Coventry City look set to clinch the Championship title and achieve promotion to the Premier League come May, with the experts now forecasting how many points they will finish with
Aaron Morris Senior Sports Reporter
19:58, 08 Apr 2026
Coventry City fans celebrate
Coventry City look likely to win the Championship this season(Image: Ryan Browne/Shutterstock)
Coventry City will storm to the EFL Championship title by 11 points, if the experts' predictions ring true.
At the time of writing, Frank Lampard's Sky Blues sit first in the second-tier of English football, a whopping 12 points clear of a second-place Ipswich Town as they search for promotion to the Premier League in style for 2026/27.
With just five matches remaining, Coventry could bolster their total tally for the season to 96, but only if they are perfect in their outings with Sheffield Wednesday, Blackburn Rovers, Portsmouth, Wrexham and Watford.
Too soon to be crowned champions just yet as a result of Ipswich holding two games in hand over them, strong performances in April and May will be crucial should Lampard's squad hope to clinch the Championship title and avoid a play-off promotion.
But if the predictions from the experts over at Opta are anything to go off, then the club has nothing whatsoever to worry about over the next couple of months.
The number crunchers predict that Coventry will finish the season in first-place with a total of 93.79 points from 46 matches.
Further reassuring fans of the Sky Blues, Opta give the club a 99.98 per cent chance of promotion this season, as well as a staggering 99.5 per cent chance of winning the league.
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The probability of promotion through the play-offs meanwhile, has been slashed to a shockingly low 0.02 per cent.
The experts also believe that Ipswich will be hot on the heels of Coventry come May, finishing with a tally of 82.78 points.
Middlesbrough, Millwall, Southampton and Hull, meanwhile, will make up the play-off places if anticipation is correct.
Frank Lampard looks on
Frank Lampard has impressed with Coventry City(Image: PA)
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Despite an impressive first season back in the second-tier of the EFL pyramid, Wrexham are slated to finish just outside of the play-off places in seventh, while Derby will see an eighth-place conclusion.
As per Opta, Leicester City, Oxford United and Sheffield Wednesday will see relegation to League One - with the rock-bottom latter's place already confirmed as a result of the 46-point gap between 24th and 23rd.
Changing places with Coventry, Ipswich and the play-off winners for 2026/27, meanwhile, is expected to be Wolves, Burnley and West Ham United following truly lacklustre campaigns in the English top flight - Tottenham Hotspur under the stewardship of Roberto De Zerbi thought to avoid the drop.