Competition: Championship

Market: Coventry City win

Odds: 1/2 @ 1xBet

Looking to extend on their sensational Championship purple patch, Coventry will welcome Watford to the Midlands on Saturday lunchtime.

Starting with the hosts, while Coventry might have suffered play-off heartbreak last season, Frank Lampard’s camp haven’t shown any signs of a hangover this time around. Embarking on what has become a remarkable Championship romp, the Sky Blues are leading the chase at the top of the table and have continued to shatter a string of records since opening up the 2025/26 campaign. With the mood in their camp at a famous high, the former Everton boss will be calling on his promotion contenders to lay down another marker here. Getting Saturday’s fixtures underway leading the chase at the top of the Championship standings, Coventry were last seen clinching a 2-1 victory away at Portsmouth. In fact, heading into October’s international with a stellar 5-0 romp against Sheffield Wednesday, Lampard’s camp have won all of their previous five consecutive Championship appearances by an aggregate score of 16-1. Gaining a fearsome reputation for their free-scoring performances in the final third, Saturday’s hosts have also notched 31 second-tier strikes so far this season and they hold the best-attacking tally in the division.

As for the visitors, managing to make an immediate return to winning ways last time out as they clinched a 2-1 victory at home against West Brom, Watford are enjoying life under new boss Javi Garcia. Despite marking their return from October’s international break with a 1-0 defeat away at Sheffield United, that is the only loss that the Hornets have suffered from any of their previous five Championship appearances. However, despite finding a route into the top-half of the standings, Watford have continued to show a string of issues away from Vicarage Road. Including a 1-0 loss against local rivals Millwall on September 22nd, Saturday’s guests have failed to win any of their first five matchups on the road so far this season. Yet to record consecutive wins across any competition since opening up the 2025/26 campaign, Garcia’s side should also be concerned by their most recent trip to the Midlands. Falling to a 2-1 defeat when they last met Coventry back in January, the Hornets look set for another stern examination this weekend.

Bet: Coventry City 1/2 to beat Watford in Saturday’s Championship battle @ 1xBet