Coventry City vs Chelsea prediction and preview

Premier League · Sunday 27 December 2026, 14:00 UTC

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Coventry City vs Chelsea

Premier League · Sunday 27 December 2026, 14:00 UTC · The Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry

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Coventry City vs Chelsea preview

The Premier League fixture between Coventry City and Chelsea is scheduled for Sunday 27 December 2026 at 14:00 UTC at The Coventry Building Society Arena. Coventry City sit 16th on 9 points after 9 matches, while Chelsea go into the round 4th, on 16 points from 9 games.

Coventry City come into the game with a W-L-L-W-W run in the league (3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats in their last 5), while Chelsea's recent sequence reads W-L-W-W-L. Over their last 6, Coventry City have scored 1.5 and conceded 1.8 goals per game, with 4 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 3. Chelsea average 1.8 scored and 1.3 conceded across their last 6, with 2 clean sheets.

Head to head, Coventry City have 0 wins to Chelsea's 1 across 2 meetings, with 1 draw. Those games averaged 3.5 goals, 1 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 1. The most recent meeting, on 2 Mar 2001, ended Coventry City 0-0 Chelsea.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

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Form and table

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4Chelsea95131915+416LWWLW
16Coventry City9306916-79WWLLW

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Head-to-head

2 meetings: Coventry City 0, draws 1, Chelsea 1.

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Coventry City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Carl Rushworth, Jay Dasilva, Ethan Pinnock, Milan van Ewijk, Bobby Thomas, Jack Rudoni, Caleb Yirenkyi, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto

Chelsea expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Emiliano Martínez, Mike Penders, Levi Colwill, Joshua Kofi Acheampong, Maxence Lacroix, Morgan Rogers, Cole Palmer, Jordan Henderson, M. Caicedo, Pedro Neto

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