Coventry vs Preston stats and head-to-head

2025-26. Wed, 11 Mar 2026

30Full time, half-time 2–0

Coventry won by 3 goals.

DDWWWLeague form, oldest to newestWLLWL

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Coventry have 17 scored home results and Preston 17 scored away results stored in 2025-26. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Coventry at home: 2.47 points per match (17 measured matches); Preston away: 1.29 points per match (17 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Coventry scored 2.12 per home match (17 measured matches); Preston scored 1.12 away (17). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.29 per club appearance across 880 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 20 of 34 pooled club appearances (58.8%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 10. Coventry: 1 wins; Preston: 6 wins; draws: 3.

Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half20

Second half10

The match in numbers

CoventryPreston

25Shots5
9Shots on target2
8Corners1
9Fouls9
0Yellow cards0
0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Coventry

Shots25
On target9
Goals3

36% of shots on target, 33% of those scored.

Preston

Shots5
On target2
Goals0

40% of shots on target, 0% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

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How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start.

10 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

Coventry wins

Draws

Preston wins

Goals / meeting

2.10

21 goals in 10 meetings

Both scored

50%

5 of 10 meetings

Over 1.5

60%

6 of 10 meetings

Over 2.5

40%

4 of 10 meetings

Over 3.5

10%

1 of 10 meetings

Coventry clean sheets

10%

1 of 10 meetings

Preston clean sheets

50%

5 of 10 meetings

Corners / meeting

12.10

10 with corner data

Cards / meeting

3.80

10 with card data

Preston v CoventryTue, 9 Dec 2025 · EFL Championship 2025-261–1HT 0–0
Coventry v PrestonSat, 22 Feb 2025 · EFL Championship 2024-252–1HT 2–0
Preston v CoventrySat, 19 Oct 2024 · EFL Championship 2024-251–0HT 0–0
Coventry v PrestonFri, 23 Feb 2024 · EFL Championship 2023-240–3HT 0–3
Preston v CoventrySat, 4 Nov 2023 · EFL Championship 2023-243–2HT 2–1
Preston v CoventryTue, 28 Feb 2023 · EFL Championship 2022-230–0HT 0–0
Coventry v PrestonWed, 31 Aug 2022 · EFL Championship 2022-230–1HT 0–0
Coventry v PrestonSat, 26 Feb 2022 · EFL Championship 2021-221–1HT 0–0
Preston v CoventryWed, 20 Oct 2021 · EFL Championship 2021-222–1HT 0–1
Coventry v PrestonSat, 24 Apr 2021 · EFL Championship 2020-210–1HT 0–0

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Home and away All matches

Coventry at homeDWWLLL

Wed, 16 Septv Aston Villa1–3C ––– · Y –––
Sun, 13 Septv Brighton0–5C 5–3 · Y 1–0
Sat, 29 Augv Hull0–1C 6–2 · Y 1–4
Sun, 26 Aprv Wrexham3–1C 5–4 · Y 2–2
Tue, 21 Aprv Portsmouth5–1C 3–1 · Y 0–1
Sat, 11 Aprv Sheffield Weds0–0C 7–2 · Y 0–3

Preston awayLWLLLD

Sat, 19 Sept@ QPR2–2C 3–9 · Y 2–3
Tue, 8 Sept@ Watford1–2C 4–2 · Y 2–0
Sat, 29 Aug@ Charlton0–1C 4–7 · Y 1–1
Sat, 15 Aug@ Bolton1–2C 2–5 · Y 3–2
Sat, 25 Apr@ Sheffield United3–2C 5–10 · Y 3–0
Wed, 22 Apr@ Birmingham1–2C 3–3 · Y 2–0

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Home and away Overall

Coventry at home, Preston away

61%
Both teams scored
League 57%
23 + 23 matches
91%
Over 0.5 goals
League 94%
23 + 23 matches
80%
Over 1.5 goals
League 76%
23 + 23 matches
57%
Over 2.5 goals
League 51%
23 + 23 matches
30%
Over 3.5 goals
League 25%
23 + 23 matches
13%
Over 4.5 goals
League 10%
23 + 23 matches
2.8
Avg total goals
League 2.61
23 + 23 matches
78%
1st half over 0.5
League 72%
23 + 23 matches
43%
1st half over 1.5
League 35%
23 + 23 matches
9.8
Corners per match
League 10.35
23 + 23 matches
67%
Corners over 8.5
League 68%
23 + 23 matches
41%
Corners over 9.5
League 55%
23 + 23 matches
33%
Corners over 10.5
League 45%
23 + 23 matches
3.4
Cards per match
League 3.81
23 + 23 matches
46%
Cards over 3.5
League 52%
23 + 23 matches
24%
Cards over 4.5
League 33%
23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2025-26

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2025-26

Home and away Overall

Coventry at home, Preston away

Coventry (home)		Preston (away)
1	Position	14
LWDWW	Last 5, oldest to newest	LDWLW
23	Played	23
2.39	Points per match	1.26
74%	Win %	30%
2.22	Scored / match	1.17
0.83	Conceded / match	1.39
3.04	Avg total goals	2.57
61%	Both scored	61%
35%	Clean sheets	17%
17%	Failed to score	26%
–	xG for	–
–	xG against	–

Half by half

CoventryPreston

0.911st half scored / match0.70
0.431st half conceded / match0.83
1.302nd half scored / match0.48
0.392nd half conceded / match0.57
35%Leading at half-time35%
70%1st half over 0.587%
39%1st half over 1.548%
83%2nd half over 0.570%
52%2nd half over 1.530%
48%Scored in both halves26%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Coventry at home, Preston away, this season.

Goals

CoventryPreston

2.22Scored / match1.17
0.83Conceded / match1.39
3.04Match total / match2.57
83%Scored 1+74%
65%Scored 2+35%
65%Conceded 1+83%
17%Conceded 2+44%
78%Match over 1.583%
65%Match over 2.548%
39%Match over 3.522%

Shots and xG

CoventryPreston

18.00Shots for10.57
9.83Shots against15.22
5.78On target for3.78
3.17On target against4.70
12%Shot conversion11%

Corners

CoventryPreston

5.96Corners for3.65
3.57Corners against6.43
9.52Match total10.09
83%Over 7.583%
70%Over 8.565%
35%Over 9.548%
26%Over 10.539%
22%Over 11.530%

Cards

CoventryPreston

1.35Cards for2.04
2.43Cards against1.04
3.78Match total3.09
70%Over 2.570%
52%Over 3.539%
35%Over 4.513%
17%Over 5.59%
9.48Fouls committed11.09

Referee this season

L Smith

Matches

Cards / match

3.88

25 matches

Over 3.5 cards

56%

25 matches

Over 4.5 cards

36%

25 matches

Fouls / match

19.40

25 matches

The table, 2025-26

#	Club	P	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	46	52	95
2	Ipswich	46	33	84
3	Millwall	46	15	83
12	Bristol City	46	0	62
13	Sheffield United	46	0	60
14	Preston	46	-7	60
15	QPR	46	-12	58
16	Watford	46	-12	57

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