Sunderland v Coventry City – Skybet League One
Last time out Sunderland lost at Gillingham in the FA Cup and Coventry beat Rochdale.
Sunderland host Coventry at the Stadium of Light in League One. The corresponding fixture last season ended 5-4 to the Sky Blues and was a pivotal game in the Black Cats final run in.
Phil Parkinson and his team are no longer involved in any of the cup competitions and will be looking to turn the corner on a run of poor performances.
Coventry are looking to press their case for a promotion place, and currently sit in third place behind Ipswich and Wycombe.
Cash turnstiles will not be in operation at the Stadium of Light this weekend for home or away fans. The Sky Blues have been handed just 1,496 tickets for the clash, having been allocated 2,832 tickets for the same fixture last season, but the match was marred by their fans causing off-field trouble.
Phil Parkinson:
“It’s a huge four days for us from Saturday to Tuesday, and it’s an opportunity for us to get ourselves in the top six. There are a lot of lads who were not on this trip who will be training and getting ready for that game."
“We were really depleted tonight, missing ten players, and when we get back to the training ground the international players will be back, (Joel) Lynch will be back training, Jordan Willis will be back training, George Dobson will be back training, and Marc McNulty has a chance of being involved, so all of a sudden the squad looks better going into this important period for us.”
“It’s deeply disappointing to go out of the FA Cup, but I thought that we competed well tonight against a very physical team and we stood strong."
“Did we show enough quality? No we didn’t. There were times in the final third where our final pass wasn’t right."
Mark Robins:
“I thought we were better in the second half and we grew. Josh Eccles grew in the game, Declan Drysdale was outstanding and I thought he was the pick of the players today apart from Walsh’s goal.”
“There were some good performances, Brandon Mason coming in for Sam McCallum.”
“It's tough at the minute because you are still trying to find a way of doing things and being true to ourselves and creating opportunities, and we have been able to do that even with the injuries.”
“We keep trying to find a way and keep plugging away, and we have been really good today.”
“I am delighted. I can’t tell you how delighted I am with the three points and performance.”
Prutton predicts: Meh
Match Appointments:
Referee: SCOTT OLDHAM
Assistant Referees:Chris Isherwood and Wayne Grunnill
Fourth Offical: Richard Wiggleswor
Team Line ups
Sunderland: Burge, Flannagan, Lynch, Willis, Hume, Power, Dobson, Leadbitter, O’Nien, Watmore, McNulty
Subs: J.McLaughlin, De Bock, Taylor, Maguire, Leadbitter, Grigg, McGeady
Injured: Embleton, Wyke, Gooch
Suspended: C.McLaughlin
Coventry City: Marosi, Rose, Hyam, Drysdale, Dabo, Eccles, Walsh, Mason, Westbrooke, Bakayoko, Shipley
Subs: Watson, Allen, Wilson, O'Hare, Kastaneer, Bapaga, Burroughs,
Injured: tbc
Betting Odds:
Home 19/20 Away 14/5 Draw 23/10
My two pence:
With Sunderland unbeaten at home and Coventry yet to win away it kind of feels like it will be a draw, but current form and the way we have played for the last few games means it really could be groundhog day for Mr Parkinson.
I’m hoping that he and the team will start to turn it around, and my guess is a 1-0 home win.
Ha’way the Lads
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Last time out Sunderland lost at Gillingham in the FA Cup and Coventry beat Rochdale.
Sunderland host Coventry at the Stadium of Light in League One. The corresponding fixture last season ended 5-4 to the Sky Blues and was a pivotal game in the Black Cats final run in.
Phil Parkinson and his team are no longer involved in any of the cup competitions and will be looking to turn the corner on a run of poor performances.
Coventry are looking to press their case for a promotion place, and currently sit in third place behind Ipswich and Wycombe.
Cash turnstiles will not be in operation at the Stadium of Light this weekend for home or away fans. The Sky Blues have been handed just 1,496 tickets for the clash, having been allocated 2,832 tickets for the same fixture last season, but the match was marred by their fans causing off-field trouble.
Phil Parkinson:
“It’s a huge four days for us from Saturday to Tuesday, and it’s an opportunity for us to get ourselves in the top six. There are a lot of lads who were not on this trip who will be training and getting ready for that game."
“We were really depleted tonight, missing ten players, and when we get back to the training ground the international players will be back, (Joel) Lynch will be back training, Jordan Willis will be back training, George Dobson will be back training, and Marc McNulty has a chance of being involved, so all of a sudden the squad looks better going into this important period for us.”
“It’s deeply disappointing to go out of the FA Cup, but I thought that we competed well tonight against a very physical team and we stood strong."
“Did we show enough quality? No we didn’t. There were times in the final third where our final pass wasn’t right."
Mark Robins:
“I thought we were better in the second half and we grew. Josh Eccles grew in the game, Declan Drysdale was outstanding and I thought he was the pick of the players today apart from Walsh’s goal.”
“There were some good performances, Brandon Mason coming in for Sam McCallum.”
“It's tough at the minute because you are still trying to find a way of doing things and being true to ourselves and creating opportunities, and we have been able to do that even with the injuries.”
“We keep trying to find a way and keep plugging away, and we have been really good today.”
“I am delighted. I can’t tell you how delighted I am with the three points and performance.”
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Prutton predicts: Meh
Match Appointments:
Referee: SCOTT OLDHAM
Assistant Referees:Chris Isherwood and Wayne Grunnill
Fourth Offical: Richard Wiggleswor
Team Line ups
Sunderland: Burge, Flannagan, Lynch, Willis, Hume, Power, Dobson, Leadbitter, O’Nien, Watmore, McNulty
Subs: J.McLaughlin, De Bock, Taylor, Maguire, Leadbitter, Grigg, McGeady
Injured: Embleton, Wyke, Gooch
Suspended: C.McLaughlin
Coventry City: Marosi, Rose, Hyam, Drysdale, Dabo, Eccles, Walsh, Mason, Westbrooke, Bakayoko, Shipley
Subs: Watson, Allen, Wilson, O'Hare, Kastaneer, Bapaga, Burroughs,
Injured: tbc
Betting Odds:
Home 19/20 Away 14/5 Draw 23/10
My two pence:
With Sunderland unbeaten at home and Coventry yet to win away it kind of feels like it will be a draw, but current form and the way we have played for the last few games means it really could be groundhog day for Mr Parkinson.
I’m hoping that he and the team will start to turn it around, and my guess is a 1-0 home win.
Ha’way the Lads
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