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Coventry City face a trip to Preston North End at Deepdale on Tuesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 12 games played, Sky Blues have recorded 2 wins, and Preston N.E. have come away with 6 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in December 2005, with Preston N.E. running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 01 Apr | Coventry City | 0 - 1 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 31 Dec | Preston N.E. | 3 - 1 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 05 Feb | Preston N.E. | 3 - 2 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Wed 03 Nov | Coventry City | 1 - 1 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Wed 17 Mar | Coventry City | 4 - 1 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 16 Sep | Preston N.E. | 4 - 2 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 05 Apr | Preston N.E. | 2 - 2 | Coventry City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Preston North End are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. During these games, North End have smashed 14 goals past the opposition and conceded a paltry 3.
Coventry City have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. These low-scoring games have seen just 5 goals scored and conceded.
Preston N.E. are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola Championship, and have accumulated 37 points from the 19 games they have played so far. Coventry City's 28 points from 19 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Preston N.E. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 11 |
| Coventry City | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Neither team is setting the world alight, and I think this game will result in a narrow home win for the North End. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Preston N.E. | Unbeaten in the last 10 home games. Unbeaten run of 5 matches. |
| Coventry City | 14 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 17 outings ago. |