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

Sat 3rd May, 12:30 BST, The Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry

Middlesbrough are away from home on Saturday lunch time, as manager Michael Carrick takes his men to visit Coventry City and Frank Kramer at The Coventry Building Society Arena in the Championship. We provide predictions based on complex statistical analysis of both teams, across seventeen of the biggest betting markets. The data and the odds is designed to fit each market, and head to head (H2H) statistics are included across them all.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Coventry or M'Boro are in the sort of form that would have us feeling confident enough to tip a match winner, so instead we've gone for over 1.5 goals. The stats show that both have a track record in this market, both individually and when going head-to-head. Our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 74% chance of two 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 49% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.10.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Coventry 50%	11/10 2%	-
Draw 25%	14/5 6%	-
M'Boro 25%	21/10	-
Draw 1-1 12%	13/2 7%	-
Coventry 1-0 11%	9/1 11%	-
Coventry 2-1 9%	8/1	-
Coventry 2-0 9%	11/1 9%	-
M'Boro 1-0 8%	12/1 18%	-
Draw 0-0 7%	14/1 15%	-
M'Boro 2-1 6%	10/1	-
Coventry 3-1 5%	14/1 12%	-
Draw 2-2 5%	11/1 8%	-
Coventry 3-0 5%	18/1 10%	-
M'Boro 2-0 4%	18/1 12%	-
Coventry 3-2 3%	20/1 9%	-
M'Boro 3-1 2%	22/1	-
Coventry 4-1 2%	28/1 15%	-
Coventry 4-0 2%	40/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 49%	8/13 10%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 51%	13/10 15%	-
Home 1st Goal 52%	4/6	-
Away 1st Goal 43%	5/4	-
No 1st Goal 5%	14/1 15%	-
BTTS - Yes 52%	8/15 8%	-
BTTS - No 48%	11/8 13%	-
BTTS - Home Win 22%	13/5 10%	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	7/2	-
BTTS - Away Win 12%	4/1 9%	-
Home/draw 75%	4/11	-
Away/draw 50%	7/10 2%	-
Home/away 75%	1/4 3%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 74%	1/5 4%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 26%	7/2 13%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 27%	13/8 13%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 73%	1/2 7%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 13%	7/2 18%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 87%	1/5 5%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	8/1 18%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	1/14 2%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	1/33 1%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	14/1 15%	-
Home DNB 67%	4/7 3%	-
Away DNB 43%	5/4 2%	-
Coventry win to nil 28%	3/1	-
M'Boro win to nil 13%	11/2 8%	-
Coventry / Coventry 25%	9/4 7%	-
Coventry / M'Boro 3%	25/1 10%	-
Coventry / Draw 6%	12/1	-
Draw / Coventry 15%	9/2	-
Draw / M'Boro 11%	13/2 7%	-
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1 9%	-
M'Boro / Coventry 4%	20/1 9%	-
M'Boro / M'Boro 16%	4/1	-
M'Boro / Draw 6%	12/1	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Coventry have played 45 matches so far this season and lay in 6th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 35 games against teams below in the table, having won 17, drawn 6 and lost 12 matches. They have kept 10 clean sheets and have failed to score in 7 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 64 goals to 62 goals.

Home League Performance

Coventry have played 22 games at home winning 13, drawing 3 and losing 6 games. They have scored 38 goals, kept 8 clean sheets and conceded 24 goals at home.

M'Boro are in 9th position in the Championship on 64 points having played 45 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

11 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 31 goals and kept 5 clean sheets. They have scored 33 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

15 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 10 games, drawn 2 and won 3. M'Boro have conceded 21 goals, scored 10, failed to score in 7 fixtures and have kept 4 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 M'Boro
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Leeds	45	28	13	4	64	97	l 0-2A	l 3-0A	l 0-1A	l 3-1A
2	Burnley	45	27	16	2	51	97	l 1-2F	l 2-0A	d 0-00-0	d 1-1F
3	Sheff Utd	45	28	7	10	27	89	d 2-2A	l 3-1A	w 1-0F	l 3-1A
4	Sunderland	45	21	13	11	15	76	w 3-0F	d 2-2A	l 2-3F	l 1-0A
5	Bristol C	45	17	16	12	4	67	w 1-0F	d 1-1A	l 0-2A	l 2-1F
6	Coventry Home	45	19	9	17	4	66	-	-	l 0-3A	May 3
7	Millwall	45	18	12	15	0	66	d 0-00-0	w 0-1F	w 1-0F	l 1-0A
8	Blackburn	45	19	8	18	5	65	w 3-0F	w 0-2F	l 0-1A	w 0-2F
9	M'Boro Away	45	18	10	17	10	64	May 3	w 0-3F	-	-
10	West Brom	45	14	19	12	8	61	w 2-0F	l 2-0A	w 2-0F	w 0-1F
11	Swansea	45	17	9	19	-5	60	l 1-2A	w 0-2F	w 1-0F	l 1-0A
12	Sheff Wed	45	15	12	18	-9	57	l 1-2F	w 1-2F	d 3-3F	l 2-1F
13	Watford	45	16	8	21	-8	56	w 2-1F	d 1-1F	l 0-1A	l 2-1F
14	Norwich	45	13	15	17	1	54	l 0-1A	l 2-1F	d 0-00-0	d 3-3A
15	QPR	45	13	14	18	-11	53	w 1-0F	d 1-1F	w 2-1F	w 1-4F
16	Portsmouth	45	14	11	20	-13	53	w 1-0F	l 4-1F	d 2-2A	l 2-1F
17	Oxford Utd	45	13	13	19	-16	52	w 3-2F	w 2-3F	w 2-1A	w 2-6A
18	Stoke	45	12	14	19	-17	50	w 3-2F	l 1-0A	w 2-0F	w 1-3F
19	Derby	45	13	10	22	-8	49	l 1-2A	l 2-0A	w 1-0F	l 1-0A
20	Preston	45	10	19	16	-11	49	w 2-1F	l 1-0A	d 1-1F	l 2-1A
21	Luton	45	13	10	22	-22	49	w 3-2A	l 1-0A	w 5-1F	d 0-00-0
22	Hull	45	12	12	21	-10	48	w 2-1A	d 1-1F	w 3-1F	w 0-1F
23	Plymouth	45	11	13	21	-36	46	w 4-0F	l 3-1A	w 2-1F	d 3-3A
24	Cardiff	45	9	17	19	-23	44	d 2-2A	d 1-1A	d 1-1F	w 0-2F

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Coventry	2 - 0	West Brom
Coventry	1 - 0	Portsmouth
Coventry	1 - 2	Burnley
Coventry	3 - 0	Sunderland
Coventry	3 - 2	Stoke
Coventry	2 - 1	Preston
Coventry	1 - 0	QPR
Coventry	0 - 2	Leeds
Coventry	2 - 1	Watford
Coventry	1 - 0	Bristol C
Coventry	0 - 0	Millwall
Coventry	4 - 0	Plymouth
Coventry	2 - 1	Hull
Coventry	2 - 2	Cardiff
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Coventry	0 - 1	Luton
A	Coventry	1 - 3	Plymouth
H	Coventry	2 - 0	West Brom
A	Coventry	1 - 1	Hull
H	Coventry	1 - 0	Portsmouth
H	Coventry	1 - 2	Burnley
A	Coventry	1 - 3	Sheff Utd
H	Coventry	3 - 0	Sunderland
A	Coventry	0 - 2	Derby
H	Coventry	3 - 2	Stoke
A	Coventry	3 - 2	Oxford Utd
H	Coventry	2 - 1	Preston
A	Coventry	2 - 1	Sheff Wed
H	Coventry	1 - 0	QPR
H	Coventry	0 - 2	Leeds
A	Coventry	2 - 0	Swansea
H	Coventry	2 - 1	Watford
A	Coventry	2 - 0	Blackburn
H	Coventry	1 - 0	Bristol C
A	Coventry	1 - 2	Norwich

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sheff Wed	2 - 1	M'Boro
Millwall	1 - 0	M'Boro
Blackburn	0 - 2	M'Boro
Luton	0 - 0	M'Boro
Swansea	1 - 0	M'Boro
Stoke	1 - 3	M'Boro
Bristol C	2 - 1	M'Boro
Sheff Utd	3 - 1	M'Boro
Preston	2 - 1	M'Boro
Portsmouth	2 - 1	M'Boro
Hull	0 - 1	M'Boro
Plymouth	3 - 3	M'Boro
Leeds	3 - 1	M'Boro
Burnley	1 - 1	M'Boro
Oxford Utd	2 - 6	M'Boro
QPR	1 - 4	M'Boro
Norwich	3 - 3	M'Boro
Watford	2 - 1	M'Boro
West Brom	0 - 1	M'Boro
Sunderland	1 - 0	M'Boro

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	M'Boro	0 - 0	Norwich
A	M'Boro	1 - 2	Sheff Wed
H	M'Boro	2 - 1	Plymouth
A	M'Boro	0 - 1	Millwall
H	M'Boro	0 - 1	Leeds
A	M'Boro	2 - 0	Blackburn
H	M'Boro	2 - 1	Oxford Utd
A	M'Boro	0 - 0	Luton
H	M'Boro	2 - 1	QPR
A	M'Boro	0 - 1	Swansea
H	M'Boro	1 - 0	Derby
A	M'Boro	3 - 1	Stoke
A	M'Boro	1 - 2	Bristol C
H	M'Boro	0 - 1	Watford
A	M'Boro	1 - 3	Sheff Utd
H	M'Boro	2 - 3	Sunderland
A	M'Boro	1 - 2	Preston
H	M'Boro	2 - 0	West Brom
A	M'Boro	1 - 2	Portsmouth
H	M'Boro	1 - 1	Cardiff

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Coventry have beaten M'Boro in 4 consecutive league meetings

Coventry have not lost to M'Boro in 7 consecutive league meetings

Coventry have kept a clean sheet in 4 consecutive home league meetings with M'Boro

Coventry

M'Boro

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

12 / 14

7 / 14

Clean sheets

7 / 14

2 / 14

COV

MID

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Coventry
Coventry	3 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Coventry	1 - 0
Coventry	2 - 0
	1 - 2	M'Boro
Coventry	3 - 1
Coventry	1 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	1 - 3	M'Boro
Coventry	2 - 1
	1 - 2	M'Boro
Coventry	3 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Coventry	2 - 1

M'Boro

Coventry

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

12 / 15

10 / 15

Clean sheets

5 / 15

3 / 15

COV

MID

FIXTURE HISTORY AT M'Boro
	0 - 3	Coventry
	1 - 3	Coventry
	0 - 1	Coventry
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
M'Boro	1 - 0
M'Boro	2 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
M'Boro	2 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
M'Boro	2 - 0
M'Boro	2 - 0
M'Boro	4 - 0
M'Boro	2 - 1
	0 - 2	Coventry

Goal Statistics

Coventry City have been steady in attack of late, scoring in 7 consecutive Championship outings. Their PG of 1.6 against Middlesbrough on Saturday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

	Coventry 6th	M'Boro 9th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.6 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 21% 1 32% 2 26% 3 14% 4+ There is a 79% probability that Coventry will score 1 or more goals	0 35% 1 37% 2 19% 3 4+ There is a 72% probability that M'Boro will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+7 Coventry’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+12 M'Boro have scored 12% more goals when away than predicted
	1.8 average goals scored	1.6 average goals scored
	1.1 conceded	1.5 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

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COV

MID

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Games scored	35		33
Failed to score	10		12
Scored first	24		25
Goals scored	62		64
Avg. goals scored	1.4		1.4
Avg. shots per game	9		10
Avg. shots per goal	7		7
Conversion rate for	15		14
Avg. XG for	1.5		1.5
KickOff rating		+2%

COV

MID

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Games conceded	33		32
Clean sheets	12		13
Conceded first	20		17
Goals conceded	58		54
Avg. goals conceded	1.3		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		7
Conversion rate against	17%		15%
Avg. XG against	1.1		1.2
KickOff rating		+8%

Coventry v M'Boro 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
44	12	12	8
M Ewijk	H Wright	J Rudoni	J Eccles

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Ewijk DEF	44	2	2	1 -
J Rudoni MID	42	7	12	3 -
E Simms FWD	42	6	2	1 -
T Sakamoto MID	41	4	5	4 -
J Eccles MID	38	3	3	8 -
B Thomas DEF	37	4		4 -
V Torp MID	36	6	4	2 -
B Thomas-Asante FWD	35	5	2	3 -
J Latibeaudiere DEF	32			5 -
J Dasilva DEF	31		1	2 1
E Mason-Clark FWD	30	5	5	2 -
O Dovin GLK	28			1 -
J Bidwell DEF	28	1	1	5 -
B Sheaf MID	28		2	5 -
L Kitching DEF	26		1	7 -
H Wright FWD	26	12	1	1 -
N Bassette FWD	25	2		5 -
L Binks DEF	22		1	7 -
J Allen MID	20			1 -
B Collins GLK	15			2 -
M Grimes MID	15	2	1	4 -
J Paterson MID	8	1		1 -
B Wilson GLK	3			-
R Rodrigues FWD	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
12	28	12	38
H Wright	E Simms	J Rudoni	J Rudoni

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
H Wright FWD	12	27	1	10
J Rudoni MID	7	26	12	38
E Simms FWD	6	28	2	12
V Torp MID	6	19	4	29
B Thomas-Asante FWD	5	10	2	10
E Mason-Clark FWD	5	18	5	16
T Sakamoto MID	4	9	5	16
B Thomas DEF	4	11		3
J Eccles MID	3	11	3	15
M Ewijk DEF	2	8	2	27
M Grimes MID	2	3	1
N Bassette FWD	2	7		3
J Paterson MID	1	1		1
J Bidwell DEF	1	1	1	15
L Kitching DEF		4	1	9
B Sheaf MID		6	2	23
L Binks DEF		3	1	3
J Allen MID		2		4
J Dasilva DEF		1	1	11
J Latibeaudiere DEF		1		5

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2246	90	201
B Thomas	M Ewijk	B Thomas

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Thomas DEF	2246	43	201
M Ewijk DEF	1744	90	185
J Latibeaudiere DEF	1628	47	141
J Rudoni MID	1484	50	185
L Binks DEF	1377	21	90
B Sheaf MID	1370	59	130
L Kitching DEF	1269	36	137
J Eccles MID	1228	41	110
M Grimes MID	991	22	50
V Torp MID	987	48	100
J Dasilva DEF	902	58	99
O Dovin GLK	862		9
J Bidwell DEF	764	17	77
T Sakamoto MID	748	46	140
B Collins GLK	458	1	5
J Allen MID	416	30	52
E Mason-Clark FWD	366	24	99
H Wright FWD	339	13	125
E Simms FWD	324	4	93
B Thomas-Asante FWD	236	16	67
B Wilson GLK	84		3
N Bassette FWD	74	4	33
J Paterson MID	48	3	3
R Rodrigues FWD	3

M'Boro Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
42	13	11	10
F Azaz	T Conway	F Azaz	G Edmundson

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
F Azaz MID	43	12	11	6 -
H Hackney MID	41	5	3	7 1
D Burgzorg FWD	40	5	2	2 -
N Borges DEF	34	1	3	4 -
T Conway FWD	34	13	1	1 -
A Morris MID	33		2	4 -
A Dijksteel DEF	32	2	1	5 -
L Ayling DEF	26		2	4 -
R Berg DEF	26			4 2
G Edmundson DEF	24	1		10 -
B Doak FWD	24	3	7	8 -
M Forss FWD	23	1		1 -
D Barlaser MID	22	1	1	2 -
D Fry DEF	20			1 -
J Howson MID	20	1		-
S Dieng GLK	17			-
R McGree MID	17	1	5	2 -
M Travers GLK	16			1 -
S Junior FWD	15	1	2	2 -
M Whittaker FWD	15		1	-
K Iheanacho FWD	14	1	2	-
R Giles DEF	11			-
T Glover GLK	7			-
S Brynn GLK	6			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
13	34	11	39
T Conway	F Azaz	F Azaz	F Azaz

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
T Conway FWD	13	29	1	8
F Azaz MID	12	34	11	39
D Burgzorg FWD	5	21	2	13
H Hackney MID	5	23	3	28
B Doak FWD	3	14	7	34
A Dijksteel DEF	2	2	1	7
K Iheanacho FWD	1	4	2
S Junior FWD	1	2	2	2
R McGree MID	1	10	5	20
J Howson MID	1	4		3
D Barlaser MID	1	2	1	19
M Forss FWD	1	7		2
G Edmundson DEF	1	2		2
N Borges DEF	1	4	3	18
D Fry DEF		2		1
R Berg DEF				3
S Dieng GLK				1
L Ayling DEF		2	2	16
A Morris MID		4	2	7
M Whittaker FWD		8	1	1
R Giles DEF				1
T Glover GLK				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2918	95	206
H Hackney	A Morris	H Hackney

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
H Hackney MID	2918	89	206
A Morris MID	2116	95	187
G Edmundson DEF	1498	23	76
A Dijksteel DEF	1466	63	160
R Berg DEF	1452	25	113
L Ayling DEF	1378	62	124
N Borges DEF	1362	59	157
F Azaz MID	1339	37	123
D Fry DEF	1025	7	64
J Howson MID	988	23	61
D Barlaser MID	938	18	38
B Doak FWD	634	26	88
T Conway FWD	471	15	60
S Dieng GLK	464		5
D Burgzorg FWD	451	38	117
M Travers GLK	444		11
R McGree MID	424	9	34
S Junior FWD	397	24	68
M Whittaker FWD	350	8	59
K Iheanacho FWD	233	11	30
T Glover GLK	200	1	5
S Brynn GLK	140	2	2
M Forss FWD	136	15	27
R Giles DEF	132	6	11

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

Coventry have played 45 matches so far this season and lay in 6th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

M'Boro are in 9th position in the Championship on 64 points having played 45 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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