Bristol City vs Coventry Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 24th August 2024

Bristol City enjoy home advantage, when visitors Coventry swing by on Saturday for a clash in the Championship. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Bristol City are placed sixth with four points after two matches. Coventry occupy a position as tenth in the league on three points.

Bristol City will be satisfied having collected four points from a possible six in their new Championship campaign, and aim to stay undefeated.

Both Bristol City and Coventry aim to show their respective set of fans they are the better side on Saturday, and we are bound to see an exciting game.

Bristol City scored an average of 1.6 goals in ten matches or a total of 16 while allowing ten goals against. This is an average of one goals against per match with five clean sheets along the way.

Coventry scored 11 goals, conceded 18 and managed one clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Their latest encounter was a belter of a game, which finished with a 2-2 scoreline. An uncommon result, but we would not mind a similar goal fest this coming Saturday.

Bristol City vs Coventry Prediction

Bristol City Form

Bristol City delivered a bit of everything as their last three matches resulted in a win, a loss and a draw. An encounter with Hull brought a 1-1 draw, which was followed by a 0-1 defeat at the hands of Coventry. Their most recent game had them back on the winning trail, as they beat Millwall by 4-3. Bristol City won five of their last six Championship matches at the Ashton Gate, scoring 14 and conceding four along they way. They also drew once as they remained without defeat.

While a title race is perhaps a too optimistic a longthrow, a podium finish does not look beyong Coventry, should they manage to catch a strong momentum.

Coventry Form

Coventry look back on their last three matches with two victories to show for their efforts. Against Stoke, they were left empty-handed in a 1-0 defeat, but they bounced back by beating Bristol City in a 0-1 win. They followed that up with a 3-2 win against Oxford in their most recent outing. Coventry won twice, while also recording one draw, and three defeats in their last six away matches in the Championship. The scoreline from these matches says eight goals conceded and six scored.

Coventry go into a new season as candidates for the podium, but will count themselves lucky to achieve more than a third place.

Though favourites for the win, we are uncertain the current form of Bristol City backs this claim. We believe there is good value in Coventry, perhaps with the backing of the draw.

Bristol City vs Coventry Squads

Bristol City Squad

Manning will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Coventry from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Championship this season):

Lewis Thomas (0/0), Max O'Leary (0/2), Stefan Bajic (0/0), Cameron Pring (0/2), George Tanner (0/2), Haydon Roberts (0/0), Kal Naismith (0/1), Rob Dickie (0/2), Robert Atkinson (0/0), Ross McCrorie (0/0), Zak Vyner (0/2), Adam Murphy (0/0), Anis Mehmeti (1/2), Ayman Benarous (0/0), George Earthy (0/1), Jason Knight (0/2), Joe Williams (0/2), Josh Stokes (0/0), Mark Sykes (0/2), Max Bird (0/2), Taylor Gardner-Hickman (0/0), Fally Mayulu (2/2), Harry Cornick (0/0), Leo Pecover (0/0), Nahki Wells (0/1), Omar Taylor-Clarke (0/0), Samuel Bell (0/1), Scott Twine (1/1), Sinclair Armstrong (1/2), Yu Hirakawa (0/0).

Coventry Squad

Here is the full team squad of Coventry. The 54 year-old Mark Robins will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Ben Wilson (0/0), Bradley Collins (0/0), Luke Bell (0/0), Oliver Nnonyelu Dovin (0/2), Bobby Thomas (0/1), Jake Bidwell (0/2), Jamie Allen (0/1), Jay Dasilva (0/1), Joel Latibeaudiere (0/1), Josh Eccles (0/2), Liam Kitching (0/0), Luis Binks (0/2), Milan van Ewijk (1/2), Ben Sheaf (0/0), Jack Rudoni (0/2), Kasey Palmer (0/2), Ryan Howley (0/0), Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (0/2), Victor Torp (0/2), Bassala Sambou (0/0), Brandon Thomas-Asante (0/2), Ellis Simms (0/2), Ephron Mason-Clark (0/2), Fabio Tavares (0/0), Haji Wright (2/2), Justin Obikwu (0/0), Kai Andrews (0/0), Norman Bassette (0/0), Raphael Borges Rodrigues (0/0).

Bristol City vs Coventry Team News

At the time of writing, it looks as if only two players are unavailable for Bristol City, when they prepare for their upcoming assignment.

Robert Atkinson and Ayman Benarous nurses various injuries and won't take part for Bristol City against Coventry at Ashton Gate.

Coventry just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Bristol City at the Ashton Gate.

Jamie Allen nurses an injury and won't be travelling with Coventry.

Bristol City vs Coventry Lineups

Bristol City vs Coventry H2H

Their latest encounter was a belter of a game, which finished with a 2-2 scoreline. An uncommon result, but we would not mind a similar goal fest this coming Saturday. Bristol City have a 30% win rate against Coventry, who won four of these matches. The total record reads 3-3-4, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Bristol City vs Coventry Results

Of the last ten encounters between Bristol City Coventry over 2.5 goals came out four times. Odds on over 2.5 goals are at 9/10 with bookies.

Bristol City vs Coventry Betting Tips

Scott Twine is the most prolific Championship marksman for the home team, scoring twice recently. Coventry look to Haji Wright, hoping he can add to his current total of three Championship goals in his latest games.

Bristol City won seven of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing two and losing one as well. Coventry won four from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew two and lost four in this run. Bristol City kept visitors at Ashton Gate from scoring six times in their previous 10 matches on home soil. Meanwhile, Coventry have been able to keep a clean sheet in three of their last 10 games away from home.

The last ten encounters between Bristol City and Coventry saw over 2.5 goals scored six times, with Bristol City averaging 1.3 goals a game. Coventry scored 1.4 goals on average in these, as both teams scored seven times in this run. Bristol City saw over 2.5 goals in four of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.6 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten games for Coventry, who scored 1.3 times on average in these matches.