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%