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Sheff. Utd. face a trip to Coventry City at Ricoh Arena on Tuesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 24 games played, The Blades have recorded 8 wins, and Coventry City have come away with 9 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2009, with Sheff. Utd. inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Sky Blues in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Wed 04 Mar | Coventry City | 1 - 2 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Tue 16 Sep | Sheff. Utd. | 1 - 1 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Tue 11 Mar | Sheff. Utd. | 2 - 1 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 01 Dec | Coventry City | 0 - 1 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 11 Mar | Coventry City | 2 - 0 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 27 Aug | Sheff. Utd. | 2 - 1 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 26 Dec | Coventry City | 1 - 2 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Coventry City's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. The Sky Blues's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Sheff. Utd.'s away form is none too clever either, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The The Blades's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 5 goals for and 3 against.
Coventry City's 8 points from 6 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Sheff. Utd.'s total of 12 points from their 6 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola Championship.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Coventry City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| Sheff. Utd. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Sheff. Utd. are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
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| Coventry City | Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Sheff. Utd. | Undefeated in last 5 away games. 6 games since last defeat. |