Coventry 3–0 Preston – England Championship, 11 Mar 2026

Match facts

Coventry Preston

25 Shots 5

9 Shots on target 2

8 Corners 1

9 Fouls 9

0 Yellow cards 0

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✓ Result correct ✓ Goals correct ✗ BTTS missed Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (440 league matches this season so far).

Result Coventry to win

Goals Over 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.87

Expected goals 1.81 – 1.02

Home / Draw / Away

56% 23% 21%

CoventryDrawPreston

Under / Over 2.5 goals

46% 54%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

47% 53%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

6% 0

17% 1

24% 2

22% 3

16% 4

16% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 10.9% 1–0 10.7% 2–1 9.9%

Statistics 2025/2026, before this match

Coventry before this match, all matches

2.06points / match

2.06scored / match

1.06conceded / match

22 8 6

WonDrawnLost 36 played · 74:38

Preston before this match, all matches

1.36points / match

1.17scored / match

1.19conceded / match

12 13 11

WonDrawnLost 36 played · 42:43

Coventry all matches all matches Preston

Per match

2.06 Goals scored 1.17

1.06 Goals conceded 1.19

3.11 Total goals 2.36

16.47 Shots 10.72

5.61 Shots on target 3.56

12.39 Shots faced 13.86

5.25 Corners 4.44

4.81 Corners against 6.25

9.53 Fouls 10.83

1.67 Yellow cards 2.06

1.00 1st-half goals scored 0.56

0.42 1st-half goals conceded 0.56

How often Full Time

61% Wins 33%

22% Draws 36%

17% Losses 31%

92% Over 0.5 goals 94%

83% Over 1.5 goals 75%

61% Over 2.5 goals 42%

36% Over 3.5 goals 19%

19% Over 4.5 goals 6%

8% Over 5.5 goals 0%

61% Both teams scored 56%

33% Clean sheets 25%

14% Failed to score 25%

How often Half Time

47% Wins 36%

36% Draws 33%

17% Losses 31%

72% Over 0.5 goals 78%

36% Over 1.5 goals 25%

25% Over 2.5 goals 8%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Coventry all matches

2

1

W

2

1

W

1

2

L

1

2

L

D

3

1

W

2

W

2

1

W

2

1

W

2

W

Preston all matches

1

L

3

L

4

L

1

D

1

W

2

D

1

L

1

D

2

L

1

3

L

Coventry before this match, at home

2.47points / match

2.12scored / match

0.76conceded / match

13 3 1

WonDrawnLost 17 played · 36:13

Preston before this match, away

1.29points / match

1.12scored / match

1.18conceded / match

5 7 5

WonDrawnLost 17 played · 19:20

Coventry at home away Preston

Per match

2.12 Goals scored 1.12

0.76 Goals conceded 1.18

2.88 Total goals 2.29

18.00 Shots 10.18

5.65 Shots on target 3.59

10.59 Shots faced 13.88

5.94 Corners 3.88

3.94 Corners against 6.35

9.65 Fouls 11.29

1.53 Yellow cards 1.94

0.94 1st-half goals scored 0.59

0.47 1st-half goals conceded 0.65

How often Full Time

76% Wins 29%

18% Draws 41%

6% Losses 29%

88% Over 0.5 goals 94%

76% Over 1.5 goals 76%

59% Over 2.5 goals 35%

35% Over 3.5 goals 18%

12% Over 4.5 goals 6%

6% Over 5.5 goals 0%

59% Both teams scored 59%

35% Clean sheets 24%

18% Failed to score 24%

How often Half Time

35% Wins 35%

41% Draws 29%

24% Losses 35%

71% Over 0.5 goals 82%

35% Over 1.5 goals 29%

24% Over 2.5 goals 12%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Coventry at home

3

2

W

3

1

W

1

W

1

W

2

L

2

1

W

2

1

W

D

3

1

W

2

1

W

Preston away

1

D

3

2

W

2

1

W

D

1

2

L

2

W

4

L

1

D

1

L

1

D

Last 10 matches before this match

Coventry all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
07.03.26	Bristol City – Coventry	0–2 (0–2)	3.70	3.60	1.91	1.73	2.10
28.02.26	Coventry – Stoke	2–1 (1–1)	1.51	4.20	5.75	1.73	2.10
25.02.26	Sheffield United – Coventry	1–2 (0–0)	2.40	3.40	2.70	1.73	2.10
21.02.26	West Brom – Coventry	0–2 (0–2)	3.50	3.50	2.01	1.98	1.88
16.02.26	Coventry – Middlesbrough	3–1 (1–0)	2.15	3.50	3.00	1.73	2.10
07.02.26	Coventry – Oxford	0–0 (0–0)	1.39	4.75	7.00	1.62	2.30
31.01.26	QPR – Coventry	2–1 (0–0)	3.10	3.40	2.15	1.91	1.91
26.01.26	Norwich – Coventry	2–1 (0–1)	2.82	3.50	2.30	1.67	2.20
20.01.26	Coventry – Millwall	2–1 (1–1)	1.76	3.50	4.33	1.88	1.98
17.01.26	Coventry – Leicester	2–1 (0–1)	1.61	3.90	5.00	1.67	2.20

Preston all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
06.03.26	Preston – Oxford	1–3 (1–1)	2.10	3.20	3.50	2.30	1.62
28.02.26	Preston – Millwall	0–2 (0–1)	3.10	3.50	2.20	2.10	1.73
24.02.26	Swansea – Preston	1–1 (0–1)	1.68	3.75	4.33	2.10	1.73
20.02.26	Blackburn – Preston	1–0 (0–0)	1.96	3.40	3.90	2.20	1.67
14.02.26	Preston – Watford	2–2 (1–0)	3.00	3.20	2.20	2.20	1.67
07.02.26	Preston – Portsmouth	1–0 (1–0)	2.32	3.20	3.10	2.30	1.62
31.01.26	Ipswich – Preston	1–1 (0–0)	1.33	4.75	8.00	1.83	2.03
24.01.26	Middlesbrough – Preston	4–0 (3–0)	1.51	4.00	5.75	1.80	2.00
20.01.26	Preston – Hull	0–3 (0–2)	2.25	3.20	3.20	2.10	1.73
17.01.26	Preston – Derby	0–1 (0–0)	2.20	3.10	3.40	2.38	1.57

Coventry at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
28.02.26	Coventry – Stoke	2–1 (1–1)	1.51	4.20	5.75	1.73	2.10
16.02.26	Coventry – Middlesbrough	3–1 (1–0)	2.15	3.50	3.00	1.73	2.10
07.02.26	Coventry – Oxford	0–0 (0–0)	1.39	4.75	7.00	1.62	2.30
20.01.26	Coventry – Millwall	2–1 (1–1)	1.76	3.50	4.33	1.88	1.98
17.01.26	Coventry – Leicester	2–1 (0–1)	1.61	3.90	5.00	1.67	2.20
29.12.25	Coventry – Ipswich	0–2 (0–0)	2.30	3.25	2.95	1.93	1.93
26.12.25	Coventry – Swansea	1–0 (1–0)	1.51	3.90	6.00	1.73	2.10
13.12.25	Coventry – Bristol City	1–0 (0–0)	1.66	3.75	4.75	1.67	2.20
29.11.25	Coventry – Charlton	3–1 (2–1)	1.42	4.20	7.50	1.80	2.00
22.11.25	Coventry – West Brom	3–2 (1–2)	1.71	3.50	4.75	1.93	1.93

Preston away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
24.02.26	Swansea – Preston	1–1 (0–1)	1.68	3.75	4.33	2.10	1.73
20.02.26	Blackburn – Preston	1–0 (0–0)	1.96	3.40	3.90	2.20	1.67
31.01.26	Ipswich – Preston	1–1 (0–0)	1.33	4.75	8.00	1.83	2.03
24.01.26	Middlesbrough – Preston	4–0 (3–0)	1.51	4.00	5.75	1.80	2.00
04.01.26	Bristol City – Preston	0–2 (0–1)	1.81	3.40	4.33	2.00	1.80
29.12.25	Wrexham – Preston	2–1 (1–0)	2.05	3.25	3.50	2.10	1.73
26.12.25	Stoke – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	2.05	3.25	3.40	2.10	1.73
13.12.25	Oxford – Preston	1–2 (0–1)	2.65	3.20	2.65	2.10	1.73
29.11.25	Sheffield Weds – Preston	2–3 (2–1)	3.40	3.25	2.15	2.10	1.73
25.11.25	Watford – Preston	1–1 (1–1)	1.81	3.60	4.20	2.10	1.73

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

1 3 5

Coventry winsDrawsPreston wins

9matches

2.22goals / match

44%over 2.5

56%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
09.12.25E1	Preston – Coventry	1–1 (0–0)	3.75	3.70	1.86	1.80	2.00
22.02.25E1	Coventry – Preston	2–1 (2–0)	1.75	3.60	4.75	2.10	1.73
19.10.24E1	Preston – Coventry	1–0 (0–0)	2.75	3.30	2.50	1.95	1.90
23.02.24E1	Coventry – Preston	0–3 (0–3)	1.73	3.50	4.75	2.00	1.85
04.11.23E1	Preston – Coventry	3–2 (2–1)	2.80	3.20	2.63	2.15	1.67
28.02.23E1	Preston – Coventry	0–0 (0–0)	2.70	3.30	2.63	2.30	1.62
31.08.22E1	Coventry – Preston	0–1 (0–0)	2.25	3.10	3.50	2.20	1.66
26.02.22E1	Coventry – Preston	1–1 (0–0)	1.95	3.30	4.20	2.20	1.66
20.10.21E1	Preston – Coventry	2–1 (0–1)	2.75	3.20	2.70	2.20	1.66

England Championship table 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	36	22	8	6	74	38	+36	74
2	Middlesbrough	37	20	9	8	58	36	+22	69
3	Millwall	37	20	8	9	51	41	+10	68
4	Ipswich	36	18	11	7	64	38	+26	65
5	Hull	37	19	6	12	59	53	+6	63
6	Wrexham	36	15	12	9	55	47	+8	57
7	Southampton	36	14	12	10	58	47	+11	54
8	Derby	37	15	9	13	54	48	+6	54
9	Watford	36	13	13	10	46	42	+4	52
10	Birmingham	37	14	10	13	47	47	0	52
11	Swansea	37	15	7	15	44	44	0	52
12	Bristol City	37	14	8	15	48	48	0	50
13	Sheffield United	37	15	4	18	52	51	+1	49
14	Preston	36	12	13	11	42	43	-1	49
15	Norwich	36	14	6	16	49	45	+4	48
16	Stoke	37	13	9	15	42	39	+3	48
17	Charlton	37	12	11	14	35	44	-9	47
18	QPR	37	13	8	16	46	59	-13	47
19	Leicester	37	11	11	15	50	57	-7	44
20	Portsmouth	36	10	10	16	36	47	-11	40
21	Blackburn	37	10	9	18	34	48	-14	39
22	Oxford	37	9	11	17	35	48	-13	38
23	West Brom	37	9	10	18	36	54	-18	37
24	Sheffield Weds	37	1	9	27	23	74	-51	12

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	17	13	3	1	36	13	+23	42
2	Ipswich	19	12	6	1	35	13	+22	42
3	Millwall	19	11	3	5	27	21	+6	36
4	Middlesbrough	18	10	5	3	26	13	+13	35
5	Swansea	19	10	5	4	28	19	+9	35
6	Birmingham	18	9	7	2	32	18	+14	34
7	Watford	18	9	5	4	26	19	+7	32
8	Southampton	17	8	6	3	26	14	+12	30
9	Wrexham	19	8	6	5	34	30	+4	30
10	Hull	19	9	3	7	29	31	-2	30
11	Charlton	18	8	4	6	18	18	0	28
12	Sheffield United	18	8	3	7	29	21	+8	27
13	Derby	19	7	6	6	26	25	+1	27
14	Preston	19	7	6	6	23	23	0	27
15	Stoke	18	7	5	6	26	20	+6	26
16	QPR	18	8	2	8	29	30	-1	26
17	Bristol City	19	7	4	8	28	26	+2	25
18	Leicester	18	7	4	7	25	25	0	25
19	West Brom	18	6	7	5	20	23	-3	25
20	Portsmouth	18	6	4	8	19	19	0	22
21	Norwich	18	7	1	10	21	23	-2	22
22	Oxford	18	5	6	7	16	23	-7	21
23	Blackburn	19	4	6	9	18	25	-7	18
24	Sheffield Weds	19	0	5	14	10	39	-29	5

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Middlesbrough	19	10	4	5	32	23	+9	34
2	Hull	18	10	3	5	30	22	+8	33
3	Coventry	19	9	5	5	38	25	+13	32
4	Millwall	18	9	5	4	24	20	+4	32
5	Derby	18	8	3	7	28	23	+5	27
6	Wrexham	17	7	6	4	21	17	+4	27
7	Norwich	18	7	5	6	28	22	+6	26
8	Bristol City	18	7	4	7	20	22	-2	25
9	Southampton	19	6	6	7	32	33	-1	24
10	Ipswich	17	6	5	6	29	25	+4	23
11	Preston	17	5	7	5	19	20	-1	22
12	Stoke	19	6	4	9	16	19	-3	22
13	Sheffield United	19	7	1	11	23	30	-7	22
14	Blackburn	18	6	3	9	16	23	-7	21
15	QPR	19	5	6	8	17	29	-12	21
16	Watford	18	4	8	6	20	23	-3	20
17	Leicester	19	4	7	8	25	32	-7	19
18	Charlton	19	4	7	8	17	26	-9	19
19	Portsmouth	18	4	6	8	17	28	-11	18
20	Birmingham	19	5	3	11	15	29	-14	18
21	Oxford	19	4	5	10	19	25	-6	17
22	Swansea	18	5	2	11	16	25	-9	17
23	West Brom	19	3	3	13	16	31	-15	12
24	Sheffield Weds	18	1	4	13	13	35	-22	7

Coventry Preston

Under / Over goals 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	5	Hull	37	13	24	1.6	1.4	19	6	12	59	53	63
2	18	QPR	37	14	23	1.2	1.6	13	8	16	46	59	47
3	1	Coventry	36	14	22	2.1	1.1	22	8	6	74	38	74
4	19	Leicester	37	15	22	1.4	1.5	11	11	15	50	57	44
5	7	Southampton	36	15	21	1.6	1.3	14	12	10	58	47	54
6	13	Sheffield United	37	16	21	1.4	1.4	15	4	18	52	51	49
7	24	Sheffield Weds	37	16	21	0.6	2.0	1	9	27	23	74	12
8	2	Middlesbrough	37	17	20	1.6	1.0	20	9	8	58	36	69
9	4	Ipswich	36	17	19	1.8	1.1	18	11	7	64	38	65
10	8	Derby	37	18	19	1.5	1.3	15	9	13	54	48	54
11	22	Oxford	37	18	19	0.9	1.3	9	11	17	35	48	38
12	3	Millwall	37	19	18	1.4	1.1	20	8	9	51	41	68
13	10	Birmingham	37	19	18	1.3	1.3	14	10	13	47	47	52
14	15	Norwich	36	18	18	1.4	1.2	14	6	16	49	45	48
15	6	Wrexham	36	19	17	1.5	1.3	15	12	9	55	47	57
16	11	Swansea	37	20	17	1.2	1.2	15	7	15	44	44	52
17	12	Bristol City	37	20	17	1.3	1.3	14	8	15	48	48	50
18	23	West Brom	37	20	17	1.0	1.5	9	10	18	36	54	37
19	9	Watford	36	20	16	1.3	1.2	13	13	10	46	42	52
20	16	Stoke	37	21	16	1.1	1.1	13	9	15	42	39	48
21	20	Portsmouth	36	20	16	1.0	1.3	10	10	16	36	47	40
22	14	Preston	36	21	15	1.2	1.2	12	13	11	42	43	49
23	21	Blackburn	37	22	15	0.9	1.3	10	9	18	34	48	39
24	17	Charlton	37	24	13	0.9	1.2	12	11	14	35	44	47

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	18	QPR	18	4	14	1.6	1.7	8	2	8	29	30	26
2	5	Hull	19	7	12	1.5	1.6	9	3	7	29	31	30
3	13	Sheffield United	18	6	12	1.6	1.2	8	3	7	29	21	27
4	6	Wrexham	19	8	11	1.8	1.6	8	6	5	34	30	30
5	1	Coventry	17	7	10	2.1	0.8	13	3	1	36	13	42
6	3	Millwall	19	9	10	1.4	1.1	11	3	5	27	21	36
7	4	Ipswich	19	9	10	1.8	0.7	12	6	1	35	13	42
8	12	Bristol City	19	9	10	1.5	1.4	7	4	8	28	26	25
9	16	Stoke	18	8	10	1.4	1.1	7	5	6	26	20	26
10	24	Sheffield Weds	19	9	10	0.5	2.1	0	5	14	10	39	5
11	10	Birmingham	18	9	9	1.8	1.0	9	7	2	32	18	34
12	14	Preston	19	10	9	1.2	1.2	7	6	6	23	23	27
13	15	Norwich	18	9	9	1.2	1.3	7	1	10	21	23	22
14	19	Leicester	18	9	9	1.4	1.4	7	4	7	25	25	25
15	22	Oxford	18	9	9	0.9	1.3	5	6	7	16	23	21
16	2	Middlesbrough	18	10	8	1.4	0.7	10	5	3	26	13	35
17	7	Southampton	17	9	8	1.5	0.8	8	6	3	26	14	30
18	8	Derby	19	11	8	1.4	1.3	7	6	6	26	25	27
19	9	Watford	18	10	8	1.4	1.1	9	5	4	26	19	32
20	11	Swansea	19	11	8	1.5	1.0	10	5	4	28	19	35
21	20	Portsmouth	18	10	8	1.1	1.1	6	4	8	19	19	22
22	21	Blackburn	19	12	7	0.9	1.3	4	6	9	18	25	18
23	23	West Brom	18	11	7	1.1	1.3	6	7	5	20	23	25
24	17	Charlton	18	12	6	1.0	1.0	8	4	6	18	18	28

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	7	Southampton	19	6	13	1.7	1.7	6	6	7	32	33	24
2	19	Leicester	19	6	13	1.3	1.7	4	7	8	25	32	19
3	1	Coventry	19	7	12	2.0	1.3	9	5	5	38	25	32
4	2	Middlesbrough	19	7	12	1.7	1.2	10	4	5	32	23	34
5	5	Hull	18	6	12	1.7	1.2	10	3	5	30	22	33
6	8	Derby	18	7	11	1.6	1.3	8	3	7	28	23	27
7	24	Sheffield Weds	18	7	11	0.7	1.9	1	4	13	13	35	7
8	22	Oxford	19	9	10	1.0	1.3	4	5	10	19	25	17
9	23	West Brom	19	9	10	0.8	1.6	3	3	13	16	31	12
10	4	Ipswich	17	8	9	1.7	1.5	6	5	6	29	25	23
11	10	Birmingham	19	10	9	0.8	1.5	5	3	11	15	29	18
12	11	Swansea	18	9	9	0.9	1.4	5	2	11	16	25	17
13	13	Sheffield United	19	10	9	1.2	1.6	7	1	11	23	30	22
14	15	Norwich	18	9	9	1.6	1.2	7	5	6	28	22	26
15	18	QPR	19	10	9	0.9	1.5	5	6	8	17	29	21
16	3	Millwall	18	10	8	1.3	1.1	9	5	4	24	20	32
17	9	Watford	18	10	8	1.1	1.3	4	8	6	20	23	20
18	20	Portsmouth	18	10	8	0.9	1.6	4	6	8	17	28	18
19	21	Blackburn	18	10	8	0.9	1.3	6	3	9	16	23	21
20	12	Bristol City	18	11	7	1.1	1.2	7	4	7	20	22	25
21	17	Charlton	19	12	7	0.9	1.4	4	7	8	17	26	19
22	6	Wrexham	17	11	6	1.2	1.0	7	6	4	21	17	27
23	14	Preston	17	11	6	1.1	1.2	5	7	5	19	20	22
24	16	Stoke	19	13	6	0.8	1.0	6	4	9	16	19	22

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.