Championship

Championship | Gameweek 22

Dec 29, 2020 at 7.45pm UK

Deepdale

Preston
2 - 0
Coventry

Johnson (18'), Maguire (53')
Hughes (31'), Earl (63'), Maguire (89')

FT(HT: 1-0)

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Coventry City manager Mark Robins pictured in October 2020

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Daniel Johnson and Sean Maguire scored in each half as the Sky Blues' winless run in the Championship stretched to four games.

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The Match

Match Report

Tom Barkhuizen had a golden opportunity to find an oncoming colleague in the opening minutes but failed to execute.

Preview

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

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 Preston North End win with a probability of 40.95%. A win for Coventry City had a probability of 31.51% and a draw had a probability of 27.5%.

The most likely scoreline for a Preston North End win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.82%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.41%) and 2-0 (7.65%). The likeliest Coventry City win was 0-1 (10.04%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.99%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 7.6% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Preston North End would win this match.

Result
Preston North End	Draw	Coventry City
40.95%	27.55%	31.51%

Both teams to score 48.4%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

42.84%

57.16%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

21.98%

78.02%

Preston North End Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

72.58%

27.42%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

37.1%

62.9%

Coventry City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

66.68%

33.32%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

30.07%

69.93%

Score Analysis

Preston North End 40.95%

Coventry City 31.51%

Draw 27.54%

Preston North End	Draw	Coventry City
1-0 @ 11.82% 2-1 @ 8.41% 2-0 @ 7.65% 3-1 @ 3.63% 3-0 @ 3.3% 3-2 @ 1.99% 4-1 @ 1.17% 4-0 @ 1.07% Other @ 1.92% Total : 40.95%	1-1 @ 12.99% 0-0 @ 9.14% 2-2 @ 4.62% Other @ 0.8% Total : 27.54%	0-1 @ 10.04% 1-2 @ 7.14% 0-2 @ 5.52% 1-3 @ 2.62% 0-3 @ 2.02% 2-3 @ 1.69% Other @ 2.48% Total : 31.51%

How you voted: Preston vs Coventry

Preston North End

52.2%

Draw

39.1%

Coventry City

8.7%