With their place in the Championshipplayoffs confirmed, Huddersfield Towntravel to Coventry City on the penultimate weekend of the regular campaign.
The Terriers are currently fourth in the table and are ending the season strongly, while the Sky Blues’ own playoff hopes are over and they sit 10th.
2-1 win over Barnsley last Friday assured Huddersfield’s place in the top six – an incredibly impressive feat given that they only survived relegation by six points last season.
Victory on Saturday would secure home advantage in the playoff semi-final second leg, while they do still have an outside chance of automatic promotion as they trail second-placed Bournemouth – who have a game in hand – by just three points.
Carlos Corberan’s side have lost just two of their last 24 matches in the Championship and have taken 13 points from the last 15 available.
However, the Terriers have not won any of their past four away trips to Coventry since December 1965.
The last three meetings between the two sides have ended level, with Matt Goddenscoring a 93rd-minute equaliser for the Sky Blues in a 1-1 draw earlier this season.
Mark Robins’s side drew 0-0 with Midlands neighbours West Bromwich Albion last weekend, a result which ended both clubs’ playoff chances with two games to play.
Coventry, who spent the majority of the first half of the campaign in the top six, are six points behind sixth-placed Sheffield United with an inferior goal difference.
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The Sky Blues only have themselves to blame as they have earned just three victories from their last 12 matches and are winless in their last three games on home turf.
Nonetheless, they could secure a top-half finish this weekend which would still be an admirable achievement two years after promotion from League One.
