Coventry City v Sunderland: Championship playoff semi-final, first leg – are living

Hello and welcome to that point of the yr once more: the Championship playoffs. Tonight is the primary leg of the second one semi-final with Coventry webhosting Sunderland on the Coventry Building Society Arena.

The two groups completed 5th and fourth within the desk respectively and whilst Sunderland could have been seven issues transparent of Coventry, it’s Frank Lampard’s aspect who will moving into to this tie in higher shape. Régis Le Bris will hope to lead his aspect again to the Premier League for the primary time since 2017 however they’ve now not recorded a win since early April.

So a lot at the line. Join me for group information and buildup earlier than the 8pm BST kick-off. And, as all the time, be happy to ship me an e-mail together with your ideas, questions, predictions, proceedings and pre-playoff rituals. I wish to listen all of it!