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Coventry vs Sunderland Live Stream & Tips - Sky Blues Win Backed in Championship Play-Off

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Last updated: 08 May 2025
Alex Waite 08 May 2025
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  • Coventry have one of the Championship’s best home records
  • The Sky Blues can beat Sunderland in the play-off semi-final
  • Watch Coventry vs Sunderland live in the Championship
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Coventry have won 3 home matches in a row (Getty)

Coventry vs Sunderland Preview


Coventry ended the Championship campaign in excellent home form and Sunderland are on a long losing streak. The Sky Blues are the form team here and a home triumph in the play-off semi-final has good value.
  • Coventry vs Sunderland Preview
  • Stats
  • HTH
  • Last 5 Meetings
  • Coventry Form
  • Coventry Injuries
  • Sunderland Form 
  • Sunderland Injuries

Stats


  • Coventry have won 3 home matches in a row.
  • Coventry have won 3 of their last 4 home games against Sunderland.
  • Sunderland have lost 5 consecutive matches.

HTH


Coventry have an 18-12 advantage against Sunderland in 48 meetings with 18 draws.

Last 5 Meetings


Competition
Date
Home
Score
Away

Championship

15.03.2025

Coventry

3-0

Sunderland

Championship

9.11.2024

Sunderland

2-2

Coventry

Championship

23.12.2023

Sunderland

0-3

Coventry

Championship

26.08.2023

Coventry

0-0

Sunderland

Championship

25.02.2023

Coventry

2-1

Sunderland


Coventry Form


Coventry had a strong second half to the Championship campaign and secured a fifth-place finish. Under Frank Lampard, the Midlands side won 17 of 31 games, including 11 victories at home.

The Sky Blues beat Portsmouth 1-0 and West Brom 2-0 at home before consecutive defeats at Plymouth and Luton.

Lampard’s side responded positively and finished the season on a high with a 2-0 home victory against Middlesbrough. Jack Rudoni scored twice as Coventry attempted 17 shots, with four on target.

Coventry Injuries


Goalkeeper Oliver Dovin and forward Norman Bassette are injured and won’t feature here.

Sunderland Form 


Sunderland had a disappointing end to the Championship season and failed to win in eight of their final 10 matches.

The Black Cats took just one point from their final six games, which came from a 0-0 draw at Norwich. A five-match losing streak followed, including away defeats at Bristol City 2-1 and Oxford 2-0.

Regis Le Bris’ team lost 1-0 against QPR at home in their final match of the 2024/25 season. Sunderland conceded after just five minutes and couldn’t respond with 11 shots.

Sunderland Injuries


Defenders Niall Huggins and Aji Alese are ruled out.

Forwards Jayden Danns, Ahmed Abdullahi, Romaine Mundle and Ian Poveda are also unavailable due to injury. 

Verdict

Coventry have winning momentum at home and can beat out-of-form Sunderland on Friday. The best bet is to stick with a Sky Blues home win in the semi-final first leg.

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