In this 27th week match, on Saturday Jan 14th, Burnley and Coventry City will play a match in Burnley in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Championship teams. The game day is forecasted to be a windy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 1st placed Burnley, recorded a 4-2 win against AFC Bournemouth. Manuel Benson struck first for Burnley in the 6th minute on a feed from Jóhann Guðmundsson, then Ryan Christie tied it up for AFC Bournemouth in the 12th minute , but luckily for Burnley it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn the win. Burnley is on a hot streak lately, with only 1 loss in their last 10 matches, while coventry City is fresh off their 3-4 loss against Wrexham. Sam Dalby struck first for Wrexham in the 12th minute, then Elliott Lee added another in the 18th minute on a feed from Callum McFadzean. Coventry City is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sat Oct 8th, Coventry City hosted Burnley at the The Coventry Building Society Arena in their last match together. Burnley took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Nathan Tella scored the first goal for Burnley in the 39th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Coventry City couldn’t manage to score, and Burnley took the shutout win.
Coventry City’s most prolific scorer has been Viktor Gyökeres. The Swedish attacker has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Burnley is fortunate enough to have Manuel Benson in top form. In the last 5 matches the midfielder has scored four goals.