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

The Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry

Coventry City and their boss Frank Kramer will be aiming to beat Michael Carrick and his Middlesbrough side on Saturday lunch time, as the pair clash at The Coventry Building Society Arena in the Championship. Championship statistics are the foundation of the predictions you'll find below, with head-to-head performance included too. You can view it all, with infographics and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers available for the biggest betting markets via the tabs.

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The last English Championship meeting between Coventry and M'Boro was on Saturday 3rd May 2025
English Championship
May 3rd 2025
Coventry 2
0 M'Boro
 
J. Rudoni 44'
J. Rudoni 87'
 
COV
MID
Shots On
4
6
Shots Off
5
7
Corners
5
4
Possession
46%
54%
Fouls
12
6
Yellow/red cards
3/0
1/0
 
CoventryM'Boro
 
B. Wilson
M. van Ewijk
J. Bidwell
L. Kitching
B. Thomas (J. Eccles 90')
T. Sakamoto (J. Latibeaudiere 90')
M. Grimes
J. Rudonifootball iconfootball icon
B. Sheaf (J. Allen 83')
H. Wright
E. Simms (B. Thomas-Asante 72')
M. Travers
(D. Burgzorg 67') V. Borges dos Santos Neto
(K. Iheanacho 78') A. Dijksteel
D. Fry
(R. van den Berg 78') J. Howson
(M. Forss 78') A. Morris
H. Hackney
F. Azaz
T. Conway
M. Whittaker
(R. Giles 86') S. Iling

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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.

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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 49% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.10.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Coventry
49%
11/10
2%
-
Draw
25%
14/5
6%
-
M'Boro
25%
2/1
3%
-
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-
Draw 2-2
5%
11/1
8%
-
Coventry 3-1
5%
14/1
12%
-
Coventry 3-0
5%
20/1-
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%
11/4
6%
-
BTTS - Draw
18%
7/2-
BTTS - Away Win
12%
4/1
9%
-
Home/draw
75%
4/11-
Away/draw
51%
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%
6/4
17%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
73%
8/15
9%
-
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
27%
10/3
8%
-
M'Boro win to nil
13%
11/2
8%
-
Coventry / Coventry
24%
12/5
3%
-
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-
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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.

Won
Draw
Lost
Coventry
M'Boro
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Leeds462913465100 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-0A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-1A
2
Burnley462816253100 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
2-0A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1F
3
Sheff Utd46288102790 
d
 
2-2A
l
 
3-1A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-1A
4
Sunderland462113121476 
w
 
3-0F
d
 
2-2A
l
 
2-3F
l
 
1-0A
5
Coventry Home4620917669 
-
-
l
 
0-3A
l
 
2-0A
6
Bristol C46171712468 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-1F
7
Blackburn4619918566 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-2F
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-2F
8
Millwall46181216-266 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-1F
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
9
West Brom461519121064 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
10
M'Boro Away46181018864 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-3F
-
-
11
Swansea46171019-561 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-2F
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
12
Sheff Wed46151318-958 
l
 
1-2F
w
 
1-2F
d
 
3-3F
l
 
2-1F
13
Norwich46141517357 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
3-3A
14
Watford4616921-857 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1F
15
QPR46141418-1056 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-4F
16
Portsmouth46141220-1354 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
4-1F
d
 
2-2A
l
 
2-1F
17
Oxford Utd46131419-1653 
w
 
3-2F
w
 
2-3F
w
 
2-1A
w
 
2-6A
18
Stoke46121519-1751 
w
 
3-2F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-3F
19
Derby46131122-850 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-0A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
20
Preston46102016-1150 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-1A
21
Hull46121321-1049 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
3-1F
w
 
0-1F
22
Luton46131023-2449 
w
 
3-2A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
5-1F
d
 
0-00-0
23
Plymouth46111322-3746 
w
 
4-0F
l
 
3-1A
w
 
2-1F
d
 
3-3A
24
Cardiff4691720-2544 
d
 
2-2A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-2F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Coventry 5TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
12
D
3
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Coventry2 - 0West Brom
Coventry1 - 0Portsmouth
Coventry1 - 2Burnley
Coventry3 - 0Sunderland
Coventry3 - 2Stoke
Coventry2 - 1Preston
Coventry1 - 0QPR
Coventry0 - 2Leeds
Coventry2 - 1Watford
Coventry1 - 0Bristol C
Coventry0 - 0Millwall
Coventry4 - 0Plymouth
Coventry2 - 1Hull
Coventry2 - 2Cardiff
Coventry2 - 2Sheff Utd
Coventry1 - 2Derby
Coventry3 - 2Luton
Coventry1 - 2Sheff Wed
Coventry3 - 0Blackburn
Coventry1 - 2Swansea
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
12
D
1
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ACoventry0 - 1Luton
ACoventry1 - 3Plymouth
HCoventry2 - 0West Brom
ACoventry1 - 1Hull
HCoventry1 - 0Portsmouth
HCoventry1 - 2Burnley
ACoventry1 - 3Sheff Utd
HCoventry3 - 0Sunderland
ACoventry0 - 2Derby
HCoventry3 - 2Stoke
ACoventry3 - 2Oxford Utd
HCoventry2 - 1Preston
ACoventry2 - 1Sheff Wed
HCoventry1 - 0QPR
HCoventry0 - 2Leeds
ACoventry2 - 0Swansea
HCoventry2 - 1Watford
ACoventry2 - 0Blackburn
HCoventry1 - 0Bristol C
ACoventry1 - 2Norwich
M'Boro 10TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sheff Wed2 - 1M'Boro
Millwall1 - 0M'Boro
Blackburn0 - 2M'Boro
Luton0 - 0M'Boro
Swansea1 - 0M'Boro
Stoke1 - 3M'Boro
Bristol C2 - 1M'Boro
Sheff Utd3 - 1M'Boro
Preston2 - 1M'Boro
Portsmouth2 - 1M'Boro
Hull0 - 1M'Boro
Plymouth3 - 3M'Boro
Leeds3 - 1M'Boro
Burnley1 - 1M'Boro
Oxford Utd2 - 6M'Boro
QPR1 - 4M'Boro
Norwich3 - 3M'Boro
Watford2 - 1M'Boro
West Brom0 - 1M'Boro
Sunderland1 - 0M'Boro
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
D
3
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HM'Boro0 - 0Norwich
AM'Boro1 - 2Sheff Wed
HM'Boro2 - 1Plymouth
AM'Boro0 - 1Millwall
HM'Boro0 - 1Leeds
AM'Boro2 - 0Blackburn
HM'Boro2 - 1Oxford Utd
AM'Boro0 - 0Luton
HM'Boro2 - 1QPR
AM'Boro0 - 1Swansea
HM'Boro1 - 0Derby
AM'Boro3 - 1Stoke
AM'Boro1 - 2Bristol C
HM'Boro0 - 1Watford
AM'Boro1 - 3Sheff Utd
HM'Boro2 - 3Sunderland
AM'Boro1 - 2Preston
HM'Boro2 - 0West Brom
AM'Boro1 - 2Portsmouth
HM'Boro1 - 1Cardiff
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
4
Coventry have beaten M'Boro in 4 consecutive league meetings
7
Coventry have not lost to M'Boro in 7 consecutive league meetings
4
Coventry have kept a clean sheet in 4 consecutive home league meetings with M'Boro
League games at Coventry since 1992
Coventry
M'Boro
Goals: Scored
22
12
Games: Scored
12 / 14
7 / 14
Clean sheets
7 / 14
2 / 14
COV
8
D
3
MID
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Coventry
Coventry3 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Coventry1 - 0
Coventry2 - 0
1 - 2M'Boro
Coventry3 - 1
Coventry1 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
1 - 3M'Boro
Coventry2 - 1
1 - 2M'Boro
Coventry3 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Coventry2 - 1
League games at M'Boro since 1993
M'Boro
Coventry
Goals: Scored
20
15
Games: Scored
12 / 15
10 / 15
Clean sheets
5 / 15
3 / 15
COV
4
D
4
MID
7
FIXTURE HISTORY AT M'Boro
0 - 3Coventry
1 - 3Coventry
0 - 1Coventry
Draw1 - 1Draw
M'Boro1 - 0
M'Boro2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
M'Boro2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
M'Boro2 - 0
M'Boro2 - 0
M'Boro4 - 0
M'Boro2 - 1
0 - 2Coventry
Goal Statistics
Coventry 5th M'Boro 10th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
20%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
There is a 80% probability that Coventry will score 1 or more goals
0
35%
1
37%
2
20%
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
 
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Coventry v M'Boro Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Coventry Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4712128
M EwijkH WrightJ RudoniL Kitching
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
B Wilson GLK6
2
-
M Ewijk DEF4724
3
-
B Thomas DEF405
5
-
L Kitching DEF291
8
-
J Bidwell DEF2911
5
-
M Grimes MID1821
4
-
B Sheaf MID312
8
-
T Sakamoto MID4446
4
-
J Rudoni MID451012
3
-
H Wright MID29121
1
-
E Simms FWD4362
1
-
Subs
B Collins GLK15
2
-
L Binks DEF221
7
-
J Latibeaudiere DEF33
5
-
J Allen MID23
1
-
J Eccles MID4033
8
-
I. Moore MID
-
J Paterson FWD81
1
-
R Rodrigues FWD3
-
B Thomas-Asante FWD3843
3
-
M'Boro Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
43131110
H HackneyT ConwayF AzazG Edmundson
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Travers GLK17
1
-
A Dijksteel DEF3321
5
-
D Fry DEF21
1
-
J Howson DEF211
-
S Junior DEF1612
2
-
H Hackney MID4253
8
1
A Morris MID342
4
-
M Whittaker MID161
-
N Borges MID3513
4
-
F Azaz MID441211
6
-
T Conway FWD35131
1
-
Subs
T Glover GLK7
-
R Berg DEF26
4
2
G Edmundson DEF241
10
-
D Lenihan DEF
-
R Giles DEF12
-
D Barlaser MID2211
2
-
K Iheanacho FWD1512
-
D Burgzorg FWD4152
2
-
M Forss FWD241
1
-
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