Sunderland welcome Coventry to the Stadium of Light tonight, as they aim to defend their one goal advantage. The Black Cats are now heavy favourites to make the playoff final, as avoiding defeat is all that stands between Sunderland and Wembley.

Sunderland have reached the Championship play-off final after a dramatic 3-2 aggregate win over Coventry City. Scorers: Ballard 120+3'; Mason-Clark 75'Ephron Mason-Clark broke the deadlock in the

Frank Lampard watched on as his Coventry side conceded against Sunderland in the 120th minute to leave their play-off promotion hopes in tatters at the Stadium of Light

Sunderland and Coventry go head to head at the Stadium of Light on Tuesday night for the second leg of their Championship play-off semi final, with the hosts holding a 2-1 lead from the first leg.

Regis Le Bris has guided Sunderland to the Championship play-off final in his first season in charge of the Black Cats

Sunderland has booked a showdown with Sheffield United for a place in the Premier League. Dan Ballard bundled in a goal in stoppage time of extra time to earn Sunderland a 1-1 draw with Coventry and a 3-2 victory on aggregate in the Championship playoff semifinals.

Sunderland's 2-1 win in the first leg was their first victory against Coventry since February 2007, ending a run of 10 games without a win against the Sky Blues (D5 L5). Coventry have won two of their past five away games against Sunderland in all competitions (D3), having won just one of their first 18 visits to the Black Cats (D8 L9).

Coventry City live match night blog from CoventryLive as Sky Blues reporter Andy Turner brings you updates from the play-off semi-final second leg against Sunderland