Coventry's woes in front of goal continue. 20 shots. 7 on target. Two goals ruled out for offside and a 92nd minute shot slashed across the goal sum up the current streak for Coventry, but they look good doing it! With Blackpool playing in a 4-4-2, there was an expectation for Coventry to control the middle, and the game. It certainly played out that way, with Coventry having 68% of possession, and looking very nice on the eye, but the threat from all of that possession was a

Coventry hit the Riverside with ambitions to jump into 8th place. Wilder and his overlapping center backs, with a wind machine, were looking to get their own 3 points at home. After selecting the same team that lost to Blackburn, Wilder seemed to be making a point. Boro presented a couple of different problems for Coventry in this game. Early on they pressed higher on Coventry. The result was a struggle to play out through the usual channels. Instead, the team drops deeper to

Another strong City performance sees them justly rewarded with three points! Early on Coventry set their position by allowing Stoke to have the ball across the back three, but no further. Here, Chester plays to Tymon who looks for Clucas inside. The ball is stolen by Sheaf and Coventry counter. The patience in this press is key, as Gyokeres encourages play to one side and the box midfield, with support from Eccles at RWB can set a trap to steal the ball high. Stoke played int

Coventry snap the recent struggles and blew off some rust with a strong away performance against the Posh. With 2 goals inside 25 minutes and 22 total shots, Coventry were clearly the aggressors supported by a high press that created a lot of opportunities. Though the conversion rate for Coventry needs to improve. Early on, and in theory, the 4-4(diamond)-2 could work for Posh given the balance centrally with a 4v4. However, O'Hare between the midfield and defensive lines wou

Another goal after the 90th minute. Another 'comeback' to demonstrate the fight and desire of this exciting team. However, it wasn't really a game that Coventry can celebrate as a 'win' like the Bournemouth game. Coventry ended the game with 22 shots on goal. 12 of them were on target. The ball was crossed in 31 times, mostly by Kane. Nicholls, the Huddersfield GK earned a man of the match award with 11 shots, keeping Coventry out until the very end. Coventry set up with Gyok

A fast and frantic start to a derby game leaves Coventry unorganized. An opening half that Coventry will not want to repeat paves the way for a difficult and ultimately impossible comeback. Coventry's shape was typical, but the personnel were not. With Dabo at RCB the same performance was expected, given his poor showing versus Bournemouth. It's more that he's not the player to put at RCB than he's a bad player. With Gyokeres and Godden together up front and O'Hare behind, ba

Given the two previous 0-0's, Coventry needed to get together their attack for this game against 'fellow promotion rivals'. Though Lerma's red card clearly made the difference, the attack got the key goals to give Coventry the victory/draw. In the opening phase, you can see the Bournemouth shape. Lerma as the central defender between Cook and Mepham would mean Bournemouth would get players ahead of the ball and look to pin Coventry deep. The shape is highlighted as a 1-3-4-3

"The former landlord visits..." and it got a little tasty, but not before it was frustrating and sloppy. Another clean sheet and point on the board for City is good enough for 4th at the end of the evening. Though the game left something to be desired, there were only 4 goals across 5 games in the Championship. The international break hangover lasting a little longer than usual, apparently. Coventry returned to two strikers having completed the game task against Sheffield Un

A return from the international break, an away game, and the start of a 9-game run. A game that Coventry could have won early, and lost later, with the game really opening up after about 80 minutes. Sheffield United are struggling to find the final click. They wanted to keep the ball, but lacked much attacking threat, especially in the first half as Coventry went close with a couple of flash chances. The Coventry box-midfield you see packs out any central success for United.