Sunderland wants to go back to the Premier League for the first time since 2017, but to start the championship play-off against Coventry City without a tasting victory from the beginning of April.
Regis Le Bris guaranteed its place in the Play-offs with five games that were spare, but they were lately stuttering, suffering defeat in all their remaining games throughout the upgrade to their two-legged relationship with the heavenly blues, Live on Sky Sports.
In order to add their troubles, the black cats only came up with one goal in the last six exits in the second level and entered into this fastening of the short confidence that fired them into the conversation for automatic promotion earlier in the campaign.
Best goalkeeper Wilson Isidor He last added his 12 years for the season in February, where he scored the starting goal during a 2-1 Leeds United champion. His colleague Eliezer Mayenda He has one goal in the last nine appearances.
Speaking in front of the fixture, Le Bris explained the fall in the form for his side, where he said, “We lost the momentum because we secured fourth place early. We had nothing to chase.
“Look what happened to PSG. This can happen to the biggest teams (loss of momentum). Now we have to chase something.”
Meanwhile, the side of Frank Lampard, who was released to the touch distance from the Premier League, despite the apartment at 17. When he inherited Mark Robins in November, he entered a lot of beliefs.
While Sunderland was stroke, Coventry continued to pull out the results to retain similar Blackburn, Millwall and West Brom in Bay and ended up as a sixth team with the most in shape within the championship in the last six nodes.
“It is bizarre to move out of playing meaningless football to what it means. It is rarely able to turn on again,” he said Heavenly sports’ Andy Hinchcliffe na Essential EFL Podcast.
“This is really challenging, you do not want to play the Coventry considering the form in which it is in. Sunderland has been treading water, I cannot remember the team that has been in this position before. It can suddenly turn when the pressure is on, but it is not ideal for them.
“They have been challenging for the first two for a long time. But don’t be surprised if they turn it on. The light stadium will be electric.”
Heavenly sports’ Gary Weaver repeated the claims made to Podcast, where he emphasized that “strange” was a witness to the situation that has been taking place in Sunderland in recent weeks.
The latest disappointment for Le Bris’s side arrived on the last day of the regular season when his side suffered a 1-0 defeat from the Queens Park Rangers, before pushing off the field at home after their creepy running form.
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Weaver added: “This is a strange situation. Sunderland pushed out against QPR and it is not the sending they wanted. They will be glad that this is over and let’s not forget how good they were, the victims are their own success because they have been in fourth place for so long.
“We didn’t really talk about this for the last few weeks, because their fourth was guaranteed, it was like they got off the radar.
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“The last two games are the playoff team. Wilson Isidor and Eliezer Mayenda are not in the form of a goalkeeper and suddenly they need to switch that switch. They now have the opportunity to reset.
“These are three games for coming to the Premier League, I’m sure the players will be motivated. This is one of the strangest situations for these players; games did not have a danger, and now they face the biggest game of their life.
“It will be interesting to see if the players can bring him back.”
The first leg of the tie will be played on Friday at the CBS Arena, before the second part in the northeast on Tuesday, and Le Bris -that side should not suffer the same fate as their last visit to Coventry, if they want to maximize the impact their home crowd can have the opposite.
The two sides of the last met in March, and in the afternoon, in the afternoon, Haji Wright secured all three points in the dominant victory for the hosts.
On the threats that Coventry have a similar result that takes place for Sunderland, Hinchcliffe added: “Coventry, you look into the shape, they are the only four in the top six.
“Sunderland is a rock bottom. One single point in the last six games and one single goal. They’ll have a lot of worries.
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“Frank did an incredible job. You watch makeup Coventry, look at individuals, the situation with the goalkeeper is interesting. Ben Wilson returns aside, and Milan Van Ewijk is the second best right back in the championship.
“Matt Grimes is a huge signature for them in terms of controlling matches. It could be a master from Lampard.
“Jack Rudoni is the most striker for all four sides, and Haji Wright also supported him. They have a lot of dangerous players, but Sunderland will be happy to be home in another leg.”
Watch Coventry VS Sunderland in the first part of the live semi -final championship on Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports Main Main from 19:00 on Friday.
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2025-05-09 08:00:00
