Coventry against The Tractor Boys, Leicester against Derby, along with More Football Action Updates
Greetings to a busy night of Football League as well as continental football fixtures. Our focus includes key Championship clashes plus those crucial last pool games in this Afcon tournament.
Introduction
Oh, hi folks. You are welcome to the arguably the penultimate football live blog of 2025. We have an extensive Football League programme, kicking off with Ipswich's trip to Coventry at 18:00, and we will also monitor at least a third of an eye on both night fixtures from Group A at this Afcon: Zambia against the hosts Morocco and Comoros v Mali.
We'll be focussing on these games, all 7.45pm start times except where noted.
Afcon 2025
- The Coelacanths versus Mali (7pm)
- The Copper Bullets v The Atlas Lions (7pm)
Second Division Matches
- The Sky Blues versus Ipswich (18:00)
- Leicester versus The Rams
- Boro versus The Tigers
- The Lions v The Robins
- The Red Dragons v Preston
League One
- Cardiff versus Boro
Latest Team News
Coventry v Ipswich Team News
The early game, between the teams who are first and third in the second tier, could be an exciting match. These are the starting elevens.
Coventry City (a 4-2-3-1 formation) The goalkeeper; the right-back, the centre-back, the defender, Brau; the midfielder, Grimes; the winger, Rudoni, Mason-Clark; Wright.
Subs: The backup keeper, the midfielder, the forward, the defender, the full-back, the defender, Eccles, Perry, Andrews.
Ipswich Town (a 4-2-3-1 setup) The shot-stopper; Furlong, O’Shea, the defender, the left-back; Matusiwa, the midfielder; Walle, Nunez, the winger; Azon.
Subs: Palmer, the defender, Johnson, the defender, Cajuste, Burns, the forward, the attacker, Akpom.
The official Anthony Backhouse (Cumbria).
Africa Cup of Nations: Group A Scenarios
It's a tricky picture. It always is when some but not all third-place sides progress. Here’s how things look before this evening's final round of games.
- Morocco 4 points, GD+2
- The Eagles 2pts, GD0 (goals scored 2)
- The Copper Bullets 2pts, 0 goal difference (with 1 goal for)
- Comoros 1 point, GD-2
Briefly, Morocco are probably fine but will want to defeat their opponents to win their pool. Zambia likely requires at least a point versus the hosts. Comoros probably must to beat their rivals, who should advance if they get a draw.
A host of potential results and permutations.
Angola v Egypt Latest
The final act of the second group at this continental championship has coverage elsewhere. If you don’t want to know the score, avoid following that coverage.
Second Tier Table Overview
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coventry | 23 | 31 | 51 |
| 2 | Middlesbrough | 23 | 9 | 43 |
| 3 | Ipswich | 23 | 15 | 38 |
| 4 | Hull | 23 | 2 | 38 |
| 5 | Preston North End | 23 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | Bristol City | 23 | 7 | 36 |
| 7 | Millwall | 23 | -6 | 36 |
| 8 | Watford | 23 | 4 | 35 |
| 9 | QPR | 23 | -2 | 35 |
| 10 | Stoke | 23 | 7 | 34 |
| 11 | Derby | 23 | 1 | 32 |
| 12 | Southampton | 23 | 4 | 31 |
| 13 | Wrexham | 23 | 2 | 31 |
| 14 | Leicester | 23 | -1 | 31 |
| 15 | Birmingham | 23 | 1 | 30 |
| 16 | West Brom | 23 | -5 | 28 |
| 17 | Charlton | 22 | -6 | 27 |
| 18 | Blackburn | 22 | -4 | 26 |
| 19 | Sheff Utd | 23 | -5 | 26 |
| 20 | Swansea | 23 | -7 | 26 |
| 21 | Oxford Utd | 23 | -8 | 22 |
| 22 | Portsmouth | 22 | -10 | 22 |
| 23 | Norwich | 23 | -9 | 21 |
| 24 | Sheff Wed | 22 | -27 | -8 |
