Pick of the stats: Coventry City v Preston North End
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Coventry will seek to at least maintain their advantage at the top of the Championship when they host Preston on Wednesday night (20:00 GMT).
Despite going eight-points clear of Middlesbrough courtesy of a 2-0 win at Bristol City on Saturday, the Sky Blues' fifth straight win, Boro did pull within five points with a big win at QPR on Sunday, and will host Charlton, also on Wednesday evening.
Preston went down 3-1 at home to lowly Oxford United on Friday and have slipped into the bottom half for the first time this season after a run of five games without a win.
Coventry have won just one of their past 24 league games against Preston (D9 L14), though it was in this exact fixture last season (2-1).
Preston have only failed to score in one of their past 20 away league games against Coventry, while they've kept a clean sheet on four of their last six visits.
Coventry have lost just three of their 32 home league games under Frank Lampard (W24 D5). These losses came against Leeds, Burnley (both of whom were promoted last season) and current promotion chasers Ipswich.
Having lost just two of their first 11 away league games this season (W4 D5), Preston have now lost three of their past six on the road (W1 D2).
Haji Wright has scored six goals in five home league games in 2026, with these accounting for 67% of Coventry's home goals this calendar year (6/9).
