Rotherham United v Coventry City
Championship | AESSEAL New York Stadium
Wednesday, 25 October 2023 @ 7.45pm
Coventry City are strong favourites to take all three points despite Rotherham United's home advantage in Wednesday's late match at the AESSEAL New York Stadium.
Betting companies are offering odds of 1.98 on Coventry sealing the win, with the visitors sitting 16th in the Championship table.
Rotherham, who are 23rd in the league and nine points behind the Sky Blues, are priced at 3.68 to win. A draw is set at 3.3.
Rotherham are in terrible form in the Championship, with no wins and two draws from their last six games.
With two wins and two draws over that period, Coventry's form is much better – they have taken eight points from 18, compared to United's two.
With 10 goals in 11 games so far this season, the Millers are the league's third-lowest scorers with 0.9 goals per game. And they are conceding more than average, letting in 22 goals at a rate of 2.0 per game.
City, meanwhile, are average scorers, with 1.4 goals per game. They have conceded 1.2 goals per game.
In Matt Godden, the Sky Blues have one of the league's most on-form strikers so far this season. He has notched five goals in 12 appearances, to sit sixth in the scoring charts.
His goal rate of one every 202 minutes is quicker than that of Jordan Hugill, the home side's top scorer with a goal every 249 minutes, and a total of three goals in 11 games.
In the last five years, Rotherham and Coventry have played each other on six occasions. Rotherham won one of them, Coventry three, and they drew twice.
On average, the Millers scored 1.3 goals and the Sky Blues 1.5 in those matches.
Their last meeting was on February 18, when Coventry won 2-0 away.
Rotherham's last match was on October 7, a 1-1 draw against Southampton, with Hugill getting the goal for the Millers.
Coventry lost 1-0 against Bristol City last time out, on Saturday.