Championship

Championship | Gameweek 4

Aug 26, 2023 at 3pm UK

The Coventry Building Society Arena

Coventry
0 - 0
Sunderland

Palmer (21')

Ekwah (10'), O'Nien (14'), Cirkin (65'), Pritchard (90+5')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Coventry City and Sunderland, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Coventry City

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Swansea 1-1 Coventry
Saturday, August 19 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Sunderland

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Sunderland 2-1 Rotherham
Saturday, August 19 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Coventry City 3-1 Sunderland

In theory, a battle between two of last season's playoff sides should be a closely-fought affair. Nevertheless, we have been left impressed by Coventry in recent weeks, and we are backing the home side to outclass their opponents this weekend. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Coventry City win with a probability of 40.42%. A win for Sunderland had a probability of 34.1% and a draw had a probability of 25.5%.

The most likely scoreline for a Coventry City win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.24%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.7%) and 2-0 (6.67%). The likeliest Sunderland win was 0-1 (8.35%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.05%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 6.4% likelihood.

Result
Coventry City	Draw	Sunderland
40.42% ( 0.02)	25.48% ( 0)	34.1% ( -0.02)

Both teams to score 55.69% (

-0.01)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

51.84% (

-0.02)

48.16% (

0.02)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

29.68% (

-0.01)

70.32% (

0.01)

Coventry City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

76.39% (

-0)

23.6%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

42.32%

57.68% (

-0)

Sunderland Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

72.9% (

-0.02)

27.1% (

0.02)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

37.52% (

-0.02)

62.48% (

0.02)

Score Analysis

Coventry City 40.42%

Sunderland 34.1%

Draw 25.47%

Coventry City	Draw	Sunderland
1-0 @ 9.24% ( 0.01) 2-1 @ 8.7% ( 0) 2-0 @ 6.67% ( 0) 3-1 @ 4.19% ( 0) 3-0 @ 3.21% ( 0) 3-2 @ 2.74% ( -0) 4-1 @ 1.51% 4-0 @ 1.16% ( 0) 4-2 @ 0.99% Other @ 2.02% Total : 40.42%	1-1 @ 12.05% 0-0 @ 6.4% ( 0) 2-2 @ 5.68% ( -0) 3-3 @ 1.19% ( -0) Other @ 0.15% Total : 25.47%	0-1 @ 8.35% ( 0) 1-2 @ 7.87% ( -0) 0-2 @ 5.45% ( -0) 1-3 @ 3.43% ( -0) 2-3 @ 2.47% ( -0) 0-3 @ 2.37% ( -0) 1-4 @ 1.12% ( -0) Other @ 3.04% Total : 34.1%