Coventry City bid for Premier League promotion begins today

The Sky Blues face Middlesbrough in their first Championship play-off semi final leg.

Author: Ben CartwrightPublished 14th May 2023

The Sky Blues are set to take on the Teesside club twice in the next week - playing them at midday today (14 May) and then again away from home on Wednesday.

A win over two legs would give Mark Robins' men promotion back to the Premier League - a competition they haven't featured in since being relegated from the league back at the end of the 2000/01 season.

City are coming off the back of an impressive season in the Championship, having finished fifth in the league following a disappointing start to proceedings.

In the team's first ten league games in the Championship this season, they only managed to accumulate six points from a possible thirty - as well as getting knocked out of the EFL Cup in the first round by Bristol City.

Coventry played their play-off rivals in their final game of the season, drawing 1-1 to secure their status in the play-offs.

Bobby Madeley will be the referee for the game at the Coventry Building Society Arena.

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