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Coventry City pack their bags to visit West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Sky Blues will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 17 and win only 5 of the 29 games.
The previous match played between the two at The Hawthorns was within the last three years, in March 2004, with West Brom. running out comfortable 3 - 0 winners in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 06 Mar | West Brom. | 3 - 0 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Dec | Coventry City | 1 - 0 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Mon 01 Apr | Coventry City | 0 - 1 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 12 Dec | West Brom. | 1 - 0 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 1994/1995 | Wed 18 Jan | West Brom. | 1 - 2 | Coventry City | FAC |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 07 Jan | Coventry City | 1 - 1 | West Brom. | FAC |
| 1985/1986 | Wed 19 Mar | West Brom. | 0 - 0 | Coventry City | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
West Bromwich Albion have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the The Baggies in those games, with 6 conceded.
The Sky Blues have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Sky Blues's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 6 goals for and 5 against.
West Brom.'s 33 points from 22 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position. Coventry City's 33 points from 22 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| West Brom. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Coventry City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Sky Blues could well see them head back from The Hawthorns with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| West Brom. | 4 games since last home draw. |
| Coventry City | 6 games since last defeat. |