Coventry vs Man United Prediction and Betting Tips: 4/5 and 12/1 picks for FA Cup Semi Final
Second tier Coventry City take on the mighty Manchester United in an FA Cup semi-final at Wembley on Sunday. The Sky Blues lifted the trophy in 1987 and will be out to cause an upset against a Manchester United side who are looking to reach their third domestic cup final in two seasons. Read below about our best bets that can be backed at 5/4 and 12/1.
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Heading into the 89th minute of their quarter-final tie against Wolves at Molineux, Coventry City trailed 2-1, but pulled off one of the most memorable comebacks in recent history to give Mark Robins’ side a 3-2 victory. Goals from Ellis Simms in the 98th minute and Haji Wright in the 100th minute secured their place at Wembley, where they will be looking to make amends for last season’s play-off final defeat to Luton Town on penalties.
Manchester United also featured in a thrilling FA Cup quarter final as they saw off Liverpool 4-3 at Old Trafford. Ten Hag’s men have avoided defeat in all three meetings with Liverpool this season and arrive here off the back of a 2-2 draw on the south coast with Bournemouth.
United are the 8/15 favourites to win the game in normal time, with the draw on offer at 7/2. A famous win for Coventry is currently best-priced at 5/1 with BetMGM, implying a 16.7% chance of victory.
Coventry vs Man United Tips
It has been well documented how poor Manchester United have been for long periods of this campaign, however they have only lost one of their last five matches, which came in the late 4-3 loss to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
For our main play of the afternoon we are backing the Red Devils to win the game with Coventry having Over 3.5 Corners. Despite them failing to pass the eye-test and allowing their opponents plenty of chances in recent fixtures, we still feel United have enough depth and quality here. The market has them priced at 8/15 with some firms to get the win, which is a shade too big in our eyes and should be more around the 2/5 region.
As mentioned above, United have been dominated by their opponents in many games, allowing them plenty of shots and corners. In their last five Premier League matches they have allowed their opponents: 7, 11, 12, 14 and 8. With this in mind, Over 3.5 Coventry corners looks very plausible on Sunday and combining that to happen with United to win pays 5/4 with Boylesports.
For our longshot, we are going one step further with the corner kicks for Coventry and have backed Over 5 as part of our 12/1 poke. United seem happy to allow their opponents plenty of time with the ball and Coventry can have their day in the sun and give this a real good go.
Ellis Simms has been in excellent form in the last month or two and is the second highest top scorer with the FA Cup this season having netted five goals, with only Sammie Szmodics of Blackburn having more (6).
In his last 13 matches, Simms has found the net on 14 occasions. He faces a side who have failed to keep a sheet in their last five with their opponents scoring totals reading: 3,1,3,2,2. Simms and Wright should be the many goal threats for Coventry and combining the former with his side to take Over 6 corners pays 12/1 with bet365.
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