Wrexham's playoff hopes take hit after loss at Championship winners Coventry

[p]Phil Parkinson's side trailed to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/brandon-thomas-asante/2TmTgQFn/"]Brandon Thomas-Asante[/a]'s close-range finish [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/coventry-GOvB22xg/wrexham-IgO7K1ZA/?mid=dxchKhY2"]in the 19th minute at the CBS Arena[/a].[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rathbone-oliver/pCyElpyO/"]Oliver Rathbone[/a] equalised with a composed strike six minutes later.[/p][p]But [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/torp-victor/CpUKlnfJ/"]Victor Torp[/a] netted an 80th-minute free-kick and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mason-clarke-ephron/Mq74esLD/"]Ephron Mason-Clark[/a] fired home in stoppage time to seal [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/coventry/GOvB22xg/"]Coventry[/a]'s 27th win in 45 second-tier matches this term.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/wrexham/IgO7K1ZA/"]Wrexham[/a] remain in sixth place, clinging onto the last playoff berth.[/b][/p][p]They are level on points with seventh-placed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hull-city/S66R0t75/"]Hull[/a], who lost at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/charlton/fXf5mQ7t/"]Charlton[/a] on Saturday, and hold the goal difference advantage at +4 over the Tigers' +3.[/p][embed guid="33f60d7d-9caf-42a3-b251-301b533d5cee" url="https://x.com/Wrexham_AFC/status/2048389739774886194" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/derby/Iug0YO0Q/"]Derby[/a], in eighth place after beating [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/qpr/lrMHUHDc/"]QPR[/a] on Saturday, are also in the playoff hunt, trailing Wrexham and Hull by one point.[/p][p]Wrexham host [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/middlesbrough/6F0lvLNC/"]Middlesbrough[/a] in their final game of the regular season on May 2nd, while Hull are at home to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/norwich/Qo6off6p/"]Norwich[/a], and Derby meet [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sheffield-utd/MeKPSerA/"]Sheffield United[/a] at Pride Park.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/millwall/6uz2cJBL/"]Millwall[/a], Middlesbrough and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/southampton/WdKOwxDM/"]Southampton[/a] are already assured of playoff spots.[/b][/p][p]Coventry's promotion was confirmed last week, and they wrapped up the Championship title by thrashing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/portsmouth/zckREQFJ/"]Portsmouth[/a] on Tuesday.[/p][p]Frank Lampard's team will be back in the Premier League next season after a 25-year absence.[/p][image alt="Wrexham occupy the Championship's final play-off position" id="2ca12870-1544-4c8f-bca9-2e4fc64e6d6c" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="58f8c5a0-3362-46d3-b503-b30d639443e5" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ipswich/thqhB2MB/"]Ipswich[/a] hold the second automatic promotion place above Millwall on goal difference.[/p][p]Kieran McKenna's side will return to the Premier League 12 months after relegation if they take four points from their last two games against Southampton and QPR.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/england/championship/"]Follow the Championship with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]