Coventry 2 – 1 S’land

Coventry maintained their push for the Championship play-offs with a 2-1 win over Sunderland on the Coventry Constructing Society Area.

Jamie Allen scored the opener after 25 minutes, guiding his second aim in as many video games after a drop from Viktor Gyokeres, who slipped in a second to cap a stellar efficiency on his a hundredth look in a Sky Blues shirt.

Amad Diallo, on mortgage from Manchester United, curled up in a magnificence to halve the deficit in second-half stoppage time, however it was little greater than comfort for the group of Tony Mowbray, who missed the possibility to leap into the play-offs after extending their streak of not profitable at Coventry within the Championship since April 1985.

The Sky Blues, in the meantime, climb to tenth, two factors off the highest six with 13 video games remaining.

How the Sky Blues bought nearer to the highest six

With precious factors up for grabs, the tempo was excessive from the beginning. Each groups examined the water with half possibilities early on, with Danny Batth sending alarm bells ringing when he leapt over Kasey Palmer to ship a header off the crossbar.

Sunderland shortly took management of possession, however that meant little for Coventry – who had received 11 of the video games this season wherein that they had had lower than 50 per cent of the ball.

Shortly after Gyokeres ran on a misplaced move and lifted a shot over the bar, he marked his a hundredth look for the Sky Blues with an help, coming into the field and clearing the ball away to let Allen information him within the first recreation.

The Swede then went on his personal because the hosts appeared to double their benefit, sending a slipping low shot inches from the left put up.

A lot of the second interval handed with out incident. Coventry defended effectively and severely restricted Sunderland within the remaining third, then doubled their lead when Gyokeres surged to carry house a cross from substitute Matt Godden for his fifteenth league aim of the marketing campaign.

The guests lastly had their breakthrough when Diallo managed a cross and beat Ben Wilson with a elegant looping effort, though it wasn’t sufficient to set off a dramatic equaliser.

Participant of the match – Viktor Gyokères

And after?

Coventry are subsequent in motion at 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday, February 28, when the face Preston at Deepdale, dwell match on Sky Sports activities Soccer Purple Button.

Sunderlandin the meantime, returning at 3 p.m. on Saturday March 4, after they face Feed on the Stadium of Mild.