Pick of the stats: Coventry City v Portsmouth
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Coventry City welcome Portsmouth for an important clash at both ends of the Championship table on Wednesday night (20:00 BST).
The Sky Blues are seventh and outside the play-off spots by just one point but since a run of nine wins in 10 games, Frank Lampard's side have now lost three of their past four.
Portsmouth are four points clear of the relegation zone in 17th and have lost three of their previous four games - Pompey have also won just twice away from home in the league this season (D4 L14).
Coventry City have won just one of their past seven league meetings with Portsmouth (D2 L4), although that was this exact fixture the last time they hosted Pompey, a 1-0 win in February 2020.
After their 4-1 win in December, Portsmouth could complete only their second ever league double over Coventry City, previously achieving this in 2018-19.
Coventry City have not won any of their past eight league games played on a Wednesday (D3 L5) since a 1-0 victory at home to Blackburn in October 2023.
Portsmouth have lost all five of their midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) league games away from home this season by an aggregate score of 2-14.
Coventry have lost three of their four league meetings with newly promoted sides this season (W1), last losing four times to promoted sides in a league campaign in 2015-16, and last doing so in the Championship in 2011-12.