Championship

Championship | Gameweek 27

Jan 13, 2024 at 12.30pm UK

The Coventry Building Society Arena

Coventry
3 - 1
Leicester

O'Hare (79', 90+4'), van Ewijk (88')
Palmer (38'), Thomas (42'), Sakamoto (43'), Dasilva (90+3'), van Ewijk (90+4')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Dewsbury-Hall (44' pen.)
Maresca (75'), Winks (78'), Cannon (83'), Casadei (84')
Fatawu (45+2')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Coventry City and Leicester City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Coventry City

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Coventry 6-2 Oxford Utd
Saturday, January 6 at 12.30pm in FA Cup

Goals
for

Top scorers

Leicester City

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Millwall 2-3 Leicester
Saturday, January 6 at 12.30pm in FA Cup

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Coventry City 1-2 Leicester City

Coventry have managed some notable results against the division's big hitters in recent weeks, but the visit of Leicester on Saturday will be the ultimate test. The Foxes are flying in the second tier, and although the trip to the CBS Arena should prove tricky, we expect Maresca's men to collect maximum points. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Coventry City win with a probability of 40.41%. A win for Leicester City had a probability of 34.86% and a draw had a probability of 24.7%.

The most likely scoreline for a Coventry City win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.73%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.34%) and 2-0 (6.3%). The likeliest Leicester City win was 1-2 (8.01%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.55%). The actual scoreline of 3-1 was predicted with a 4.4% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Coventry City would win this match.

Result
Coventry City	Draw	Leicester City
40.41%	24.74% ( 0)	34.86% ( 0)

Both teams to score 58.44% (

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

55.34% (

0.01)

44.66% (

-0)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

32.97% (

67.03% (

-0)

Coventry City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

77.92% (

22.08%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

44.57% (

55.43%

Leicester City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

75% (

25% (

-0)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

40.35% (

59.65% (

-0)

Score Analysis

Coventry City 40.41%

Leicester City 34.86%

Draw 24.73%

Coventry City	Draw	Leicester City
2-1 @ 8.73% 1-0 @ 8.34% ( -0) 2-0 @ 6.3% 3-1 @ 4.4% 3-0 @ 3.17% 3-2 @ 3.05% 4-1 @ 1.66% 4-0 @ 1.2% 4-2 @ 1.15% Other @ 2.42% Total : 40.41%	1-1 @ 11.55% 2-2 @ 6.05% ( 0) 0-0 @ 5.52% ( -0) 3-3 @ 1.41% Other @ 0.2% Total : 24.73%	1-2 @ 8.01% 0-1 @ 7.65% 0-2 @ 5.3% 1-3 @ 3.7% ( 0) 2-3 @ 2.8% ( 0) 0-3 @ 2.45% 1-4 @ 1.28% 2-4 @ 0.97% Other @ 2.69% Total : 34.86%