📊 Form Guide

Hull City

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Hull City head into this game following on from a 1-1 Championship tied result against Oxford United.

In that match, Hull City had 66% possession and 9 shots at goal with 2 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Hull City was Mohamed Belloumi (4'). Oxford United got 16 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Cameron Brannagan (13') was the scorer for Oxford United.

It has been seldom in recent times that Hull City have kept a clean sheet. In fact, Hull City have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 10 goals during that time. Let’s find out whether or not that trend can be continued on here.

Their prior results show that Hull City:

• are unbeaten in the league by Coventry City in their last 2 games.
• have not emerged victorious against Coventry City in their last 3 league matches.

Coventry City

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Coventry City will go into this clash following a 3-2 Championship win to beat Derby County in their previous game.

In that game, Coventry City managed 51% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. For Coventry City, goals were scored by Frank Onyeka (12') and Jack Rudoni (68', 80'). On the other side, Derby County had 8 shots on goal with 3 on target. Ben Brereton Díaz (38', 77') was the scorer for Derby County.

Over the course of their previous six outings, Coventry City have helped themselves to the sum of 14 goals. Coventry City have also managed to score on each one of those occasions. During those fixtures, they have seen 5 goals scored by their opponents.

Their prior results show that Coventry City:

• haven't won against Hull City in away games against them for the last 3 league matches.
• are undefeated by Hull City when having played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their previous 4 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 11/03/2023, both clubs have shared the honours with Hull City winning 1 of those games, Coventry City 1 and 4 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

A sum of 14 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 from The Tigers and 7 created by The Sky Blues. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.33.

The previous league contest between these sides was Championship match day 1 on 09/08/2025 and the score finished Coventry City 0-0 Hull City.

On that day, Coventry City managed 58% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

Hull City got 7 shots on goal with 3 on target.

The match was refereed by Bobby Madley.

📰 Team News: Hull City

Oli McBurnie (Calf injury), Eliot Matazo (Cruciate ligament injury) and Darko Gyabi (Groin injury) are unavailable for Hull City manager Sergej Jakirović.

It seems likely that The Tigers should employ a 4-2-3-1 formation in the match, handing starts to Dillon Phillips, Cody Drameh, Semi Ajayi, Charlie Hughes, Lewie Coyle, John Lundstram, Matt Crooks, Mohamed Belloumi, Lewis Koumas, Kyle Joseph and Oliver McBurnie.

📰 Team News: Coventry City

There’s a good chance that The Sky Blues will likely elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation with a starting lineup of Carl Rushworth, Milan van Ewijk, Bobby Thomas, Liam Kitching, Jay Dasilva, Matt Grimes, Frank Onyeka, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Josh Eccles, Ephron Mason-Clark and Haji Wright.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Hull City may find it difficult to get anything against this Coventry City side who will likely be able to grind out a win.

We’re going for a very competitive encounter with a 0-1 winning margin for Coventry City at the end of the 90 minutes.

We’ll see what happens.

Renata Leite, 03:02 06/04/2026