Coventry-Crewe JPT Regional Final : Preview

Head-To-Head, Recent Form, Team News, and the Latest Betting Odds, ahead of Tuesday's JPT Regional Final fixture between Coventry City and Crewe – the first of three fixtures between the sides in eighteen days.

The two sides have met 19 times, with CCFC winning nine times, Crewe six times, with four matches ending in a draw (League-wise, both sides have won six, with Coventry City having won three times, drawn once, and remaining unbeaten versus Crewe in cup competitions).

Crewe have won three and drawn one of the last four fixtures between the sides, including victory earlier this season against a Richard Shaw led Coventry City. On a slightly more positive note, eleven years and four days ago, CCFC were hammering Crewe 6-1, with goals from Delorge (2), Hughes (3), and Thompson.

Coventry are 18/19 to win, while Crewe are 7/2, with the draw at 11/4. A 0-0 score-line is 10/1, 1-1 is 11/2, while 1-0 to Coventry City is 6/1, and 1-0 to Crewe is 11/1. A 2-1 score-line is 15/2 for the home side, and 12/1 for Crewe. 4-1 to Coventry City is 28/1, and a repeat of the afore-mentioned 6-1 score-line is from as little as 125/1 with Ladbrokes, to 150/1 with bet365, and 325/1 with Paddy Power.

Half-time/full time odds are: Coventry/Coventry 7/4, Crewe/Crewe 6/1, Coventry/ Crewe 40/1, Crewe/Coventry 22/1.

First goal-scorer odds are: Leon Clarke 9/2, Stephen Elliott 11/2, Callum Ball 6/1, Gary McSheffrey 13/2, and Carl Baker 7/1. Richard Wood is 20/1, while Cyrus Christie is 40/1. For Crewe, the odds are: Pogba 8/1, Leitch-Smith 9/1, and Clayton (Scorer of the only goal in the earlier fixture between the sides) 9/1.

Leon Clarke is 5/4 to score anytime, and 33/1 to score a hat-trick.

Current form: Coventry have won three, drawn, one, and lost one of their last five home matches (Which makes them sixth in the current form table, with Crewe’s home record putting them fifth!). Coventry City’s away record is also: W3, D1, L1 (Putting them top of the table), while Crewe’s away record is: won two, drawn on, lost two (Putting them in ninth place).

Over the last eight fixtures, CCFC’s record reads: WDWWLLWW, while Crewe’s reads: WLDLWWLW.

“What is important, though, is that the crowd gets behind [the team] and stays with them through the entire 90 minutes. We want them to be 100 per cent partisan in supporting their team and that is why they have a crucial role to play” – Mark Robins.

“[Coventry City] will have a big crowd there but we will take a number of supporters as well and they will be behind us. I’m sure playing in that type of atmosphere will only spur us on. We will try and keep it tight but we are going there to win the game. The players will be looking to enjoy the occasion and the reward over two legs is a chance to play at Wembley” – Steve Davis.