England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Sunderland and Coventry City, taking place on Saturday, 23 December 2023, at Stadium of Light in Sunderland.
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Sunderland, Recent FormThe 1-0 away defeat to Bristol City will not have sat easily with the Sunderland squad, who would not have been pleased to squander all three points. They came away from that fixture with 67% of the possession and clocked up 18 attempts on goal with 9 on target. By comparison, Bristol City managed 6 attempts on goal, with 3 on target.
They may consider themselves adept at breaking through their opponent's defences, having scored 5 goals in their last 6 outings, but they have had their own defensive frailties to worry about, having conceded 7 and seen valuable points lost. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 home games but have only managed to keep 1 clean sheet in those games.
They have had a good run of form at Stadium of Light recently, having won 4 out of their last 6 home games.
Coventry City, Recent FormGrabbing a valuable league point from their recent 1-1 draw against Leeds United will have been seen as a reasonably decent result for Coventry City. Their share of possession in that meeting was 36%, while racking up 7 shots along the way, 3 of which were on target. Leeds United had 21 shots on goal with 6 on target.
It's reasonable to say they have enjoyed some decent goal scoring form of late, with 9 goals notched up in their last 6 matches, but while their offensive line is working, their defensive setup has shown cause for concern with 4 goals shipped and valuable points dropped. They have scored in 4 of their last 6 away games, but so far this season they have conceded at least one goal in 10 of their 11 games on the road.
They've had a bad run of form away from home recently, having lost 4 of their last 6 on the road and managing just 1 win.
Haji Wright will be keen to get his name on the scoresheet against Sunderland in this match, having already scored 2 goals in his last 6 away games for Coventry City.
Sunderland will have been disappointed not to take all 3 points in their last league match against Coventry City with the game ending in a 0-0 draw.
The Sky Blues have let in at least one goal in each of their last 5 league matches at Stadium of Light against Sunderland. We've seen plenty of goals from Coventry when they've visited The Black Cats in the league, in their last 3 games they've scored a total of 7 goals, which is an average of 2.33 per game.
When playing at home in the league, Sunderland have failed to win any of their last 3 meetings with Coventry, with the last 2 of those games ending in a draw.
Sunderland manager Mike Dodds has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Ajibola Alese (Unknown), Daniel Ballard (Hamstring), Dennis Cirkin (Hamstring), Corry Evans (Cruciate ligament), Jay Matete (Knee surgery) and Timothée Pembélé (Knee) are all currently out of contention for this game.
There is only really one injury concern for the Coventry manager Mark Robins ahead of this clash, with Fabio Tavares (Achilles tendon) missing out, which gives Robins a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
Sunderland Playing at home | Coventry City Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | Goals scored | 1.4 |
| 1.2 | Goals conceded | 1.5 |
| 44' | Time first goal scored | 48' |
| 47' | Time first goal conceded | 50' |
| 2.3 | Yellow cards | 2.4 |
| 0.2 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3.8 | Subs used | 3.5 |
| 5-0 | Biggest victory | 3-0 |
| 4-0 | Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
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