West Brom v Coventry

West Brom vs Coventry City Preview

West Brom will have been pleased with their recent efforts away from home in the Championship as The Baggies collected four points from their last two outings on the road by way of a resounding 3-0 win at Plymouth Argyle followed by a solid point in a 1-1 draw at Hull City, so the hosts will be in confident mood when they return to The Hawthorns for this upcoming west midlands clash against Coventry City, while the visitors will be keen to make amends for their heavy 3-0 loss at home to Preston NE last Friday night.

These two recent results have helped maintain West Brom's challenge for a play-off spot come the end of the season but although the hosts currently occupy fifth place in the Championship standings they have the likes of Norwich City, Preston NE and indeed Coventry City all looking to chase them down for a top six finish of their own.

Although there have been a sprinkling of defeats in recent times, West Brom have slipped to only three defeats out of their last 11 matches overall in the English second tier (only one of which was at home), while also picking up six wins in the process, five of which were achieved on home soil at The Hawthorns.

Coventry City were dealt only a second defeat in 15 games last Friday night when the Sky Blues suffered a somewhat unexpected and heavy 3-0 loss at home to Preston NE at their CBS Arena, while their only other loss during this period came in the shape of a 2-1 loss at Norwich City.

Nevertheless, Mark Robins' side have also collected eight wins within these last 15 games with four of these eight victories being achieved on their travels with wins on the road at Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Sheffield Wednesday and Stoke City, so the visitors will still feel upbeat about their chances of gaining a positive result at The Hawthorns on Friday night.

Following a slow and sluggish start to this season's Championship campaign which included winning just twice in their opening 11 away games and being handed no fewer than six defeats in the process, Coventry City have rallied in recent times on the road as they have lost just once more in their subsequent seven away games which will give them hope of getting something from this west midlands encounter.

West Brom v Coventry City Verdict

West Brom have held the upper hand in previous exchanges between themselves and visitors Coventry City in recent times as The Baggies have lost just once in the previous 10 encounters which includes collecting six wins, so Carlos Corberan's side look the more likely to take the spoils here.

Therefore, our main bet will be West Brom win @ 2.10

Other side bets worth considering:

West Brom win & Under 2.5 goals @ 4.75

Correct Score: West Brom 1-0 @ 7.50