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What the record shows
The retained record does not give either club a clear edge on the metrics that clear the gates. Limitation: At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
Season-opening preview
Current-season evidence is still building.
This competition's new season has only just started, so PitchMath does not yet hold enough completed matches for a current-season grade. The comparison below is last season's recorded data, shown as historical context.
1 / 2 matches toward the first current-season grade
Current season so far
Completed matches in the season being played. Kept separate from the historical block below.
- Coventry City2 matches
- Brighton & Hove Albion1 matches
Previous-season context
Recorded season totals from the source competition. Not current form.
These two clubs played in different competitions last season, so the values are shown side by side without ranking them against each other.
Coventry City
- Competition
- Championship
- Season
- 2025/26
- Sample
- 46 matches
- Profile grade
- A
- Data cutoff
- 23 May 2026
- Goals scored2.11 goals/match
- Goals allowed0.98 goals/match
- Expected goals1.86 xG/match
- Expected goals allowed1.1 xG/match
- Shots16.2 shots/match
- Shots allowed11.6 shots/match
- Shots on target5.53 shots/match
- Shots on target allowed3.62 shots/match
- Possession55.5%
- Corners5.31 corners/match
- Corners allowed4.16 corners/match
- Fouls9.36 fouls/match
- Clean-sheet frequency37%
- Scoring frequency85%
Brighton & Hove Albion
- Competition
- Premier League
- Season
- 2025/26
- Sample
- 38 matches
- Profile grade
- A
- Data cutoff
- 24 May 2026
- Goals scored1.37 goals/match
- Goals allowed1.21 goals/match
- Expected goals1.51 xG/match
- Expected goals allowed1.3 xG/match
- Shots13 shots/match
- Shots allowed11.7 shots/match
- Shots on target4.63 shots/match
- Shots on target allowed3.89 shots/match
- Possession54%
- Corners4.87 corners/match
- Corners allowed4.82 corners/match
- Cards2.4 cards/match
- Fouls11.9 fouls/match
- Clean-sheet frequency26%
- Scoring frequency76%
Evidence quality
How much supports this analysis
- At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
- At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
- Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.
Known unknowns
- Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
- Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
- The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
Coventry City
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