Championship roundup: Coventry miss chance to seal promotion, Leicester lose again

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/middlesbrough/6F0lvLNC/"]Middlesbrough[/a]'s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/middlesbrough-6F0lvLNC/portsmouth-zckREQFJ/?mid=vBTkhUcU"]1-0 defeat[/a] to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/portsmouth/zckREQFJ/"]Portsmouth[/a] meant Frank Lampard's men would have secured promotion had they beaten the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sheffield-wed/llcCvIcG/"]Owls[/a].[/p][p]But the enormity of the occasion appeared to get to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/coventry/GOvB22xg/"]Coventry[/a] as they fired a rare blank at home this season.[/p][p][b]"We normally score here, we normally win games here, so we have to keep a bit of perspective," [/b]said Lampard.[/p][p][b]"I know there's a pressure and everyone wants to release the pressure by getting it done and now we have to move onto the next one."[/b][/p][embed guid="491f38f6-3210-4b1f-b818-5d1119314bbf" url="https://x.com/Coventry_City/status/2042991059698094271" social-type="twitter" /][p]It remains a matter of when, not if, the Sky Blues will secure Premier League status as they moved [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/coventry-GOvB22xg/sheffield-wed-llcCvIcG/?mid=IeusfjTH"]12 points clear[/a] of third-placed Millwall with four games remaining and have a vastly superior goal difference.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ipswich/thqhB2MB/"]Ipswich[/a] took a massive step towards joining Coventry in the top flight next season with a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/ipswich-thqhB2MB/norwich-Qo6off6p/?mid=UZ8aCXrn"]2-0 win at local rivals Norwich[/a].[/p][p]First-half goals from Jaden Philogene and George Hirst completed a first league double over their East Anglian neighbours for 33 years.[/p][p]Kieran McKenna's men moved two points ahead of Millwall and have two games in hand in the battle for automatic promotion.[/p][embed guid="f80c1673-2aa8-4571-b066-7247311a6f86" url="https://x.com/IpswichTown/status/2043014967872409650" social-type="twitter" /][p]Middlesbrough's challenge for a top-two finish has come off the rails at the business end of the campaign as they are now six games without a win.[/p][p]Andre Dozzell's deflected effort seven minutes into stoppage time gave Pompey's bid for survival a huge boost.[/p][p]Portsmouth's victory also plunged Leicester ever closer to the third tier, just a decade on from winning the Premier League.[/p][p]The Foxes lost their appeal against a six-point deduction for breaching financial rules this week.[/p][p]A [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/leicester-KrrdAMyI/swansea-K6xezbY7/?mid=vX0CN6Nc"]1-0 home defeat to Swansea[/a] leaves them second from bottom and four points adrift of safety.[/p][embed guid="3ad727f2-c3b8-44c1-921f-d0720d46e0e9" url="https://x.com/LCFC/status/2042994476243681494" social-type="twitter" /][p]Southampton's stunning form continued as they came from behind for a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/derby-Iug0YO0Q/southampton-WdKOwxDM/?mid=A7af17zo"]2-1 win over Derby[/a] to solidify their place in the play-off places.[/p][p]Leo Scienza and Taylor Harwood-Bellis struck for the FA Cup semi-finalists as Southampton extended their unbeaten run to 17 games.[/p][p]Hull's play-off hopes were dented by a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/hull-S66R0t75/sheffield-utd-MeKPSerA/?mid=vP8O6TCN"]2-1 defeat at Sheffield United[/a], dropping them to sixth.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/oxford-utd-vgOBT43c/watford-UmMRoGzp/?mid=AqH7ABDb"]Oxford beat Watford 2-0[/a] to remain just one point adrift of safety.[/p]