Coventry vs Leeds prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2024-04-05 14:00.
[p]With seven league matches of the season to go, Coventry City begin this round of fixtures one place and four points outside the Championship play-offs but with a game in hand on sixth-placed Norwich City. The gap could have been closer if the Sky Blues had not gone down 2-1 at home to Cardiff City on Monday, a result all the more frustrating as Coventry went one up before defender Liam Kitching scored two own goals![/p]
[p]The loss was all the more surprising as Mark Robins’ men had won their previous four encounters in all competitions – scoring 13 times in the process – while only visitors here, Leeds United, have picked up more points across the last four Championship rounds. Coventry have wobbled at home of late though, losing two of their last three home league outings (W1) – as many as they’d lost in the 25 such games prior (excluding play-offs).[/p]
[p]Thanks to goals in the 88th and 97th minutes, Leeds defeated Hull City 3-1 at Elland Road on Monday – a win which extends their unbeaten league run to 15 games (W13, D2). With the promotion race extremely tight, the Whites begin this weekend in second place, one point behind top-of-the-table Ipswich and one point ahead of Leicester in third, but with the best goal difference of all three.[/p]
[p]Daniel Farke’s team will travel south for this match after experiencing a slight hiccup in their away form, having earned just one victory from their last four matches on the road in all competitions (W1, D2, L1). And with no win or clean sheet from their last three H2Hs against Coventry (D2, L1), Leeds will be targeting their first triumph over them since 2011![/p]
[p]Players to watch: There are very few players in better form than Coventry striker Ellis Simms, who scored on Monday to make it five goals from his last three and 13 from his last ten, while his last three home games have seen him find the net seven times in the first half! Patrick Bamford’s last two goals have come in away matches and Leeds haven’t yet lost this term when he has scored (W7, D1).[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Leeds have scored the last goal in all seven (W5, D2) of their Championship away games in 2024.[/p]