Preston North End and Coventry City face in Deepdale, in a match for the 22nd round of the Championship. There is no recent record of direct confrontations between these two teams, who have not played a game in the last 3 years. The last time they met was on 07‑02‑2015, in a match that ended with the final score: Preston North End (1‑0) Coventry City. Pay attention to the home factor, as the Preston North End tends to achieve different results at home and abroad.
Preston :
The home team is currently in 13th position, with 29 points won, after 9 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses. In the penultimate match, they won at home against Bristol City by (1‑0). In the last match, they won in an away match against Derby County by (0‑1). This is a team that curiously tends to achieve more positive results as a visitor than at home, since in the last 30 games they have registered 7 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats as a visitor, with 25 goals scored and 24 suffered; against 5 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats in his stadium, with 15 goals scored and 15 suffered. For the championship, the Preston North End won 10 points out of a possible 30, after 3 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses in the last 10 games they played in their stadium. In their home league matches the most frequent final result at half-time was 0‑0 (5 out of 10 matches). His attack has scored regularly, since he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches for this competition there is a tendency to have few goals, since 5 of the last 10 they played ended with Under 1.5 goals. In 21 matches in the competition, he conceded the first goal 11 times and only managed 2 comebacks. There are 2 periods that stand out in the last 10 home matches for this competition: they have scored 3 of their 8 goals between minutes (76′ ‑ 90 ‘); they have conceded 5 of their 12 goals between minutes (46’ ‑ 60 ‘).
Preston North End kick off this game with a 1-0 win on the Derby County field trip, adding the second consecutive victory in this competition: the only goal of the game was scored by Alan Browne. Now, in this game against Coventry, coach Alex Neil should play 4-3-3, privileging maintaining possession of the ball and attacking through the corridors: Scott Sinclair and Tom Barkhuizen must compose the team’s wings. The first athlete mentioned is one of the Preston North End highlights with 7 goals scored. Outside of this game are Brad Potts, Louis Moult, Billy Bodin, Patrick Bauer, Ben Pearson and Ryan Ledson, all injured.
Coventry :
The visiting team is currently in 18th position, with 23 points won, after 5 wins, 8 draws and 8 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Sheffield Wednesday by (1‑0). In the last match, they tied at home against Stoke City, by (0‑0). This is a team that presents similar results at home and away, so it is not usually affected by the home factor, since in the last 30 games it has registered 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses as a visitor; against 7 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses in his stadium. For the championship, Coventry City won 6 points out of a possible 30, after 1 win, 3 draws and 6 losses in the last 10 away games. The most frequent final result at half-time in their home league matches was 0‑0 (6 out of 10 matches). This is a team that scores very few times in the first place and that only managed to open the scoring in 5 of its last 21 games for the Championship, of these 5 it reached the break with an advantage in 3 and won at the end of the 90 ‘in 4. In 21 matches in this competition, they only got 1 comeback in the 11 matches in which they suffered the first goal. In the last 10 home matches for this competition there are 2 periods that stand out: they have scored 3 of their 8 goals between minutes (31’ ‑ 45 ‘); they have conceded 6 of their 15 goals between minutes (76’ ‑ 90 ‘).
The Coventry City team enters this game with an equal, zero, in the reception to Stoke, thus adding the third consecutive match without a win in this competition. To play away from home, coach Mark Robins would have to opt for a very defensive strategy, looking, in most cases, for forward Matt Godden. The player mentioned above is the highlight of this team with 4 goals. Out of this game are Marko Marosi and Lloyd Kelly, both injured.
