Coventry have just once at home all season, but have only four wins in 13 games
Middlesbrough have won six on the bounce and claimed top spot
Recommended bet: Draw
Coventry were the early-season trailblazers in the Championship and had established a 10-point lead at the top by late November.
The Sky Blues looked destined for a Premier League return, but Frank Lampard's side have now managed to win just four of their last 13 games and have been knocked off top spot by Middlesbrough.
Kim Hellberg has crafted a well-oiled Boro machine since he took over when Rob Edwards walked out in November. His side took over at the top last Monday with a win at Sheffield United and consolidating that spot at the summit will be a primary aim on Monday night.
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Team news
Brandon Thomas-Asante is one of three Coventry players on 10 league goals but he serves the final game of a suspension. Ephron Mason-Clark missed the draw with Oxford last weekend but should be fit enough for a return to action if called upon.
Defenders Alex Bangura, Alfie Jones and George Edmundson remain sidelined for Boro and boss Hellberg may remain faithful to the XI that started last Monday's win over Sheffield United at Bramall Lane.
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The stats
Coventry have won seven and drawn two of the last nine meetings, with the last five all by two-goal margins or more.
Middlesbrough have failed to score in five visits to Coventry since 2021 (D1, L4).
Middlesbrough are chasing a seventh consecutive league victory for the first time in 39 years.
Coventry averaged 2.8 goals-per-game in their first 18 Championship outings, but have scored only 13 in 13 since.
Only two Championship sides have conceded fewer goals than Middlesbrough (30) this season.
Boro forward Tommy Conway has scored four goals in his last four games.
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Prediction
These sides traded places last week as Coventry's latest stumble, a scoreless draw with 10-man Oxford, allowed Middlesbrough the chance to win at Sheffield United and climb to the Championship summit for the first time this season.
The challenge now for the Teessiders is to stay there. Since Hellberg took over in November, Boro have thrived. They have won more games than anyone and lost fewer, taking 31 points from 14 games under the 38-year-old Swede's steering.
Opposite number Lampard appeared to be presiding over a promotion procession at one stage but with Ipswich and Millwall breathing down the necks of the top two, Coventry need to steady themselves.
They are two points off their visitors and, if they end the night there, it will not be a bad outcome given the Sky Blues have won just four of their last 13 league games and none of the last three.
For Middlesbrough, too, some caution would come as no shock. They have worked hard to reach the top of the pile and will not want to cough up top spot at the first opportunity.
Their record at Coventry Building Society Arena is poor, with no goals scored in the last five and just one win in 10 in all competitions.
Middlesbrough are resolute under Hellberg, however, losing just three of 14 in the league and picking themselves up after a wobble that saw them go four without a win over the festive period.
They can pick up a good point on the road against a Sky Blues side that has lost just once at home in the league in 15 games.
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