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Manchester United – Coventry City
Model updated 4 October, 00:30 Odds not yet available
What the model expects
- Manchester United
- 58%
- Draw
- 25%
- Coventry City
- 16%
| Manchester United | Draw | Coventry City | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair odds | 1.71 | 3.99 | 6.07 |
- Total goals
- 2.97
- Over 2.5 goals
- 59%
- Both teams to score
- 60%
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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Why the model leans Manchester United
58% Manchester United to win
- Attack
- 1st vs 17th
- Manchester United attack v Coventry City defence
- Defence
- 2nd vs 17th
- Manchester United defence v Coventry City attack
- Recent xG form
- +0.59 vs -0.75
- xGD per match, last 5
- Projected goals
- 1.95 – 1.02
- Manchester United v Coventry City
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
Manchester United
13 listed-
Chido Obi 0% chance
Forward · Has joined Willem II on loan for the rest of the season
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Amad Diallo 0% chance
Midfielder · Unspecified injury - Unknown return date
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Tom Heaton 0% chance
Goalkeeper · Hamstring injury - Unknown return date
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Manuel Ugarte Ribeiro 0% chance
Midfielder · Knee injury - Unknown return date
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Tyler Fredricson 0% chance
Defender · Has joined Lausanne-Sport permanently
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Altay Bayındır 0% chance
Goalkeeper · Has joined Celta Vigo on loan for the rest of the season
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Toby Collyer 0% chance
Midfielder · Has joined West Brom permanently
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Matthijs de Ligt 0% chance
Defender · Back injury - Unknown return date
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Benjamin Sesko 75% chance
Forward · Shin injury - 75% chance of playing
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Kobbie Mainoo 75% chance
Midfielder · Unspecified injury - 75% chance of playing
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Marcus Rashford 75% chance
Midfielder · Unspecified injury - 75% chance of playing
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Patrick Dorgu 75% chance
Midfielder · Hamstring injury - 75% chance of playing
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Karl Darlow 75% chance
Goalkeeper · Unspecified injury - 75% chance of playing
Coventry City
14 listed-
Oliver Dovin 0% chance
Goalkeeper · Has joined Leyton Orient on loan for the rest of the season
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Aurèle Amenda 0% chance
Defender · Calf injury - Unknown return date
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Taiwo Awoniyi 0% chance
Forward · Suspended until 19 Oct
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Kai Andrews 0% chance
Midfielder · Has joined Oxford United on loan for the rest of the season
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Liam Kitching 0% chance
Defender · Has joined Sheffield United on loan for the rest of the season
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Raphael Borges Rodrigues 0% chance
Midfielder · Has joined Burton Albion on loan for the rest of the season
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Haji Wright 0% chance
Forward · Thigh injury - Unknown return date
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Luke Woolfenden 0% chance
Defender · Knee injury - Unknown return date
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Jahnoah Markelo 0% chance
Forward · Has joined Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai permanently
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Kaine Kesler-Hayden 0% chance
Defender · Hamstring injury - Unknown return date
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Miguel Brau 0% chance
Defender · Has joined Academico de Viseu on loan for the rest of the season
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Josh Eccles 0% chance
Midfielder · Unspecified injury - Expected back 12 Oct
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Norman Bassette 0% chance
Forward · Has joined KVC Westerlo on loan for the rest of the season
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Milan van Ewijk 75% chance
Defender · Hamstring 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.
| Reading | Manchester United | Coventry City |
|---|---|---|
| xG / match | (better) 1.93 · 4th | 0.97 · 19th |
| xGA / match | (better) 1.40 · 8th | 1.73 · 12th |
| xGD / match | (better) +0.53 · 5th | -0.75 · 18th |
| xPts / match | (better) 1.60 · 7th | 0.87 · 19th |
| Last 6 xGD / match | (better) +0.59 | -0.75 |
The scorelines behind the model's numbers
No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 34% of the model's distribution.
- Manchester United clean sheet
- 33%
- Manchester United 2+ goals
- 60%
- Under 2.5 goals
- 41%
- Both teams to score: no
- 40%
Most likely scorelines
- 1:1
- 12.4%
- 2:1
- 11.6%
- 2:0
- 9.7%
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- Fit window
- the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
- Manchester United sample
- 20 matches
- Coventry City sample
- 5 matches
- Home xG sample · Manchester United
- 2 matches
- Away xG sample · Coventry City
- 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.