Coventry Metropolis crept ever nearer to ending their Premier League exile regardless of being pressured to battle for his or her 0-0 draw away to Championship promotion hopefuls Hull Metropolis.
On a day that noticed Middlesbrough and Millwall each drop factors, the Sky Blues now want simply 4 factors to ensure a return to the highest flight for the primary time in 25 years.
Hull got here near opening the scoring within the fifteenth minute when Amir Hadziahmetovic’s cross into the field noticed Carl Rushworth fail to say, with the free ball falling to John Egan, who noticed his shot cleared off the road by Liam Kitching.
Frank Lampard’s aspect improved as the primary half went on however solely managed to check Ivor Pandur as soon as via Victor Torp’s curling effort from the sting of the penalty space.
Joe Gelhardt and Oliver McBurnie noticed tame headers simply gathered by Rushworth, however Coventry had an attraction for a second-half penalty waved away by referee David Webb.
A cross from the left from Milan van Ewijk appeared to strike the hand of Hull captain Lewie Coyle, however the spot-kick was not given as Ellis Simms wildly lashed over the crossbar within the 77th minute because the spoils have been shared.
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— Coventry Metropolis (@Coventry_City) April 6, 2026
Information Debrief: Coventry and Hull fail to ship
In a battle between two of the highest three highest scorers within the Championship, each Hull and Coventry struggled to search out that spark within the last third on Monday, with the Sky Blues’ six pictures within the match their lowest whole in a single match within the league in 2025-26.
Sergej Jakirovic’s aspect did edge the anticipated targets (xG) battle, registering a complete of 0.77 from their 13 pictures to Coventry’s tally of 0.47, with solely one in all their makes an attempt on course.
Coventry have now gained simply one in all their final 21 league video games performed on Easter Monday (D7 L13), beating Bristol Metropolis 3-1 in April 2021. Away from house, they’re winless in 15 (D5 L10) since beating Ipswich City 2-0 in April 1994.
