The Sky Blues are in the middle of that tight promotion push inside the top eleven. They have won four of their last six league games but even with that they are just outside of the play offs, it’s that tight. They did lose a crucial game at Exeter last weekend so will be eager to get back to the Ricoh Arena where they have good form. Swindon though are right there level on points now with Coventry after a three-match winning streak.
Football League Two – Coventry v Swindon – Ricoh Arena – Saturday 20th December 2018 – 15:00 UK Time
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Draw Best Odd of: 21/10 at Ladbrokes |
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Coventry City
SwindonCoventry Form
The Sky Blues are just outside of the play off zone heading into the weekend, despite winning four of their last six games. They have been super strong on home soil at the Ricoh Arena recently with a three-game winning sequence going on there. Each of those victories was by a one-goal margin only and that’s a great betting trend to jump on for this game. Coventry overall have gone W8 D2 L3 at home this season in the division, so it’s been powerful stuff from them and they have given up just the seven goals in their thirteen home games which is fantastic. It may just be worth looking at both teams to score though because they are going up against a Swindon side which has been good on the road.
Swindon Form
The Robins are on a three-match winning streak home and away in the division and have won four of their last five, the only defeat in that sequence happening against leader Luton. So they have stepped on the gas a bit, particularly at home, where they have started to improve. They have been strong away from home all season and have won nine of their twelve away games (L3) and not too surprisingly, they hold the best away record in League Two this season. Swindon have averaged exactly two goals per game on their travels this season and have shipped under a goal per game on average. They have scored in each of their last eight road games as well and each of their last seven on the road have gone over 2.5 goals as well. But will they break the incredibly strong Coventry defence?
Head to Head News
Coventry earned themselves a 2-1 win at Swindon earlier in the season and that snapped a long ten-match winless streak that they were on against the Robins home and away in all competitions. The season’s earlier meeting, which was back on September 26th was the first ever League Two contest between them. They were together in League One last term and Swindon won both meetings.
Coventry v Swindon – Betting Odds and Predictions
Coventry are 19/20 on home soil for the win with Swindon at 13/5 with PaddyPower.
Top Betting Tip Coventry v Swindon
This should be a great contest. Coventry are in form at home and Swindon are the best away side around. So who takes it? The Sky Blues can just shade this, Swindon’s recent wins on the road have been against sides lower in the table and may just find the going a little tougher against the tough defence of the Sky Blues. Home win.