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The Sky Blues hosts Middlesbrough on Monday night at the CBS Arena in a top-of-the-table clash under the lights. The new league-leaders are looking to make it seven league wins on the bounce following victory at Brammall Lane last Monday. After dropping more points at home to Oxford last weekend, the Sky Blues slipped to second place and have questions to answer against an in-form Middlesbrough. Either one of these sides have been top of the Championship since gameweek four, but the Sky Blues led from the start of October until last Monday where Kim Hellberg's side stole top spot. When the sides met at the end of November at The Riverside, Frank Lampard's side took a convincing 4-2 win against former Sky Blues assistant manager and Boro interim Adi Viveash to go ten points clear. Following on from this, momentum has changed heavily, as it often does in this competitive league. Hellberg took over from Rob Edwards and has transformed their style of play and are now scoring goals ...

The Sky Blues return to Championship football once again this weekend as they face off against Oxford United at the CBS Arena. Frank Lampard’s side will be looking to bounce back from consecutive away defeats against Norwich and QPR. Following these defeats, the lead at the top of the table has been reduced to just goal difference between them and Middlesborough. In the first of back-to-back home games, the league leaders will be looking to return to winning ways before a vital game against Middlesborough next week. Opposition analysis Team: Oxford United Manager: Matt Bloomfield League Position: 23 rd Points: 27 Record: P30 W6 D9 L15 GF28 GA41 GD-13 Top Scorer: Will Lankshear (6) Last five: L L W D D Sky Blues team news Deadline day signing Frank Onyeka may not be available to make his debut, due to him and his wife expecting a baby imminently. Lampard is hopeful that he will be able to feature – but can not guarantee it. Ephron Mason-Clark may be fit enough to ...

Victor Torp was the hero for Coventry as he helped guide his side come back from a 2-0 deficit to beat West Brom 3-2 in a well-fought battle. The Danish midfielder scored the decisive goal in the Midlands derby which saw the Sky Blues extend their lead to seven points at the top of the Championship. It was the visitors who opened the scoring after nine minutes when Michael Johnston stole the ball from Jay Dasilva deep in his own half and found Aune Heggebo who slotted it home. The hosts had a chance to equalise through Torp after Ellis Simms held the ball well before setting up the 26-year-old who's strike smashed off the crossbar. Referee Andrew Kitchen had a testing time in the 31st minute trying to control the game after Jayson Molumby needlessly clattered into Ephron Mason-Clark by his own corner flag. The Sky Blues winger retaliated which caused a brawl between both sets of players and resulted in both players being booked for their part in it all. The Baggies doub...

Following Coventry City's electric start to the 2025/26 Sky Bet Championship season, they found themselves 10 points clear of 2nd place Middlesbrough heading into December. This led to a lot of people expecting the Sky Blues to ease to promotion back to the Premier League for the first time since 2000/01. However, those who know about the Championship know this is never the way in such a long, physical season spreading across 46 games. Following on from this, Lampard's side picked up just nine points from eight league games between the start of December and the 4th January. The festive period was always going to be a tough run for the league leaders. Having a thin squad as well as injuries to key players such as Brandon Thomas-Asante in early November meant that it was not going to be plain sailing. Ipswich managed to complete the double against the Sky Blues by beating them twice in just 23 days, obliterating them 3-0 and 2-0 home and away and they now sit just eight points be...

On Friday evening, the Sky Blues confirmed the signing of Swansea midfielder and captain Matt Grimes on a three and a half year deal, which saw him leaving the Swans after 10 years at the club. The 29 year old was announced as Frank Lampard's first signing since becoming the Sky Blues head coach and had been admiring him for a long time, even since his first managerial job back at Derby and has admitted that he is 'one of the best midfielders in the Championship'. The midfielder brings heaps of experience at this level and has just missed four games in the last six years in the Championship and he brings consistency to a Coventry squad which has played not very consistently so far this season. His stats in the middle of the pitch so far this season have been some of the best in the league, including: - 2887 touches (1st) - 1765 touches in the middle third (1st) - 8855 yards of carrying distance (1st) - 1818 carries (1st) - 2176 passes recieved (1st) - 2349 passes completed ...

FA Cup action returns to Coventry this evening for the first time since the narrow semi final defeat to Manchester United last season at Wembley as they host Danny Rohl's Sheffield Wednesday. This will be the sixth time the sides have met in the last 13 months after they were drawn against each other in Round Four last season at Hillsborough, but a late Wednesday equaliser forced a replay at the CBS Arena, which Coventry won 4-1. The two sides last met each other in October in the Championship as Sheffield Wednesday visited the Sky Blues, for what is usually an exciting fixture. Despite Jack Rudoni giving Coventry an early lead, a goal from Djeidi Gassama in added time before the break levelled the game before Shea Charles won the game deep into stoppage time for The Owls. Coventry boast a better record in the Head2Head based on the last seven meetings between the Championship rivals. They have won four, drawing one and losing just twice. Coventry come into this game on the back of...