1-1F	Dec 7	Dec 29
7	West Brom	18	6	10	2	7	28	Apr 18	Dec 11	Apr 26	d 0-00-0
8	Blackburn	17	8	4	5	4	28	w 3-0F	Jan 21	l 1-3A	Mar 15
9	Norwich	18	6	7	5	8	25	l 0-1A	Jan 4	w 2-1A	May 3
10	Millwall	17	6	7	4	5	25	Dec 29	Dec 7	w 1-0F	Jan 21
11	Bristol C	18	6	7	5	3	25	Jan 18	d 1-1A	Feb 15	d 1-1F
12	Sheff Wed	18	7	4	7	-5	25	l 1-2F	Feb 15	Mar 29	d 1-1F
13	Swansea	18	6	5	7	1	23	l 1-2A	Feb 1	Jan 18	d 1-1A
14	Stoke	18	5	6	7	-3	21	Mar 8	l 1-0A	Apr 12	Dec 14
15	Derby	18	5	5	8	-2	20	l 1-2A	Mar 11	Jan 25	l 1-0A
16	Coventry	18	4	6	8	-3	18	-	-	Jan 1	d 2-2F
17	Oxford Utd	18	4	6	8	-8	18	w 3-2F	Mar 1	Apr 21	Dec 26
18	Preston	18	3	9	6	-8	18	Feb 22	l 1-0A	Dec 11	Apr 8
19	Luton	18	5	3	10	-13	18	w 3-2A	Apr 26	Mar 11	l 1-0A
20	Cardiff	18	4	5	9	-11	17	d 2-2A	Jan 1	-	-
21	Plymouth	18	4	5	9	-20	17	Dec 26	Apr 21	w 5-0F	Feb 22
22	Hull	18	3	6	9	-9	15	Dec 14	Apr 12	Feb 8	l 4-1F
23	QPR	18	2	9	7	-11	15	Feb 11	d 1-1F	l 0-2A	Apr 5
24	Portsmouth	16	2	7	7	-12	13	Apr 9	Dec 21	w 2-0F	Feb 11

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Coventry	2 - 2	Sheff Utd
Coventry	1 - 2	Derby
Coventry	3 - 2	Luton
Coventry	1 - 2	Sheff Wed
Coventry	3 - 0	Blackburn
Coventry	1 - 2	Swansea
Coventry	0 - 1	Norwich
Coventry	3 - 2	Oxford Utd
Coventry	1 - 2	QPR
Coventry	1 - 2	Ipswich
Coventry	2 - 3	Hull
Coventry	2 - 1	Leeds
Coventry	1 - 2	Cardiff
Coventry	5 - 0	Rotherham
Coventry	0 - 3	Preston
Coventry	2 - 1	Millwall
Coventry	2 - 2	Bristol C
Coventry	3 - 1	Leicester
Coventry	2 - 2	Swansea
Coventry	2 - 0	Sheff Wed

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Coventry	0 - 2	Burnley
H	Coventry	2 - 2	Sheff Utd
A	Coventry	2 - 2	Sunderland
H	Coventry	1 - 2	Derby
A	Coventry	3 - 0	M'Boro
H	Coventry	3 - 2	Luton
A	Coventry	1 - 1	QPR
A	Coventry	0 - 1	Preston
H	Coventry	1 - 2	Sheff Wed
H	Coventry	3 - 0	Blackburn
A	Coventry	0 - 3	Leeds
H	Coventry	1 - 2	Swansea
A	Coventry	1 - 1	Watford
H	Coventry	0 - 1	Norwich
A	Coventry	1 - 1	Bristol C
H	Coventry	3 - 2	Oxford Utd
A	Coventry	0 - 1	Stoke
H	Coventry	1 - 2	QPR
H	Coventry	1 - 2	Ipswich
A	Coventry	0 - 0	Blackburn

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sheff Wed	1 - 1	Cardiff
Luton	1 - 0	Cardiff
West Brom	0 - 0	Cardiff
Bristol C	1 - 1	Cardiff
Hull	4 - 1	Cardiff
Derby	1 - 0	Cardiff
Swansea	1 - 1	Cardiff
Burnley	5 - 0	Cardiff
Rotherham	5 - 2	Cardiff
Millwall	3 - 1	Cardiff
Birmingham	0 - 1	Cardiff
Coventry	1 - 2	Cardiff
Swansea	2 - 0	Cardiff
Bristol C	0 - 1	Cardiff
Norwich	4 - 1	Cardiff
West Brom	2 - 0	Cardiff
Watford	0 - 1	Cardiff
Plymouth	3 - 1	Cardiff
QPR	1 - 2	Cardiff
Sheff Wed	1 - 2	Cardiff

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	QPR
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	Sheff Wed
H	Cardiff	1 - 3	Blackburn
A	Cardiff	0 - 1	Luton
H	Cardiff	2 - 1	Norwich
A	Cardiff	0 - 0	West Brom
H	Cardiff	2 - 0	Portsmouth
H	Cardiff	5 - 0	Plymouth
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	Bristol C
H	Cardiff	1 - 0	Millwall
A	Cardiff	1 - 4	Hull
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	Leeds
A	Cardiff	0 - 1	Derby
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	M'Boro
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	Swansea
A	Cardiff	0 - 5	Burnley
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	Sunderland
A	Cardiff	2 - 5	Rotherham
H	Cardiff	1 - 4	M'Boro
H	Cardiff	2 - 1	Southampton

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Coventry

Cardiff

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 13

9 / 13

Clean sheets

4 / 13

3 / 13

COV

CAR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Coventry
	1 - 2	Cardiff
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Coventry	1 - 0
Coventry	1 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	1 - 2	Cardiff
	1 - 2	Cardiff
	0 - 2	Cardiff
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Coventry	3 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	1 - 3	Cardiff

Cardiff

Coventry

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 13

8 / 13

Clean sheets

5 / 13

4 / 13

COV

CAR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cardiff
Cardiff	3 - 2
	0 - 1	Coventry
Cardiff	2 - 0
Cardiff	3 - 1
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Cardiff	2 - 0
Cardiff	2 - 0
Cardiff	2 - 1
	0 - 1	Coventry
Cardiff	1 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Cardiff	2 - 1
	0 - 1	Coventry

Goal Statistics

Coventry City's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday afternoon, not least because Cardiff City have conceded in each of their last 5 Championship outings. A PG of 1.8 for Mark Robins's side suggests that run should continue.

	Coventry 16th	Cardiff 20th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.8 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 17% 1 30% 2 27% 3 16% 4+ 10% There is a 83% probability that Coventry will score 1 or more goals	0 35% 1 37% 2 19% 3 4+ There is a 72% probability that Cardiff will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+11 Coventry have scored 11% more goals at home than predicted	-15 Cardiff have scored 15% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.9 average goals scored	0.9 average goals scored
	1.6 conceded	1.8 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

23%

better

COV

CAR

view stats

Games scored	12		9
Failed to score	5		8
Scored first	6		6
Goals scored	22		15
Avg. goals scored	1.3		0.9
Avg. shots per game	10		9
Avg. shots per goal	8		11
Conversion rate for	13		9
Avg. XG for	1.4		1.2
KickOff rating		+23%

COV

CAR

11%

better

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Games conceded	15		13
Clean sheets	2		4
Conceded first	11		10
Goals conceded	25		26
Avg. goals conceded	1.5		1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded	7		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		6
Conversion rate against	21%		18%
Avg. XG against	1.1		1.4
KickOff rating		+11%

Coventry v Cardiff Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Coventry Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
18	2	4	6
M Ewijk	J Rudoni	J Rudoni	J Eccles

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
B Collins GLK	4			-
M Ewijk DEF	18	1	1	-
B Thomas DEF	15	1		2 -
L Binks DEF	14			4 -
J Dasilva DEF	14		1	1 -
J Eccles MID	17	1	2	6 -
B Sheaf MID	11		1	3 -
T Sakamoto MID	16	1	3	2 -
J Rudoni MID	18	2	4	2 -
E Mason-Clark MID	15	1	1	-
N Bassette FWD	9	1		4 -
Subs
O Dovin GLK	11			-
L Kitching DEF	6		1	1 -
J Bidwell DEF	9	1		2 -
J Latibeaudiere DEF	14			4 -
V Torp MID	17	2		1 -
J Allen MID	3			-
B Thomas-Asante FWD	17	2	1	3 -
F Tavares FWD				-
E Simms FWD	15	2	1	-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	8	4	18
J Rudoni	J Rudoni	J Rudoni	M Ewijk

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Rudoni MID	2	8	4	16
M Ewijk DEF	1	6	1	18
B Thomas DEF	1	4		1
J Eccles MID	1	5	2	10
T Sakamoto MID	1	2	3	9
E Mason-Clark MID	1	6	1	10
N Bassette FWD	1	5
L Binks DEF		2		2
J Dasilva DEF		1	1	7
B Sheaf MID		3	1	13
Subs
B Thomas-Asante FWD	2	4	1	2
V Torp MID	2	6		13
E Simms FWD	2	8	1	3
J Bidwell DEF	1	1		4
L Kitching DEF		1	1	3
J Latibeaudiere DEF		1
J Allen MID				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1022	37	80
L Binks	M Ewijk	M Ewijk

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
L Binks DEF	1022	19	66
B Thomas DEF	973	12	72
J Eccles MID	813	30	68
M Ewijk DEF	752	37	80
J Rudoni MID	625	21	59
B Sheaf MID	619	32	63
J Dasilva DEF	402	25	41
T Sakamoto MID	243	11	42
E Mason-Clark MID	150	11	40
B Collins GLK	102	1	2
N Bassette FWD	28	1	16
Subs
J Latibeaudiere DEF	741	16	54
V Torp MID	372	21	36
O Dovin GLK	327		4
L Kitching DEF	302	6	25
J Bidwell DEF	242	5	21
B Thomas-Asante FWD	93	4	36
E Simms FWD	80		20
J Allen MID	55	3	5

Cardiff Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
17	5	4	4
P Ng	C Robinson	R Colwill	P Ng

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Alnwick GLK	14			1 -
P Ng DEF	17	1		4 -
D Goutas DEF	15		1	1 -
C Chambers DEF	16			3 -
J Collins DEF	3			1 -
M Siopis MID	13			3 -
A Robertson MID	13	2	1	3 -
D Turnbull MID	12	1		2 -
Y Méïté MID	12	1		-
C O'Dowda MID	17	1	1	3 -
C Robinson FWD	14	5		1 -
Subs
E Horvath GLK	4			-
J Daland DEF	6			1 -
J Bagan DEF	9			1 1
J Ralls MID	9		1	2 -
C Willock MID	14	1	1	-
R Colwill MID	18	1	4	2 -
A Rinomhota MID	7			2 -
O Tanner FWD	18	2	1	1 -
M. Reindorf FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	17	4	19
C Robinson	R Colwill	R Colwill	R Colwill

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Robinson FWD	5	10		7
A Robertson MID	2	2	1	18
P Ng DEF	1	4		16
D Turnbull MID	1	10		8
Y Méïté MID	1	4		2
C O'Dowda MID	1	4	1	13
D Goutas DEF		3	1	3
C Chambers DEF		2		2
J Collins DEF				1
M Siopis MID		1		2
Subs
O Tanner FWD	2	7	1	5
C Willock MID	1	4	1	10
R Colwill MID	1	17	4	19
J Bagan DEF				1
J Ralls MID		2	1	9
A Rinomhota MID				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
852	45	104
C Chambers	P Ng	P Ng

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
C Chambers DEF	852	21	56
D Goutas DEF	749	16	59
P Ng DEF	739	45	104
A Robertson MID	602	20	52
C O'Dowda MID	531	34	90
D Turnbull MID	447	12	16
J Alnwick GLK	406	1	6
M Siopis MID	385	28	57
C Robinson FWD	213	1	24
Y Méïté MID	72	12	54
J Collins DEF	64	5	8
Subs
R Colwill MID	466	26	81
J Ralls MID	341	12	27
O Tanner FWD	305	31	66
C Willock MID	232	11	38
J Daland DEF	184	4	19
J Bagan DEF	179	12	20
E Horvath GLK	112		1
A Rinomhota MID	107	6	12
M. Reindorf FWD	7	1	1

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

Coventry have played 17 matches so far this season and lay in 18th place in the Championship league table. Coventry are winless in the 2 games they have played against teams below them in the table and have conceded in every game.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Cardiff are in 21st position in the Championship on 16 points having played 17 matches so far this season. Cardiff are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 4 of those games.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

Coventry v Cardiff Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

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