Our prediction for this Championship match:
Following a goalless draw with Blackburn Rovers, Southampton will be aiming to return to winning ways in the Championship when they take on Coventry City on Matchday 42. The Saints are eyeing their 13th home win of the process, but Tuesday’s clash will be anything but a walk in the park for the promotion hopefuls. Ross Stewart and Juan Larios should be the only absentees in the home team.
The Sky Blues, on the other hand, did remarkably well to beat Leeds United at the weekend, with the team moving closer to the playoffs berth. As Coventry City have been scoring goals for fun on the road in recent weeks, we are tempted to place our bets on over 2.5 goals. In their last meeting at St. Mary’s Stadium in the Championship Southampton outplayed Coventry City 4-0. Both Tatsuhiro Sakamoto and Jamie Allen remain on the sidelines with injuries, speaking of the visiting side.
Highlighted Team (Southampton):
Southampton are an English football club that have been playing their home games at St Mary's Stadium since 2001. The Saints were based at The Dell in the past and the capacity of Southampton’s new stadium is 32,505. Southampton wear red and white striped shirts and the colour of the team’s away kit is navy and green.
The Saints have yet to win the Premier League trophy, but they did well to clinch the FA Cup title back in 1976, while participating in the final of the prestigious competition in 1900, 1902 and 2003. Southampton outplayed Manchester United in the 1976 FA Cup final and that is probably the club’s greatest victory ever.
The club are well known for their football academy and Real Madrid superstar Gareth Bale is one of the players who began their football carrier at the St. Mary’s Stadium outfit. Southampton’s fiercest rivals are Portsmouth and the two teams square off against each other in the South Coast Derby.