Preview

• In the Promotion Play-offs - Semi-finals of the 2024-2025 Championship, Coventry City face Sunderland on 2025-05-09 (kick-off 20:00 GMT) at The Coventry Building Society Arena.
• The first leg finished all square at 0-0, so Coventry City and Sunderland head into leg two neck-and-neck.
• Expect 2-3 yellow cards and 0 red cards, and 19 fouls this match from Referee J. Busby based on their last 10 games.
• In their most recent matchup, F. Lampard has 1 victory, while R. Le Bris has no victories, and no draws.
• Coventry City have 4 players out: O. Dovin (Knee Injury), V. Torp (Ankle Injury), N. Bassette (Injury), E. Mason-Clark (Toe Injury) but Sunderland have 5 players missing: J. Danns (Back Injury), I. Poveda (Leg Injury), A. Alese (Broken Leg), N. Huggins (Knee Injury), R. Mundle (Hamstring Injury).
• Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-2-3-1, Coventry City should be met by Sunderland's expected 4-2-3-1.
• Coventry City won 2-0 against Middlesbrough, while Sunderland lost their fixture 0-1 vs Queens Park Rangers.
• Neither side is flying – Coventry City 2-1-2 and Sunderland 0-0-5 over the last 5 matches.
• Coventry City have clearly got the edge H2H: in 14 meetings, they've beaten Sunderland 7 times, with 5 draws and only 2 losses.
• With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (14-3-6 vs 9-6-8) and scoring roughly 1.74-1.39 goals, a 1-1 draw seems on the cards.

Predictions

Summary

Match Info

09/05/2025 19:00

The Coventry Building Society Arena

J. Busby

Championship

Team Kits

Events

21'			D. Cirkin
HT 0 - 0
55'	B. Sheaf
59'	M. van Ewijk
63'	L. Kitching
68'		0 - 1	W. Isidor E. Le Fee
70'	M. van Ewijk J. Rudoni	1 - 1
71'	E. Mason-Clark B. Thomas-Asante
77'			C. Rigg W. Isidor
82'	J. Allen B. Sheaf
86'			C. Mepham P. Roberts
88'		1 - 2	E. Mayenda
90+3'			A. Browne E. Mayenda

Stats

Lineups

H2H

Standings

Commentary