About Match
Coventry City go into the game 20th in the table on 0 points; Sunderland sit 12th on 4 — a 4-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Coventry City 0 scored and 1.67 conceded per game, Sunderland 1 and 1, with the league averaging 1.42. A win here leaves Coventry City on 3 points and up to 13th, other results permitting.
14 meetings are on record — 6 won by Coventry City, 2 by Sunderland, 6 drawn, at 2.57 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 36% of the wins in this matchup.
The Coventry Building Society Arena in Coventry stages the fixture, a ground that holds 32,609.