PREVIEW | Coventry City vs Middlesbrough - team news, lineups, predictions | OneFootball

Coventry City and Middlesbrough go head-to-head at The Coventry Building Society Arena this Saturday in the EFL Championship. The match will be broadcast live at 12:30 on Sky Sports Main Event.

Coventry City have 66 points to their name this season and occupy 6th position in the table. In their last fixture, Frank Lampard's team suffered a 1-0 reverse against Luton Town (EFL Championship 2024/2025).

Middlesbrough have won 64 points to date and are placed in 9th position. In their last game, Michael Carrick's team drew 0-0 with Norwich City (EFL Championship 2024/2025).

The last meeting between the two teams ended with Coventry City winning 3-0.

The Fan Zone

Ross Cooper (SkyBlues Extra ): Well, here we are. The final game of the Championship season is upon us and a fixture that many Coventry fans last summer speculated could be one with big consequences on the line and well that certainly is the case.

We have had a little stumble in the last two games, two defeats against relegation threatened sides, has put us in a precarious position in regards to the fight for a Play-Off berth. Fortunately despite the reason setbacks, it is still firmly in our hands. Simple terms, we beat Boro and we secure atleast 6th position and a play-off campaign. A defeat and we can't get the playoffs, meanwhile a draw will leave every Coventry City fan with no nails left, as it will then be relying on other teams to slip up.

We need to find the home performances we showed against Sunderland and more recently West Brom and if we do that we give ourselves every chance of getting the job done. Our home form under Frank Lampard has been absolutely fantastic and another 31,000+ crowd is expected and a sea of Sky Blue will be there to roar on the boys.

We are all hoping that Milan Van Ewijk and Bobby Thomas are deemed fit, after missing recent games and if they are, then I think that could be the factor that tips the scales in our favour on Saturday.

There is enormous pressure on Lampard to make a change in goal, with Brad Collins coming under fire once again after another costly mistake against Luton and there is a genuine fear that another mistake could be the final nail in the coffin of our playoff hopes. It is a huge call for Lampard and whatever he chooses, by hook or by crook, it needs to result in the Sky BLues finishing in the top 6 come 2.30pm on Saturday afternoon.

Prediction: 2-1

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Prediction: 0-0

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Last starting XIs

Coventry City ( vs Luton Town 2025-04-26): Bradley Collins, Luis Binks, Liam Kitching, Joel Latibeaudiere, Jay Dasilva, Matt Grimes, Ben Sheaf, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Jack Rudoni, Ellis Simms, Haji Wright

Middlesbrough ( vs Norwich City 2025-04-26): Mark Travers, Anfernee Dijksteel, Dael Fry, Jonny Howson, Samuel Iling-Junior, Hayden Hackney, Aidan Morris, Morgan Whittaker, Kelechi Iheanacho, Finn Azaz, Tommy Conway