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Monday, 12/10/2026 at 21:00

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Match preview · Premier League

Coventry City – Newcastle United

Coventry City 18th in Premier League Home 1.63 projected goals by the model
Newcastle United 9th in Premier League Away 1.17 projected goals by the model

Model updated 4 October, 00:30 Best odds updated 10 October, 12:00

What the model expects

expected goals
1.63 1.17
Coventry City Newcastle United
Coventry City
47%
Draw
29%
Newcastle United
25%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Coventry City Draw Newcastle United
Fair odds 2.15 3.48 4.04
Total goals
2.80
Over 2.5 goals
55%
Both teams to score
61%
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

The model sees an edge in 6 outcomes.

  • Coventry City

    Model
    46.5%
    Market, margin removed
    28.8%
    Probability gap
    +17.8 pp
    Edge
    +51.2%
    Fair odds
    2.15
    Market odds
    3.25 Bet365
    Price at which a 5% edge begins
    2.26
    Bookmaker margin
    7.0%
  • Draw

    Model
    28.7%
    Market, margin removed
    26.7%
    Probability gap
    +2.0 pp
    Edge
    +0.5%
    Fair odds
    3.48
    Market odds
    3.50 Bet365
    Price at which a 5% edge begins
    3.65
    Bookmaker margin
    7.0%
  • Newcastle United

    Model
    24.7%
    Market, margin removed
    44.5%
    Probability gap
    −19.8 pp
    Edge
    −48.0%
    Fair odds
    4.04
    Market odds
    2.10 Bet365
    Price at which a 5% edge begins
    4.24
    Bookmaker margin
    7.0%

Best opportunity

Coventry City to win

odds · Bet365 3.25 value +51.2%

Model 46.5% vs. bookmaker 28.8%, margin removed.

Markets 6 / 17

Match result

Coventry City to win model 46.5% · book 28.8% (no margin) +51.2% 3.25 fair 2.15
Great value

Measured model skill on this market: +7.19%.

Draw model 28.7% · book 26.7% (no margin) +0.5% 3.50 fair 3.48
Marginal

No measured model skill on this market (-1.04%).

Goals by team

Newcastle United not to score model 28.1% · book 20.8% (no margin) +26.6% 4.50 fair 3.55
Great value

Measured model skill on this market: +2.56%.

Coventry City 2+ goals model 50.0% · book 37.5% (no margin) +25.0% 2.50 fair 2.00
Great value

Measured model skill on this market: +3.62%.

Newcastle United at most 1 goal model 66.8% · book 50.0% (no margin) +22.4% 1.83 fair 1.50
Great value

Measured model skill on this market: +2.61%.

Coventry City to score model 82.8% · book 72.3% (no margin) +7.7% 1.30 fair 1.21
Worth playing

Measured model skill on this market: +3.77%.

Show every rated outcome

Skill is what a backtest measured each market at, over 7 competitions to 17/08/2026. Across every market at once it is +2.50%. Markets measured at nothing are ranked last and never recommended. How that is measured →

Why the model disagrees with the market

The leading outcome: Coventry City to win

What the model's reading is made of

  • The fit has seen one of these two sides in only 5 matches. Everything behind this edge rests on that, which is too little to set out as a reason.

These are the parts of the model's own number, not an account of the bookmaker's. The fit reads two ratings a side, the competition's average home and away expected goals, the window it looks back over and how many matches it found in it — and nothing else is a reason this page can give.

What the model did not read

Readings for Coventry City and Newcastle United that the model does not use.
Reading Coventry City Newcastle United
Form — xG difference, the last 6 matches -0.75 -0.89
Goals scored minus expected -3.86 +3.67
Points won minus expected -1.33 +3.92
npxG per shot 0.10 0.08
Players the fantasy feed has flagged 14 12

All of this is in the database and none of it entered the fit. A reading here may point the other way from every line above it — where it does, both are true, and only one of them is in the model.

The model's case

Why the model leans Coventry City

47% Coventry City to win

Attack
17th vs 20th
Coventry City attack v Newcastle United defence
Defence
17th vs 19th
Coventry City defence v Newcastle United attack
Recent xG form
-0.75 vs -0.89
xGD per match, last 5
Projected goals
1.63 – 1.17
Coventry City v Newcastle United

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

How the model arrived here →

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

Newcastle United

12 listed
  • Anthony Elanga 0% chance

    Midfielder · Unspecified injury - Unknown return date

  • Amar Dedic 0% chance

    Defender · Unspecified injury - Unknown return date

  • Dan Burn 0% chance

    Defender · Ankle injury - Expected back 12 Oct

  • Nick Woltemade 0% chance

    Forward · Has joined Juventus on loan for the rest of the season

  • Sean Neave 0% chance

    Forward · Has joined Wolves on loan for the rest of the season

  • William Osula 0% chance

    Forward · Foot injury - Unknown return date

  • Jacob Ramsey 0% chance

    Midfielder · Thigh injury - Unknown return date

  • Leo Shahar 0% chance

    Defender · has joined Arouca on loan for the rest of the seaon.

  • Alex Murphy 0% chance

    Defender · Has joined FC Kaiserslautern on loan for the rest of the season

  • Joelinton 0% chance

    Midfielder · Unspecified injury - Unknown return date

  • Ewen Jaouen 50% chance

    Goalkeeper · Ankle injury - 50% chance of playing

  • Tino Livramento 75% chance

    Defender · Unspecified 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 Newcastle United compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Coventry City Newcastle United
xG / match 0.97 · 19th (better) 1.07 · 17th
xGA / match (better) 1.73 · 12th 1.83 · 18th
xGD / match (better) -0.75 · 18th -0.76 · 19th
xPts / match (better) 0.87 · 19th 0.82 · 20th
Last 6 xGD / match (better) -0.75 -0.89

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 33% of the model's distribution.

Coventry City clean sheet
28%
Coventry City 2+ goals
50%
Under 2.5 goals
45%
Both teams to score: no
39%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
14.3%
2:1
11.0%
2:0
8.0%
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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
Newcastle United sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · Coventry City
2 matches
Away xG sample · Newcastle United
2 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 00:30
Odds updated
1 minute ago

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.