EFL Championship: Coventry Leads, Leicester Struggles

0:00It's April 3rd. This is Lester News today, local news powered by AI. The EFL Championship heats up this Friday, 3rd of April, with a full slate of games kicking off. Middlesbrough faces Millwall at 1230, then 8 matches hit at 3pm, including Lester City against Preston North End, and Coventry. City holes Derby County at 8pm. Coventry leaves the table with 80 points from 39 games, followed by Middlesbrough on 71, and Ipswich Town on 69. Meanwhile, the promotion race stays tight, with Millwall, Hall City, Southampton and Rexham all in striking distance inside the top 8. Down at the bottom, Sheffield wins they sits dead last on negative 6 points after heavy deductions, while Lester hit with a 6 point penalty. Languishes in 22nd, on 39 points. Fans are buzzing about the relegation scrap, where Port Smith, Oxford United and Lester fight to climb out. Preston holds mid-table at 13th, with 52 points, but their form has been shaky lately.

1:03Mirroring Lester struggles. Head-to-head stats show Preston edging Lester historically, with 14 wins to 12 in 39 meetings. Lester's poor run. They've won just one of their last 13 league games, could spell trouble. Though they've kept two clean sheets in their past. Three. All eyes on these results to shake up the standings before the playoffs and relegation spots lock-in.