Match Preview: Southampton v Coventry City (Tuesday, 7.45pm)

Southampton host Coventry City on Tuesday at St. Mary’s in the Championship.

In their last league match, on Saturday, Southampton drew with Blackburn Rovers 0-0 away.

Coventry won, 2-1 at home against Leeds United, with Ellis Simms and Haji Wright on the scoresheet.

With 76 goals in 39 games so far this season, Southampton are the league’s joint-third-highest scorers with 1.9 goals per game. And they are conceding at an average rate, letting in 51 goals at a rate of 1.3 per game.

Coventry are also above average scorers, with 1.6 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.3. They have conceded 1.2 goals per game.

In Adam Armstrong, the Saints have one of the league’s most on-form strikers so far this season. He has notched 20 goals in 39 appearances, to sit second in the scoring charts.

His goal rate of one every 162 minutes is slightly quicker than that of Wright, City’s top scorer with a goal every 165 minutes, and a total of 15 goals in 38 games.

The hosts are fourth in the table after 39 games, of which they have won 22 and drawn nine, earning 75 points.

The Sky Blues are three places behind Southampton in seventh, with 17 wins and 12 draws putting them on 63 points.

Southampton are in mixed form in the Championship, with two wins and two draws from their last six games.

With four wins and two losses over that period, the away team’s form is better – they have taken 12 points from 18, compared to the Saints’ eight.

Tuesday’s match will be refereed by James Linington, who has taken charge of 17 Championship games so far this season, issuing one red card and booking 83 players. He has awarded five penalties.

The last Southampton game Linington refereed was a 2-1 home win against Plymouth Argyle on December 29. He is yet to oversee a match featuring Coventry this season.

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Southampton v Coventry City
Championship | St. Mary’s Stadium
Tuesday, 9 April 2024 @ 7.45pm

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