Bournemouth goes to St Andrews looking to keep their unbeaten record. Coventry City have had a mediocre start to their season with a defeat, a win and a draw. Their last home match was a particularly close affair with QPR, as Coventry gave a penalty away before coming back strongly to win 3-2. A nil-nil scoreline against Barnsely though shows that Coventry can be tough in defence.
Coventry have scored four goals from their first three games and Matt Godden is their lead scorer with two goals. That is pretty much average for the Championship, but they have conceded four goals as well. Set-pieces will be an area he Bournemouth have to look out for Kyle McFadzean who scored the headed winner in the QPR match from a corner.
Mark Robins will want his side to compete against a team that was two divisions above them last season. It may make his team play cautiously and not push as many players forward in the press as they usually do, but Bournemouth have to take on such challenges and find ways of breaking these teams down. The Sky coverage and evening timing should get the adrenaline going and of course some of Bournemouth's players will have good memories about St Andrews from playing Birmingham there some six years ago in that big 0-8 win.
The Cherries will look to keep their attacking game going. While Danjuma has been a big hit it looks like JT may have to play Adam Smith again in an advanced role on the left side and Jack Stacey as a wing-back on the right side. Bournemouth do look short of wingers with Stanislas, Brooks and King having only made brief appearances this season But of course, we could see Rodrigo Riquelme making an appearance from the bench, if things go well for AFCB.
Coventry City Home Form
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AFCB Away Form
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