The impact that Callum O’Hare has had on Coventry City since returning from injury can’t be overstated.

Prior to the 25th October 2023, O’Hare’s last appearance for the club was back on Boxing Day of the previous year. The Sky Blues played Sheffield United at Bramall Lane and, after just seven minutes, the attacking midfielder suffered an injury that would keep him out of action for almost a year.

O’Hare had damaged his Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) and, as manager Mark Robins later confirmed, he was going to miss the rest of the 2022/23 season. He’d registered three assists in 11 games up until that fateful moment, and we wouldn’t see him on a pitch again for almost exactly 10 months.

Robins said that it was a “huge blow” for the club, but it’d be safe to say that he, and the rest of the squad, have been delighted to have him back because his performances have lifted this team out of a rut.

Coventry City since Callum O’Hare returned from injury

Before O’Hare came back from his ACL injury, Coventry were 20th in the Championship table, after 13 matches. They were only on one more point than Huddersfield Town, and they were only six points above the relegation zone. Now, though, they are seventh in the league and are right in the mix for the play-offs, just one point off Hull City in sixth place.

If the Championship were to have started from O’Hare’s comeback onwards, then they would be fifth in the table. Only Southampton, Leeds United, Leicester City, and Ipswich Town (the current top four) have been better than Coventry since the 25-year-old made his return.