England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Coventry City and Reading, taking place on Saturday, 22 April 2023, at Coventry Building Society Arena in Coventry.
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Coventry City, Recent FormA point gained from their 1-1 draw against Blackburn Rovers in their previous encounter will not be considered a bad outcome for Coventry City. They achieved 45% possession in that match and had 4 strikes at goal, with 3 hitting the target, up against Blackburn Rovers' tally of 6 efforts at goal, 2 of which were on target.
While they have shown an appetite for goals over the last 6 matches, clocking up 10, they have not had it all their own way at the back and have given away 8 goals and some valuable points in the process. They have clocked up an impressive run of form in front of goal at Coventry Building Society Arena recently, having found the net in 5 of their last 6 home matches. Mark Robins will be slightly concerned about his defence, after only managing 1 clean sheet in their last 6 home games.
Coventry will take some comfort from having only lost 1 of their last 6 games, but having managed just 2 wins shows there's room for improvement.
Reading, Recent FormGrabbing a valuable league point from their recent 1-1 draw against Luton Town will have been seen as a reasonably decent result for Reading. They came away from that fixture with a 32% share of the possession and clocked up 10 attempts on goal with 2 on target, in comparison to Luton Town, who managed 19 attempts on goal, 6 of which were on target.
Manager (TBC) will be reasonably pleased with his team's attacking displays in recent matches, with them having managed to score 5 goals in their last 6 games, but he will have work to do defensively after they conceded 6 goals in those games and dropped some valuable points along the way. With goals notched up in 5 of their past 6 matches, they are certainly showing some goal-scoring consistency of late. They are in some turmoil defensively at the moment and have been unable to record a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games.
Their recent poor run of form away from home has left them without an away win in 10 games.
Andy Carroll will be keen to add his name to the scoresheet and build on his current scoring record of 3 goals in the last 6 league games for Reading.
It ended in disappointment and a 1-0 defeat for Coventry City last time they met Reading in the league, with The Royals defying the odds to take the win.
Goals should be on the cards for The Royals in this one, given they have found the net, with at least 1 goal, against Coventry in their last 7 meetings together.
Playing at home, Coventry have won the last 2 and are unbeaten in the last 4 times they have faced Reading in the league.
Coventry manager Mark Robins has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Callum O'Hare (Cruciate ligament), Kasey Palmer (Hamstring) and Fabio Tavares (Achilles tendon) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Reading have been plagued by a number of long term injury problems with Tom McIntyre (Hamstring), Liam Moore (Foot) and Dejan Tetek (Leg) all being out for the rest of the season. Also unavailable for The Royals are Ovie Ejaria (Knee), Junior Hoilett (Hamstring), Sam Hutchinson (Achilles tendon), Tom Ince (Leg), Shane Long (Hamstring) and Baba Rahman (Ankle), so manager (TBC) will be has a bit of a selection headache going into this fixture and will be hoping no more of his players pick up a knock.
Coventry City Playing at home | Reading Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | Goals scored | 0.7 |
| 1.1 | Goals conceded | 1.9 |
| 48' | Time first goal scored | 55' |
| 39' | Time first goal conceded | 34' |
| 1.9 | Yellow cards | 1.9 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 2.9 | Subs used | 3.3 |
| 2-0 | Biggest victory | 2-1 |
| 4-0 | Biggest defeat | 5-0 |
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