Despite a blip in form over the festive period, Coventry City find themselves back at the top of the division following confident performances at home and on the road.
Doubts had started to sneak in about whether The Sky Blues can continue their automatic promotion battle after three wins in nine in the championship.
Frank Lampard’s side answered any questions with a 3-1 victory at home to Middlesborough and followed it up with a 2-0 away win against West Brom.
However, they need to continue this form to win the division ahead of title rivals ‘Boro and they have three big games upcoming starting away at Bramall Lane on Wednesday night.
It is never easy for teams to visit the home of the Blades and it will be no different for Coventry on Wednesday night when they take on Chris Wilder’s Sheffield United.
Morale will be higher than it has been for a while in the Blades camp after relegating their biggest rivals Sheffield Wednesday on Sunday in a 2-1 victory.
However, with winter signing Frank Onyeka in fine form and getting back to winning ways in away games, it could be the perfect chance for Coventry to assert their stamp on the league once more with three points.
After a superb start to the season under Mark Robins, Potters fans were thinking perhaps this would be the year they broke the top half voodoo but poor form since christmas has seen them slip to 16th with no win since the start of January.
This leaves Coventry a perfect chance to take three more points at the CBS Arena against a Stoke team which have been in freefall for a while now which has been since injury to star goalie Viktor Johansson.
Given the Sky Blues home form and the Potters overall form, the odds will be on the side of the hosts for this.
The last game in this block of three for Coventry is a difficult trip to Ashton Gate against a very inconsistent Bristol City.
The hosts have been hovering outside the playoffs throughout the season but it is there home form which has possibly cost them a few points too many.
It leaves the Sky Blues another great chance to keep confidence running against an out-of-form Robins side; however, it will not be an easy game, as it never is in the Championship.
I think the Sky Blues will have the quality to take seven points from a possible nine in this next block of games, with a draw coming away at Sheffield United and victories over Stoke and Bristol City.
If Lampard’s side is not at the races for any of these games, it is possible they could fall to another costly defeat in the promotion battle.
