Preview & Prediction: Hull City AFC vs Coventry City FC
On the 15th of September 2023, a contest will unfold in the Championship as Hull City lock horns with Coventry City. Their last encounter concluded with a scoreline of Hull City 0 – 2 Coventry City. Looking at the historical data from the last few seasons, these two have clashed on 8 occasions. From those encounters, Hull City emerged victorious in 4 matches, Coventry City in 2, while 2 matches resulted in a stalemate. Hull City’s performance at home has been average, mirrored by Coventry City’s away form. Matches between these two have averaged 1.75 goals, with both teams scoring in 25% of games.
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— Hull City (@HullCity) September 2, 2023
In the ongoing Championship season, Hull City have been averaging 1.6 points per home game, whereas Coventry City are averaging 1 point in their away games.
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— Hull City (@HullCity) September 9, 2023
Key Insights:
– The upcoming match on 15th September 2023, will be the ninth meeting between Hull City and Coventry City.
– Coventry City had an upper hand in their last face-off, winning 2-0 against Hull City.
– The past eight meetings between the two teams show a tight competition, with Hull City taking home four victories compared to Coventry City’s two.
– The remaining two matches have ended in a draw, hinting at close competition between the two clubs.
– Examining their forms, both teams are performing averagely, with Hull City’s home form considered average, and Coventry City’s away form also average.
– Historical data shows previous matches between these teams averaging 1.75 goals, suggesting a low-scoring game could be on the cards.
– Remember, Both Teams To Score (BTTS) has occurred only 25% of the time in their previous encounters.
– This season in the Championship, Hull City has averaged slightly higher Points Per Game at home (1.6 Points) than Coventry City at away matches (1 Point).
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— Hull City (@HullCity) September 9, 2023
Match Forecast:
– Hull City AFC will likely create a lot of scoring opportunities from long shots and through balls, considering their strength in these areas.
– Coventry City FC might effectively steal the ball from the opposition and create scoring chances. Strong attacking set pieces and solid defending of similar situations could also be expected.
– Hull City AFC might struggle to protect the lead, if they get ahead, due to their weakness in this area. They will also have trouble defending against counter attacks and long shots.
– Coventry City FC could struggle in aerial duels, which could be a disadvantage during set pieces. They also have to be careful to avoid individual errors and defend against long shots and counter attacks.
– Both teams will likely resort to short passes throughout the match, considering their play style. There also might be a large number of long shots.
– Given Hull City FC’s weakness in defending against through ball attacks, Coventry City FC might capitalize on this by attempting through balls often.
– The game might be played largely in either team’s own half due to their preferred styles.
– Hull City AFC may face aggressive play from Coventry City FC.
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— Coventry City (@Coventry_City) September 9, 2023
The chances are high that Hull will make a goal from a far-off shot. It’s quite likely that Hull will seize an opportunity to score due to an error by the opposition. There’s also a fair likelihood that Coventry will generate numerous scoring opportunities.
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— Coventry City (@Coventry_City) September 8, 2023
Match Facts:
– The 1-0 scoreline has been the most frequent in matchups between Hull City and Coventry City, with three encounters closing at this result.
– In the recent seven encounters hosted by Hull City, they won twice, drew once and Coventry City triumphed four times. The goal difference is 8-5 leaning towards Coventry City.
– In the last fourteen games between these two teams, Hull City claimed victory in 6 games, Coventry City in 5, and the remaining 3 matches ended in stalemate. Hull City are leading the goal difference by 13-12.
– Last season, the matches between these two ended in 3-2 victory for Hull City at home and a 1-1 draw at Coventry’s home ground.
– Both Hull City and Coventry City have gone unbeaten in their last 4 matches.
– Ozan Tufan is Hull City’s leading goal scorer with a tally of 4 whereas Matt Godden has scored 3 for Coventry City.
– Michael Seri has provided the most assists (2) for Hull City while the leading assist provider for Coventry City is Haji Wright (also with 2 assists).
– Coventry City, a year back, were sitting fourth on the table with 8 points. This year they have dropped down to the 14th spot with 6 points.
– Hull City have managed to score in their last 14 consecutive matches.
– The first half victory has been claimed by Hull City in 22% of their matches and 29% by Coventry City.
– In the previous encounter, the two sides ended the match at 1-1.
– When Hull City takes a 1-0 lead at home, they go on to win 54% of these matches.
– Coventry City, when taking a 0-1 lead away from home, have a 66% winning percentage.
– Hull City, when trailing 0-1 at home, come back to win only 18% of the time.
– Coventry City has no recorded wins when they are behind 1-0 away.
– In the Championship, Hull City has been performing better than Coventry City.
– Hull City has had a better performance in the last five matches than Coventry City.
– Over their last five meet-ups, Hull City and Coventry City each won twice with one match ending in a draw.
– On an average, Hull City and Coventry City each score 1.2 goals in a match against each other.
– The average total goals scored in matches between Hull City and Coventry City is 2.4.
– In the first half of the games, the average number of goals is 1.4.
– Hull City tend to score 1.04 goals per match when playing at home, while Coventry City score 1.42 on average when they are playing away.
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— Coventry City (@Coventry_City) September 6, 2023