Coventry City pack their bags to visit West Ham United at Boleyn Ground 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 25 and win only 9 of the 43 games.
The previous match played between the two at Boleyn Ground was more than three years back, in February 2001, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 01 Nov | Coventry City | 1 - 1 | West Ham Utd. | LD1 |
| 2000/2001 | Mon 12 Feb | West Ham Utd. | 1 - 1 | Coventry City | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 23 Sep | Coventry City | 0 - 3 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 22 Apr | West Ham Utd. | 5 - 0 | Coventry City | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 25 Sep | Coventry City | 1 - 0 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
| 1998/1999 | Mon 28 Dec | West Ham Utd. | 2 - 0 | Coventry City | PREM |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 29 Aug | Coventry City | 0 - 0 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
West Ham United are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 12 goals for the Hammers, with 3 goals against.
Coventry City have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Sky Blues have hit 6 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.
West Ham Utd. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Nationwide League Division One, picking up 64 points from their 42 games so far. Coventry City's 58 points from 42 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| West Ham Utd. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 |
| Coventry City | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Hammers, as the Sky Blues have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| West Ham Utd. | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Coventry City | Lost each of the previous 4 away matches. Not won in previous 4 away matches. Last drawn game 15 outings ago. |