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Coventry City travel to take on Southend United at Roots Hall on Friday evening, 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 12 and win only 5 of the 22 games.
The last time the two teams met at Southend Utd. was back in September 1998, over five years ago, where Coventry City annihilated the Sky Blues 0 - 4 in a League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1998/1999 | Tue 22 Sep | Southend Utd. | 0 - 4 | Coventry City | LGEC |
| 1998/1999 | Wed 16 Sep | Coventry City | 1 - 0 | Southend Utd. | LGEC |
| 1963/1964 | Fri 13 Mar | Coventry City | 2 - 5 | Southend Utd. | LGE1 |
| 1963/1964 | Sat 02 Nov | Southend Utd. | 1 - 2 | Coventry City | LGE1 |
| 1962/1963 | Sat 11 May | Southend Utd. | 1 - 1 | Coventry City | LGE1 |
| 1962/1963 | Sat 01 Sep | Coventry City | 3 - 4 | Southend Utd. | LGE1 |
| 1961/1962 | Sat 13 Jan | Coventry City | 3 - 3 | Southend Utd. | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Southend United have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 10 to 9.
The away form of Coventry City is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. Sky Blues have conceded 9 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Southend Utd. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 9 points from their 10 games thus far. Coventry City see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 13 points from their 10 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Southend Utd. | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 6 |
| Coventry City | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Not a lot has been going right generally for Coventry City on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Southend Utd.. No-score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Southend Utd. | Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Coventry City | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |