By CovSid67
January 26 2013

Head-To-Head, Recent Form, Team News, and the Latest Betting Odds, ahead of today's League One fixture between Preston and Coventry City.

The two sides have met thirty-five times, with PNE winning 14 times, CCFC winning 10 times, and 11 matches ending in a draw (Four of those fixtures were in cup competitions, with Coventry City winning them all).

Coventry City have never won away in the league against PNE …. yet.

Of the two fixtures between the sides this season, CCFC have won one and drawn one – with PNE’s manager seemingly not watching the last match, as he believes his side were the better of the two. Muppet.

Coventry and PNE to win are both 15/8, with the draw at 12/5. A 0-0 score-line is 10/1, 1-1 is 5/1, 1-0 to Preston is 8/1 and to Coventry is also 8/1, while a 2-1 score-line is also 9/1 for both sides.

Clarke is 6/1 first scorer, with Cody McDonald – now at Gillingham – at 7/1 (Save your money). Elliott is 7/1, with McSheffrey at 8/1. Cyrus Christie is 40/1, while Blair Adams as low as 22/1. For PNE, Beavons is 11/2, while Elding, Beardsley and Garner are 7/1.

Coventry to win 3-1 is 20/1. Half-time/full time odds are: Preston / Preston 10/3, Coventry/Coventry 10/3, Preston/Coventry 28/1, Coventry/ Preston 28/1.

First foul to be committed by PNE, 1/21; first deserved red card (Not given) for a PNE offence: committed between kick-off and 10 minutes, 1/4. First innocuous CCFC challenge to result in a yellow card, 1/5. Bookies say the chances of CCFC finishing this fixture with as many uninjured players as they started the match: 120/1.

PNE have won only twice in their last 14 games, beating Hartlepool and Gillingham. What PNE lack in skill they more than make up for in gamesmanship, with the CT reporting that in their recent fixture against PNE, Walsall had no heating, no plug sockets, and no handles on the toilet doors (This possibly inspired Walsall to smash them 3-1).

And there was me thinking the dark ages of John Beck and his moronic buffoonery were over? Grow up Graham Westley, you moron…

TEAN NEWS: James Bailey is expected to start against the team that kicked him off the pitch a few weeks back.