Coventry Metropolis earned a vital three factors towards title-challengers Middlesbrough on Tuesday and did so with out the companies of striker Haji Wright.
Wright missed the 4-2 EFL Championship victory because of a calf damage, supervisor Frank Lampard confirmed within the build-up to Tuesday’s match. The U.S. males’s nationwide group ahead returned to the Sky Blues bench final weekend, however was not risked in a 3-2 comeback victory over West Bromwich Albion.
Coventry Metropolis remained high of the league desk on Tuesday after utilizing a pair of late objectives to select up three factors on the Riverside Stadium. Ellis Simms and Liam Kitching each scored within the opening quarter-hour of the match earlier than Morgan Whittaker’s first-half end paired with an personal purpose from Bobby Thomas helped the hosts tie issues up after 49 minutes.
The Sky Blues would snatch all of the victory on the loss of life with Kitching scoring 5 minutes earlier than stoppage time and Simms including an insurance coverage purpose off the restart.
Wright’s damage doesn’t sound to be too critical, with Lampard getting ready to be with out his companies for as much as two weeks.
“He’s acquired a small quad damage so he’ll be lacking in all probability for the following couple of video games. We’ll see how he goes,” Lampard advised reporters. “He acquired it out in America off the again of the second recreation [USMNT friendly]. We expect it could be as much as two weeks. We hope it’s a low degree quad.”
Wright has eight league objectives to his identify this season, however hasn’t scored for Coventry Metropolis since October 4.
The league-leaders will subsequent host Charlton Athletic on November 29 earlier than back-to-back highway matches towards Ipswich City and Preston North Finish respectively.