Coventry City FC vs Bristol City FC, Championship 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2023-24

Coventry City FC

2 – 2

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Bristol City FC

Tue 30 Jan 2024 · 19:45 UTC Coventry Building Society Arena HT 45' · FT 45'

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto 27' 1–0

1–1 45+1' Rob Dickie

1–2 83' Nahki Wells

Ellis Simms 86' 2–2

Y 85' Cameron Pring

Milan van Ewijk 90' Y

Y 90' Ross McCrorie

Overview

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Coventry City FC vs Bristol City FC — Championship at Coventry Building Society Arena.

Coventry City FC 46 games · 95 pts (2026/27)
Bristol City FC 46 games · 62 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Leigh Doughty
Assistant 1 Richard Wild
Assistant 2 Matthew Jones

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Coventry City FC	46	95
2	Ipswich Town FC	46	84
3	Millwall FC	46	83
4	Southampton FC	46	80
5	Middlesbrough FC	46	80
6	Hull City AFC	46	73
7	Wrexham AFC	46	71
8	Derby County FC	46	69
9	Norwich City FC	46	65
10	Birmingham City FC	46	64
11	Swansea City AFC	46	64
12	Bristol City FC	46	62
13	Sheffield United FC	46	60
14	Preston North End FC	46	60
15	Queens Park Rangers FC	46	58
16	Watford FC	46	57
17	Stoke City FC	46	55
18	Portsmouth FC	46	55
19	Charlton Athletic FC	46	53
20	Blackburn Rovers FC	46	52
21	West Bromwich Albion FC	46	51
22	Oxford United FC	46	47
23	Leicester City FC	46	46
24	Sheffield Wednesday FC	46	0

Head-to-Head

Coventry City FC 12 games · Avg 2.3 goals Bristol City FC

Last 5 meetings

2024-01-30 Coventry City FC 2–2 Bristol City FC 2023-10-21 Bristol City FC 1–0 Coventry City FC 2023-01-01 Coventry City FC 1–1 Bristol City FC 2022-10-04 Bristol City FC 0–0 Coventry City FC 2022-02-22 Bristol City FC 1–2 Coventry City FC

Recent Form

Coventry City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Jan	Bristol City FC	H	2–2	D
26 Jan	Sheffield Wednesday FC	A	1–1	D
20 Jan	Sheffield Wednesday FC	A	2–1	W
13 Jan	Leicester City FC	H	3–1	W
06 Jan	Oxford United FC	H	6–2	W
01 Jan	Middlesbrough FC	A	3–1	W

Bristol City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Jan	Coventry City FC	A	2–2	D
26 Jan	Nottingham Forest FC	H	0–0	D
20 Jan	Watford FC	H	1–1	D
16 Jan	West Ham United FC	H	1–0	W
13 Jan	Preston North End FC	A	0–2	L
07 Jan	West Ham United FC	A	1–1	D

Season Stats

Coventry City FC		Bristol City FC
#1	Position	#12
95	Points	62
46	Played	46
28 / 11 / 7	W / D / L	17 / 11 / 18
97	Scored	59
45	Conceded	59
+52	GD	+0
2.07	PPG	1.35
61%	Win %	37%

Key Stats

58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

42% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Coventry City FC are 1st (95 pts). Bristol City FC are 12th (62 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Coventry City FC and Bristol City FC get this one started.
5' Bristol City FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
10' The travelling Bristol City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
12' Another substitution for Coventry City FC to replace Ben Sheaf by Joel Latibeaudiere on 12 minute.
17' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
22' Over 22 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
27' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Tatsuhiro Sakamoto makes no mistake. 1-0!
32' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
37' Coventry City FC have won 474 goals from 374 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
42' It looks surprising Coventry City FC does not make any changes. Bobby Thomas has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
46' A goal from the England international Rob Dickie! He fires home on 45 to make it 1-1!
51' named a 4-2-3-1 earlier, and opted for a 3-4-2-1 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
56' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Coventry City FC and Bristol City FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
58' Another change for Coventry City FC made on 58 minute. Kasey Palmer leaves to be changed by Haji Wright.
59' Victor Torp is ready to make an impact after coming on for Josh Eccles at the 59 minute mark.
60' The Bristol City FC bench stirs into life. Jason Knight is withdrawn and Ross McCrorie gets his opportunity.
65' Another change for Bristol City FC made on 65 minute. Anis Mehmeti leaves to be changed by Tommy Conway.
70' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Coventry City FC and Bristol City FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
75' Bristol City FC is showing some good football. However, Bristol City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
79' It is a substitution in Bristol City FC team. Sam Bell is replaced by Harry Cornick on 79 minute.
83' Assisted by Tommy Conway with the perfectly-timed delivery and Nahki Wells makes no mistake. 1-2!
85' A moment of madness from Cameron Pring on 85 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Bristol City FC will be frustrated.
86' Ellis Simms doubles the advantage! 2-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
90' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Milan van Ewijk.
Game over. The scoreline of 2-2 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Coventry City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

3
Jay Dasilva
8
Jamie Allen
13
Ben Wilson
30
Fabio Tavares
11
Haji Wright ↑ 58'
22
Joel Latibeaudiere ↑ 12'
2
Luis Binks
9
Ellis Simms ↑ 59'
29
Victor Torp ↑ 59'

Coach Mark Robins

Bristol City FC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

3
Cameron Pring
21
Nahki Wells
8
Joe Williams
26
Zak Vyner
16
Rob Dickie
12
Jason Knight ↓ Ross McCrorie 60'
19
George Tanner
11
Anis Mehmeti ↓ Tommy Conway 65'
20
Sam Bell ↓ Harry Cornick 79'
1
Max O'Leary
22
Taylor Gardner-Hickman ↓ Matty James 60'

Bench

Coach Liam Manning

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Matt Godden	5
Rob Dickie	2
Nahki Wells	2
Viktor Gyokeres	2
Chris Martin	2
Ian Maatsen	1
Antoine Semenyo	1
Tomas Kalas	1

Head to Head

Coventry City FC Form

2024-01-30 Coventry City FC 2–2 Bristol City FC D 2024-01-26 Sheffield Wednesday FC 1–1 Coventry City FC D 2024-01-20 Sheffield Wednesday FC 1–2 Coventry City FC W 2024-01-13 Coventry City FC 3–1 Leicester City FC W 2024-01-06 Coventry City FC 6–2 Oxford United FC W 2024-01-01 Middlesbrough FC 1–3 Coventry City FC W

Bristol City FC Form

2024-01-30 Coventry City FC 2–2 Bristol City FC D 2024-01-26 Bristol City FC 0–0 Nottingham Forest FC D 2024-01-20 Bristol City FC 1–1 Watford FC D 2024-01-16 Bristol City FC 1–0 West Ham United FC W 2024-01-13 Preston North End FC 2–0 Bristol City FC L 2024-01-07 West Ham United FC 1–1 Bristol City FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.21 Coventry City FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.13 Bristol City FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 64% + Both teams to score 60%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Coventry City FC58% Draw22% Bristol City FC20%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.34

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	64%	36%
± 3.5	42%	58%
± 4.5	25%	75%

Double Chance

Coventry City FC or Draw

80%

Draw or Bristol City FC

42%

Coventry City FC or Bristol City FC

78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Coventry City FC44% Draw40% Bristol City FC16%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.7%

2 – 1

9.4%

2 – 0

8.6%

1 – 0

7.3%

3 – 1

6.9%

3 – 0

6.2%

2 – 2

Actual

0 – 0

1 – 2

4.9%

3 – 2

3.9%

4 – 1

3.9%

4 – 0

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Coventry City FC

Handicap	Coventry City FC covers	Push	Bristol City FC covers
-2.5	20%	—	80%
-2	20%	18%	61%
-1.5	39%	—	61%
-1	39%	22%	40%
-0.5	60%	—	40%
+0.5	82%	—	18%
+1	82%	11%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Coventry City FC keeps clean sheet

33% ✓

Bristol City FC keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.