Much of the build-up to the biggest and most-anticipated game of the Championship season was all about who had the mental edge. Would it be off-colour Coventry City, who has seen a 10-point lead at the top crumble into a two-point gap to new leaders Middlesbrough? Or Boro, who had strutted to the summit off the back of six wins in a row? Haji Wright's hat-trick, the backbone of the Sky Blues' superb 3-1 win at the CBS Arena on Monday, roared out the answer. BBC Sport picks through the reaction and how both sides might approach the rest of the campaign.

Source: BBC February 17, 2026 15:19 UTC