Draw takes Coventry to cusp of the Premier League
Coventry City crept ever closer to ending its Premier League exile despite being forced to battle for its 0-0 draw away to Championship promotion hopeful Hull City.
On a day that saw Middlesbrough and Millwall both drop points, the Sky Blues now need just four points to guarantee a return to the top flight for the first time in 25 years.
Hull came close to opening the scoring in the 15th minute when Amir Hadziahmetovic's cross into the box saw Carl Rushworth fail to claim, with the loose ball falling to John Egan, who saw his shot cleared off the line by Liam Kitching.
Frank Lampard's side improved as the first half went on but only managed to test Ivor Pandur once through Victor Torp's curling effort from the edge of the penalty area.
Joe Gelhardt and Oliver McBurnie saw tame headers easily gathered by Rushworth, but Coventry had an appeal for a second-half penalty waved away by referee David Webb.
A cross from the left from Milan van Ewijk appeared to strike the hand of Hull captain Lewie Coyle, but the spot-kick was not given as Ellis Simms wildly lashed over the crossbar in the 77th minute as the spoils were shared.
