Coventry City are this week preparing to resume hostilities with Midlands rivals Birmingham after the club’s bounce-back season in League One.

The Sky Blues have lost just one league game in their last eight meetings with their neighbours from just down the M6 – last April’s 3-0 defeat at St Andrew’s. But Coventry have won their last two encounters at the CBS Arena, 2-0 on both occasions, as well as recording a memorable 4-2 win in Brum in April 2022.

And buoyed by another sell-out big game atmosphere, hopes will be high that Frank Lampard can mastermind another encounter to savour. Question is, how will his team look for the 12.30pm kick-off?

Well, unexpected injuries or illness aside, the head coach’s starting line-up is fairly settled at the minute, including in goal where Carl Rus

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