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

Sat 20th Dec, 12:30 BST, St. Mary's Stadium, Southampton

William Still and Frank Lampard clash in the Championship on Saturday lunch time, as Southampton face Coventry City at the St. Mary's Stadium. Below you'll find unique stats for all of the main betting markets, from both teams to score to double chance, including form and historical head-to-head data. Predictions are produced from these, and the odds come directly from leading bookmakers.


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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

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Southampton
30%
--
Draw
24%
--
Coventry
47%
--
Draw 1-1
11%
--
Coventry 2-1
9%
--
Coventry 1-0
8%
--
Southampton 2-1
7%
--
Coventry 2-0
7%
--
Southampton 1-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Coventry 3-1
5%
--
Draw 0-0
5%
--
Southampton 2-0
4%
--
Coventry 3-0
4%
--
Coventry 3-2
4%
--
Southampton 3-1
3%
--
Southampton 3-2
3%
--
Coventry 4-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
59%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
41%
--
Home 1st Goal
46%
--
Away 1st Goal
52%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
61%
--
BTTS - No
39%
--
BTTS - Home Win
17%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
25%
--
Home/draw
53%
--
Away/draw
70%
--
Home/away
76%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
81%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
19%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
37%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
63%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
20%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
80%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
--
Home DNB
46%
--
Away DNB
63%
--
Southampton win to nil
13%
--
Coventry win to nil
22%
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Southampton have played 19 matches so far this season and are in 11th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

9 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 2 and won 2. Southampton have conceded 17 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 1 match and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Southampton have played 9 games at home, winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 13 goals, conceded 8 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Coventry lay in 1st place on 43 points in the Championship league table having played 19 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 19 games against teams below them in the table, winning 13, drawing 4 and losing 2 games. They have scored 50 goals and kept 7 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Coventry have conceded 21 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Coventry have played 10 away games, winning 6, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 2.5 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.4 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Southampton
Coventry
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Coventry1913422943 
Dec 20
Mar 14
-
-
2
M'Boro191063836 
d
 
1-1F
Jan 4
Feb 16
w
 
2-4F
3
Millwall191045-234 
Jan 1
l
 
3-2F
Jan 20
w
 
0-4F
4
Ipswich198741431 
Apr 3
d
 
1-1A
Dec 29
l
 
3-0A
5
Preston19874631 
l
 
0-2A
May 2
Mar 11
Dec 9
6
Stoke19937830 
l
 
1-2A
Jan 31
Feb 28
w
 
0-1F
7
Bristol C19856529 
Apr 21
l
 
3-1F
Dec 13
Mar 7
8
Birmingham19847528 
w
 
3-1F
Dec 29
w
 
3-0F
Jan 4
9
Hull19847-328 
Jan 17
l
 
3-1A
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 6
10
QPR19847-428 
Feb 24
w
 
1-2F
w
 
7-1F
Jan 31
11
Southampton19766527 
-
-
Mar 14
Dec 20
12
Wrexham19694327 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 6
Apr 25
l
 
3-2F
13
Watford19766227 
Feb 7
d
 
2-2F
w
 
3-1F
May 2
14
Leicester19766127 
w
 
3-0F
Feb 14
Jan 17
d
 
0-00-0
15
Derby19757-226 
Apr 11
d
 
1-1F
Apr 3
w
 
3-5F
16
West Brom19748-425 
Dec 9
Mar 11
w
 
3-2A
Feb 21
17
Charlton18657-523 
Feb 21
w
 
1-5F
w
 
3-1A
Jan 1
18
Sheff Utd197111-422 
Jan 21
w
 
1-2A
w
 
3-1A
Feb 25
19
Blackburn18639-521 
Apr 25
l
 
2-1F
w
 
2-0F
Apr 18
20
Swansea19559-720 
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 18
Dec 26
Mar 21
21
Oxford Utd19469-718 
Mar 21
Dec 26
Feb 7
d
 
2-2F
22
Portsmouth18459-1017 
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 25
Apr 21
w
 
1-2F
23
Norwich193412-1113 
Mar 7
Dec 13
d
 
1-1A
Jan 26
24
Sheff Wed181512-22-10 
w
 
3-1F
Feb 28
Apr 11
w
 
0-5F
Promotion
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Southampton 11TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
4
Draw
5
Lost
11
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Southampton3 - 1Birmingham
Southampton3 - 0Leicester
Southampton3 - 1Sheff Wed
Southampton0 - 2Preston
Southampton0 - 0Swansea
Southampton1 - 1M'Boro
Southampton0 - 0Portsmouth
Southampton1 - 2Stoke
Southampton2 - 1Wrexham
Southampton1 - 2Arsenal
Southampton0 - 0Man City
Southampton1 - 2Fulham
Southampton0 - 3A Villa
Southampton1 - 1C Palace
Southampton1 - 2Wolves
Southampton0 - 4Brighton
Southampton1 - 3Bournemouth
Southampton1 - 3Newcastle
Southampton0 - 5Brentford
Southampton0 - 1West Ham
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSouthampton3 - 1Birmingham
ASouthampton2 - 3Millwall
HSouthampton3 - 0Leicester
ASouthampton5 - 1Charlton
HSouthampton3 - 1Sheff Wed
ASouthampton2 - 1QPR
HSouthampton0 - 2Preston
ASouthampton1 - 2Blackburn
ASouthampton1 - 3Bristol C
HSouthampton0 - 0Swansea
ASouthampton1 - 1Derby
ASouthampton2 - 1Sheff Utd
HSouthampton1 - 1M'Boro
ASouthampton1 - 3Hull
HSouthampton0 - 0Portsmouth
ASouthampton2 - 2Watford
HSouthampton1 - 2Stoke
ASouthampton1 - 1Ipswich
HSouthampton2 - 1Wrexham
HSouthampton1 - 2Arsenal
Coventry 1ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
11
D
3
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Ipswich3 - 0Coventry
M'Boro2 - 4Coventry
Stoke0 - 1Coventry
Wrexham3 - 2Coventry
Portsmouth1 - 2Coventry
Sheff Wed0 - 5Coventry
Millwall0 - 4Coventry
Leicester0 - 0Coventry
Oxford Utd2 - 2Coventry
Derby3 - 5Coventry
Sunderland0 - 1Coventry
Luton1 - 0Coventry
Plymouth3 - 1Coventry
Hull1 - 1Coventry
Sheff Utd3 - 1Coventry
Derby2 - 0Coventry
Oxford Utd2 - 3Coventry
Sheff Wed1 - 2Coventry
Swansea0 - 2Coventry
Blackburn0 - 2Coventry
Goals: Scored
51
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
14
D
4
L
2
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ACoventry0 - 3Ipswich
HCoventry3 - 1Charlton
ACoventry4 - 2M'Boro
HCoventry3 - 2West Brom
ACoventry1 - 0Stoke
HCoventry3 - 1Sheff Utd
ACoventry2 - 3Wrexham
HCoventry3 - 1Watford
ACoventry2 - 1Portsmouth
HCoventry2 - 0Blackburn
ACoventry5 - 0Sheff Wed
ACoventry4 - 0Millwall
HCoventry3 - 0Birmingham
ACoventry0 - 0Leicester
HCoventry1 - 1Norwich
ACoventry2 - 2Oxford Utd
HCoventry7 - 1QPR
ACoventry5 - 3Derby
HCoventry0 - 0Hull
ACoventry1 - 0Sunderland
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
6
Southampton have not lost to Coventry in 6 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Southampton since 1992
Southampton
Coventry
Goals: Scored
20
12
Games: Scored
12 / 15
8 / 15
Clean sheets
7 / 15
3 / 15
SOU
6
D
7
COV
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Southampton
Southampton2 - 1
Southampton4 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Southampton2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Coventry
Draw0 - 0Draw
Southampton2 - 1
1 - 2Coventry
Draw2 - 2Draw
Southampton1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Southampton1 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
League games at Coventry since 1993
Coventry
Southampton
Goals: Scored
20
17
Games: Scored
14 / 15
12 / 15
Clean sheets
3 / 15
1 / 15
SOU
3
D
7
COV
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Coventry
Draw1 - 1Draw
2 - 4Southampton
Coventry4 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Coventry2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Southampton
Coventry1 - 0
Coventry1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 3Southampton
Draw1 - 1Draw
Coventry2 - 0
Goal Statistics
Southampton 11th Coventry 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.7
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
26%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 61% probability that Southampton will score no more than 1 goal
0
18%
1
31%
2
27%
3
15%
4+
10%
There is a 82% probability that Coventry will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-23
Southampton have scored 23% fewer goals at home than predicted
+25
Coventry have scored 25% more goals when away than predicted
1.0
average goals scored
1.9
average goals scored
1.7
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
Southampton
PG (predicted goals)
Coventry
1.3
1.7
Attack rating
SOU
COV
16%
better
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Games scored16
16
Failed to score3
3
Scored first11
12
Goals scored31
50
Avg. goals scored1.6
2.6
Avg. shots per game11
12
Avg. shots per goal7
5
Conversion rate for15
21
Avg. XG for1.8
2.3
KickOff rating
+16%
Defence rating
SOU
COV
22%
better
view stats
Games conceded16
12
Clean sheets3
7
Conceded first6
5
Goals conceded26
21
Avg. goals conceded1.4
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded9
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
7
Conversion rate against16%
14%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.1
KickOff rating
+22%

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

Southampton Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
16935
A ArmstrongA ArmstrongA ArmstrongF Downes
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Armstrong FWD1993
2
-
R Manning DEF1832
3
-
J. Robinson FWD1721
-
N Wood DEF151
3
-
F Azaz MID1562
-
T Harwood-Bellis DEF1431
4
-
T Fellows MID142
2
-
C. Jander MID142
2
-
L Scienza FWD1322
-
R Fraser FWD132
-
G Bazunu GLK12
1
-
J Stephens DEF121
2
-
S Charles MID121
3
-
F Downes MID12
5
-
R Edwards DEF11
-
D Downs FWD111
1
-
C Archer FWD111
1
-
M Roerslev DEF9
1
-
J Quarshie DEF8
1
-
R Stewart FWD821
2
-
A McCarthy GLK7
-
Welington  DEF7
1
1
J Aribo MID6
1
-
E Jelert DEF3
-
K Matsuki MID2
1
-
Coventry Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
191055
C RushworthB Thomas-AsanteM EwijkM Ewijk
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Rushworth GLK19
2
-
J Dasilva DEF191
4
-
L Kitching DEF192
4
-
M Grimes MID192
2
-
M Ewijk DEF185
5
-
B Thomas DEF1824
3
-
J Allen MID1711
-
B Thomas-Asante FWD17103
-
V Torp MID1673
3
-
E Mason-Clark FWD1632
1
-
E Simms FWD1673
-
T Sakamoto FWD1543
1
-
H Wright FWD1581
4
-
K Kesler-Hayden DEF1411
1
-
J Eccles MID102
2
-
J Rudoni MID1021
-
L Woolfenden DEF6
1
-
K. Andrews MID6
-
J Bidwell DEF5
1
-
M Brau DEF4
-