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FOOTBALL - Coventry City drop goalkeeper Bradley Collins for final day clash against Middlesbrough

Aaron Sutcliffe 3rd May, 2025 Updated: 3rd May, 2025   0

COVENTRY City have dropped goalkeeper Bradley Collins for their final day clash against play-off rivals Middlesbrough.

Sky Blues head coach Frank Lampard has taken the bold decision to drop Collins to the bench with Ben Wilson handed a first league start since October in goal.

City also recall Milan van Ewijk, Bobby Thomas and Jake Bidwell in defence with the rest of the starting line-up unchanged from the club’s defeat at Luton Town.

It means Liam Kitching completes the defence with Matt Grimes and Ben Sheaf in midfield.

And Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Jack Rudoni and Haji Wright play behind Ellis Simms in attack.

Defenders Joel Latibeaudiere and Luis Binks drop to the bench alongside Collins.




Kick-off is at 12.30pm at the Coventry Building Society Arena.

Coventry’s starting XI: Wilson; van Ewijk, Thomas, Kitching, Bidwell; Grimes, Sheaf; Sakamoto, Rudoni, Wright; Simms.


Substitutes: Collins, Binks, Latibeaudiere, Eccles, Allen, Paterson, Raphael, Thomas-Asante, Moore.

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