Fun statistic on match writeup on BBC website. (1 Viewer)

Happy_Martian · Feb 19, 2023

Just reading the BBC website's verdict on our game and saw this which I thought was both quite random and also quite interesting.

"Coventry ended a run of four straight away league defeats. It also means the Sky Blues have not lost in their last 12 games against promoted teams - a run that includes nine wins stretching back five seasons."

It could be argued that we're an established Championship team and should put these teams to bed but this stat takes us back to League 1 times and our promotion season.

Brighton Sky Blue · Feb 19, 2023

Don’t think it does

4 in the first season
6 in the second
4 in this one so far

Sky Blue Pete · Feb 19, 2023

It’s a good sign for Saturday and the team to beat the teams around us

Happy_Martian · Feb 19, 2023

Brighton Sky Blue said:
Don’t think it does

4 in the first season
6 in the second
4 in this one so far

Don't doubt you as I was just going on the BBC comment about dating back 5 seasons. But it wouldn't be the first (or last) time a BBC reporter has screwed facts up.

ProfessorbyGrace · Feb 19, 2023

The only stats I religiously follow are goals, assists, yellow and red cards and GPG ratios etc. I have a bit of a fixation with them; however the form stats and player telemetry etc is a bit beyond my brains ability to compute them. ❗️

Deleted member 9744 · Feb 19, 2023

ProfessorbyGrace said:
The only stats I religiously follow are goals, assists, yellow and red cards and GPG ratios etc. I have a bit of a fixation with them; however the form stats and player telemetry etc is a bit beyond my brains ability to compute them. ❗️

I think assists is a largely meaningless stat.

ProfessorbyGrace · Feb 19, 2023

Deleted member 9744 said:
I think assists is a largely meaningless stat.

In what sense?

JohnORourke · Feb 19, 2023

It would seem like an incredible run. But, could the reporter have meant to say that we have been unbeaten in the last 12 away matches against promoted teams?

Deleted member 9744 · Feb 19, 2023

ProfessorbyGrace said:
In what sense?

An assists can be anything from a brilliant run and defence splitting pass to ball deflected off someone to a player who runs the length of the pitch and scores.

shmmeee · Feb 19, 2023

Yeah Key Passes is better than assists but really outside of set piece takers in some cases I don’t see the point.

Frank Sidebottom · Feb 21, 2023

Happy_Martian said:
Just reading the BBC website's verdict on our game and saw this which I thought was both quite random and also quite interesting.

"Coventry ended a run of four straight away league defeats. It also means the Sky Blues have not lost in their last 12 games against promoted teams - a run that includes nine wins stretching back five seasons."

It could be argued that we're an established Championship team and should put these teams to bed but this stat takes us back to League 1 times and our promotion season.

And also completely made up as we lost 2-0 to Hull at home last season. If they mean away games then I think it's 10 going back to Forest Green Rovers in 2018.

ccfcricoh · Feb 21, 2023

Deleted member 9744 said:
An assists can be anything from a brilliant run and defence splitting pass to ball deflected off someone to a player who runs the length of the pitch and scores.

a goal could be off your arse whilst you're looking the other way, or it can be a 40 yard screamer - both still count - same as assists in my book

Covkid1968# · Feb 21, 2023

Need to check BBC facts these days… last game they had a very odd line up for us

Nuskyblue · Feb 21, 2023

Covkid1968# said:
Need to check BBC facts these days… last game they had a very odd line up for us

I think that was better than they had for the game before. You'd think they would have someone to sanity check it

Sky_Blue_Dreamer · Feb 21, 2023

Covkid1968# said:
Need to check BBC facts these days… last game they had a very odd line up for us

I looked at that a few times on sat before the game. It changed at least three times, but never once got close to the players being in the right positions

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