Coventry have made a very good start to their 2015/16 League One campaign. They currently sit in 4th place, three places above us, and have previously featured in the top spot down to some brilliant performances in the earlier stages of the season. They were top of the League after three games, in which they beat Wigan 2-0 at home, Millwall 4-0 at Millwall, then beat Crewe 3-2 at home, five of these nine goals coming from talented young striker Adam Armstrong. They then lost 2-1 at fellow West Midlands team, and current second place team, Walsall. Since then their form hasn't been quite as good, drawing 2-2 to Southend at home, winning 2-1 away at Burton but then losing 1-0 at Scunthorpe last weekend. However, their League Cup run ended early, losing on penalties to Rochdale in the first round after drawing 1-1 in normal time.
Tomorrow Saunders will be without first choice RB Drew Talbot who is suspended for one game, due to a very suspect sending off in last weekend's clash with Colchester. Novak finally managed to play a game without getting the sh*t kicked out of him last weekend, so he will be fully fit tomorrow, and Saunders is positive that Ebanks-Blake, Hird and O'Niel will all be back for tomorrow's match. New boy Chris Herd is fit and eligible to play, so he is likely to feature alongside Morsy in midfield, instead of Ollie Banks. Apart from Martinez, everyone is available to play tomorrow afternoon. The only Coventry absentees are Jordan Willis and James Maddison, with new signing Adam Jackson available, and Jim O'Brien returning from Illness which saw him absent last weekend.
Biggest Threat: Adam Armstrong
The 18 year old striker who is currently on loan from Newcastle, has proven to be a great signing for the Sky Blues this season. He is currently joint top scorer in the league, equal with Gillingham's Bradley Dack on 5 goals. Despite not scoring a goal in the last four games, Armstrong is still starting for City, and his quality is still obvious. He hasn't only scored lots of goals, he has scored some absolute belters. He scored twice against Millwall last month, one goal coming from around 35 yards out, and the other goal a classy chip. With the quality of Marcus Tudgay to help him out up front, Armstrong is a very tricky customer, and could be very annoying for Evatt to play against, because, let's face it, Evatt's strong point is not changing direction or running fast.
Score Prediction: Coventry City 3-2 Chesterfield
I can see another goal filled game coming our way, and I think with the quality Coventry possess going forward, they could be the side leaving with more goals. They are currently unbeaten at the Ricoh, winning two and losing one of the games they have played. In the recent weeks we have proven we have lots of goal scorers, Jay O'Shea, Dan Gardner, Sam Morsy, Lee Novak and even Dan Jones all getting on the score sheet in the last three games. However, with the two quality centre backs that Coventry have, Reda Johnson and Sam Ricketts, I don't think goals will come as freely as last weekend. Also, it doesn't take a genius to work out that our defence is a weak point, conceding six goals in the last two games, four of those coming in the last ten minutes, and Coventry will be out to prove a point after a disappointing loss to Scunthorpe last weekend. Hopefully the boys can prove me wrong, and prove dark blue is the best shade of blue.
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