3 things we clearly learnt about Coventry City after their 2-0 defeat to Hull

Coventry City would have been hoping to back up their recent triumph over Sheffield United by sealing all three points in their showdown with Hull City last night.

However, the Sky Blues were unable to deliver the goods in yesterday’s clash as the Tigers emerged victorious at the Coventry Building Society Arena.

Under-23s manager Luke Tisdale took charge of this fixture due to the fact that Mark Robins is currently self-isolating after testing positive for coronavirus.

Hull opened the scoring in the fourth minute as Richard Smallwood fired an effort past Coventry goalkeeper Simon Moore.

The visitors then doubled their advantage via a strike from Ryan Longman.

Coventry went close to pulling a goal back in the second-half as Ian Maatsen’s effort was judged not to have crossed the line.

As a result of this setback, the Sky Blues slipped to 11th in the league standings.

Here, we have decided to reflect on this display by taking a look at THREE things we clearly learnt about Coventry after their 2-0 defeat to Hull…

Michael Rose and Kyle McFadzean’s availability could play a major role in the club’s play-off push

Michael Rose and Kyle McFadzean were both forced to watch on from the sidelines yesterday as Ben Sheaf, Jake Clarke-Salter and Dominic Hyam started in central-defence.

This particular trio were unable to prevent Hull from scoring a decisive brace in the first-half of this fixture as Coventry missed out on the opportunity to make ground in the battle for a play-off place.

Rose is currently sidelined with a Covid-19 issue whilst McFadzean picked up a calf injury last weekend.

For Coventry’s sake, they will be hoping to call upon the services of this duo as much as possible between now and the end of the season as they