Coventry City prepare to entertain Burnley at Highfield Road Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to improve on a poor record between the sides. The visitors have won 7 of the 15 previous games, with the Sky Blues winning just 5.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Highfield Road Stadium was just last season, in February 2003, with Burnley inflicting a narrow 0-1 defeat upon the Sky Blues in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 13 Dec | Burnley | 1 - 2 | Coventry City | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 08 Feb | Coventry City | 0-1 | Burnley | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 09 Nov | Burnley | 3 - 1 | Coventry City | LD1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 21 Apr | Burnley | 1 - 0 | Coventry City | LD1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 17 Nov | Coventry City | 0 - 2 | Burnley | LD1 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 08 Jan | Coventry City | 3 - 0 | Burnley | FAC |
| 1982/1983 | Tue 09 Nov | Coventry City | 1 - 2 | Burnley | LC |
Recent respective form guides
Coventry City have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 6 to 4.
Burnley have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. Only 4 goals have been registered in this time, with 5 leaked at the wrong end.
Coventry City see themselves just below half way in the Nationwide League Division One, showing a record of 49 points from their 35 games played so far, Burnley find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 40 points from their 35 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Coventry City | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Burnley | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Sky Blues's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Burnley. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Coventry City | Not drawn a match in their last 7 . |
| Burnley | Not won in previous 5 away matches. Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 4 most recent games. |