Coventry City returns to Championship action, they will be hoping to avoid suffering from an FA Cup hangover and to wrap off their league campaign as strongly as possible.
At the CBS Arena, Hull City stands in their way. Liam Rosenior’s team will be trying to maintain their play-off aspirations there, assuming Norwich makes mistakes in their remaining games. For the Sky Blues, who are nine points out of sixth place, it appears to be a difficult order, but Mark Robins won’t be expecting anything less than his players to give it their best in the last four games.
Coventry has had a very short turnaround from 120 minutes of emotionally taxing and physically taxing sorrow at Wembley, and the manager will undoubtedly keep that in mind when choosing his starting lineup on Wednesday night.Due to an ankle injury, Fabio Tavares had to leave Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final during extra time, making him questionable for the match.
After impressing the boss with their performance against Manchester United, the youthful forward—along with five other second-half substitutes—hinted that they might well have earned a spot back in his lineup for the remaining games.
If that is the case, center-half Luis Binks, who came on to replace Liam Kitching shortly after the hour, has to be one of the most notable players. He played fearlessly and aggressively. As a result, the Bologna loanee defender has a good chance of playing with regular first-pick defender Bobby Thomas against the Tigers.
Another noteworthy move was Jay Dasilva’s late appearance in lieu of Jake Bidwell. He replaced Bidwell in the 79th minute and played for slightly more than 40 minutes. That means his legs should be somewhat fresher. Joel Latibeaudiere is probably going to start at right-back, especially if Tavares is out. Milan van Ewijk will have to play on the right wing.
That being said, Kasey Palmer is anticipated to serve out his sentence and may be used wide, if he doesn’t enter the game to replace Callum O’Hare, who participated in the whole contest at Wembley.
Josh Eccles and Ben Sheaf will probably start in midfield again unless Liam Kelly, who didn’t play at all over the weekend, is added back to the team to give it some fresh energy. Following his impressive performance, Victor Torp will also be a viable possibility. Jamie Allen, who hasn’t played in nearly three months, might be a late substitute from the bench.
The top scorers, Ellis Simms and Haji Wright, who have scored 18 and 19 goals respectively, would be eager to get their tally up to 20, however using Matty Godden would be the prudent course of action. If the manager decides Brad Collins needs a mental vacation, the only other adjustment that may be made is to the goal.
Ben Wilson; Joel Latibeadiere, Bobby Thomas, Luis Binks, Jay Dasilva; Josh Eccles, Ben Sheaf; Milan van Ewijk, Kasey Palmer, Haji Wright, Ellis Simms is the predicted City squad against Hull.
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