Coventry-Yeovil : Preview

Head-To-Head, Recent Form, Team News, and the Latest Betting Odds, ahead of today's league fixture between Coventry City and Yeovil.

The two sides have only met once before, which was the opening fixture this season. The game ended 1-1, with Cody McDonald scoring for Coventry City.

Yeovil have won their last five league games (Six out of seven), and have lost only one of their last seven league fixtures (Away against Bournemouth). Their only other recent defeat was in a JPT fixture against Orient.

Coventry City’s recent league record reads: Won 5, Drawn 1, Lost 2. CCFC have won their last three league fixtures at home.

Leon Clarke is 9/2 to be first scorer in this fixture (33/1 to score a hat-trick), with Elliott at 11/2, and McSheffrey at 13/2 (As is new signing Danny Philliskirk). James Bailey is 25/1, while Jamie Reckord – back at Wolves for around two months now – is 28/1.

Yeovil’s top scorers are Madden (13/2 first scorer), with 14 goals, and Hayter (9/1 first scorer), with 10 goals.

Coventry City are around 10/11 to win this fixture, with Yeovil around 3/1 to win (Great odds for a team in such good form). The draw is 11/4. Half-time/full-time odds are: Yeovil/Coventry 20/1, while Coventry/Yeovil is 33/1.

Joe Murphy is back in goal for this fixture, having been substituted (With a hamstring injury) at half-time in Tuesday’s JPT defeat versus Crewe. Elliott drops to the bench, replaced by Bailey, as CCFC revert to a 4-5-1 system.