Coventry City got themselves a win before the international break, and The Sky Blues return to Premier League action with a clash against what appears to be a very entertaining Newcastle United side.
Following their Championship title win last season, Frank Lampard may well have felt the pressure a month ago after their fourth successive loss to start the campaign — a 4-0 defeat at home to Brighton and Hove Albion.
However, Coventry then managed to edge past Nottingham Forest at the City Ground, courtesy of a second-half winner scored by Wales international defender Jay Dasilva.
Matthias Jaissle took charge of Newcastle midway through preseason and The Magpies have been a fun watch for the neutral with their five league games having consisted of 18 goals.
After a bit of a dip in terms of their performance level from their opening couple of games, Newcastle went into the break on the back of a 2-1 defeat of Hull City after racing into a 2-0 lead very early on at St. James’ Park.
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Coventry vs. Newcastle prediction
We think Newcastle will make it back-to-back wins either side of the break.
Coventry will take confidence from their victory against Forest and have had moments in the games that they lost, tending to put the pressure on early on before being fairly comfortably beaten.
Newcastle have shown fallibility defensively and so it may not be a straightforward outing for the Tynesiders, but their quality should shine through in the end in the midlands.
Score Prediction: Newcastle 3, Coventry 1 (+1600 at FanDuel)
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Coventry vs. Newcastle best bets
We’ve picked four betting angles for Coventry vs. Newcastle.
Both teams scoring has not yet happened in a Coventry game, but while that may put a punter off, six successive games of BTTS – No is statistically unlikely.
| Newcastle since the start of the 25/26 season (all comps) | |
|---|---|
| Games | 63 |
| Goals | 44 |
In terms of how we think the game could go, Coventry are expected to try to get after a shaky Newcastle defence early on, but the visitors have shown an energy in the final third that is much-improved from the end of the Eddie Howe era.
DR Congo international Yoane Wissa endured a difficult debut campaign at Newcastle but, after a strong World Cup, the former Brentford man has started this season very well, even showing some more creative link-up play in his game, too. Backing him to get another direct goal involvement seems a decent bet.
Coventry centre-back Bobby Thomas has gone close on a couple of occasions this season and will remain a threat from set-pieces for the hosts, and with the expectation being that they get on the front foot from the off, there is a very decent chance of a few corners being swung in for Thomas to attack.
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Best SGP for Coventry vs. Newcastle
Here is out favorite SGP for Coventry vs. Newcastle:
- Both teams to score
- Yoane Wissa to score or assist
- Bobby Thomas to have a shot on target
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Coventry vs. Newcastle odds
Newcastle are the favorites to beat Coventry in the Premier League. Find odds at the time of writing below or follow it live with The Sporting News.
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Result |
DraftKings |
FanDuel |
BetMGM |
|
Coventry to win |
+235 |
+230 | +200 |
|
Draw |
+260 |
+250 | +240 |
|
Newcastle to win |
+105 |
+105 |
+105 |


