📏 Form Guide

West Bromwich Albion

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West Bromwich Albion won’t want a repeat of their last result here after a 3-1 FA Cup defeat in their last game at the hands of Norwich City.

In that game, West Bromwich Albion managed 46% possession and 7 shots at goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for West Bromwich Albion was Josh Maja (68'). At the other end, Norwich City had 21 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. Paris Maghoma (31'), Ben Chrisene (82') and Mohamed Touré (93') scored for Norwich City.

West Bromwich Albion have struggled with their forward play of late. Their goals record equals just 2 versus opponents over their previous six outings. In those meetings, West Bromwich Albion have also seen the tally of goals that have gone against them come to 12. Previous results aside, time will tell whether the trend shall continue on here in this match.

Their prior results show that West Bromwich Albion:

• haven't beaten Coventry City in their last 2 league games.
• have not won at home in their last 3 league matches.

Coventry City

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Coventry City will go into the meeting after a 3-1 Championship win over Middlesbrough in their last game.

In that match, Coventry City had 29% possession and 9 shots on goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for Coventry City was Haji Wright (21', 55', 71'). Middlesbrough got 17 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Riley McGree (67') was the scorer for Middlesbrough.

The stats tell the story, and Coventry City have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 7 goals in total. At the back, Coventry City seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.

Pre-game facts show that Coventry City:

• have left without a victory over West Bromwich Albion in away games against them for the last 5 matches in the league. Not good.
• are without an away win for the past 7 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 03/02/2023 tells us that West Bromwich Albion have won 4 of them & Coventry City 2, with the number of draws being 0.

In all, 15 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 9 of them from The Baggies and 6 being from The Sky Blues. That is an average goals per game value of 2.5.

The last league fixture between these sides was Championship match day 16 on 22/11/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Coventry City 3-2 West Bromwich Albion.

That time, Coventry City had 67% possession and 24 attempts at goal with 11 on target. The goalscorers were Josh Eccles (41'), Ellis Simms (56') and Victor Torp (61').

On the other side, West Bromwich Albion had 8 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Aune Heggebø (9', 32') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Andrew Kitchen.

📋 Team News: West Bromwich Albion

In all likelihood, The Baggies look set to make use of the 4-4-2 formation for this game, handing starts to Max O'Leary, Alfie Gilchrist, Nathaniel Phillips, Charlie Taylor, Callum Styles, Mikey Johnston, Jayson Molumby, Alex Mowatt, J. Jimoh-Aloba, Isaac Price and Aune Heggebö.

📋 Team News: Coventry City

We reckon that The Sky Blues will likely utilise a 4-2-3-1 system, settling for Carl Rushworth, Milan van Ewijk, Bobby Thomas, Joel Latibeaudiere, Jay Dasilva, Frank Onyeka, Matt Grimes, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Jack Rudoni, Ephron Mason-Clark and Haji Wright.

💡 Prediction

Our feeling is that West Bromwich Albion will do well to put one past this Coventry City outfit who we reckon will score at least once to put them ahead.

We’ve gone for a good battle with a 0-1 victory for Coventry City at the end of this one.

Let’s see.

Peter Guest, 12:07 21/02/2026