Championship experts in agreement over Coventry vs West Brom prediction as ‘hapless’ theory is made

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It’s the tie of the week as Coventry City and West Bromwich Albion go head-to-head in the play-offs.

Both sides are sixth and seventh respectively in the Championship table with lots riding on the line.

Coventry’s 1-1 draw against Hull City opened up the potential for West Brom to leapfrog them into the top six with a win at the Coventry Building Society Arena.

The Baggies will need their top talents firing with Tony Mowbray challenging Tom Fellows to become more consistent after he grabbed his first goal contributions of the calendar year.

Given how close the two are, it will be hard to predict, however, two experts have put their neck on the line to suggest how the two will fare.

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Coventry tipped to get the win over West Brom

West Brom were the side that Frank Lampard suffered his first defeat as Coventry boss too.

Lampard will also be back in the dugout after his touchline ban he was forced to serve against Hull.

Opta has tipped the Sky Blues to finish in the top six and that’s reflected in Benjamin Bloom and Sam Parkin’s prediction in this highly-anticipated clash.

Bloom said: “I wonder if we might get the return of the hapless West Brom and they’ll allow Coventry to win – so to speak.

“West Brom will score but I’m going to go 3-1 Coventry.”

Parkin was in agreement but predicted a much closer affair, predicting: “I did read about Bobby Thomas and Ephron Mason-Clark being injured with the former probably being the one that could affect them most given his potency in the 18-yard box.

“I’ll stick with the Coventry win though but I’ll go by the virture of a solitary goal. 1-0.”

Coventry vs West Brom H2H record

With promotion benefitting every club financially, this game is make or break.

If previous encounters are anything to go by, it should be the West Brom faithful that feel the more confident of the two having won 36 of the 71 meetings.

Albion have also won the last four meetings between the two as well, last tasting defeat to the Sky Blues in a 1-0 defeat back in December 2022.