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  1. Joe Gelhardt celebrates

  2. Marti Cifuentes (left), John Mousinho (centre) and Will Still (right)

  3. Pick of the stats: Coventry City v Hull City

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    After falling at the semi-final stage of the Championship Play-offs in May, Coventry begin their latest quest for promotion to the Premier League with the visit of Hull City on Saturday (12:30 BST).

    Frank Lampard begins his first full season in charge aiming to steer the Sky Blues to a fast start, something which evaded his predecessor Mark Robins in recent seasons.

    Having avoided relegation on the final day of last season, a new era begins for Hull City with Sergej Jakirovic taking charge of the Tigers for the first time after replacing Blades-bound Ruben Selles at the helm in June.

    • Coventry City have won just one of their last seven league games against Hull City (D3 L3), failing to keep a clean sheet across that time.

    • Hull City have won four of their last six away league games against Coventry City (D1 L1), winning three of those without conceding in the process.

    • This is the second time that Coventry and Hull have met on the opening day of a league campaign, with the previous fixture back in August 1966 in the second tier seeing the Sky Blues win 1-0 on home soil.

    • Hull have won two of their last three away games that have fallen on matchday one of an EFL campaign, though did lose their last 2-1 vs Norwich City in August 2023.

    • Last season in the Championship, only Josh Brownhill (24) and Finn Azaz (23) recorded more goal contributions among midfielders than Coventry's Jack Rudoni (22 – 10 goals, 12 assists). Two of those came against Hull (one goal, one assist).

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  5. A side-by-side of Birmingham City's Chris Davies pointing and Ipswich Town's Kieran McKenna applauding

  6. Hartlepool goalkeeper Harvey Cartwright

  7. (Left to right) Birmingham striker Jay Stansfield, Sheffield United midfielder Gustavo Hamer, Ipswich head coach Kieran McKenna and Coventry boss Frank Lampard.

  8. Oli McBurnie, with his hands on his hips, playing for Las Palmas in La Liga.

  10. A line-up of 25/26 Championship football shirts; Bristol City's third kit, Blackburn Rovers' away kit, Norwich City's third kit and Oxford United's away kit

  12. Coventry City and Hull City in action in the Championship

  13. Enis Destan in action for Trabzonspor

  14. John Lundstram in action for Trabzonspor

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  16. 'Hull players are paid - but what about ambition?'

    Curtis Davies: on restrictions and the new season

    Former Hull City captain Curtis Davies says that the Tigers' current financial issues won't leave the players concerned about their wages - but it will make them worry about the club's ambitions.

    The side has struggled since sacking boss Liam Rosenior in May 2024 after coming up one place short of the play-offs that season.

    The following year they ended up in the relegation fight, dismissing replacement Tim Walter in November while next boss Ruben Selles secured them another year in the Championship before departing for Sheffield United.

    They are now under the guidance of boss Sergej Jakirovic but the Bosnian has no experience in English football and has to deal with a transfer embargo that the club is currently appealing.

    "The players are getting paid so that side is fine - it's the ambition," Davies told BBC Radio Humberside.

    "If you sign for a club and this club finished seventh when you signed and they sack that manager to get this next manager that they think is going to take you to the next level, you're sold that dream.

    "But then you end up escaping relegation with two managers and now another manager the year after.

    "The likes of Semi Ajayi that came from West Brom, a very good player, a Nigerian international, maybe thought as well the club might kick on... but now, because of the fee restriction, we may be going in this direction."

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  17. Akin Famewo playing for Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough

  18. Mason Burstow scored two goals in eight starts for Hull City last season

  20. Hull's Omur returns to Turkey on loan

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    Abdulkadir Omur has played under three different bosses at Hull since joining in February 2024

    Hull City midfielder Abdulkadir Omur will spend the season on loan at Turkish Super Lig club Antalyaspor.

    Omur initially moved to Hull from Trabzonspor in February last year and has played 37 games for the Tigers.

    But the 26-year-old, capped 14 times by his country, spent the second half of last season back in his homeland on loan at Caykur Rizespor.

    Now he returns for a second loan spell, having not been included in Hull's plans with new head coach Sergej Jakirovic.

  21. Alfie Jones wearing his back Hull City training top

  24. Blackburn Rovers defender Sean McLoughlin, pictured playing for Hull City.