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Peterborough travel to take on Coventry City at Ricoh Arena on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Posh will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them with only a 20.00% success rate in the fixture.
The last time the two teams met at Coventry City was back in January 2004, over five years ago, with Coventry City running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a F.A. Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 03 Jan | Coventry City | 2 - 0 | Peterborough | FAC |
| 2003/2004 | Wed 13 Aug | Coventry City | 2 - 0 | Peterborough | LGEC |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 11 Sep | Peterborough | 2 - 2 | Coventry City | LGEC |
| 1963/1964 | Mon 20 Apr | Peterborough | 2 - 0 | Coventry City | LGE1 |
| 1963/1964 | Sat 09 Nov | Coventry City | 3 - 2 | Peterborough | LGE1 |
| 1962/1963 | Sat 29 Dec | Coventry City | 3 - 3 | Peterborough | LGE1 |
| 1962/1963 | Wed 26 Dec | Peterborough | 0 - 3 | Coventry City | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Coventry City will be hoping to improve on their poor home form, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. While Sky Blues have scored 5, a worringly large 9 have been leaked at the other end.
The away form of Peterborough is pretty dire, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. While the Posh have hit 5 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Coventry City are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 19 points from 20 matches. Peterborough find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 20 games have yielded only 14 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Coventry City | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| Peterborough | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Peterborough are in a sorry state of late on their travels, though the Mad panel can see them coming away from Ricoh Arena with a well-deserved point. No-score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Coventry City | Failed to win in previous 6 home matches. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 10 most recent games. |
| Peterborough | Not won in previous 10 away matches. Drawn each of the last 3 games. No win in the 7 most recent games. |