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

Fri 9th May, 20:00 BST, The Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry

The Coventry Building Society Arena is the stage on Friday night, as Frank Kramer's Coventry City welcome Régis Le Bris's Sunderland in the Championship. It's our aim to give you everything you need to make a smart bet on this encounter, so we've searched our expansive database and found the statistics that will help you do exactly that. Head-to-head and recent form are included, and the KickOff predictions are produced from them. Odds from leading bookmakers are there to get you maximum bang for your buck.

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals simply means that there will be 3 goals or less scored by Coventry and Sunderland combined during 90 minutes. Latest form stats and historical head-to-head (H2H) records have led us to our prediction, and our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 79% chance of it being a winning tip. The top price currently available on under 3.5 goals is 1.22.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Coventry are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 48% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.40.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Coventry 48%	27/20 12%	-
Draw 27%	2/1 6%	-
Sunderland 25%	23/10 8%	-
Coventry 1-0 14%	11/2	-
Draw 1-1 13%	5/1	-
Draw 0-0 10%	6/1 7%	-
Coventry 2-0 10%	9/1 11%	-
Sunderland 1-0 9%	7/1 11%	-
Coventry 2-1 9%	9/1 5%	-
Sunderland 2-1 6%	12/1	-
Coventry 3-0 4%	20/1 11%	-
Sunderland 2-0 4%	14/1 12%	-
Coventry 3-1 4%	20/1 11%	-
Draw 2-2 4%	16/1	-
Coventry 3-2 2%	40/1 21%	-
Sunderland 3-1 2%	28/1 15%	-
Coventry 4-0 2%	50/1 24%	-
Coventry 4-1 1%	50/1 24%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 41%	6/4 9%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 60%	8/15 6%	-
Home 1st Goal 52%	4/5 8%	-
Away 1st Goal 42%	7/5 8%	-
No 1st Goal 6%	6/1 7%	-
BTTS - Yes 45%	1/1	-
BTTS - No 55%	8/11	-
BTTS - Home Win 18%	5/1 20%	-
BTTS - Draw 17%	7/2 5%	-
BTTS - Away Win 10%	7/1	-
Home/draw 75%	1/3 3%	-
Away/draw 52%	4/7 8%	-
Home/away 73%	4/11	-
Over 1.5 Goals 67%	1/2 4%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 33%	13/8 5%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 20%	7/2 4%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 80%	1/5 2%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 8%	10/1 22%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 92%	1/20 2%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	20/1 11%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	1/66 1%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 90%	1/10 2%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 10%	6/1 7%	-
Home DNB 67%	4/7 5%	-
Away DNB 44%	5/4 10%	-
Coventry win to nil 30%	5/2 3%	-
Sunderland win to nil 15%	4/1 9%	-
Coventry / Coventry 22%	11/4 7%	-
Coventry / Sunderland 2%	33/1	-
Coventry / Draw 6%	14/1	-
Draw / Coventry 15%	9/2 10%	-
Draw / Sunderland 12%	6/1 7%	-
Draw / Draw 19%	10/3 4%	-
Sunderland / Coventry 3%	28/1	-
Sunderland / Sunderland 15%	9/2 8%	-
Sunderland / Draw 6%	14/1	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Coventry have played 46 matches so far this season and are in 5th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

8 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 2 and won 1. Coventry have conceded 16 goals, scored 9, failed to score in 3 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Coventry have played 23 games at home, winning 14, drawing 3 and losing 6 fixtures. They have scored 40 goals, conceded 24 goals, kept 9 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Sunderland lay in 4th place on 76 points in the Championship league table having played 46 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 40 games against teams below them in the table, winning 19, drawing 11 and losing 10 games. They have scored 52 goals and kept 15 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Sunderland have conceded 38 goals and have failed to score in 11 matches.

Away league performance

Sunderland have played 23 away games, winning 9, drawing 6 and losing 8 games. They have scored an average of 1.1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.1 goals per away game.

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 Sunderland
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Leeds	46	29	13	4	65	100	-	-	-	-
2	Burnley	46	28	16	2	53	100	-	-	-	-
3	Sheff Utd	46	28	8	10	27	90	-	-	-	-
4	Sunderland Away	46	21	13	12	14	76	May 9	May 13	-	-
5	Coventry Home	46	20	9	17	6	69	-	-	May 13	May 9
6	Bristol C	46	17	17	12	4	68	-	-	-	-
7	Blackburn	46	19	9	18	5	66	-	-	-	-
8	Millwall	46	18	12	16	-2	66	-	-	-	-
9	West Brom	46	15	19	12	10	64	-	-	-	-
10	M'Boro	46	18	10	18	8	64	-	-	-	-
11	Swansea	46	17	10	19	-5	61	-	-	-	-
12	Sheff Wed	46	15	13	18	-9	58	-	-	-	-
13	Norwich	46	14	15	17	3	57	-	-	-	-
14	Watford	46	16	9	21	-8	57	-	-	-	-
15	QPR	46	14	14	18	-10	56	-	-	-	-
16	Portsmouth	46	14	12	20	-13	54	-	-	-	-
17	Oxford Utd	46	13	14	19	-16	53	-	-	-	-
18	Stoke	46	12	15	19	-17	51	-	-	-	-
19	Derby	46	13	11	22	-8	50	-	-	-	-
20	Preston	46	10	20	16	-11	50	-	-	-	-
21	Hull	46	12	13	21	-10	49	-	-	-	-
22	Luton	46	13	10	23	-24	49	-	-	-	-
23	Plymouth	46	11	13	22	-37	46	-	-	-	-
24	Cardiff	46	9	17	20	-25	44	-	-	-	-

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Win / draw / win form

Coventry have won 3 consecutive home league games

Sunderland have lost 5 consecutive league games

Sunderland have not won in 6 consecutive league games

Coventry have kept a clean sheet for 3 consecutive home league games

Sunderland have failed to score in 3 consecutive league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Coventry	2 - 0	M'Boro
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Coventry	2 - 0	M'Boro
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Coventry have not lost to Sunderland in 11 consecutive home league meetings

Coventry

Sunderland

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 11

6 / 11

Clean sheets

5 / 11

1 / 11

COV

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

Sunderland

Coventry

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 11

6 / 11

Clean sheets

5 / 11

2 / 11

COV

SUN

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sunderland
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 3	Coventry
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	4 - 5	Coventry
Sunderland	2 - 0
Sunderland	1 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Sunderland	1 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Sunderland	1 - 0

Goal Statistics

Scoring more than 1 goal looks set to be difficult for Sunderland, with R. Le Bris's men having not found the back of the net in 3 consecutive Championship outings.

	Coventry 5th	Sunderland 4th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	0.9 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 25% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 60% probability that Coventry will score no more than 1 goal	0 40% 1 37% 2 17% 3 4+ There is a 77% probability of Sunderland scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+12 Coventry have scored 12% more goals at home than predicted	-20 Sunderland have scored 20% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.8 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	1.1 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

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COV

SUN

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Games scored	36		33
Failed to score	10		13
Scored first	25		24
Goals scored	64		58
Avg. goals scored	1.4		1.3
Avg. shots per game	9		9
Avg. shots per goal	7		7
Conversion rate for	15		14
Avg. XG for	1.5		1.4
KickOff rating		+7%

COV

SUN

19%

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Games conceded	33		29
Clean sheets	13		17
Conceded first	20		17
Goals conceded	58		44
Avg. goals conceded	1.3		1
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		8
Conversion rate against	16%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.2		1.2
KickOff rating		+19%

Coventry v Sunderland 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
45	12	12	8
M Ewijk	H Wright	J Rudoni	J Eccles

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Ewijk DEF	45	2	2	1 -
J Rudoni MID	43	9	12	3 -
E Simms FWD	43	6	2	1 -
T Sakamoto MID	42	4	6	4 -
J Eccles MID	39	3	3	8 -
B Thomas DEF	38	4		4 -
V Torp MID	36	6	4	2 -
B Thomas-Asante FWD	36	5	3	3 -
J Latibeaudiere DEF	33			5 -
J Dasilva DEF	31		1	2 1
E Mason-Clark FWD	30	5	5	2 -
J Bidwell DEF	29	1	1	5 -
B Sheaf MID	29		2	6 -
O Dovin GLK	28			1 -
L Kitching DEF	27		1	7 -
H Wright FWD	27	12	1	1 -
N Bassette FWD	25	2		5 -
L Binks DEF	22		1	7 -
J Allen MID	21			1 -
M Grimes MID	16	2	1	4 -
B Collins GLK	15			2 -
J Paterson MID	8	1		1 -
B Wilson GLK	4			-
R Rodrigues FWD	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
12	29	12	38
H Wright	J Rudoni	J Rudoni	J Rudoni

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

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2289	95	207
B Thomas	M Ewijk	B Thomas

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Thomas DEF	2289	45	207
M Ewijk DEF	1783	95	191
J Latibeaudiere DEF	1629	47	141
J Rudoni MID	1517	55	195
B Sheaf MID	1419	65	137
L Binks DEF	1377	21	90
L Kitching DEF	1317	36	139
J Eccles MID	1229	41	110
M Grimes MID	1036	24	53
V Torp MID	987	48	100
J Dasilva DEF	902	58	99
O Dovin GLK	862		9
J Bidwell DEF	792	20	82
T Sakamoto MID	769	49	145
B Collins GLK	458	1	5
J Allen MID	418	30	52
E Mason-Clark FWD	366	24	99
H Wright FWD	354	15	131
E Simms FWD	335	4	96
B Thomas-Asante FWD	243	16	69
B Wilson GLK	119		3
N Bassette FWD	74	4	33
J Paterson MID	48	3	3
R Rodrigues FWD	3

Sunderland Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
44	12	7	12
L O'Nien	W Isidor	P Roberts	T Hume

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L O'Nien DEF	45	3	1	10 -
P Roberts MID	45	2	7	9 -
T Hume DEF	44	3	6	11 1
D Neil MID	44	2	3	3 1
W Isidor FWD	43	12	2	10 -
A Patterson GLK	42			3 -
C Rigg MID	42	4	2	8 -
J Bellingham MID	40	4	4	10 1
C Mepham DEF	38	1		10 1
E Mayenda FWD	37	9	5	2 -
D Cirkin DEF	36	3	2	8 -
A Browne MID	22	1		1 -
R Mundle FWD	22	5	3	1 -
D Ballard DEF	20	2	1	4 -
T Watson FWD	20	2		2 -
L Hjelde DEF	15		1	3 -
E Fée MID	15	1	1	2 -
A Alese DEF	12			2 -
S Samed MID	10			-
M. Aleksić FWD	8			1 -
I Poveda FWD	6			2 -
S Moore GLK	4			1 -
J Anderson DEF	2			1 -
J Seelt DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
12	41	7	36
W Isidor	W Isidor	P Roberts	P Roberts

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
W Isidor FWD	12	41	2	15
E Mayenda FWD	9	27	5	15
R Mundle FWD	5	12	3	15
C Rigg MID	4	14	2	29
J Bellingham MID	4	9	4	31
D Cirkin DEF	3	7	2	11
L O'Nien DEF	3	6	1	10
T Hume DEF	3	9	6	30
D Neil MID	2	5	3	24
P Roberts MID	2	18	7	36
D Ballard DEF	2	6	1	4
T Watson FWD	2	5		4
A Browne MID	1	4		3
C Mepham DEF	1	6		8
E Fée MID	1	6	1	5
A Patterson GLK		1
L Hjelde DEF			1	1
M. Aleksić FWD		4		1
A Alese DEF		1		3

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2714	116	254
L O'Nien	T Hume	T Hume

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L O'Nien DEF	2714	46	169
C Mepham DEF	1994	52	183
T Hume DEF	1987	116	254
D Neil MID	1925	81	205
J Bellingham MID	1581	76	234
A Patterson GLK	1309	1	18
P Roberts MID	1209	64	175
D Cirkin DEF	1094	87	198
C Rigg MID	999	55	168
D Ballard DEF	761	11	85
E Fée MID	510	37	82
A Browne MID	424	21	71
R Mundle FWD	408	25	100
W Isidor FWD	326	16	99
A Alese DEF	297	11	26
E Mayenda FWD	239	20	116
T Watson FWD	224	16	49
L Hjelde DEF	202	11	32
S Samed MID	161	1	12
S Moore GLK	98		1
M. Aleksić FWD	97	6	13
J Anderson DEF	72	2	4
I Poveda FWD	28	5	10
J Seelt DEF	26	1	1

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Coventry have played 46 matches so far this season and are in 5th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Sunderland lay in 4th place on 76 points in the Championship league table having played 46 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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