The EFL Championship is back in action with another exciting fixture this weekend when Coventry City welcome Sheffield United at the Coventry Building Society Arena. Kickoff schedules for 12th March 2022 at 18:00 EAT.
Coventry city will be looking to return to the winning ways after a winless run of three games in the championship. The bumpy run has seen the Sky Blues drop to the 11th place with 51 points after 35 games. In their last five games they have two wins, a draw and three loses.
Mark Robins will be hoping to bounce back from the 0-1 Championship defeat last time out to Luton Town. In that meeting, Coventry City managed 61% possession and 12 shots with three of them on target Luton Town go six shots with three of them on target and a goal by Elijah Adebayo (38′).
On the other hand, Sheffield united is in the 5th place with 57 points. The Yorkshire outfit has been doing well under the new management, they have lost just twice in 16 league matches under Paul Heckingbottom and no team in the Championship has picked up more points than Sheffield United (34) since he was appointed on November. In their last five matches, they have picked up three wins a draw and a loss.
The blades come into this fixture aiming for similar results as their previous 4-1 Championship victory over Middlesbrough. In that game, Sheffield United had 45% possession, 12 shots with 5five of them on target and goals scored by Sander Berge (23′), Billy Sharp (25′), Jack Robinson (59′) and Morgan Gibbs-White (79′). Middlesbrough got seven shots with two of them on target and a goal by Folarin Balogun (62′).
Coventry City vs Sheffield United head to head
These two sides have 32 matches against each other since 1993. Sheffield claims 12 wins, Coventry 11 wins and nine matches ended all square.
- Sheffield 0-0 Coventry 20/11/21
- Sheffield 2-0 Coventry 05/04/17
- Coventry 1-2 Sheffield 15/12/16
- Coventry 3-1 Sheffield 30/04/16
- Sheffield 1-0 Coventry 13/12/15
Home
- Coventry 0-1 Luton
- Swansea 3-1 Coventry
- Coventry 1-1 Preston
- Bristol City 1-2 Coventry
- Coventry 1-0 Barnsley
Away
- Sheffield 4-1 Middlesbrough
- Sheffield 1-1 Nottingham
- Millwall 1-0 Sheffield
- Sheffield 1-0 Blackburn
- Sheffield 4-0 Swansea
Coventry City team news
The hosts will take to the pitch without the services of Josh Eccles, Liam Kelly and Jordan Shipley, who have all been sidelined through injuries.
Sheffield United team news
Gaffer Paul Heckingbottom will be without Enda Stevens, Rhian Brewster, David McGoldrick and Jack O’Connell, who are recovering from injuries.
Prediction and odds
Sheffield United is in good shape right now and we fancy them to win here, across their last 10 matches the Blades have only fallen to one defeat while Coventry City are now out of form going winless in three and have lost their last two games.
- Sheffield United win
- Draw
- Goals under 2.5
