Coventry vs Hull prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2024-04-23 18:45.
[p]After coming out on the wrong side of one of the all-time great FA Cup semi-finals against Manchester United at Wembley on Sunday, Coventry City must dust themselves down on Wednesday evening in order to reignite their faltering play-off ambitions. The Sky Blues came back from a three-goal deficit to level the semi-final, and even saw an injury-time winner disallowed in extra time, before eventually going down on penalties.[/p]
[p]With four games of the season remaining, manager Mark Robins’ focus will now be on plotting a return to the national stadium for a second successive Championship play-off final. But it is going to be a tough task for Coventry who have lost three of their last four in the league (W1) to leave them nine points behind West Bromwich Albion in fifth and Norwich City in sixth, albeit they have two games in hand.[/p]
[p]Another side dreaming of reeling in the Baggies and the Canaries are Hull City who are three points closer to the play-offs but with only one game in hand. The Tigers could have been even closer to the top six but were left to rue a first half missed penalty away at Watford on Saturday, a game which ended 0-0 although that did extend their unbeaten run to four matches (W2, D2).[/p]
[p]Manager Liam Rosenior was positive after the trip to Vicarage Road, saying his side “have got to keep maintaining this level of performance and keep believing” that they are going to sneak into the play-offs. Certainly retaining the faith against Coventry shouldn’t be too hard for Hull fans who have not seen their side lose across their last four H2Hs (W2, D2) and are unbeaten away against the Sky Blues since the 2006/7 season (W3, D2).[/p]
[p]Key battle: Striker Haji Wright held his nerve to equalise from the penalty spot in the 95th minute on Sunday and went on to give Coventry an early lead in the shoot out later in the afternoon. Fifteen of his 18 goals have come after half-time this season including in the last home match against Leeds earlier this month. Hull keeper Ryan Allsop will be doing his utmost to stop the American striker and comes into this match targeting his third successive clean sheet.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Hull have scored a second-half goal in only one of their last five away games.[/p]