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

Wed 1st Jan, 15:00 BST, Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Mark Robins pays counterpart Erol Bulut a visit on Wednesday afternoon in the Championship, as their Coventry City and Cardiff City teams go head to head at the Cardiff City Stadium. Statistics for our tip of are shown below, including head to head (H2H) history. Flipping the market with the tabs changes all stats and the odds from leading bookmakers, so be sure to have a browse to find the best bet for you.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The KickOff predictive algorithm suggests there's a 74% chance of Cardiff and Coventry scoring a minimum of two goals in this Championship tie. Recent form statistics and head-to-head (H2H) records are factored into that calculation , and the bookies are predicting the same. This over 1.5 goals tip is available at a best price of 1.25.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Cardiff are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 39% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.75.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Cardiff 39%	13/8	7/4
Draw 26%	12/5	13/5
Coventry 35%	27/20	7/5
Draw 1-1 12%	6/1	11/2
Cardiff 1-0 10%	9/1	8/1
Coventry 1-0 9%	17/2	15/2
Cardiff 2-1 8%	9/1	8/1
Coventry 2-1 8%	17/2	15/2
Draw 0-0 7%	11/1	9/1
Cardiff 2-0 7%	14/1	11/1
Coventry 2-0 6%	12/1	10/1
Draw 2-2 5%	12/1	10/1
Cardiff 3-1 4%	20/1	16/1
Coventry 3-1 3%	18/1	14/1
Cardiff 3-0 3%	28/1	20/1
Coventry 3-0 2%	22/1	18/1
Cardiff 3-2 2%	25/1	20/1
Coventry 3-2 2%	25/1	18/1
Over 2.5 Goals 49%	4/5	3/4
Under 2.5 Goals 51%	1/1	1/1
Home 1st Goal 49%	11/10	-
Away 1st Goal 47%	4/5	-
No 1st Goal 5%	11/1	-
BTTS - Yes 53%	8/13	13/20
BTTS - No 47%	6/5	23/20
BTTS - Home Win 18%	4/1	18/5
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3	10/3
BTTS - Away Win 16%	7/2	16/5
Home/draw 65%	8/15	11/20
Away/draw 61%	2/5	4/9
Home/away 74%	2/7	2/7
Over 1.5 Goals 74%	1/4	1/4
Under 1.5 Goals 26%	3/1	27/10
Over 3.5 Goals 27%	2/1	9/5
Under 3.5 Goals 73%	2/5	2/5
Over 4.5 Goals 13%	9/2	17/4
Under 4.5 Goals 87%	1/7	1/7
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	10/1	9/1
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	1/20	1/25
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	1/25	1/25
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	11/1	9/1
Home DNB 58%	1/1	19/20
Away DNB 53%	8/11	3/4
Cardiff win to nil 21%	9/2	-
Coventry win to nil 18%	7/2	-
Cardiff / Cardiff 18%	7/2	10/3
Cardiff / Coventry 4%	22/1	18/1
Cardiff / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1
Draw / Cardiff 13%	11/2	5/1
Draw / Coventry 14%	5/1	9/2
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2	17/4
Coventry / Cardiff 3%	25/1	20/1
Coventry / Coventry 21%	3/1	11/4
Coventry / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1

Win / draw / win Championship table

Cardiff have played 22 matches so far this season and are in 23rd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

21 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 12 games, drawn 6 and won 3. Cardiff have conceded 37 goals, scored 16, failed to score in 10 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Cardiff have played 11 games at home, winning 4, drawing 0 and losing 7 fixtures. They have scored 11 goals, conceded 16 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 6 times in home league games.

Coventry lay in 15th place on 27 points in the Championship league table having played 23 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 9 games against teams below them in the table, winning 4, drawing 2 and losing 3 games. They have scored 16 goals and kept 1 clean sheet against lower placed opposition. Coventry have conceded 14 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Coventry have played 12 away games, winning 2, drawing 4 and losing 6 games. They have scored an average of 0.8 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.5 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	Cardiff Coventry
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Leeds	23	14	6	3	28	48	l 0-2A	Feb 1	Feb 8	l 3-0A
2	Sheff Utd	23	15	5	3	19	48	l 0-2A	Apr 18	d 2-2A	Mar 29
3	Burnley	23	13	8	2	21	47	Mar 1	l 5-0A	Apr 5	l 2-0A
4	Sunderland	23	12	8	3	16	44	l 0-2A	Mar 8	Mar 15	d 2-2A
5	Blackburn	22	11	5	6	7	38	l 1-3A	Mar 15	w 3-0F	Jan 21
6	Watford	22	11	4	7	3	37	Jan 14	Dec 29	Jan 25	d 1-1F
7	M'Boro	23	10	6	7	10	36	l 0-2A	Jan 4	May 3	w 0-3F
8	West Brom	23	8	11	4	9	35	Apr 26	d 0-00-0	Apr 18	l 2-0A
9	Sheff Wed	23	9	6	8	-2	33	Mar 29	d 1-1F	l 1-2F	Feb 15
10	Swansea	23	8	6	9	3	30	Jan 18	d 1-1A	l 1-2A	Feb 1
11	Bristol C	23	7	9	7	-1	30	Feb 15	d 1-1F	Jan 18	d 1-1A
12	Norwich	23	7	8	8	4	29	w 2-1A	May 3	l 0-1A	Jan 4
13	Millwall	22	7	7	8	2	28	w 1-0F	Jan 21	Dec 29	w 0-1F
14	Derby	23	7	6	10	0	27	Jan 25	l 1-0A	l 1-2A	Mar 11
15	Coventry Away	23	7	6	10	-2	27	Jan 1	d 2-2F	-	-
16	Preston	23	5	11	7	-6	26	l 0-2A	Apr 8	Feb 22	l 1-0A
17	QPR	23	5	10	8	-8	25	l 0-2A	Apr 5	Feb 11	d 1-1F
18	Luton	23	7	4	12	-14	25	Mar 11	l 1-0A	w 3-2A	Apr 26
19	Stoke	23	5	7	11	-9	22	Apr 12	d 2-2A	Mar 8	l 1-0A
20	Oxford Utd	22	5	6	11	-15	21	Apr 21	l 3-2A	w 3-2F	Mar 1
21	Portsmouth	21	4	8	9	-11	20	w 2-0F	Feb 11	Apr 9	l 4-1F
22	Hull	23	4	7	12	-11	19	Feb 8	l 4-1F	w 2-1A	Apr 12
23	Cardiff Home	22	4	6	12	-16	18	-	-	d 2-2A	Jan 1
24	Plymouth	22	4	6	12	-27	18	w 5-0F	Feb 22	w 4-0F	Apr 21

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Win / draw / win form

Cardiff have lost 4 consecutive home league games

Cardiff have failed to score in 3 consecutive home league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cardiff	0 - 2	Sheff Utd
Cardiff	0 - 2	Preston
Cardiff	0 - 2	QPR
Cardiff	1 - 3	Blackburn
Cardiff	2 - 1	Norwich
Cardiff	2 - 0	Portsmouth
Cardiff	5 - 0	Plymouth
Cardiff	1 - 0	Millwall
Cardiff	0 - 2	Leeds
Cardiff	0 - 2	M'Boro
Cardiff	0 - 2	Sunderland
Cardiff	1 - 4	M'Boro
Cardiff	2 - 1	Southampton
Cardiff	1 - 3	Hull
Cardiff	0 - 2	Sunderland
Cardiff	2 - 1	Ipswich
Cardiff	1 - 0	Huddersfield
Cardiff	2 - 1	Stoke
Cardiff	0 - 0	Blackburn
Cardiff	0 - 2	Preston

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Cardiff	2 - 3	Oxford Utd
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	Sheff Utd
A	Cardiff	2 - 2	Stoke
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	Preston
A	Cardiff	2 - 2	Coventry
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	QPR
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	Sheff Wed
H	Cardiff	1 - 3	Blackburn
A	Cardiff	0 - 1	Luton
H	Cardiff	2 - 1	Norwich
A	Cardiff	0 - 0	West Brom
H	Cardiff	2 - 0	Portsmouth
H	Cardiff	5 - 0	Plymouth
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	Bristol C
H	Cardiff	1 - 0	Millwall
A	Cardiff	1 - 4	Hull
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	Leeds
A	Cardiff	0 - 1	Derby
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	M'Boro
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	Swansea

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Portsmouth	4 - 1	Coventry
West Brom	2 - 0	Coventry
Millwall	0 - 1	Coventry
Burnley	2 - 0	Coventry
Sunderland	2 - 2	Coventry
M'Boro	0 - 3	Coventry
QPR	1 - 1	Coventry
Preston	1 - 0	Coventry
Leeds	3 - 0	Coventry
Watford	1 - 1	Coventry
Bristol C	1 - 1	Coventry
Stoke	1 - 0	Coventry
Blackburn	0 - 0	Coventry
Birmingham	3 - 0	Coventry
Southampton	2 - 1	Coventry
Huddersfield	1 - 3	Coventry
Watford	1 - 2	Coventry
West Brom	2 - 1	Coventry
Stoke	0 - 1	Coventry
Plymouth	2 - 2	Coventry

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Coventry	4 - 0	Plymouth
A	Coventry	1 - 4	Portsmouth
H	Coventry	2 - 1	Hull
A	Coventry	0 - 2	West Brom
A	Coventry	1 - 0	Millwall
H	Coventry	2 - 2	Cardiff
A	Coventry	0 - 2	Burnley
H	Coventry	2 - 2	Sheff Utd
A	Coventry	2 - 2	Sunderland
H	Coventry	1 - 2	Derby
A	Coventry	3 - 0	M'Boro
H	Coventry	3 - 2	Luton
A	Coventry	1 - 1	QPR
A	Coventry	0 - 1	Preston
H	Coventry	1 - 2	Sheff Wed
H	Coventry	3 - 0	Blackburn
A	Coventry	0 - 3	Leeds
H	Coventry	1 - 2	Swansea
A	Coventry	1 - 1	Watford
H	Coventry	0 - 1	Norwich

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Cardiff

Coventry

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 13

8 / 13

Clean sheets

5 / 13

4 / 13

CAR

COV

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

Coventry

Cardiff

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

11 / 14

10 / 14

Clean sheets

4 / 14

3 / 14

CAR

COV

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

Goal Statistics

	Cardiff 23rd	Coventry 15th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	1.3 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 26% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 61% probability that Cardiff will score no more than 1 goal	0 28% 1 36% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 64% probability that Coventry will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-19 Cardiff have scored 19% fewer goals at home than predicted	-19 Coventry have scored 19% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.0 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	1.5 conceded	1.5 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

CAR

COV

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Games scored	12		17
Failed to score	10		6
Scored first	7		9
Goals scored	21		32
Avg. goals scored	1		1.4
Avg. shots per game	9		10
Avg. shots per goal	10		7
Conversion rate for	11		14
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.5
KickOff rating		+27%

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COV

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Games conceded	18		19
Clean sheets	4		4
Conceded first	14		14
Goals conceded	37		34
Avg. goals conceded	1.7		1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		5
Conversion rate against	19%		21%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.1
KickOff rating		+2%

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

Cardiff Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
20	6	4	5
C Chambers	C Robinson	R Colwill	P Ng

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Colwill MID	22	1	4	2 -
C Chambers DEF	20			3 -
C O'Dowda MID	20	1	1	3 -
P Ng DEF	19	1		5 -
D Goutas DEF	19		1	1 -
J Alnwick GLK	18			1 -
C Willock MID	18	1	1	-
O Tanner FWD	18	2	1	1 -
A Robertson MID	17	2	1	3 -
A Ghazi FWD	17	2	1	-
C Robinson FWD	17	6		1 -
M Siopis MID	16			5 -
Y Méïté FWD	16	1		1 -
W Kanga FWD	15			-
J Bagan DEF	12			2 1
D Turnbull MID	12	1		2 -
J Ralls MID	12		1	5 -
A Rinomhota MID	11			2 -
J Daland DEF	8			1 -
C. Ashford MID	6	1		-
E Horvath GLK	4			-
J Collins DEF	4			1 -
A Ramsey MID	4			1 -
W Fish DEF	3			2 -
R. Kpakio DEF	2		1	-
M. Reindorf FWD	2			-
M Fagan-Walcott DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	18	4	22
C Robinson	R Colwill	R Colwill	A Robertson

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Robinson FWD	6	11		9
A Robertson MID	2	2	1	22
O Tanner FWD	2	7	1	5
A Ghazi FWD	2	9	1	5
D Turnbull MID	1	10		8
Y Méïté FWD	1	8		4
C. Ashford MID	1	1
R Colwill MID	1	18	4	20
C Willock MID	1	5	1	11
P Ng DEF	1	5		18
C O'Dowda MID	1	4	1	17
R. Kpakio DEF			1	1
M. Reindorf FWD				1
A Ramsey MID		4
J Collins DEF				1
W Kanga FWD		2		2
J Daland DEF				2
A Rinomhota MID		1		4
J Ralls MID		2	1	12
J Bagan DEF				2
C Chambers DEF		2		5
M Siopis MID		2		2
D Goutas DEF		3	1	4

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1088	46	114
C Chambers	P Ng	P Ng

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Chambers DEF	1088	27	71
D Goutas DEF	942	17	67
P Ng DEF	793	46	114
A Robertson MID	776	27	66
C O'Dowda MID	631	39	110
R Colwill MID	587	28	91
J Alnwick GLK	513	1	9
M Siopis MID	500	36	70
D Turnbull MID	447	12	16
J Ralls MID	425	13	28
J Bagan DEF	306	18	29
O Tanner FWD	305	31	66
C Willock MID	304	15	59
J Daland DEF	266	6	28
C Robinson FWD	259	1	25
A Rinomhota MID	246	18	33
A Ghazi FWD	230	7	39
A Ramsey MID	201	10	19
E Horvath GLK	112		1
Y Méïté FWD	104	14	74
W Fish DEF	73	2	10
J Collins DEF	64	5	8
W Kanga FWD	60	1	14
R. Kpakio DEF	31	3	5
C. Ashford MID	24		5
M Fagan-Walcott DEF	10	1	1
M. Reindorf FWD	9	1	1

Coventry Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
23	7	6	6
M Ewijk	H Wright	J Rudoni	J Eccles

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Ewijk DEF	23	1	1	-
J Rudoni MID	23	3	6	2 -
V Torp MID	22	2	1	1 -
J Eccles MID	22	3	3	6 -
B Thomas-Asante FWD	22	2	1	3 -
T Sakamoto MID	21	2	3	2 -
B Thomas DEF	20	1		3 -
E Mason-Clark FWD	20	4	4	1 -
E Simms FWD	20	2	1	-
J Latibeaudiere DEF	18			4 -
J Dasilva DEF	17		1	1 -
L Binks DEF	16			5 -
B Sheaf MID	16		2	3 -
H Wright FWD	15	7	1	1 -
N Bassette FWD	14	2		5 -
J Bidwell DEF	13	1		3 -
O Dovin GLK	12			-
B Collins GLK	8			-
L Kitching DEF	7		1	1 -
J Allen MID	4			-
B Wilson GLK	3			-
F Tavares FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	14	6	25
H Wright	H Wright	J Rudoni	J Rudoni

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
H Wright FWD	7	14	1	9
E Mason-Clark FWD	4	11	4	14
J Eccles MID	3	8	3	11
J Rudoni MID	3	13	6	25
V Torp MID	2	9	1	18
B Thomas-Asante FWD	2	6	1	6
T Sakamoto MID	2	4	3	11
E Simms FWD	2	10	1	5
N Bassette FWD	2	7		2
M Ewijk DEF	1	6	1	21
B Thomas DEF	1	5		3
J Bidwell DEF	1	1		9
J Allen MID				1
L Kitching DEF		1	1	3
L Binks DEF		3		2
B Sheaf MID		4	2	21
J Dasilva DEF		1	1	9
J Latibeaudiere DEF		1		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1306	47	104
B Thomas	M Ewijk	M Ewijk

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Thomas DEF	1306	19	92
L Binks DEF	1146	19	73
M Ewijk DEF	990	47	104
J Latibeaudiere DEF	983	23	72
B Sheaf MID	970	44	94
J Eccles MID	940	36	79
J Rudoni MID	844	27	83
V Torp MID	536	26	46
J Dasilva DEF	483	28	51
T Sakamoto MID	398	21	63
J Bidwell DEF	369	6	32
O Dovin GLK	362		4
L Kitching DEF	324	6	26
B Collins GLK	235	1	3
E Mason-Clark FWD	222	19	61
H Wright FWD	202	10	73
B Thomas-Asante FWD	117	8	43
E Simms FWD	103		22
B Wilson GLK	84		3
J Allen MID	68	4	6
N Bassette FWD	56	1	24

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

Cardiff have played 22 matches so far this season and are in 23rd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Coventry lay in 15th place on 27 points in the Championship league table having played 23 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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