Easter Monday football dey hot for MKM Stadium as Coventry City come face Hull City for one Championship clash wey get plenty meaning. Coventry wey dey top of table dey eye Premier League promotion, while Hull dey fight for play-off position.
Frank Lampard, Coventry manager, don make four changes to im team for tonight match. Bobby Thomas no dey available after im knock against Derby County on Good Friday. Joel Latibeaudiere don return to join Liam Kitching for central defence.
Milan van Ewijk and Jay Dasilva still dey hold full-back positions, with Carl Rushworth dey guard goal post. Matt Grimes and Frank Onyeka remain for holding midfield, while Tatsuhiro Sakamoto dey right wing.
Ephron Mason-Clark don return for left flank, Romain Esse don drop go bench. Victor Torp don replace Josh Eccles for number ten role. Haji Wright don come in for Ellis Simms as striker.
Brandon Thomas-Asante still no fit return from hamstring injury. Jack Rudoni, wey score winning goal against Derby, dey bench as im dey recover from calf problem.
Hull manager Sergej Jakirovic don make five changes to im own team. Ivor Pandur don return for goal, John Egan and Darnell Furlong join defence. Toby Collyer get im full debut for midfield alongside Amir Hadziahmetovic.
Matty Jacob don return to squad after knee injury. Charlie Hughes, John Lundstram, Kyle Joseph and Mo Belloumi don drop go bench.
Coventry dey lead Championship with 83 points from 38 games. Dem need just eight more points to confirm promotion go Premier League. Hull dey fifth position with 67 points, still dey fight for top-six finish.
For head-to-head statistics, Coventry don win 18 of 52 meetings, Hull don win 21, with 13 draws. Coventry get better away record dis season – dem don win 10 matches, draw 5, lose 5 for road.
Referee for tonight match na David Webb. Im don officiate Coventry 3-1 win over Charlton Athletic and Hull 2-2 draw at Swansea dis season. Im don show 68 yellow cards and one red card for 26 games.
Hull manager Jakirovic talk say im team go prepare well for Coventry challenge. “Coventry don show every round say dem be best team for first position,” im yarn. “Dem get quality players wey fit make difference. We dey play for home and we expect stadium go loud.”
Coventry form dis season don dey impressive. Dem don win eight of dia last nine matches, including Friday 3-2 victory over Derby County. Hull form no too strong – dem don win just four of dia last 11 games.
Jack Rudoni, Coventry midfielder, don urge im teammates to embrace promotion talk. “Of course e dey close, we no go sit here do all the cliche stuff,” im talk to Sky Sports. “E dey close. So make we just win the games and get up.”
John Eustace, Derby County manager wey play for Coventry as trainee, don express happiness say im former club dey close to Premier League return. “One hundred per-cent – e be fantastic football club,” im talk after Friday match. “To see dem drop down the leagues, go through administration and all that kind of stuff and see dem where dem dey now na fantastic story.”
For other Championship results wey dey affect both teams, Swansea City dey lead Middlesbrough 2-1 at half-time. Lincoln City don win 2-1 at Reading to seal promotion to Championship.
Tonight match go kick off 8pm for MKM Stadium with television coverage. Temperature dey expected to drop later, but atmosphere for stadium go hot as both teams dey fight for important points.
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