Coventry City FC vs Millwall FC Prediction: Coventry to win this game

Round 31 of the EFL Championship concludes on Sunday at the Coventry Building Society Arena when Coventry City and Millwall play each other. Both teams enter the weekend on the heels of opposing victories; Joe Edwards' team lost by a close margin to Hull City. Last Tuesday, in their FA Cup fourth-round match against Sheffield Wednesday, Coventry City triumphantly resumed their winning ways with a 4-1 victory.

Previous to that, on February 3, the Sky Blues' 12-game undefeated streak came to an end when they lost 2-1 to Norwich City in the Championship. Coventry is presently seventh in the league ranking with 44 points from 30 games, one point behind sixth-placed Hull City for the last playoff slot.

However, Millwall was defeated 1-0 by Hull City last Saturday at the MKM Stadium, demonstrating their inability to halt the damage. Edwards' team has now lost four straight games and drawn one, going five games without a victory, including a 3-2 FA Cup loss to Leicester City on January 6. Currently sitting only five points above the relegation zone in the Championship table, Millwall is tied on 33 points with Blackburn Rovers and Swansea City.

Following a sluggish start to the year, Coventry has been remarkably strong in the last several months, propelling the playoff winners from the previous season into the top six. Even though Coventry's most recent Championship match ended in a 2-1 loss to Norwich City, they have won ten of these matches since December 8. Although they haven't had a clean sheet in six games since Boxing Day, Mark Robins will still be concerned about several parts of their play.

The Midlands team has to get back on track defensively if they are to continue pushing for promotion, even though goals are flowing in more often than they did at the start of the year. Coventry defeated Sheffield Wednesday 4-1 in their FA Cup fourth-round replay on Tuesday, advancing them to face non-league Maidstone United in the fifth round.

The hiring of Joe Edwards as head coach has not gone as planned, and Millwall is still struggling through a time of change. Even though Millwall won three straight games between the Christmas and New Year break, those three wins were the team's only triumphs in a run of 15 games across all competitions.

They have only managed one point in their past four Championship games (a 1-1 draw at home against Preston North End), and their most recent defeat, 1-0 against Hull City, has resulted in only one goal in their last three games. With Millwall being just five points above the relegation zone, Edwards is aware that his leadership will not last forever and that his team must improve both in performance and output.

Millwall will believe they can push the Sky Blues the way they did Hull the previous time out. Encouraged by their victory over Sheffield in the middle of the week, Coventry City will be quite confident going into the match on Sunday.

In front of their home fans, the Sky Blues take on a struggling Millwall team that has lost their previous five games, and we predict them to earn all three points.

Potential scoreline is 2-1 or 3-1 win for Coventry.