Championship

Championship | Gameweek 34

Feb 22, 2025 at 3pm UK

The Coventry Building Society Arena

Coventry
2 - 1
Preston

Rudoni (30'), Thomas (37')

FT(HT: 2-0)

Keane (82')
Lindsay (65')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Coventry City

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Sheff Weds 1-2 Coventry
Saturday, February 15 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Preston North End

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Preston 1-1 Millwall
Tuesday, February 18 at 7.45pm 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 50.77%. A draw had a probability of 24.9% and a win for Preston North End had a probability of 24.33%.

The most likely scoreline for a Coventry City win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.45%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.52%) and 2-0 (9.22%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.83%), while for a Preston North End win it was 0-1 (7.36%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Coventry City would win this match.

Result
Coventry City	Draw	Preston North End
50.77% ( -1.42)	24.88% ( 0.64)	24.33% ( 0.77)

Both teams to score 51.51% (

-1.14)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

49.2% (

-1.92)

50.79% (

1.91)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

27.31% (

-1.71)

72.68% (

1.71)

Coventry City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

79.98% (

-1.31)

20.01% (

1.31)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

47.79% (

-2.15)

52.2% (

2.14)

Preston North End Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

64.39% (

-0.36)

35.6% (

0.35)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

27.63% (

-0.37)

72.36% (

0.37)

Score Analysis

Coventry City 50.77%

Preston North End 24.33%

Draw 24.88%

Coventry City	Draw	Preston North End
1-0 @ 11.45% ( 0.41) 2-1 @ 9.52% ( -0.14) 2-0 @ 9.22% ( -0.04) 3-1 @ 5.11% ( -0.29) 3-0 @ 4.95% ( -0.23) 3-2 @ 2.64% ( -0.18) 4-1 @ 2.06% ( -0.21) 4-0 @ 1.99% ( -0.18) 4-2 @ 1.06% ( -0.12) Other @ 2.77% Total : 50.77%	1-1 @ 11.83% ( 0.31) 0-0 @ 7.12% ( 0.53) 2-2 @ 4.92% ( -0.12) 3-3 @ 0.91% ( -0.07) Other @ 0.1% Total : 24.88%	0-1 @ 7.36% ( 0.48) 1-2 @ 6.11% ( 0.1) 0-2 @ 3.8% ( 0.22) 1-3 @ 2.11% ( 0.02) 2-3 @ 1.69% ( -0.06) 0-3 @ 1.31% ( 0.06) Other @ 1.96% Total : 24.33%

How you voted: Coventry vs Preston

Coventry City

79.3%

Draw

13.8%

Preston North End

6.9%

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1-0

Coventry

Riis Jakobsen (72')
Ledson (4'), Riis Jakobsen (39'), Hughes (48'), Woodman (84')

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Coventry

0-3

Preston

Thomas (71')

Riis Jakobsen (1'), Keane (20'), Thomas (38' og.)
Whiteman (43'), Storey (54'), Woodburn (90')

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3-2

Coventry

Holmes (38'), Browne (41' pen.), Osmajic (71')
Lowe (41'), Frokjaer-Jensen (46'), Brady (90+4')

Wright (33', 82')
McFadzean (40'), Bidwell (90+8')

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Coventry

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0-1

Preston

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Form Guide

Sheff Weds 1-2 Coventry

Preston 0-0 Wycombe (4-2 pen.)

Blackburn 2-1 Preston

Preston 2-1 Middlesbrough

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	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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