Lampard heading back to the Premier League ..........
Mar 07, 2026
As I mentioned in the previous post, six match previews today and a betting suggestion in each. You can read one below, it is the smallest staked bet of the day, but a Coventry win or positive result at all has some value for subscribers as we have backed them to win the Championship @ odds of 13.0.
Championship: Bristol City- Coventry City
| 2025/26 | Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Gdf | Pts | Form | P | W | D | L | F | A | P | W | D | L | F | A | ||||
| 1 | Coventry City | 35 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 72 | 38 | +34 | 71 | WWWW | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 25 | ||
| 2 | Middlesbrough | 35 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 66 | WXOL | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 23 | ||
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 60 | 34 | +26 | 63 | WWWL | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 22 | ||
| 4 | Millwall | 35 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 62 | WWLW | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 19 | ||
| 5 | Hull City | 35 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 56 | 49 | +7 | 60 | LWWL | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 21 | ||
| 6 | Wrexham | 35 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 54 | 45 | +9 | 57 | WWWX | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 17 | ||
| 7 | Southampton | 35 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 53 | WWXW | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 32 | ||
| 8 | Derby County | 35 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 51 | WLLW | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 22 | ||
| 9 | Watford | 35 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 51 | WLWX | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 22 | ||
| 10 | Bristol City | 35 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 50 | LWLX | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | ||
No real need to get involved as Coventry to win the Championship has good value for us ....
Coventry City should go well, they have finished 5-9-5 in the Championship over the last three seasons. They were a penalty shootout away from the EPL in 2023 and were robbed in the semi final by Sunderland last season IMO. They started last season poorly and made the tough decision to sack head coach Mark Robins who was the third longest serving boss in English football and after he had achieved miracles with the club, two promotions, almost a third and an FA Cup semi final. He was replaced by Frank Lampard, we can talk all day about his merits as a head coach and I was critical of his appointment in charge of a relegation haunted Everton as, in 25+ years in football he had almost no experience at that end of the table. But in the Championship he has been in charge of two teams,Derby County and Coventry and took both to the playoffs. The Rams in his only season in charge and at City, he took over when they were 17th after 17 rounds and guided them to fifth and they collected 42 points (which is top 3-4 level) over the second half of the season.
City operate on a relative shoestring, but are well supported (average crowd circa 28k, 5th best last season) and have not sold anyone. Lampard has good contacts in the game and has already made three signings (two loanees) that look decent and he negotiated some eye-catching loan deals whilst at Derby and we can expect more to come in, as they are no restrictions on those in the Championship, like there are in the EPL. Actually, it seems that City made a £5.5m bid to sign one of those new loan deals on a permanent basis, so must have funds to spend on the right player.They are also due a cut of the Viktor Gyokeres transfer from Sporting to Arsenal.
City had the 6th youngest squad in the second tier, Lampard has a good reputation for working with youth and they will all improve for another year at this level. XP placed them third last season with 75 points, behind only Leeds and Burnley and three superior to Sheffield United. I am struggling with any negatives and another top 6 finish awaits.
Coventry City to win the Championship @ 13.0 general quote.
Ahead of their most recent away game, a trip to in form Sheffield United I updated with .....
At the start of this month I wrote .....
City signed Frank Onyeka of Brentford on loan with the obligation to purchase at a reasonably big fee should they be promoted, he is a far more senior player (than the other two I mentioned that day) and could have signed for any club at this level and will hopefully help see the Sky Blues over the line. They remain top of the table, but only on goal difference after holding a 10 point lead at the start of December!
Their last four starts have played out thus ....
| 17-Jan-2026 | Ch (27) | Coventry City | 2-1 | Leicester City |
| 20-Jan-2026 | Ch (28) | Coventry City | 2-1 | Millwall |
| 26-Jan-2026 | Ch (29) | Norwich City | 2-1 | Coventry City |
| 31-Jan-2026 | Ch (30) | QPR | 2-1 | Coventry City |
They led at both Norwich and QPR and Onyeka can hopefully help them become a little better at holding onto leads with his high energy, disruptive style and he is Brentford's most capped player, with 41 appearances for Nigeria. New month, major wake up call and a chance to go again for City.
He has done just that and already become a fan favourite with his own song! Their crowded treatment room has emptied and all three double digit goal strikers are finally available again at the same time, after Brandon Thomas-assante completed a three match ban and once again, there is real competition for starting places and big options off the bench. For example, the five who were used on Saturday had a combined 33 goals and 12 assists between them and that is a LOT of firepower to have in reserve, 13 second tier teams have not scored that many (45) goals! This is starting to feel like the City of November again, not the one we saw in January and whilst this is a very tough fixture and we have no need to bet, there is some value with .....1.75 units Coventry City -0.5 ball @ 2.73 asian line.
They won that 2-1 and then edged past Stoke City by the same score line. They now travel the two hours down the M5 to Bristol, with 3,500 supporters in tow and could have sold double that number, tickets were sold out almost immediately and three weeks ago.
Bristol City are in their usual place in the table, but should "always" be better and they have conceded nine goals and taken just one point from three home games and ahead of the first of those, a 5-0 defeat to Derby County my notes included...............
The hosts have it all in place, good support, wealthy owner committed to Bristol sport ( not just City) and this is the 8th biggest city in the country ( largest never to host EPL football), but they fall short too often, just one playoff spot in ten seasons since returning to the Championship and they have too frequently put together just a good half season and we could be heading for a repeat of that. Their record is not great when they concede a goal, with just two wins in 15 league starts ( 10 defeats) and that doesn't augur well against County.
Their record has "improved" to four wins in 22 starts when they concede a goal, but they are at a low ebb and went out of the FA Cup to a team bottom of League 1 on Tuesday and now play one 47 places on the football pyramid above Port Vale. No need to bet but the visitors look a level above and the hosts are at a low ebb.
1.75 units Coventry City -1 ball @ 2.93 asian line.
Good luck!
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