Coventry vs West Brom prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2022-12-20 19:45.
Mark Robins slammed his “naive” Coventry players after their 3-3 draw with Swansea at the weekend, admitting the result left him feeling “absolutely gutted”. The Sky Blues let a 3-0 lead slip by conceding a trio of goals within just 16 second-half minutes, ensuring they remain winless since returning from the four week break for the World Cup (D1, L1).
City still moved up to 14th place in the Championship with Saturday’s result and are now only four points off the top-six as they seek a return to the Premier League after a 22-year absence. They can take heart from their particularly good form at the CBS Arena, where they have lost just one of their last seven matches (W4, D2), with each of those four victories accompanied by a clean sheet.
Supporters will be wary of the visit of West Brom though, given Coventry have lost nine of the 13 meetings between the two sides this century (W2, D2). If that’s not already enough to worry the home faithful, the Baggies make the short journey up the M6 on the back of their best run of form for five years, with Saturday’s 3-0 victory over Rotherham their fifth straight league win.
That result left new boss Carlos Corberán purring over what he described as a “professional and mature performance”. His side jumped out of the relegation zone and are now only one point behind Coventry in the table, while the four clean sheets picked up since the Spaniard’s installation as manager six games ago is already more than the three managed in their opening 16 Championship outings.
Players to watch: Viktor Gyökeres netted his tenth strike of the campaign for Coventry at the weekend and is now unbeaten in his last ten goalscoring appearances (W5, D5). Trying to stop him will be Baggies defender Conor Townsend, who has never lost against the Sky Blues (W4, D1), keeping two clean sheets in the process.
Hot stat: Seven of West Brom’s nine goals under Corberán have been recorded in the second half, while the last seven strikes conceded by Coventry have come after half-time.