Coventry vs. Norwich Betting Tips: Two bets for Championship clash

Coventry City host their first match under new owner Doug King as they welcome Norwich City to the CBS Arena in the early kick-off on Saturday (12.30pm, Sky Sports).

Both teams will be eager to claim the three points on offer to bolster their chances of getting into the playoff zone.

Michael Bates previews the match and provides his best bets...

Coventry City were all guns blazing before the pause of games for the World Cup having won four games on the bounce, but since the return to domestic football, the Sky Blues have only managed one win from their seven games played (W1/D3/L3) but are also unbeaten at home during this period.

Norwich has also had a mixed bag of results since the return playing six games and only claiming two wins (W2/D1/L3) but have won 66% of their matches on the road and fans will be buoyed on by their recent 4-0 win over Preston North End at Deepdale

First up, we're backing Coventry to win and both teams to find the back of the net.

Both teams have very capable goal scorers, Coventry with Gyokeres and Norwich with both Pukki and Sargent, so odds are high of both teams scoring.

Coventry are unbeaten in their last few outings at the CBS Arena, in fact, the last team to win there in the Championship was Blackpool in October last year (Wrexham, however, did beat them in the FA Cup earlier this year in a tense 3-4 affair). 

Despite their form dropping, with SISU now discarded to history, hopes are high that Coventry City can return to dealing with the problems on the pitch.

New owner Doug King has promised that if Gyokres wants to stay then he will not leave during the January transfer window and the player has either shown his dedication to the team or put his face directly in the shop window with his excellent scoring record.

Gyokres has so far recorded 12 goals to make him the joint-second Championship top scorer, one goal behind Chuba Akpom (who also played briefly for the Sky Blues), so will no doubt feature on the score sheet and makes up the first part of our second bet.

Joining him is Teemu Pukki, who has scored 10 goals this season, and has scored a goal in two of his last three away games for the Canaries.