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Match preview · Premier League

Coventry City – Liverpool

Coventry City 18th in Premier League Home 1.25 projected goals by the model
Liverpool 6th in Premier League Away 1.38 projected goals by the model

Model updated 4 October, 00:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
1.25 1.38
Coventry City Liverpool
Coventry City
31%
Draw
31%
Liverpool
38%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Coventry City Draw Liverpool
Fair odds 3.19 3.25 2.64
Total goals
2.63
Over 2.5 goals
50%
Both teams to score
60%
Data coverage · thin

One of these teams has only 5 matches in the model window, short of the 10 the model wants. Read the projection as a direction rather than as a number.

Model vs market

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The model's case

Why the model leans Liverpool

38% Liverpool to win

Attack
5th vs 17th
Liverpool attack v Coventry City defence
Defence
3rd vs 17th
Liverpool defence v Coventry City attack
Recent xG form
+0.62 vs -0.75
xGD per match, last 5
Projected goals
1.25 – 1.38
Coventry City v Liverpool

The fit has seen one of these two sides in only 5 matches, so read all of this as a rough guide.

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Squad news

From Fantasy Premier League

Coventry City

14 listed
  • Oliver Dovin 0% chance

    Goalkeeper · Has joined Leyton Orient on loan for the rest of the season

  • Aurèle Amenda 0% chance

    Defender · Calf injury - Unknown return date

  • Taiwo Awoniyi 0% chance

    Forward · Suspended until 19 Oct

  • Kai Andrews 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined Oxford United on loan for the rest of the season

  • Liam Kitching 0% chance

    Defender · Has joined Sheffield United on loan for the rest of the season

  • Raphael Borges Rodrigues 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined Burton Albion on loan for the rest of the season

  • Haji Wright 0% chance

    Forward · Thigh injury - Unknown return date

  • Luke Woolfenden 0% chance

    Defender · Knee injury - Unknown return date

  • Jahnoah Markelo 0% chance

    Forward · Has joined Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai permanently

  • Kaine Kesler-Hayden 0% chance

    Defender · Hamstring injury - Unknown return date

  • Miguel Brau 0% chance

    Defender · Has joined Academico de Viseu on loan for the rest of the season

  • Josh Eccles 0% chance

    Midfielder · Unspecified injury - Expected back 12 Oct

  • Norman Bassette 0% chance

    Forward · Has joined KVC Westerlo on loan for the rest of the season

  • Milan van Ewijk 75% chance

    Defender · Hamstring injury - 75% chance of playing

Liverpool

12 listed
  • Calvin Ramsay 0% chance

    Defender · Has joined St Mirren on loan for the rest of the season

  • Hugo Ekitiké 0% chance

    Forward · Achilles injury - Unknown return date

  • Harvey Elliott 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined Valencia on loan for the rest of the season

  • Giovanni Leoni 0% chance

    Defender · Knee injury - Unknown return date

  • Armin Pecsi 0% chance

    Goalkeeper · Has joined TSV Hartberg on loan for the rest of the season

  • Vitezslav Jaros 0% chance

    Goalkeeper · Knee injury - Unknown return date

  • Stefan Bajčetić Maquieira 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined Celta Vigo permanently

  • Conor Bradley 0% chance

    Defender · Knee injury - Unknown return date

  • Federico Chiesa 0% chance

    Midfielder · Back injury - Unknown return date

  • Curtis Jones 0% chance

    Midfielder · Has joined Internazionale permanently

  • Alexander Isak 75% chance

    Forward · Thigh injury - 75% chance of playing

  • Cody Gakpo 75% chance

    Midfielder · Ankle injury - 75% chance of playing

The status, the chance of playing and the note beside each name are Fantasy Premier League's own, and it covers this competition only. Nothing above this section knows about any of it: a rating fitted over recent matches describes the side that played them.

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: Coventry City and Liverpool compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Coventry City Liverpool
xG / match 0.97 · 19th (better) 1.67 · 7th
xGA / match 1.73 · 12th (better) 1.22 · 3rd
xGD / match -0.75 · 18th (better) +0.45 · 7th
xPts / match 0.87 · 19th (better) 1.69 · 4th
Last 6 xGD / match -0.75 (better) +0.62

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 35% of the model's distribution.

Liverpool clean sheet
26%
Liverpool 2+ goals
41%
Under 2.5 goals
50%
Both teams to score: no
40%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
15.7%
1:2
10.1%
2:1
9.0%
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Model details

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Fit window
the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Coventry City sample
5 matches
Liverpool sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · Coventry City
2 matches
Away xG sample · Liverpool
3 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 00:30

Warnings

  • Coventry City has only 5 matches in the database. Below 10 matches the estimate is very unreliable.

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.