Sunderland vs Coventry Prediction & Tips

Luke Hamilton 12 May 2025
  • Get predictions, team news, and betting tips for the Championship play-off semi-final second leg between Sunderland and Coventry City on Tuesday, 13th May 2025 (8pm BST).

Sunderland vs Coventry Predictions

  • Full Time Result: Coventry Win
  • Correct Score: 1-2
  • Both Teams To Score: Yes
  • Over 2.5 Goals: Yes
  • First Goalscorer: Jack Rudoni

Sunderland vs Coventry Tips

Tip 1

Midfielder Sakamoto has won the most fouls for Cov in the second tier this season with 58 – only Jobe Bellingham has drawn more (60) between these two sides.

The 28 year old has hit this line in each of his last two outings, including on Friday when he won a whopping five free-kicks against an aggressive Sunderland side.

Bellingham and Neil should start as the hosts’ midfield pairing and have given away 85 combined fouls in the league this term, making it perfectly plausible that City’s No.7 can win at least two fouls on Tuesday.

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Tip 2

Rudoni netted his 10th goal of the season on Friday when levelling things up two mins after Wilson Isidor gave Sunderland the lead in the 68th minute.

That’s his third goal in the last two games following a superb brace on the final day of the season against Middlesbrough.

Friday’s equaliser also means that Jack Rudoni has now scored in both appearances versus the Black Cats this term, having missed out on March’s 3-0 win with a shoulder injury.

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Sunderland Form, Team News & Predicted Line-Up

The Black Cats ended a six-game spin without a victory at the CBS Arena on Friday night when Eliezer Mayenda’s late goal gave the visitors a 2-1 advantage heading into Tuesday’s second leg.

Ajibola Alese is missing in defence, while forwards Ian Poveda and Romaine Mundle are also out with injuries.

Sunderland Predicted XI: Patterson; Hume, Ballard, O’Nien, Cirkin; Roberts, Neil, Bellingham, Le Fee; Mayenda, Isidor.

Coventry Form, Team News & Predicted Line-Up

For all of the efforts of Frank Lampard’s men on Friday night, they still face the unwanted task of trying overturn a semi-final first leg deficit on Tuesday when travelling to the Stadium of Light.

Norman Bassette won’t be fit until the end of the month, so he joins Victor Torp on the sidelines for the Sky Blues.

Coventry Predicted XI: Wilson; Van Ewijk, Thomas, Kitching, Dasilva; Grimes, Sheaf; Sakamoto, Rudoni, Wright; Thomas-Asante.

Sunderland vs Coventry Head-to-Head Record

Last Five Meetings:

  • 09/05/25: Coventry 1-2 Sunderland – Championship
  • 15/03/25: Coventry 3-0 Sunderland – Championship
  • 09/11/24: Sunderland 2-2 Coventry – Championship
  • 23/12/23: Sunderland 0-3 Coventry – Championship
  • 26/08/23: Coventry 0-0 Sunderland – Championship

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