Two sides looking to climb away from the relegation zone in the Premier League lock horns this weekend as Coventry host Fulham.
Coventry currently sit 17th in the league table with two wins, no draws and five defeats from seven games. The Sky Blues have had a mixed start to the campaign, showing both encouraging signs and concerns.
After losing their first four games of the campaign, Frank Lampard's side recorded successive wins against Nottingham Forest (1-0) and Newcastle (4-1), before losing 3-1 to Tottenham on Monday night.
The Sky Blues have lost six of nine games in all competitions this season and are expected to contest relegation this season. A home game against Fulham is extremely important but they're taking on a side that are coming off the back of a very good performance.
The Cottagers are currently 18th in the Premier League with five points from seven games. Like Coventry, it's been a difficult start to the season for the team under Alvaro Arbeloa but there have been signs in recent weeks that things are starting to improve.
Fulham have delivered decent performances at Anfield, where they drew 0-0, and against Man United where they drew 1-1, but Arbeloa's men provided a very strong performance in a 1-0 win over Hull City at the weekend, where the scoreline should have been far more dominant.
Fulham had 77% of the possession, carved out four big chances (to Hull's 0) and created 1.38xG compared to just 0.16xG for Hull. Such a performance will give Fulham a lot of confidence ahead of what is a big game.
We do, then, think they'll take that momentum into this weekend's game and come away with an important three points.
Coventry 1-2 Fulham
