The tension continues to build for the long-awaited Championship Play-offs semi-final contest between Sunderland and Coventry City on Tuesday. With the reward for the team that gets through the match being a date with the final of the competition, we could be set for a great game.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for Sunderland v Coventry City, scroll down including the latest game odds.
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Form Guide
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Sunderland
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Sunderland will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 1-2 Championship Play-offs triumph over Coventry City.
In that game, Sunderland managed 25% possession and 10 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. For Sunderland, goals were scored by Wilson Isidor (68') and Eliezer Mayenda (88'). Coventry City had 14 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Jack Rudoni (70') scored for Coventry City.
Sunderland have been quite ineffective in attack in recent times. Their sum of goals equals just 3 vs opponents over their last six fixtures. In those meetings, Sunderland have also seen the number of goals against them total 8. We will find out whether or not that trend will be continued on into this next match.
Coventry City
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In the course of their six latest matches, Frank Lampard's Coventry City have had reason to celebrate scoring 7 times, yielding them a goals scored per game average of 1.17.
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Head to head
Checking on their prior head to head clashes dating back to 25/02/2023 shows that Sunderland have won 1 of them and Coventry City 3, with the tally of drawn results being 2.
A total of 16 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 for The Black Cats and 11 being from The Sky Blues. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.67.
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Team News: Sunderland
It’s our opinion that The Black Cats will possibly go for a 4-4-2 system for the game, handing starts to Anthony Patterson, Trai Hume, Daniel Ballard, Luke O'Nien, Dennis Cirkin, Patrick Roberts, Dan Neil, Jobe Bellingham, Enzo Le Fée, Eliezer Mayenda and Wilson Isidor.
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Team News: Coventry City
We believe The Sky Blues might play in a 4-2-3-1 system, settling for Ben Wilson, Milan van Ewijk, Bobby Thomas, Liam Kitching, Jay Dasilva, Matt Grimes, Ben Sheaf, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Jack Rudoni, Haji Wright and B. Thomas-Asante.
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Prediction
When taking everything into account, Coventry City may find it difficult to find the net against this Sunderland side who should get the vital goal that wins it.
We therefore think that it’s going to be a good battle with a 1-0 winning margin for Sunderland at the end of the 90 minutes.
We’ll see what happens.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?
Looking at the betting prices for the match on the win-draw-win market, a win for Sunderland can be had for 2.2, a wager on a draw is 3.4 & staking on victory for Coventry City gets you 3.2. Those are the best of the bets that can be secured right now.
Victor Martins,
04:00 13/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Sunderland
Formed: 1879
Stadium: Stadium of Light (49,000)
Captain: Dan Neil
Chairman: Kyril Louis-Dreyfus
Manager: Régis Le Bris
Competitions: Championship position 4, Championship Play-offs (Semi-Finals)
⭐ Star Player: Wilson Isidor
Regularly taking up the Striker position, Wilson Isidor was born in Rennes, France. After having made a senior debut playing for Monaco in the 2018 - 2019 season, the accomplished Forward has netted 12 league goals in the Championship 2024 - 2025 season so far in 43 appearances.