📏 Form Guide

Coventry City

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Coventry City prepare for this game coming off the back of a 0-0 Championship drawn game against Hull City.

In that match, Coventry City had 55% possession and 6 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. Hull City got 13 attempts on goal with 5 on target.

Their more recent scorelines highlight the fact that much solidity has been shown by the Coventry City rearguard. Coventry City have been mean at the back, with the total number of goals that have flown into the back of their net during their past six clashes standing at 4.

Coming into this clash, Coventry City haven't lost in the league to Sheffield Wednesday in their previous 2 games.

Sheffield Wednesday

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Last time out, Sheffield Wednesday drew 1-1 in the Championship match with Leicester City.

In that match, Sheffield Wednesday managed 31% possession and 6 shots on goal with 1 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Sheffield Wednesday was Jerry Yates (2'). For their opponents, Leicester City got 24 shots at goal with 12 on target. Jordan Ayew (84') was the scorer for Leicester City.

The attacking players from Sheffield Wednesday have made hard work of scoring goals over their previous 6 encounters, recording the disappointing return of only 4. In those matches, The Owls have also seen the collective goal tally of opposing teams equal 11. We will see whether or not that trend will be continued on into this next match.

Going into this encounter, Sheffield Wednesday haven’t won away from home in the past 17 league games. Their travelling supporters must be so depressed.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their past head to head clashes dating back to 26/01/2024 shows us that Coventry City have won 3 of them and Sheffield Wednesday 1, with the tally of drawn results being 2.

In all, 20 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 14 of them for The Sky Blues and 6 being from The Owls. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.33.

The last league encounter between the two was Championship match day 9 on 04/10/2025 when it finished Sheffield Wednesday 0-5 Coventry City.

That day, Sheffield Wednesday had 51% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 0 on target.

For their opponents, Coventry City had 21 shots at goal with 10 of them on target. Brandon Thomas-Asante (3', 34'), Haji Wright (45'), Ellis Simms (68') and Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (75') scored.

The match was refereed by Adam Herczeg.

🗞️ Team News: Coventry City

It seems likely that The Sky Blues look set to use the 4-2-3-1 formation with Carl Rushworth, Milan van Ewijk, Joel Latibeaudiere, Liam Kitching, Jay Dasilva, Matt Grimes, Frank Onyeka, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Victor Torp, Ephron Mason-Clark and Haji Wright.

📰 Team News: Sheffield Wednesday

We reckon that The Owls could decide to elect for a 3-4-1-2 system by sending out Pierce Charles, Dominic Iorfa, Gabriel Otegbayo, Max Lowe, Liam Palmer, Nathaniel Chalobah, Svante Ingelsson, Omotayo Adaramola, Jaden Heskey, Jamal Lowe and Jerry Yates.

✨ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Sheffield Wednesday should get enough chances to find the net against this Coventry City team, but it isn’t expected to be enough to avoid a loss.

We can see a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning margin for Coventry City at the end of the 90 minutes. Let’s just see how this one goes.

Peter Guest, 10:02 08/04/2026