As Coventry City plays Huddersfield Town on Good Friday, they will be hoping to build on their FA Cup success.
In the Championship rankings, the Terriers are in the relegation zone, but only by a goal differential, while the Sky Blues are in eighth place.
Preview of the match
It will be interesting to see how Coventry handles the prolonged distraction given that they have had almost two weeks to process the magnitude of their incredible 3-2 triumph against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the FA Cup quarterfinals.
As the game at Molineux entered its 96th minute, Mark Robins’ team was trailing 2-1. However, goals in the 97th and 100th minutes led to one of the most amazing comebacks in the history of the competition.
From their manager’s standpoint, however, attention must continue to be focused on Championship issues, as Coventry overcame some apathy to secure much-needed back-to-back victories.
After destroying Rotherham United 5-0, Coventry triumphed 2-1 away at Watford; both results have retained them in eighth place with one game remaining.
On paper, the Midlands team’s return to action against a failing Huddersfield side seems ideal, but if they want to reach their goals this year, they must demonstrate that they can produce consistently when the stakes are high.
In an attempt to lift the squad out of the bottom three, Huddersfield decided to bring in André Breitenreiter in February.
As of right now, the decision has not paid off; since taking over the team, the German manager has only managed five points from as many games and has not experienced a victory.
The Terriers were in dire need of a reaction against struggling Rotherham after letting a lead slip to lose 4-1 at West Bromwich Albion, but all they could muster was a goalless draw.
Although Breitenreiter’s first clean sheet under his leadership might be seen as a plus, Huddersfield feel defeated by the draw and are now more and more in need of a victory in front of a crucial match at Stoke City on Easter Monday.
Group News
Given that Rotherham’s attacker Soba Thomas of Huddersfield was sent off, Breitenreiter will have to make at least one change.
Danny Ward is probably going to return to the starting lineup, and Brodie Spencer’s health will be evaluated following his 90-minute performance during Tuesday’s 1-0 victory over Scotland.
Numerous players, such as Ollie Turton and Yuta Nakayama, are anticipated to stay out of action.
Joel Latibeaudiere, Kasey Palmer, and Haji Wright should all remain in the Coventry XI despite their absences as representatives of Jamaica and the United States.
If Robins wishes to rotate his team, Callum O’Hare and Victor Torp are viable choices; however, Tatsuki Sakamoto is out due to a persistent injury.
Possible starting lineup for Huddersfield Town: Nicholas; Pearson, Helik, Balker; Spencer, Rudoni, Hogg, Kasumu, Headley; Ward, Burgzorg and so on
Possible starting lineup for Coventry City: Sheaf, Eccles; Van Ewijk, Palmer, Wright; Simms; Collins; Latibeaudiere, Thomas, Kitching, Bidwell
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