Coventry vs Norwich prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2023-10-06 14:00.
Coventry City have finally started to illustrate some of the form that helped them reach the play-off final last season. They’ve made a slow start to this 2023/24 campaign, but successive Championship victories for the first time since April over Queens Park Rangers and Blackburn have dragged them to within touching distance of the top six.
The most recent of those wins was a battling 1-0 success over Rovers, with Haji Wright’s late strike securing what the manager claimed was a “deserved” win after his side hit the woodwork three times. The Sky Blues will now be attempting to extend that run at the CBS Arena, where they are unbeaten in five outings this season (W2, D3), keeping a trio of clean sheets in the process.
History suggests they may struggle to do that against Norwich who haven’t lost any of the last eight H2Hs (W6, D2). The Canaries desperately need to reproduce that sort of form in the league, as their recent 2-1 defeat at Swansea on Wednesday made it four losses in five matches across all competitions (W1).
Such a run means the spotlight is on manager David Wagner, who is under big pressure to restore the club’s place in the Premier League after a miserable 13th-placed finish upon their return to the second tier last season. However, with his club at risk of suffering a fourth successive away Championship defeat for the first time since 2017, whispers about his future will only intensify if results don’t improve quickly.
Key battle: Attacker Matt Godden has netted first or last in each of his five goalscoring appearances for Coventry this season. Looking to stop him will be Norwich defender Ben Gibson, who has helped keep three clean sheets while going unbeaten in five personal H2Hs (W4, D1).
Hot stat: Norwich matches this season are averaging a Championship-high of 3.8 goals per game.