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Saturday 23rd December

Championship Table

On Saturday 23rd December

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1	Leicester City	23	19	1	3	47	16	31	58	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win
2	Ipswich Town	23	16	4	3	47	32	15	52	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss
3	Leeds United	23	13	6	4	41	22	19	45	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win
4	Southampton	23	13	6	4	38	29	9	45	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win
5	West Bromwich Albion	23	10	6	7	34	23	11	36	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Loss
6	Hull City	23	10	6	7	36	30	6	36	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss
7	Watford	23	9	7	7	37	28	9	34	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Win
8	Norwich City	23	10	4	9	41	39	2	34	Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Win
9	Sunderland	23	10	3	10	32	27	5	33	Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
10	Cardiff City	23	10	3	10	30	28	2	33	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
11	Middlesbrough	23	10	3	10	35	34	1	33	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win
12	Bristol City	23	9	5	9	26	26	0	32	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Win
13	Preston North End	23	9	5	9	29	40	-11	32	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
14	Blackburn Rovers	23	10	1	12	35	40	-5	31	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
15	Coventry City	23	7	9	7	31	25	6	30	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
16	Swansea City	23	7	7	9	32	32	0	28	Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
17	Plymouth Argyle	23	7	6	10	37	38	-1	27	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Draw
18	Birmingham City	23	7	6	10	29	35	-6	27	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Draw
19	Stoke City	23	6	6	11	21	30	-9	24	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw
20	Millwall	23	5	8	10	24	31	-7	23	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw
21	Huddersfield Town	23	4	10	9	21	38	-17	22	Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
22	Queens Park Rangers	23	5	5	13	20	33	-13	20	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss
23	Sheffield Wednesday	23	4	4	15	17	37	-20	16	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
24	Rotherham United	23	2	7	14	20	47	-27	13	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss

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Key

Position 1 - 2 : Promotion
Position 3 - 6 : Promotion Play-off
Position 22 - 24 : Relegation

Last Updated 23rd December 2023 at 19:01

Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made.

Team Lineups

home team, Sunderland

Manager: Michael Beale

Formation: 4 - 1 - 4 - 1

Number 1,
A. Patterson
Number 32,
T. Hume , Yellow Card at 25 minutes
Number 5,
D. Ballard
Number 13,
L. O'Nien , Captain, Yellow Card at 45 minutes plus 4
Number 2,
N. Huggins , substituted for J. Seelt at 85 minutes
Number 39,
P. Ekwah , substituted for Eliezer Mayenda at 71 minutes
Number 20,
J. Clarke
Number 7,
J. Bellingham
Number 24,
D. Neil , Yellow Card at 88 minutes
Number 10,
P. Roberts
Number 17,
A. Ba , substituted for A. Aouchiche at 71 minutes

away team, Coventry City

Manager: Mark Robins

Formation: 4 - 4 - 1 - 1

Number 40,
B. Collins , Yellow Card at 53 minutes
Number 21,
J. Bidwell , Yellow Card at 64 minutes
Number 15,
L. Kitching
Number 4,
B. Thomas
Number 27,
M. van Ewijk
Number 11,
H. Wright , substituted for M. Godden at 84 minutes
Number 14,
B. Sheaf , Captain, substituted for J. Eccles at 42 minutes
Number 8,
J. Allen , substituted for J. Latibeaudiere at 68 minutes
Number 7,
T. Sakamoto
Number 10,
C. O'Hare , substituted for K. Palmer at 68 minutes
Number 9,
E. Simms , substituted for J. Dasilva at 69 minutes

Substitutes

home team, Sunderland

Number 22,
A. Aouchiche
Number 30,
N. Bishop
Number 11,
M. Burstow
Number 46,
B. Dack
Number 12,
Eliezer Mayenda
Number 31,
C. Rigg
Number 15,
N. Rusyn
Number 23,
J. Seelt
Number 25,
N. Triantis

away team, Coventry City

Number 26,
Y. Ayari
Number 2,
L. Binks
Number 3,
J. Dasilva
Number 28,
J. Eccles
Number 24,
M. Godden
Number 22,
J. Latibeaudiere
Number 5,
K. McFadzean
Number 45,
K. Palmer
Number 13,
B. Wilson

Match Stats

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Match Facts

Sunderland are winless in seven league games against Coventry City (D4 L3) since a 2-0 win in February 2007.
Coventry have won one of their last 15 league visits to Sunderland (D7 L7), a 5-4 win in League One in April 2019.
Sunderland have won seven of their last 10 home league games (L3), including the last two in a row. They haven’t won three in a row within the top-two tiers of English football since February 2012 in the Premier League.
Only Huddersfield Town (10) have drawn more Championship games this season than Coventry City (9). The Sky Blues have drawn their last two, scoring first in a 1-1 draw against Southampton and coming from a goal down to draw 1-1 at Leeds last time out.
Alex Pritchard has three assists in his last two Championship appearances at the Stadium of Light – his previous three home league assists came over a period of 33 matches.

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Postat 90 minutes plus 8
Match ends, Sunderland 0, Coventry City 3.
Full Timeat 90 minutes plus 8
Second Half ends, Sunderland 0, Coventry City 3.
Postat 90 minutes plus 6
Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Bradley Collins.
Postat 90 minutes plus 6
Attempt saved. Adil Aouchiche (Sunderland) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Postat 90 minutes plus 5
Foul by Jenson Seelt (Sunderland).
Postat 90 minutes plus 5
Bobby Thomas (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 90 minutes plus 4
Attempt saved. Patrick Roberts (Sunderland) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Daniel Neil.
Postat 90 minutes
Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by Jenson Seelt.
Bookingat 88 minutes
Daniel Neil (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Postat 88 minutes
Foul by Daniel Neil (Sunderland).
Postat 88 minutes
Kasey Palmer (Coventry City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Postat 87 minutes
Attempt blocked. Jenson Seelt (Sunderland) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Adil Aouchiche with a cross.
Postat 87 minutes
Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Liam Kitching.
Postat 86 minutes
Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Tatsuhiro Sakamoto.
Substitutionat 85 minutes
Substitution, Sunderland. Jenson Seelt replaces Niall Huggins because of an injury.
Postat 85 minutes
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitutionat 84 minutes
Substitution, Coventry City. Matt Godden replaces Haji Wright.
Postat 81 minutes
Delay in match because of an injury Niall Huggins (Sunderland).
Postat 79 minutes
Attempt missed. Eliezer Mayenda (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Patrick Roberts.
Postat 78 minutes
Attempt missed. Adil Aouchiche (Sunderland) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Patrick Roberts.