Coventry vs Sheffield Wednesday Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 11th January 2025

Coventry enjoy home advantage, when visitors Sheffield Wednesday swing by this coming Saturday for a clash in the FA Cup. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Coventry took down Sheffield Wednesday in their most recent meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for the home side a likely scenario this coming Saturday.

Before their upcoming match in the FA Cup, Coventry are performing absolutely brilliant, when it comes to goal scoring. In the past ten outings, they performed a formidable average of 2.7 goals per game. An awe-inspiring total of 27 goals. They let 17 goals slip in, which creates an average of 1.7 per game. During this run they fought their way to two clean sheets.

Sheffield Wednesday scored 13 goals, conceded 12 and managed three clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Their latest encounter was a belter of a game, which finished with a 4-1 scoreline. An uncommon result, but we would not mind a similar goal fest this coming Saturday.

Coventry vs Sheffield Wednesday Prediction

Coventry Form

Two draws were the best Coventry could manage in the previous three matches. They drew 0-0 with Millwall, before finishing even in a 1-1 draw against Cardiff. Their most recent match brought a 2-1 defeat against Norwich. Coventry won four of their past six matches on home soil in the FA Cup, where they also lost twice but drew none. They scored 11 goals and conceded 14 times.

Sheffield Wednesday Form

Sheffield Wednesday claimed four points from a possible nine in their last three matches across all tournaments, which opened with a defeat 3-1 against Preston. A 4-2 win followed against Derby, before drawing 2-2 with Millwall. Sheffield Wednesday claimed two wins against zero draws and four defeats in their last six away matches in the FA Cup. The scoreline from these matches reads 12 goals conceded and five scored.

Sheffield Wednesday and Coventry seem to find it tough getting their defensively lines in order, as they both concede too many goals. We hope the trend continues on Saturday, as we aim for both teams to score.

Coventry vs Sheffield Wednesday Squads

Coventry Squad

Frank Lampard will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Sheffield Wednesday from the following players:

Wilson, Collins, Rachel, Bell, Dovin, Thomas, Perry, Broad, Bidwell, Dasilva, Latibeaudiere, Kitching, Binks, van Ewijk, Sheaf, Rudoni, Allen, Eccles, Sakamoto, Torp, Sambou, Thomas-Asante, Simms, Mason-Clark, Tavares, Wright, Bassette, Rodrigues.

Sheffield Wednesday Squad

Below is the full team squad of Sheffield Wednesday. The manager Roehl will pick his starting XI against Coventry from these players:

Ben Hamer, James Beadle, Killian Barrett, Pierce Charles, Akin Famewo, Barry Bannan, Di'Shon Bernard, Dominic Iorfa, Gabriel Otegbayo, Liam Palmer, Max Lowe, Michael Ihiekwe, Pol Valentin, Yan Valery, Jamal Lowe, Josh Windass, Marvin Johnson, Nathaniel Chalobah, Shea Charles, Svante Ingelsson, Anthony Musaba, Callum Paterson, Charlie McNeill, Djeidi Gassama, Ike Ugbo, Michael Smith, Olaf Kobacki.

Coventry vs Sheffield Wednesday Team News

Coventry have an almost full squad available against Sheffield Wednesday at Coventry Building Society Arena with only one player possibly missing. For their upcoming match in round 3, Coventry are unable to call upon Josh Eccles, who is suspended.

Sheffield Wednesday just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Coventry at the Coventry Building Society Arena. Barry Bannan is ineligible for selection in the Sheffield Wednesday squad, as he is suspended.

Coventry vs Sheffield Wednesday Lineups

Coventry vs Sheffield Wednesday H2H

The latest encounter between these two teams was a belter of a 4-1 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest on Saturday? Coventry enjoyed a field day, when they last squared up to Sheffield Wednesday. A 4-1 win left the former in a jubilant mood, with the latter licking their wounds. The bookies have Coventry to win this match at best price odds of 9/10.

Coventry vs Sheffield Wednesday Results

In the last two matches between Coventry and Sheffield Wednesday, both teams to score came up two times.

Coventry vs Sheffield Wednesday Betting Tips

Ellis Simms look like value in the goal scoring market with six strikes to his name in six FA Cup matches. The visitors are crossing their fingers Josh Windass adds to his three FA Cup goals come this coming Saturday.

Coventry claimed four wins, drew three and lost three of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Sheffield Wednesday won five, drew three and lost two of their last 10 games away. Goals are flowing freely for Coventry on home soil currently, as both teams scored in seven of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target seven times in Sheffield Wednesday''s last 10 league games away from home.

In the last two encounters between Coventry and Sheffield Wednesday over 2.5 goals came out one time, as Coventry averaged 2.5 goals a game. Sheffield Wednesday scored an average of one goal in these, while both teams scored two times. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Coventry’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten games for Sheffield Wednesday, who scored two times on average in these matches.