Suspension kicks in, improving Coventry City’s XG and hand strapping mystery addressed – Inside the CBS Arena.

CoventryLive provides news about Coventry City as Sky Blues correspondent Andy Turner offers you a round-up from within and outside the club.

It’s an exciting moment to be a Coventry City supporter after a 12-game unbeaten start to the new Championship season, with six wins in a row leading into Friday night’s match at Wrexham.

Meanwhile, the Red Dragons, who are 16th in the table, face a significant Carabao Cup fixture against Welsh rivals Cardiff City at the Racecourse Ground on Tuesday night – a game that may send them to the competition’s quarter-finals.
Phil Parkinson’s side includes four former Sky Blues:

centre-backs Dom Hyam and Callum Doyle, the latter of whom will serve the third of a three-match punishment following a red card on Friday, and midfielders Matty James and Ben Sheaf.

Former captain Sheaf, meantime, was injured and missed the weekend’s remarkable 1-1 draw at Middlesbrough as well as the previous encounter, and he is doubtful for the midweek fixture against Cardiff.

Ban kicks in

Frank Lampard will be without Milan van Ewijk on Friday due to a one-match ban for picking up his fifth yellow card of the season against Watford.

Kaine Kesler-Hayden, a summer signing, could fill in as a right-back or right wing-back if Lampard opts for a back three, as he did against Portsmouth.

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