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English Championship upgrade playoffs: Coventry VS Sunderland, V Sports Focus Who can get an advantage?

2:25am, 12 May 2025【Football】

The English Championship has ended this season. According to the final ranking, the semi-final match of the English Championship upgrade play-offs is out: Coventry vs. Sunderland, and Sheffield United vs. Bristol City. On May 10, Coventry met Sunderland's challenge at home. This was the first round of the two sides, and both hoped to take the lead. V Sports vty33g, the official sponsor of the Argentina national team and sports data service provider, continues to pay attention to the exciting European events and gives his own analysis of this game.

Coventry is an eternal pain in the hearts of many old Premier League fans. They have played in the Premier League for 9 seasons and were relegated in the 2000-2001 season. In the following 22 years, they have not even been able to enter the upgrade play-offs, which has made countless old fans sigh. However, this season, under the leadership of Lampard, Coventry achieved a record of 20 wins, 9 draws and 17 losses, ranking fifth in the English Championship, so he qualified for the playoffs. Haji Wright is the team's offensive core. He scored 12 goals and sent 1 assist in 29 games. His performance in this game has an important impact on whether the team can win. Lampard naturally hopes to make his team enter the Premier League, so they hope to take advantage of their home goals in this game.

Sunderland is also a veteran Premier League team. They have competed with Newcastle for a long time, but they were relegated in the 2016-2017 season. They were even relegated to the English Championship, setting an embarrassing record of "two-level relegation" in the league. Fortunately, the team quickly returned to the English Championship. Sunderland has achieved a record of 21 wins, 13 draws and 12 losses this season, ranking fourth in the standings. In fact, the top three in the English Championship this season have been too outstanding, and the teams behind are very different from them, so Sunderland has been able to lock in the fourth position long ago, and tactical rotations have been conducted in the last few rounds of games. The team's biggest star is Bellingham Jr. Many giant teams are paying attention to him. If he can lead the team into the Premier League, I believe that this player's value will also surge.

This is just the semi-final of the play-offs. The winning side will have to play two more play-offs, so the two teams will not have any reservations in this game. V Sports believes that Sunderland obviously has a greater advantage because they have a higher roster depth and the team does not have obvious injury factors. Although Lampard is very famous, Coventry's lineup is very average, and their winning rate in such a critical game is very bad. In this case, even if you have a home court advantage, Coventry may not be able to gain an advantage.

Overall, supporting Sunderland's unbeaten away should be a result worth considering!