Coventry City and Fulham meet at the Coventry Building Society Arena (CBS Arena) on Saturday 24 October 2026 at 15:00 in Premier League gameweek 8. Neither side can afford to lose ground.
Table and form
Coventry are 17th with six points from seven games, two wins and a goal difference of minus eight. Fulham are 18th on five points, with one win and a goal difference of minus three. Sunderland are 20th on four points. Manchester City lead the way with seven wins from seven.
In their last five matches, Coventry have won two and lost three. They beat Newcastle 4-1 and won 1-0 at Nottingham Forest, but lost 5-0 to Brighton and 1-0 at Manchester City, and 3-1 at Tottenham.
Fulham have won one, drawn two and lost two. They drew 0-0 at Liverpool and 1-1 with Manchester United, beat Hull City 1-0, and lost 2-1 at Ipswich Town and 3-2 to Crystal Palace.
The season numbers
Coventry average 0.86 goals per game and concede two. Fulham score one per game and concede 1.43. Coventry have one clean sheet, Fulham two. Fulham have collected 14 yellow cards to Coventry's eight.
Expected goals data via Fantasy Premier League, which measures the quality of chances created, paints a similar picture. Fulham create 1.57 per game and allow 1.49. Coventry create 1.03 and allow 1.62.
Fulham's Gonzalo has 3.46 expected goals from 595 minutes but only one goal. Coventry's Rudoni has two goals from 1.85 expected, and is the first-choice penalty taker according to FPL. Coventry's Awoniyi has 1.58 expected goals without scoring in 262 minutes. Gonzalo takes Fulham's penalties, FPL says.
Availability
Fulham will be without Ryan Sessegnon, who is due to serve a ban for this match after a straight red card, going by the standard punishment. FPL also lists Larsson as doubtful with a groin problem, a 25% chance of playing.
FPL lists five Coventry players with a 0% chance of playing: Woolfenden (knee), Amenda (calf), Wright (thigh) and Eccles (ankle) are injured, while Dovin is unavailable and not included in the squad.
Head to head
The only two recent meetings both went Coventry's way. They won 4-1 at home to Fulham on 2 October 2021, and 3-1 at Fulham on 10 April 2022.
That history counts for little on current form, but Coventry's defence has been the more fragile this season, and Fulham will see a chance to exploit it.
MFF prediction
MFF's match model prediction is a narrow 1-0 away win for Fulham. It gives Fulham a 39% chance of victory, Coventry City 34% and a draw 27%.
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