Newly-promoted Coventry secured their first league win of the campaign before the last international break and made it back-to-back victories in their first game in October. However, the Sky Blues have slipped back into their bad habits with defeats in their last two Premier League games against Tottenham and Fulham.
Visiting Sunderland have won more cup games than they have league games so far this season, and currently sit bottom of the table a point and a place behind Coventry.
There have been more draws in this fixture than wins for either side, with 16 of the duo's last 38 encounters ending in stalemates, so you can see why we're backing Saturday's clash to end all square.
It's not just wins that have been hard to come by for both teams in the Premier League this season. Both Coventry and Sunderland have only managed to score six goals each in their opening eight league games.
Saturday's hosts have failed to score in five of their eight matches, while Sunderland have fired blanks in four of their last five outings.
Along with our prediction for a draw in this game, we're also backing under 2.5 goals to be scored; in fact, we wouldn't be surprised to see this game end goalless.
Four of Coventry's eight league games this season have produced under 2.5 goals, while the same can be said for 10 of the Black Cats' 13 outings in all competitions.
Coventry 0-0 Sunderland
