With injuries continuing to limit Frank Lampard’s options, the January transfer window can’t come quickly enough for Coventry City .

But with five games to go before the mid-term window opens the Sky Blues boss has to continue to find a way to maintain the club’s grip at the top of the Championship.

There’s a quick turn-around from the weekend’s defeat at Ipswich Town as City head to the north west to take on Preston North End at bogey ground Deepdale, where the West Midlands club have never won a league match.

The good news, however, is that Victor Torp should be back in contention after sitting out due to sickness at Portman Road, while winger Tatsuhiro Sakamoto is hoped to have completed all of his return protocols after suffering a concussion at Middlesbrough a fortnight ago.

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