Match Report
Preston North End, 14th on 60 points, faced a 35-point deficit to Coventry City (1st, 95). Per game in the league, Coventry City were scoring 2.11 and conceding 0.98, Preston North End 1.2 and 1.35, against a competition average of 1.3 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Coventry City, winners of their last five. Preston North End had gone 5 games without a win. From the last five rounds, Coventry City held 15 points of 15 and Preston North End 2.
The head-to-head ledger counts 21 games: 1 Coventry City win, 12 for Preston North End, 8 draws, at 2.62 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 38% of the wins in this matchup.
The venue was The Coventry Building Society Arena, with room for 32,609 spectators. On the scoreboard, Coventry City led 2-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 3-0.
Goal scorers
Coventry City: Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (17'), Brandon Thomas-Asante (34'), Matt Grimes (50')
Key stats
Possession: Coventry City 67% · Preston North End 33% · Total shots: 25-5 · On target: 9-2 · Corners: 8-1