Match Analysis: Coventry City FC vs Ipswich Town FC

Looking at game week 44 of the 2023/2024 season, the encounter at The Coventry Building Society Arena between Coventry City and Ipswich Town could offer some exciting betting opportunities. With Coventry City’s odds for a win set at 2.79 and an Over 2.5 goals bet scoring at 1.91, sports punters may have some interesting choices.

Coventry City has achieved 4 points from their last 5 games, both at home and away. They averaged 0.8 points per match and managed to score in 3 of those games. However, they’ve struggled to find the back of the net in 2 of those 5, perhaps prompting some strategic changes from the manager.

In contrast, Ipswich Town comes into this game on a better scoring streak, accumulating 8 points from their last five games, a 1.6 point-per-game average. Goals can be expected as they have scored in three of those games, although they have also faltered in scoring in 2 of the 5 matches.

Their previous encounter ended in a 1-1 draw, and in 13 past meetings, Coventry City has won 4 times while Ipswich Town clinched victory 5 times. Home advantage seems to be with Coventry, who currently demonstrate good form in home matches, against Ipswich’s exceptional away performance. Historically, meetings between these two teams have averaged 3 goals, with both teams scoring 85% of the time. This season, Coventry City’s home matches have averaged 1.67 points per game, whereas Ipswich Town’s away matches have yielded 1.77 points per game.

Insights

• Coventry City has gained an average of 0.8 points from their last 5 games, indicating a relatively weak recent performance.
• Despite this, Coventry City has consistently scored in their last 4 home games, suggesting a solid offense on their home ground.
• Goal scoring has been somewhat inconsistent with Coventry City, as they have failed to score in 2 out of the last 5 games.
• The trend of both teams scoring (BTTS) has occurred in 3 of Coventry City’s last 5 games.
• Ipswich Town has been performing stronger recently, with an average of 1.6 points from their last 5 games.
• Ipswich has a streak of 2 games without any defeat, indicating a positive momentum.
• However, Ipswich Town has also struggled with inconsistent goal scoring, failing to score in 2 of their last 5 games.
• BTTS has occurred only in 2 of Ipswich Town’s last 5 games.
• Historical match outcomes favor Ipswich Town slightly, with 5 wins over Coventry City’s 4 in their last 13 meetings.
• Both teams’ scoring and goals average per game suggest a possible high-scoring match, as their previous encounters have averaged 3 goals per match and BTTS landing 85% of the time.
• Home and away points per game for Coventry City and Ipswich Town do not show a significant edge for either side, with 1.67 for Coventry City and 1.77 for Ipswich Town respectively.

Match Forecast

• The clash might start with a high-intensity game from both teams, as both have strong capabilities in attacking down the wings and both teams have a trend to rotate their first eleven.
• Coventry City FC will likely attempt long-range shots and through balls often in an attempt to exploit weaknesses in Ipswich’s defence against long shots.
• Ipswich attacking play down the middle will be challenging for Coventry City FC due to their issues with stopping opponents from creating chances.
• There could be a significant number of aerial duels in the game, with Ipswich likely having the upper hand due to Coventry’s aerial duel weakness.
• There’s a high chance Ipswich will be more successful in scoring, due to their very strong ability to finish scoring chances and Coventry’s weak avoidance of fouling in dangerous areas.
• Ipswich’s ability to come back from losing positions and defending set pieces combined with Coventry’s poor resilience against opponents creating chances will likely lead to Ipswich scoring more goals.
• The aggressive play style of both teams might result in several fouls, and potentially yellow or red cards. Coventry City FC should be careful, as they are weak at avoiding fouling in dangerous areas.
• Coventry might be able to seize moments of weakness when Ipswich struggles to protect their lead.
• There’s a high probability for errors from Coventry City FC side, as they are very weak at avoiding individual errors, which Ipswich can capitalize on.

Match Facts

• When Coventry City hosts Ipswich Town, a 1-1 draw has been the most frequent outcome, occurring five times.
• Of the past 15 games hosted by Coventry City against Ipswich Town, Coventry have claimed victory four times, six games have ended in a draw, and Ipswich have come out on top five times. A 21-20 goal difference leans in Ipswich’s favour.
• Over 31 meetings between the two teams, Coventry City have won eight times, engaged in a draw eight times, while Ipswich Town have emerged victorious 15 times. With a goal difference of 51-39, Ipswich Town have the edge.
• The last home victory of Coventry City over Ipswich Town dates back to 2009.
• An interesting fact is 25% of Coventry City’s goals are scored in the 76-90 minute period, similarly, Ipswich Town scores 28% of their goals within the same timeframe.
• Coventry City are currently enduring a four-match losing streak.
• In 4 of their 21 home Championship matches this season, Coventry City have not managed to score.
• Similarly, Ipswich Town have failed to net a goal in 4 of their 22 away Championship matches of this season.
• Josh Eccles of Coventry City has accumulated the most yellow cards (10), while Ipswich Town’s Sam Morsy leads with 13.
• Coventry City have not been able to keep a clean sheet in their last nine matches.
• Coventry City come out on top in the first half in 28% of their matches, contrasting to Ipswich Town’s 38%.
• During their most recent encounter, Ipswich Town managed to secure victory.
• In their last clash, Ipswich Town had a one-goal advantage.
• When Coventry City have a leading score of 1-0 at home, they secure a win in 71% of their matches. Similarly, Ipswich Town win 77% of their matches when they lead 0-1 while playing away.
• Conversely, when Coventry City trail 0-1 at home, they recover to win 20% of the matches. When Ipswich Town are down by 1-0 away from home, their comeback win rate is 15%.
• In the Championship, Ipswich Town has generally performed better than Coventry City.
• Ipswich Town’s performance in the last five matches eclipses that of Coventry City.
• Coventry City have only lost one game against Ipswich Town in the last five encounters across all competitions.
• Looking at the last five meetings, Coventry City have won two, Ipswich Town one, with two games ending in a draw.
• In the five recent Championship games against each other, Ipswich Town have only lost one, while Coventry City have won just one.
• On average, Coventry City nets 1.2 goals in a match against Ipswich Town who in turn, score 1 goal.
• The average number of goals when these two teams meet is 2.2.
• Further breaking it down, the average number of goals in the first half is 1.2.
• Both teams failed to win their last Championship match.
• On an average, when playing at home, Coventry City score 1.96 goals, and Ipswich Town, when playing away, score 1.5 goals.
• Coventry City is on a three-match losing streak in the Championship.
• Notably, the lowest percentage of Coventry City’s goals, 6%, are scored between the 0-15 minute mark.
• Coventry City is on a run of not winning in their past five games.
• Similarly, Ipswich Town have not won their last four games.