Pick of the stats - Coventry City v Plymouth Argyle
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Coventry's humbling defeat by Portsmouth at the weekend was their third defeat in six Championship games.
That defeat left them 17th in the table and six points off the drop zone.
Meanwhile, Plymouth are rock bottom of the pile and without a win since beating Portsmouth on 5 November.
Coventry City have won eight of their last 11 home league matches against Plymouth Argyle (D1 L2) and have won each of their last two.
Plymouth have won just one of their last six league meetings with Coventry City (D2 L3), beating them 2-1 in League One in January 2019.
Coventry have won six of their last seven home league games on Boxing Day (D1), last losing on home soil on December 26 in 2007 against Crystal Palace.
Plymouth Argyle have lost just two of their last 25 league games on Boxing Day (W14 D9), going down 2-0 to Newport in 2014 and 2-1 to AFC Wimbledon in 2018.
Plymouth manager Wayne Rooney has lost both of his Championship games on Boxing Day, losing with Derby in 2020 and Birmingham last year.