Coventry City vs Middlesbrough Prediction: Home team have history on their side

Coventry City is ready to welcome Middlesbrough at Building Society Arena on Saturday. Coventry have won three of their last 12 home league games against Middlesbrough. Would Middlesbrough be able to turn the table this time?

Coventry City’s Form

Coventry is yet to win at home this season. They just played one game at home against Preston this season and lost it by (0-1). Nothing is going in favor of Coventry this season as at away (D3 L3) they also didn't win a single game.

Coventry played back-to-back draws against Birmingham City (0-0) and Luton Town recently (2-2). Before that Norwich crushed them by (0-3). Hull (2-3) and Millwall (2-3) also defeated them earlier with the same margin.

With 3 points in 7 games, Coventry is at the bottom of the table. They have netted 7 goals so far this season and conceded 13 in return. Matt Godden is the team’s top scorer with 3 goals followed by Viktor Gyokeres (2) and Kyle McFadzean (1) respectively.

Coventry City’s possible lineup

Wilson; Doyle, McFadzean, Panzo; Dabo, Allen, Hamer, Sheaf, Bidweli; Godden, Gyokkeres.

Middlesbrough’s Form

Middlesbrough is yet to win at away this season. They didn’t win a single away league game (L3 D1) out of their 4 outings. They lost their last away league game against Watford (1-2). Earlier they faced defeat against Reading (0-1) and QPR (2-3) this season.

They barely managed to play a draw against Stoke City (2-2). In their 4 away league games they just scored 5 goals and conceded 8 in return.

At home, they had some success (D3 W2 L1) as they managed to win on two occasions out of 6 league games. With 10 points in 10 games, Middlesbrough is at 22nd position in the table.

They have netted 13 goals so far this season and conceded 15 in return. Matt Crooks is the team’s top scorer with 2 goals and 2 assists followed by Riley McGree (2) and Chuba Akpom (2) respectively.

Middlesbrough’s possible lineup

Steffen; Clarke, Fry, Dijksteel; Jones, Crooks, Howson, McGree, Giles; Muniz, Watmore. 

Coventry vs Middlesbrough expert tips

Both teams are struggling hard to win this season. On one side Coventry is winless at home and on the other side, at away Middlesbrough is winless. The historical stats are in favor of Coventry, but we also can’t ignore the current situation. After analyzing all facts, we are anticipating a draw here or a Coventry win. We can also expect less than 2.5 goals in the game due to the form of these two sides.