Play-off hopes hit as the Baggies see RED

ALBION dropped to eighth in the Championship table as Coventry took a huge step in the race for the play-off places after beating the ten-man Baggies 2-0 in front of a record-breaking crowd at the CBS Arena.

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Jack Rudoni and Matt Grimes scored either side of half-time to put Frank Lampard’s men three points clear of seventh-placed Middlesbrough, who beat lowly Plymouth 2-1.

West Brom, who saw Callum Styles sent off moments after Grimes had netted the second, sit six points behind the sixth-placed Sky Blues with three games to play.

Coventry had to wait 96 minutes for their winner over Portsmouth in their last home outing but were up and running after just six minutes when Rudoni slammed Haji Wright’s deflected cross past an unsighted Josh Griffiths.

The Sky Blues caused problems down the left throughout the first half, and Wright forced Griffiths into a save shortly after when he cut inside and fired at goal.

Liam Kitching could have doubled the lead when his close-range header was kept out by Griffiths.

After the break, the Albion keeper scrambled across to his goal to claw away Jay Dasilva’s goal-bound cross. Albion had full advantage by nipping in and calmly slotting into the corner to the delight of over 31,000 in attendance.