Preview: Coventry City vs. Millwall - prediction, team news, lineups

Looking to unafraid back-to-back wins, Coventry City volition invited Millwall to The Coventry Building Society Arena for a Championship conflict connected Sunday afternoon.

The Sky Blues managed a handsome location occurrence connected Boxing Day astatine the disbursal of Plymouth Argyle, whilst the Lions mislaid retired astatine the location of Norwich City.

Match preview

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After a 4-1 distant decision astatine the basal of Portsmouth connected December 21 - erstwhile Callum Lang netted each 4 goals for Pompey - Coventry City returned to winning ways astatine their East Midlands basal past clip out, securing a four-goal battering of relegation-threatened Plymouth, who look destined for the drop.

All of the Boxing Day harm was done during a pulsating opening 45 minutes astatine The CBS Arena, with a uncommon Josh Eccles brace - alongside strikes from Tatsuhiro Sakamoto and Ephron Mason-Clark - sealing different triumph successful the East Midlands astatine the commencement of Frank Lampard's tenure.

Ahead of their last second-tier fixture of the 2024 calendar year, Coventry are presently occupying 15th spot successful the Championship standings, 8 points down Hull City successful the highest of the relegation spots and 10 points backmost from Watford, who are guarding introduction to the playoffs.

Lampard's troops volition request to amended their location signifier if they privation to person immoderate accidental of mounting an improbable propulsion for the apical six during the 2nd fractional of the 2024-25 term, with the Sky Blues mustering conscionable 5 wins crossed 11 Championship matches astatine their basal truthful far.

The attacking antics of American marksman Haji Wright volition beryllium captious successful Coventry's aims of pushing towards the precocious echelons of the Championship rankings, with the towering guardant netting 7 goals crossed 15 league appearances earlier suffering a limb wounded astatine the commencement of November.

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Since the departure of erstwhile caput manager Neil Harris connected December 14, Millwall person endured a mixed festive play nether the enactment of an interim coaching team, securing a one-goal triumph implicit Blackburn Rovers connected December 21 earlier losing retired astatine Norwich connected a misty Boxing Day.

The Lions were enactment down successful a frantic archetypal play astatine the Canaries' East Anglian base, with strikes successful the opening 40 minutes from Emiliano Marcondes and Oscar Schwartau securing the points for the hosts, though Romain Esse managed to container a consolation for the visitors successful the 2nd half.

Winning conscionable 1 of their past 8 second-tier matches arsenic the last crippled of the 2024 docket approaches connected Sunday afternoon, Millwall are perched successful 13th spot successful the Championship table, 9 points up of the relegation portion and 9 points down Watford successful the luxury of sixth spot.

Rather unsurprisingly, the Lions person been mediocre connected their second-tier travels truthful acold during the 2024-25 campaign, with Sunday afternoon's visitors to The CBS Arena victorious successful conscionable 1 of 10 Championship distant matches, with that solitary occurrence coming backmost successful October astatine Swansea City.

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Team News

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Coventry are battling connected done the festive calendar without the services of goalkeeper Ben Wilson, who is targeting a New Year instrumentality from a genu injury.

The Sky Blues are besides profoundly missing the talents of Wright, with the club's starring marksman inactive recovering from a limb wounded sustained a fewer months ago.

Millwall's aesculapian country is packed to the brim successful examination to Coventry's, including with youngster Aidomo Emakhu, who picked up a groin wounded connected Boxing Day.

The 21-year-old joins a fig of veterans of the Lions broadside connected the attraction table, specified arsenic Dan McNamara (leg) and towering centre-back Jake Cooper (knee).

On indebtedness from Middlesbrough for the 2024-25 campaign, Josh Coburn's progression astatine The Den has been severely curbed by a breached ft sustained astatine the commencement of the festive period.

Coventry City imaginable starting lineup:
Dovin; Van Ewijk, Thomas, Latibeaudiere, Bidwell; Eccles, Sheaf, Sakamoto, Rudoni, Mason-Clark; Bassette

We say: Coventry City 2-0 Millwall

After battering the Green Army astatine The CBS Arena connected Boxing Day, Coventry volition beryllium assured of repeating the instrumentality against a Millwall broadside who bash not question well.

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