{"id":1392026,"date":"2025-08-07T11:52:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T10:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?post_type=news&p=1392026"},"modified":"2026-02-26T17:46:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:46:39","slug":"coventry-vs-hull-championship","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/coventry-vs-hull-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Coventry vs Hull prediction, odds, tips & team news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Coventry City and Hull City face off at the Coventry Building Society Arena in the opening weekend of the 2025-26 Championship<\/a> season on Saturday, 9th August at 12:30pm. These two sides had very different campaigns in 2024-25, with Coventry suffering play-off heartbreak and Hull just about avoiding relegation. This game will be broadcast live on Sky Sports+. Find our match preview and best bets that include a 16\/1 Bet Builder below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coventry to Win (4\/5 with bet365<\/a>)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Coventry suffered heartbreak in the play-offs last season, but look well poised to go well again under Frank Lampard this time round. The Sky Blues won seven of their previous eight home matches in 2024\/25 before the play-offs, and can build on the 79 points they collected in total for the campaign. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hull, on the other hand, survived relegation by the skin of their teeth. The Tigers won just two of their final nine matches, and with a squad that appears to lack quality, they look set to struggle once again this term. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ben Sheaf & Charlie Hughes to be carded (16\/1 with bet365<\/a>)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

No Coventry City player was shown more yellow cards in the Championship last season than Ben Sheaf, who, along with Josh Eccles and Liam Kitching, collected eight. Four of Sheaf’s cautions came in the final four games of the campaign and he looks a solid proposition to pick up where he left off in this season’s opener. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charlie Hughes also stands out as a strong candidate to find their way into the book on Saturday lunchtime. The Hull City centre-back has 19 yellow cards to his name over the last two league seasons, with 13 of those arriving in away matches, showing a tendency to pick them up on the road. Combining both Sheaf and Hughes to be carded pays 16\/1 with bet365. <\/p>\n\n\n

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