On the 5th of February, Coventry City and Southampton will play a match in Southampton in a meeting of these two FA Cup teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Southampton is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Manchester City. Kyle Walker-Peters struck first for Southampton in the 7th minute on a feed from Nathan Redmond, then in the 65th minute, Kevin De Bruyne sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Aymeric Laporte earning Manchester City a comeback draw. Southampton is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Coventry City recorded a 0-1 loss against Middlesbrough. Andraž Šporar struck first for Middlesbrough in the 58th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Coventry City couldn’t manage to score, and Middlesbrough took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Matt Godden has been the most prolific scorer on Coventry City in the last 5 matches with 2 goals. James Ward-Prowse has been the most prolific scorer on Southampton in the last five matches with 2 goals.