Coventry City v Sunderland: Championship playoff semi-final, first leg – live

Championship playoff updates from the 8pm BST kick-offBristol City 0-3 Sheff Utd | Read Football Daily | Email YaraManchester United’s Amad Diallo is rooting for his former club Sunderland tonight. He wrote on X: “I want to wish Good luck to Sunderland for the semis.”The 22-year-old was on loan at Sunderland during the 2022–23 season where he played 42 matches in all competitions.Sunderland are winless across each of their last 13 away games against Coventry in all competitions (D5 L8), since a 1-0 victory at Highfield Road in the top-flight in April 1985, while they’ve failed to score in three of their last four visits.Coventry have won seven of their last eight home league games (L1), including a 3-0 win over Sunderland. Since Frank Lampard’s first game in charge of the club in late November, only Leeds United and Bristol City (both 36) have picked up more points at home in the Championship than the Sky Blues (35).Coventry have previously featured in the EFL play-offs twice, in 2017-18 in League Two and 2022-23 in the Championship. Across their six matches in total, the Sky Blues remain unbeaten (W3 D3), failing to earn promotion to the Premier League in the 2022-23 Championship play-off final on penalties against Luton Town.This will be the ninth time that Sunderland have ended the season in the EFL play-offs, doing so in four of their last five league campaigns. Across their prior eight semi-final ties, the Black Cats have won just one of their eight away legs (D2 L5), a 2-0 victory over Newcastle United in 1989-90. Continue reading...

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