Coventry host Newcastle looking to build on first win

Recent paths

Coventry won one of their last five matches, lost four, and their opening run includes a 5-0 reverse. Newcastle won three of their last five, drew one and lost one, most recently beating HUL 2-1. A win here would take the visitors to eleven points from six; Coventry would reach six points from six with three points, which would be double their current total from one more game.

The gap between them

The two sides have not met in recent years, the four head-to-head meetings on record all took place between 2005 and 2010, and Coventry lost each one. Those four matches produced sixteen goals in total. The market-implied probability has Newcastle as favourites at 43.3 per cent, Coventry at 30.2 per cent, and the draw at 26.5 per cent. A defeat would leave Coventry on three points from six played; a draw would make it four from six.

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