Coventry City vs Middlesbrough Prediction & Betting Tips - Championship

Coventry City are 2.62 favourites to win this match with a Middlesbrough win priced at 2.93. A draw has odds of 3.3. Middlesbrough are however the favourites to progress to the final according to bookies who have priced a win for the North Yorkshire club at 1.60 and Coventry at 2.15.

Coventry City are unbeaten in the last two matches against Middlesbrough and won this very same fixture in the regular season by a solitary goal. They come to this match unbeaten in their last seven matches and drew 1-1 with Middlesbrough on the final day of the regular season to earn a crucial point that sealed their place for the playoffs in just the third season after being promoted from the third tier. Mark Robins’ charges finished fifth with 70 points and just one point above Sunderland who closed out the top six. Having won their last two regular season matches at home, Coventry will be confident of making home advantage count in this tie. The Sky Blues have tasted promotion success via the playoffs as recently as 2018 when they advanced to League One ending a 51-year wait for league promotion. Robins was in charge then and has experience on his side.

Middlesbrough narrowly missed out on the top six last season as they finished five points off the pace. A more sustained run this season saw them finish in fourth place with 75 points and six points in the clear. Michael Carrick’s charges would have finished much higher if not for a dip in form in the latter stages of the regular season that saw them go three matches without a win at the conclusion of the campaign. They will hope to have gotten over that slump so as to seal an advantage here heading to the return match at home next Wednesday. The last time Middlesbrough were in the postseason angling for a return to the Premier League was back in the 2017/18 season where they lost in the semifinals to Aston Villa.