Hull City vs Coventry - prediction, team news, lineups

Coventry City look Hull City astatine the MKM Stadium connected Easter Monday looking to determination ever person to Premier League promotion.

At a clip erstwhile the Sky Blues beryllium astatine the apical of the Championship table, Hull are successful 5th position, 4 points wide of seventh-placed Southampton successful the contention for the playoffs.

Match preview

Having watched Middlesbrough suffer to Millwall, different model of accidental opened up for Coventry to fortify their clasp of apical spot against Derby County aboriginal connected Good Friday.

Although the Rams pegged backmost their hosts connected 2 occasions, Frank Lampard's broadside yet secured a 3-2 triumph astatine the CBS Arena to determination 11 points wide astatine the apical of the standings.

A maximum of 8 points are required from the past six games to warrant promotion to the Premier League, yet Lampard and his players are present successful a presumption wherever nonaccomplishment to assistance the Championship trophy astatine the extremity of the play would travel arsenic a bitter disappointment.

Eight wins person been recorded from their past 9 games, including a four-match streak of distant victories astatine West Bromwich Albion, Sheffield United, Bristol City and Swansea City.

However, Coventry caput into this fixture looking to end a dismal 32-year streak, arsenic good arsenic determination person to a first-ever six successive distant wins successful the apical formation oregon 2nd tier.

With this crippled the past to beryllium played connected Easter Monday, the conundrums volition person changed for Coventry travel kickoff, but Hull's would person remained the aforesaid arsenic they look to fend disconnected the chasing battalion for the playoffs.

Suffering 4 defeats crossed a seven-match play had the imaginable to important hinder Hull's efforts to marque the apical six.

Nevertheless, collecting 4 points from games versus Sheffield Wednesday and Oxford United person moved Sergej Jakirovic's broadside 4 points up of Southampton, who person a crippled successful hand.

Possessing an inferior extremity quality to Wrexham and the Saints volition interest Jakirovic, thing not helped by nary cleanable expanse being kept successful six games.

Furthermore, Hull person conceded 32 goals successful 20 fixtures astatine the MKM Stadium. Only Sheffield Wednesday person shipped much goals connected location territory.

At slightest 4 goals person been scored successful the past 5 league games to beryllium played astatine the ground.

Hull City Championship form:

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Team News

Jakirovic whitethorn opt to regenerate Charlie Hughes with John Egan successful the Hull defence, that alteration having taken spot astatine fractional clip versus Oxford.

With Jakirovic disappointed with the chances missed successful the Oxford game, Lewis Koumas and Kieran Dowell volition besides beryllium considered for starts successful the last third.

Lewie Coyle volition commencement astatine left-back if helium suffered nary ill-effects with a caller ankle contented versus Oxford, but Regan Slater is sidelined for a period with his ain ankle injury.

Ephron Mason-Clark and Haji Wright are some successful enactment for recalls successful the Coventry last third, with Romain Esse and Ellis Simms apt to driblet out.

Although Jack Rudoni scored doubly arsenic a substitute connected his caller from injury, the playmaker whitethorn stay among the replacements.

Joel Latibeaudiere should instrumentality to the squad aft planetary duty, portion Brandon Thomas-Asante could besides marque the seat aft injury.

Hull City imaginable starting lineup:

Phillips; Drameh, Ajayi, Hughes, Coyle; Lundstram, Crooks; Belloumi, Koumas, Joseph; McBurnie

Coventry City imaginable starting lineup:

Rushworth; Van Ewijk, Thomas, Kitching, Dasilva; Grimes, Onyeka; Sakamoto, Eccles, Mason-Clark; Wright

We say: Hull City 2-2 Coventry City

While we tin lone spot goals successful this contest, it is unfastened to statement who volition people more. Despite Hull's inconsistency astatine home, they person the prime to occupation the leaders, and Coventry whitethorn beryllium prepared to instrumentality a stock of the spoils successful what should beryllium an entertaining fixture.

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