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Saturday 28 February 2026 · 15:00 · HT 1-1 · Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry · Referee Andrew Kitchen

Coventry City v Stoke City: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Coventry City's last 10 home games and Stoke City's last 10 away games in the Championship before kick-off, both teams scored in 8 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 9 of 20, with 10.2 corners per match (league 10.3) and 4.2 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Coventry City v Stoke City, full match

64%

Possession

36%

2.33

Expected goals (xG)

0.21

20

Shots

3

8

Shots on target

1

7

Corners

1

7

Fouls

6

1

Yellow cards

1

0

Red cards

0

4

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

12'

Goal

Haji Wright COV

45+4'

Goal

Ben Gibson STO

90+1'

Yellow card

Bobby Thomas COV

90+3'

Yellow card

Tommy Simkin STO

90+4'

Goal

Jack Rudoni COV

At a glance

Coventry City

1st in the table

W

D

L

Stoke City

17th in the table

W

D

L

D

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Coventry City's home games and Stoke City'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 Stoke City's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

40%

8/20 games · League 57%

Over 1.5 goals

60%

12/20 games · League 76%

Over 2.5 goals

45%

9/20 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

25%

5/20 games · League 25%

Over 9.5 corners

50%

10/20 games · League 55%

Over 3.5 cards

55%

11/20 games · League 53%

Coventry City clean sheet

30%

3/10 games · League 25%

Stoke City clean sheet

40%

4/10 games · League 25%

Coventry City fail to score

20%

2/10 games · League 25%

Stoke City fail to score

50%

5/10 games · League 25%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.3

League 2.6

Corners

10.2

League 10.3

Cards

4.2

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Coventry City

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

19

Carl Rushworth

DEFENDERS

3

4

22

27

MIDFIELDERS

5

Jack Rudoni

6

Matt Grimes

16

Frank Onyeka

FORWARDS

10

Ephron Mason-Clark

11

Haji Wright

14

Romain Esse

SUBSTITUTES

13

15

21

7

20

28

29

9

23

Brandon Thomas-Asante

Stoke City

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

25

Tommy Simkin

DEFENDERS

16

23

26

40

MIDFIELDERS

4

Ben Pearson

12

Tatsuki Seko

42

Million Manhoef

FORWARDS

7

Sorba Thomas

10

Jun-Ho Bae

29

Lamine Cissé

SUBSTITUTES

34

17

50

15

19

54

59

21

49

Referee: Andrew Kitchen

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

Cards per game

3.0

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

2.9

Red cards per game

0.12

Fouls per game

20.1

League 21.5

Penalties per game

0.23

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

STO

Match

League

Goals per match

3.1

2.1

2.6

Over 0.5

91%

31/34

88%

30/34

90%

61/68

94%

Over 1.5

82%

28/34

59%

20/34

71%

48/68

75%

Over 2.5

62%

21/34

41%

14/34

51%

35/68

51%

Over 3.5

38%

13/34

12%

4/34

25%

17/68

25%

Over 4.5

21%

7/34

3%

1/34

12%

8/68

10%

Bet

COV

STO

Match

League

Yes

62%

21/34

38%

13/34

50%

34/68

56%

Yes and win

35%

12/34

15%

5/34

18%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

50%

17/34

29%

10/34

40%

27/68

41%

Yes and draw

15%

5/34

12%

4/34

13%

9/68

20%

Yes and loss

12%

4/34

12%

4/34

18%

Yes in both halves

9%

3/34

0%

0/34

4%

3/68

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Bet

COV

STO

Match

League

Corners per match

9.9

10.7

10.3

10.2

Over 7.5

79%

26/33

88%

29/33

83%

55/66

78%

Over 8.5

73%

24/33

76%

25/33

74%

49/66

68%

Over 9.5

48%

16/33

64%

21/33

56%

37/66

55%

Over 10.5

36%

12/33

48%

16/33

42%

28/66

44%

Over 11.5

21%

7/33

42%

14/33

32%

21/66

34%

Over 12.5

15%

5/33

30%

10/33

23%

15/66

23%

Referee Andrew Kitchen: 3.0 cards and 20.1 fouls per game in 26 games this season

Bet

COV

STO

Match

League

Cards per match

4.1

3.8

Over 2.5

76%

26/34

76%

26/34

76%

52/68

75%

Over 3.5

50%

17/34

47%

16/34

49%

33/68

52%

Over 4.5

44%

15/34

38%

13/34

41%

28/68

33%

Over 5.5

21%

7/34

29%

10/34

25%

17/68

19%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Romain Esse

4 starts · 0.6 per 90

50%

2/4

50%

2/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

Haji Wright

24 starts · 0.6 per 90

18%

4/22

38%

9/24

13%

3/24

4%

1/24

Ephron Mason-Clark

26 starts · 0.3 per 90

23%

6/26

27%

7/26

0%

0/26

0%

0/26

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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.