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Monday 29 December 2025 · 18:00 · HT 0-0 · Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry · Referee Anthony Backhouse

Coventry City v Ipswich Town: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Coventry City's last 10 home games and Ipswich Town's last 10 away games in the Championship before kick-off, both teams scored in 13 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 11 of 20, with 10.2 corners per match (league 10.3) and 4.3 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Coventry City v Ipswich Town, full match

41%

Possession

59%

0.80

Expected goals (xG)

1.14

10

Shots

18

3

Shots on target

7

3

Corners

6

12

Fouls

14

1

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

0

3

Offsides

2

Goals and cards

18'

Yellow card

Liam Kitching COV

63'

Yellow card

Jack Taylor IPS

72'

Goal

Jack Clarke IPS

83'

Goal

Wes Burns IPS

88'

Yellow card

Darnell Furlong IPS

At a glance

Coventry City

1st in the table

W

D

W

D

L

Ipswich Town

2nd in the table

D

W

L

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Coventry City's home games and Ipswich Town's away games in the Championship this season, before kick-off, with players from the lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Coventry City's last 10 home games and Ipswich Town's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

65%

13/20 games · League 57%

Over 1.5 goals

80%

16/20 games · League 76%

Over 2.5 goals

55%

11/20 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

40%

8/20 games · League 25%

Over 9.5 corners

40%

8/20 games · League 55%

Over 3.5 cards

65%

13/20 games · League 53%

Coventry City clean sheet

40%

4/10 games · League 25%

Ipswich Town clean sheet

20%

2/10 games · League 25%

Coventry City fail to score

0%

0/10 games · League 25%

Ipswich Town fail to score

20%

2/10 games · League 25%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

3.0

League 2.6

Corners

10.2

League 10.3

Cards

4.3

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Coventry City

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

19

Carl Rushworth

DEFENDERS

15

26

27

33

MIDFIELDERS

5

Jack Rudoni

6

Matt Grimes

29

Victor Torp

FORWARDS

7

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

10

Ephron Mason-Clark

11

Haji Wright

SUBSTITUTES

13

21

22

41

8

20

28

54

9

Ipswich Town

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

28

Christian Walton

DEFENDERS

4

19

24

26

MIDFIELDERS

5

Azor Matusiwa

14

Jack Taylor

32

Marcelino Núñez

FORWARDS

8

Sindre Walle Egeli

31

Ivan Azón

47

Jack Clarke

SUBSTITUTES

1

15

18

12

20

30

7

11

Jaden Philogene-Bidace

29

Chuba Akpom

Referee: Anthony Backhouse

25 games in the Championship this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

4.6

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

4.6

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

21.6

League 21.5

Penalties per game

0.12

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

COV

IPS

Match

League

Goals per match

3.3

2.7

3.0

2.6

Over 0.5

91%

21/23

91%

21/23

91%

42/46

95%

Over 1.5

78%

18/23

78%

18/23

78%

36/46

75%

Over 2.5

61%

14/23

52%

12/23

57%

26/46

51%

Over 3.5

48%

11/23

30%

7/23

39%

18/46

26%

Over 4.5

26%

6/23

13%

3/23

20%

9/46

11%

Bet

COV

IPS

Match

League

Yes

57%

13/23

61%

14/23

59%

27/46

59%

Yes and win

35%

8/23

22%

5/23

19%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

43%

10/23

39%

9/23

41%

19/46

42%

Yes and draw

17%

4/23

26%

6/23

22%

10/46

22%

Yes and loss

4%

1/23

13%

3/23

19%

Yes in both halves

9%

2/23

0%

0/23

4%

2/46

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Bet

COV

IPS

Match

League

Corners per match

10.6

8.8

9.7

10.3

Over 7.5

82%

18/22

68%

15/22

75%

33/44

79%

Over 8.5

82%

18/22

59%

13/22

70%

31/44

69%

Over 9.5

50%

11/22

18%

4/22

34%

15/44

55%

Over 10.5

45%

10/22

18%

4/22

32%

14/44

43%

Over 11.5

27%

6/22

14%

3/22

20%

9/44

33%

Over 12.5

23%

5/22

9%

2/22

16%

7/44

24%

Referee Anthony Backhouse: 4.6 cards and 21.6 fouls per game in 25 games this season

Bet

COV

IPS

Match

League

Cards per match

3.9

4.1

4.0

3.8

Over 2.5

70%

16/23

78%

18/23

74%

34/46

75%

Over 3.5

48%

11/23

57%

13/23

52%

24/46

51%

Over 4.5

39%

9/23

30%

7/23

35%

16/46

32%

Over 5.5

26%

6/23

22%

5/23

24%

11/46

20%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Haji Wright

16 starts · 0.6 per 90

21%

3/14

38%

6/16

13%

2/16

0%

0/16

Ephron Mason-Clark

17 starts · 0.4 per 90

29%

5/17

35%

6/17

0%

0/17

0%

0/17

Victor Torp

18 starts · 0.4 per 90

6%

1/16

33%

6/18

6%

1/18

0%

0/18

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.