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

Sat 14th Mar, 12:30 BST, The Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry

The Coventry Building Society Arena is the setting on Saturday lunch time, as Frank Lampard's Coventry City are visited by William Still's Southampton in the Championship. Below there are predictions for seventeen major betting markets, supporting statistics including head-to-heads, and odds from leading bookmakers. All is accessible using the tabs below.

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Best Tip: Both teams to score

Analysing all relevant stats, including historical head-to-head (H2H) data, we fully expect this fixture to deliver both happiness and misery to both home and away supporters. We expect both Coventry and Southampton to find the back of the net during the 90 minutes, but the ultimate victor of the game seems less clear. The odds point towards a both teams to score bet, and that looks a wise bet to us.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Coventry are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 47% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.80.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Coventry 47%	4/5	4/5
Draw 23%	11/4	29/10
Southampton 30%	29/10	3/1
Draw 1-1 10%	13/2	6/1
Coventry 2-1 9%	15/2	13/2
Coventry 1-0 7%	17/2	15/2
Southampton 2-1 7%	12/1	10/1
Coventry 2-0 7%	9/1	8/1
Draw 2-2 6%	12/1	10/1
Southampton 1-0 6%	14/1	11/1
Coventry 3-1 6%	12/1	10/1
Draw 0-0 4%	14/1	12/1
Southampton 2-0 4%	22/1	18/1
Coventry 3-0 4%	14/1	12/1
Coventry 3-2 4%	20/1	14/1
Southampton 3-1 3%	28/1	20/1
Southampton 3-2 3%	28/1	22/1
Coventry 4-1 2%	25/1	18/1
Over 2.5 Goals 62%	8/13	4/7
Under 2.5 Goals 38%	13/10	13/10
Home 1st Goal 51%	8/13	3/5
Away 1st Goal 46%	13/10	6/4
No 1st Goal 2%	14/1	11/1
BTTS - Yes 62%	4/7	4/7
BTTS - No 38%	5/4	13/10
BTTS - Home Win 26%	9/4	21/10
BTTS - Draw 19%	7/2	7/2
BTTS - Away Win 17%	11/2	5/1
Home/draw 70%	1/4	2/9
Away/draw 53%	19/20	19/20
Home/away 77%	1/4	1/4
Over 1.5 Goals 83%	1/5	2/11
Under 1.5 Goals 17%	7/2	7/2
Over 3.5 Goals 39%	6/4	11/8
Under 3.5 Goals 61%	8/15	8/15
Over 4.5 Goals 22%	7/2	16/5
Under 4.5 Goals 78%	1/5	1/5
Over 5.5 Goals 10%	8/1	13/2
Under 5.5 Goals 90%	1/14	1/14
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	1/33	1/50
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	14/1	12/1
Home DNB 63%	4/11	7/20
Away DNB 46%	2/1	19/10
Coventry win to nil 21%	5/2	-
Southampton win to nil 13%	7/1	-
Coventry / Coventry 29%	15/8	8/5
Coventry / Southampton 3%	28/1	25/1
Coventry / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1
Draw / Coventry 16%	4/1	4/1
Draw / Southampton 9%	8/1	8/1
Draw / Draw 13%	11/2	5/1
Southampton / Coventry 4%	20/1	16/1
Southampton / Southampton 13%	11/2	5/1
Southampton / Draw 6%	14/1	11/1

Win / draw / win Championship table

Coventry have played 36 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 36 games against teams below in the table, having won 22, drawn 8 and lost 6 matches. They have kept 12 clean sheets and have failed to score in 5 fixtures. Coventry have outscored their opponents by 74 goals to 57 goals.

Home League Performance

Coventry have played 17 games at home winning 13, drawing 3 and losing 1 game. They have scored 36 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and conceded 13 goals at home.

Southampton are in 8th position in the Championship on 53 points having played 35 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

7 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 32 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 31 goals in total and failed to score in 1 fixture.

Performance against teams above them in the league

10 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 5 and won 1. Southampton have conceded 17 goals, scored 10, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

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 Southampton
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Coventry	36	22	8	6	36	74	-	-	d 1-1A	Mar 14
2	M'Boro	36	20	9	7	23	69	w 3-1F	w 2-4F	d 1-1F	l 4-0A
3	Millwall	36	19	8	9	9	65	w 2-1F	w 0-4F	d 0-00-0	l 3-2F
4	Ipswich	35	18	10	7	26	64	l 0-2A	l 3-0A	Apr 3	d 1-1A
5	Hull	36	18	6	12	5	60	d 0-00-0	Apr 6	l 1-2A	l 3-1A
6	Wrexham	35	15	12	8	9	57	Apr 25	l 3-2F	w 2-1A	Apr 6
7	Derby	36	15	9	12	7	54	Apr 3	w 3-5F	Apr 11	d 1-1F
8	Southampton	35	14	11	10	11	53	Mar 14	d 1-1F	-	-
9	Watford	35	13	12	10	4	51	w 3-1F	May 2	w 1-0F	d 2-2F
10	Bristol C	36	14	8	14	2	50	w 1-0F	w 0-2F	Apr 21	l 3-1F
11	Sheff Utd	36	15	4	17	2	49	w 3-1A	w 1-2A	w 1-0F	w 1-2A
12	Birmingham	36	13	10	13	-1	49	w 3-0F	l 3-2A	w 3-1F	d 1-1A
13	Swansea	36	14	7	15	-1	49	w 1-0F	Mar 21	d 0-00-0	Apr 18
14	Preston	36	12	13	11	-1	49	Mar 11	d 1-1F	l 0-2A	May 2
15	Stoke	36	13	8	15	3	47	w 2-1F	w 0-1F	l 1-2A	w 0-2F
16	QPR	36	13	8	15	-12	47	w 7-1F	l 2-1F	w 5-0F	w 1-2F
17	Norwich	35	13	6	16	3	45	d 1-1A	l 2-1F	Mar 18	l 2-1A
18	Charlton	36	11	11	14	-10	44	w 3-1A	d 1-1F	d 1-1F	w 1-5F
19	Portsmouth	35	10	10	15	-10	40	Apr 21	w 1-2F	d 0-00-0	d 1-1F
20	Blackburn	36	10	9	17	-13	39	w 2-0F	Apr 18	Apr 25	l 2-1F
21	West Brom	36	9	9	18	-18	36	w 3-2A	w 0-2F	w 3-2F	Mar 11
22	Leicester	36	10	11	15	-9	35	w 2-1A	d 0-00-0	w 3-0F	w 3-4A
23	Oxford Utd	36	8	11	17	-14	35	d 0-00-0	d 2-2F	Mar 21	l 2-1A
24	Sheff Wed	36	1	8	27	-51	-7	Apr 11	w 0-5F	w 3-1F	w 1-3F

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Coventry	2 - 1	Stoke
Coventry	3 - 1	M'Boro
Coventry	0 - 0	Oxford Utd
Coventry	2 - 1	Millwall
Coventry	2 - 1	Leicester
Coventry	0 - 2	Ipswich
Coventry	1 - 0	Swansea
Coventry	1 - 0	Bristol C
Coventry	3 - 1	Charlton
Coventry	3 - 2	West Brom
Coventry	3 - 1	Sheff Utd
Coventry	3 - 1	Watford
Coventry	2 - 0	Blackburn
Coventry	3 - 0	Birmingham
Coventry	1 - 1	Norwich
Coventry	7 - 1	QPR
Coventry	0 - 0	Hull
Coventry	1 - 2	Sunderland
Coventry	2 - 0	M'Boro
Coventry	2 - 0	West Brom

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Coventry	2 - 0	Bristol C
H	Coventry	2 - 1	Stoke
A	Coventry	2 - 1	Sheff Utd
A	Coventry	2 - 0	West Brom
H	Coventry	3 - 1	M'Boro
H	Coventry	0 - 0	Oxford Utd
A	Coventry	1 - 2	QPR
A	Coventry	1 - 2	Norwich
H	Coventry	2 - 1	Millwall
H	Coventry	2 - 1	Leicester
A	Coventry	2 - 3	Birmingham
A	Coventry	1 - 1	Charlton
H	Coventry	0 - 2	Ipswich
H	Coventry	1 - 0	Swansea
A	Coventry	1 - 1	Southampton
H	Coventry	1 - 0	Bristol C
A	Coventry	1 - 1	Preston
A	Coventry	0 - 3	Ipswich
H	Coventry	3 - 1	Charlton
A	Coventry	4 - 2	M'Boro

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sheff Wed	1 - 3	Southampton
Leicester	3 - 4	Southampton
Stoke	0 - 2	Southampton
Portsmouth	1 - 1	Southampton
M'Boro	4 - 0	Southampton
Birmingham	1 - 1	Southampton
Oxford Utd	2 - 1	Southampton
Norwich	2 - 1	Southampton
Millwall	3 - 2	Southampton
Charlton	1 - 5	Southampton
QPR	1 - 2	Southampton
Blackburn	2 - 1	Southampton
Bristol C	3 - 1	Southampton
Derby	1 - 1	Southampton
Sheff Utd	1 - 2	Southampton
Hull	3 - 1	Southampton
Watford	2 - 2	Southampton
Ipswich	1 - 1	Southampton
Everton	2 - 0	Southampton
Leicester	2 - 0	Southampton

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Southampton	3 - 1	Sheff Wed
H	Southampton	5 - 0	QPR
H	Southampton	1 - 1	Charlton
A	Southampton	4 - 3	Leicester
H	Southampton	1 - 0	Watford
A	Southampton	2 - 0	Stoke
A	Southampton	1 - 1	Portsmouth
H	Southampton	1 - 0	Sheff Utd
H	Southampton	1 - 2	Hull
A	Southampton	0 - 4	M'Boro
H	Southampton	0 - 0	Millwall
A	Southampton	1 - 1	Birmingham
A	Southampton	1 - 2	Oxford Utd
H	Southampton	1 - 1	Coventry
A	Southampton	1 - 2	Norwich
H	Southampton	3 - 2	West Brom
H	Southampton	3 - 1	Birmingham
A	Southampton	2 - 3	Millwall
H	Southampton	3 - 0	Leicester
A	Southampton	5 - 1	Charlton

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Southampton have not lost to Coventry in 6 consecutive league meetings

Coventry

Southampton

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

14 / 15

12 / 15

Clean sheets

3 / 15

1 / 15

COV

SOU

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Coventry
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	2 - 4	Southampton
Coventry	4 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Coventry	2 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 1	Southampton
Coventry	1 - 0
Coventry	1 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	1 - 3	Southampton
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Coventry	2 - 0

Southampton

Coventry

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

13 / 16

9 / 16

Clean sheets

7 / 16

3 / 16

COV

SOU

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Southampton
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Southampton	2 - 1
Southampton	4 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Southampton	2 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	1 - 2	Coventry
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Southampton	2 - 1
	1 - 2	Coventry
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Southampton	1 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Southampton	1 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw

Goal Statistics

Coventry City's defensive record is to be admired, F. Lampard's men having conceded 1 or less in 5 consecutive Championship outings. An average PG rating of 1.4 for Southampton makes sense in this context.

	Coventry 1st	Southampton 8th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.8 goals	1.4 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 17% 1 30% 2 27% 3 16% 4+ 11% There is a 83% probability that Coventry will score 1 or more goals	0 25% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 75% probability that Southampton will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+11 Coventry have scored 11% more goals at home than predicted	+7 Southampton’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	2.1 average goals scored	1.6 average goals scored
	0.8 conceded	1.8 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season

10%

better

COV

SOU

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Games scored	31		30
Failed to score	5		5
Scored first	24		19
Goals scored	74		57
Avg. goals scored	2.1		1.6
Avg. shots per game	12		11
Avg. shots per goal	6		6
Conversion rate for	17		15
Avg. XG for	2		1.7
KickOff rating		+10%

21%

better

COV

SOU

view stats

Games conceded	24		27
Clean sheets	12		8
Conceded first	9		13
Goals conceded	38		46
Avg. goals conceded	1.1		1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		6
Conversion rate against	12%		15%
Avg. XG against	1.1		1.3
KickOff rating		+21%

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

Coventry Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
36	16	7	8
C Rushworth	H Wright	M Ewijk	M Ewijk

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Rushworth GLK	36		1	2 -
M Grimes MID	36		2	5 -
M Ewijk DEF	34		7	8 -
J Dasilva DEF	33		3	6 1
E Simms FWD	33	10	3	-
E Mason-Clark FWD	32	7	5	3 -
H Wright FWD	32	16	1	4 -
L Kitching DEF	30	2		6 -
V Torp MID	30	7	4	3 -
T Sakamoto FWD	30	5	3	4 -
B Thomas DEF	28	2	5	6 1
J Eccles MID	26	4		5 -
J Rudoni MID	25	5	5	-
B Thomas-Asante FWD	24	10	4	-
J Allen MID	21	1	1	-
K Kesler-Hayden DEF	19	1	1	1 -
L Woolfenden DEF	13			1 -
J Latibeaudiere DEF	10			1
J Bidwell DEF	8			1 -
M Brau DEF	8			-
K. Andrews MID	7			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
16	33	7	11
H Wright	H Wright	M Ewijk	T Sakamoto

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
H Wright FWD	16	33	1	1
E Simms FWD	10	26	3	3
B Thomas-Asante FWD	10	19	4	5
E Mason-Clark FWD	7	27	5	5
V Torp MID	7	17	4	6
T Sakamoto FWD	5	17	3	11
J Rudoni MID	5	13	5	4
J Eccles MID	4	12		2
L Kitching DEF	2	13		1
B Thomas DEF	2	11	5	5
J Allen MID	1	2	1	2
K Kesler-Hayden DEF	1	2	1	1
C Rushworth GLK			1	2
M Grimes MID		5	2	6
M Ewijk DEF		1	7	8
J Dasilva DEF			3	3

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2483	78	180
M Grimes	M Ewijk	L Kitching

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Grimes MID	2483	67	144
L Kitching DEF	1527	33	180
B Thomas DEF	1460	28	157
J Dasilva DEF	1456	62	115
C Rushworth GLK	1381		20
M Ewijk DEF	1160	78	137
V Torp MID	851	31	100
J Rudoni MID	769	21	94
E Mason-Clark FWD	530	40	148
T Sakamoto FWD	500	36	115
J Latibeaudiere DEF	493	9	41
J Eccles MID	394	21	81
L Woolfenden DEF	382	8	39
H Wright FWD	305	11	115
J Allen MID	282	12	21
B Thomas-Asante FWD	277	14	71
K Kesler-Hayden DEF	212	15	41
E Simms FWD	210	7	80
J Bidwell DEF	118	4	11
M Brau DEF	63	4	12
K. Andrews MID	35	1	7

Southampton Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
30	11	8	9
T Harwood-Bellis	A Armstrong	L Scienza	F Downes

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Manning DEF	32	6	3	4 -
F Azaz MID	31	8	5	1 -
T Harwood-Bellis DEF	30	5	1	8 -
T Fellows MID	29		4	2 -
C. Jander MID	29	2		6 -
A Armstrong FWD	29	11	4	3 -
L Scienza FWD	29	6	8	1 -
F Downes MID	27	1		9 -
N Wood DEF	26	1	1	5 -
J. Robinson FWD	25	2	1	-
J Stephens DEF	24	2		3 -
C Archer FWD	22	2		1 -
S Charles MID	20	1	1	5 -
G Bazunu GLK	19			1 -
R Stewart FWD	17	5	3	2 -
R Fraser FWD	16		2	-
Welington DEF	15		1	1 1
J Quarshie DEF	12			2 -
R Edwards DEF	11			-
K Matsuki MID	11	2	1	1 -
D Downs FWD	11		1	1 -
M Roerslev DEF	9			1 -
E Jelert DEF	8		1	-
A McCarthy GLK	7			-
J Aribo MID	7			1 -
S Edozie FWD	4			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
11	37	8	17
A Armstrong	A Armstrong	L Scienza	L Scienza

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Armstrong FWD	11	37	4	4
F Azaz MID	8	23	5	13
R Manning DEF	6	11	3	9
L Scienza FWD	6	32	8	17
T Harwood-Bellis DEF	5	15	1	2
R Stewart FWD	5	10	3	2
C. Jander MID	2	5
J. Robinson FWD	2	10	1
J Stephens DEF	2	4		1
C Archer FWD	2	8		1
K Matsuki MID	2	2	1	1
F Downes MID	1	3		1
N Wood DEF	1	2	1	1
S Charles MID	1	7	1	3
T Fellows MID		6	4	5
R Fraser FWD		3	2	3
Welington DEF			1
J Quarshie DEF				1
R Edwards DEF		1
D Downs FWD			1	1
M Roerslev DEF				1
E Jelert DEF			1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2131	81	176
T Harwood-Bellis	C. Jander	T Harwood-Bellis

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
T Harwood-Bellis DEF	2131	27	176
J Stephens DEF	1422	26	72
N Wood DEF	1419	25	90
R Manning DEF	1339	39	109
C. Jander MID	1102	81	156
F Downes MID	973	44	99
F Azaz MID	867	43	108
S Charles MID	789	37	109
L Scienza FWD	702	22	157
J Quarshie DEF	678	12	43
G Bazunu GLK	634		13
T Fellows MID	564	29	77
R Edwards DEF	524	8	27
R Fraser FWD	420	5	24
Welington DEF	386	29	61
A Armstrong FWD	365	21	59
M Roerslev DEF	227	8	20
J. Robinson FWD	197	15	67
K Matsuki MID	187	6	33
E Jelert DEF	177	6	11
A McCarthy GLK	177		4
R Stewart FWD	165	8	42
C Archer FWD	126	10	33
J Aribo MID	35	1	3
D Downs FWD	31		4
S Edozie FWD	24	1	2