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leaders coventry took its lead on top of championship Promotion hopes move to eight points after a hard-fought 1-0 win over Swansea middlesbrough, ipswich And rudder All dropped points.
A strong performance from Efron Mason-Clark just before half-time was enough to give the Sky Blues their ninth domestic championship win of the season.
But the usually free-scoring Sky Blues had to work hard for the points and were perhaps somewhat fortunate to find themselves ahead at half-time.
The determined visitors did a good job of keeping the hosts quiet but were thwarted by Mason-Clark’s opener a minute before the break.
This failed to enliven Coventry and the hosts once again faded after a good spell of pressure at the start of the second half.
It was the visitors who enjoyed the best chances in the second half and could have got a point with better finishing after Liam Cullen and Melker Vidale both missed good chances to equalise.
It leaves City – who are unbeaten at home this season – with a 13-point cushion over the chasing pack as they try to bring Premier League football to Coventry for the first time in 25 seasons.
of middlesbrough Celebration stutters continued as they were held to a goalless draw black burn On the banks of the river.
The Teessiders suffered their first defeat under new head coach Kim Helberg as they lost 2–0 at Bristol City in their final game before Christmas, while they were again unable to find the net as they were frustrated by a determined Blackburn rearguard.
Morgan Whittaker fired a shot inside the post in the first half, but former Middlesbrough goalkeeper Ainsley Pearce was barely tested in the Blackburn goal in the second half as Rovers avoided defeat at Boro for the 17th time in their last 18 visits.
Earlier, the top six championship contenders millwall And ipswich A goalless draw was played in the Boxing Day match at The Den at lunchtime.
Millwall, now winless in four league matches, came close to breaking the deadlock on several occasions, but were denied by some good goalkeeping from Ipswich’s Christian Walton.
Tractor Boys were hoping to put pressure on the top two but were finding it difficult to make progress.
flying high rudder Missed a chance to go third after coming from behind twice to rescue a 2-2 draw from rock-bottom sheffield wednesday,
Wednesday, who took a step closer to a takeover on Christmas Eve when a James Board-led consortium was named as the preferred bidder by administrators, initially headed in through Svante Ingelsson before Mohamed Belloumi claimed City’s first equaliser.
Matt Crooks gave the Tigers a point at Hillsborough with a 65th-minute leveler after Bailey Cadamarteri had restored the Owls’ lead.
Hull are fourth, below Ipswich on goal difference, while the hosts have dropped eight points to minus eight but remain without a domestic league win following their disappointing winless run of 16 matches this season.
preston Extended their unbeaten streak to seven matches after a 0-0 draw. to fuel,
In a tightly contested match both sides had chances to score, but ultimately canceled each other out as the spoils were shared.
The result left play-off hopefuls Preston, whose manager Paul Heckingbottom was playing his final match during his three-game touchline ban, in fifth place.
Meanwhile, Iman Luza played a leading role with two assists watford Came from behind to win 2-1 leicester And claim back-to-back wins for the first time this season.
Goals from Anis Mehmeti and Ross McCrory helped in the first half. bristol city Reached play-off zone with 2-1 win west brom In Hawthorne.
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