Coventry City v West Bromwich Albion
Championship | The Coventry Building Society Arena
Monday, 30 October 2023 @ 8.00pm
Coventry City host West Bromwich Albion on Monday at the Coventry Building Society Arena in the Championship.
In their last league match, on Wednesday, Coventry lost to Rotherham United 2-0 away.
West Bromwich won, 2-0 at home against Queens Park Rangers on Tuesday, with Brandon Thomas-Asante and Grady Diangana on the scoresheet.
In Alex Palmer, West Bromwich can rely on one of the league's safest pair of hands. He has kept six clean sheets in his 13 appearances this season, and no 'keeper has prevented the opposition scoring more often in the Championship.
In Coventry's net, Ben Wilson has three clean sheets in 13 games.
With 20 goals in 13 games so far this season, Albion are scoring more than average in the league with 1.5 goals per game. And they are conceding fewer than average, letting in 14 goals at a rate of 1.1 per game.
City, meanwhile, are below average scorers, with 1.3 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.4. They have conceded 1.2 goals per game.
The Sky Blues are 19th in the table after 13 games, of which they have won three and drawn six, earning 15 points.
The Baggies are 10 places ahead of the hosts in ninth, with five wins and five draws putting them on 20 points.
In the last five years, Coventry and West Bromwich have played each other on four occasions. Coventry won one of them, West Bromwich two, and they drew once.
On average, the Sky Blues scored 0.5 goals and the Baggies 0.8 in those matches.
Their last meeting was on February 3, when West Bromwich won 1-0 at home.
Coventry are in mixed form in the Championship, with two wins and two draws from their last six games.
With three wins and two draws over that period, the away team's form is better – they have taken 11 points from 18, compared to Coventry's eight.
Monday's match will be refereed by Peter Bankes, who is taking charge of his first Championship game this season.
He is yet to oversee a match featuring either Coventry or West Bromwich this season.