Championship

Championship | Gameweek 46

May 3, 2025 at 12.30pm UK

The Coventry Building Society Arena

Coventry
2 - 0
Middlesbrough

Rudoni (44', 87')
Sheaf (74'), (77'), (84')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Hackney (17')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Coventry City

All competitions

Last Game: Luton 1-0 Coventry
Saturday, April 26 at 12.30pm in Championship

Goals
for

Middlesbrough

All competitions

Last Game: Middlesbrough 0-0 Norwich
Saturday, April 26 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

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 44.56%. A win for Middlesbrough had a probability of 31.29% and a draw had a probability of 24.2%.

The most likely scoreline for a Coventry City win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.16%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.41%) and 2-0 (6.87%). The likeliest Middlesbrough win was 1-2 (7.47%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.2%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 6.9% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Coventry City would win this match.

Result
Coventry City	Draw	Middlesbrough
44.56% ( -1.13)	24.15% ( 0.1)	31.29% ( 1.03)

Both teams to score 59.26% (

0.22)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

56.94% (

0.05)

43.06% (

-0.04)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

34.54% (

0.05)

65.46% (

-0.04)

Coventry City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

80.49% (

-0.45)

19.51% (

0.46)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

48.61% (

-0.75)

51.39% (

0.75)

Middlesbrough Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

73.63% (

0.69)

26.37% (

-0.69)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

38.48% (

0.91)

61.52% (

-0.91)

Score Analysis

Coventry City 44.56%

Middlesbrough 31.29%

Draw 24.15%

Coventry City	Draw	Middlesbrough
2-1 @ 9.16% ( -0.1) 1-0 @ 8.41% ( -0.14) 2-0 @ 6.87% ( -0.22) 3-1 @ 4.99% ( -0.13) 3-0 @ 3.74% ( -0.17) 3-2 @ 3.33% ( -0.02) 4-1 @ 2.04% ( -0.08) 4-0 @ 1.53% ( -0.09) 4-2 @ 1.36% ( -0.03) Other @ 3.14% Total : 44.56%	1-1 @ 11.2% ( 0.03) 2-2 @ 6.1% ( 0.05) 0-0 @ 5.15% ( -0.01) 3-3 @ 1.48% ( 0.02) Other @ 0.22% Total : 24.15%	1-2 @ 7.47% ( 0.17) 0-1 @ 6.86% ( 0.12) 0-2 @ 4.57% ( 0.17) 1-3 @ 3.32% ( 0.14) 2-3 @ 2.71% ( 0.07) 0-3 @ 2.03% ( 0.11) 1-4 @ 1.11% ( 0.07) 2-4 @ 0.9% ( 0.04) Other @ 2.32% Total : 31.29%

How you voted: Coventry vs Middlesbrough

Coventry City

74.1%

Draw

14.8%

Middlesbrough

11.1%

Head to Head

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Middlesbrough

0-3

Coventry

Hackney (12'), Edmundson (85')
Hackney (22')

Thomas-Asante (42'), Wright (76'), Eccles (81')
Rudoni (25'), Thomas-Asante (33'), Thomas (45+1')

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Middlesbrough

1-3

Coventry

Coburn (31')
Greenwood (67'), Rogers (90+1')

Sakamoto (34', 69'), Wright (58')
Eccles (65'), Wright (82')

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Aug 12, 2023 12.30pm

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Coventry

3-0

Middlesbrough

Godden (11'), Wright (70'), Lenihan (90+1' og.)
Latibeaudiere (47')

Carrick (31+31'), Hackney (81')

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May 17, 2023 8pm

Middlesbrough

0-1

Coventry

Smith (16'), McNair (41'), Lenihan (69'), Jones (83')

Hamer (57')
Doyle (33'), Hamer (45+3'), McFadzean (61'), McNally (73'), Gyokeres (77'), Wilson (86')

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Form Guide

Plymouth 3-1 Coventry

Coventry 2-0 West Brom

Hull City 1-1 Coventry

Coventry 1-0 Portsmouth

Coventry 1-2 Burnley

Middlesbrough 0-0 Norwich

Sheff Weds 2-1 Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough 2-1 Plymouth

Millwall 1-0 Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough 0-1 Leeds

Blackburn 0-2 Middlesbrough

Nations League

Spain

International Friendlies

Algeria

International Friendlies

Georgia

Belarus

International Friendlies

Singapore

Tajikistan

Congo DR

World Cup Qualifying - Asia

Australia

Saudi Arabia

Indonesia

South Korea

Palestine

Jordan

Qatar

World Cup Qualifying - North Central America

COSAFA Cup

Lesotho

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Leeds United Leeds	46	29	13	4	95	30	65	100
P	Burnley	46	28	16	2	69	16	53	100
3	Sheffield United Sheff Utd	46	28	8	10	63	36	27	90
P	Sunderland	46	21	13	12	58	44	14	76
5	Coventry City Coventry	46	20	9	17	64	58	6	69
6	Bristol City	46	17	17	12	59	55	4	68
7	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	46	19	9	18	53	48	5	66
8	Millwall	46	18	12	16	47	49	-2	66
9	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	46	15	19	12	57	47	10	64
10	Middlesbrough	46	18	10	18	64	56	8	64
11	Swansea City Swansea	46	17	10	19	51	56	-5	61
12	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	46	15	13	18	60	69	-9	58
13	Norwich City Norwich	46	14	15	17	71	68	3	57
14	Watford	46	16	9	21	53	61	-8	57
15	Queens Park Rangers QPR	46	14	14	18	53	63	-10	56
16	Portsmouth	46	14	12	20	58	71	-13	54
17	Oxford United Oxford Utd	46	13	14	19	49	65	-16	53
18	Stoke City Stoke	46	12	15	19	45	62	-17	51
19	Derby County Derby	46	13	11	22	48	56	-8	50
20	Preston North End Preston	46	10	20	16	48	59	-11	50
21	Hull City	46	12	13	21	44	54	-10	49
R	Luton Town Luton	46	13	10	23	45	69	-24	49
R	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	46	11	13	22	51	88	-37	46
R	Cardiff City Cardiff	46	9	17	20	48	73	-25	44
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