Coventry City are boosted by the return of Tatsuhiro Sakamoto and Victor Torp to fitness but are missing Milan van Ewijk as they go in search of their first ever league win at Preston North End.

Frank Lampard has made three changes to his Sky Blues side from the weekend and switched formation to what looks like a 3-4-3 system on paper.

That means Luke Woolfenden comes in for a rare start at the heart of the defence with Bobby Thomas and Liam Kitching either side, while Jay Dasilva is likely to operate as a left wing-back and Kaine Kesler-Hayden on the right on his first return to Deepdale where he was player of the year last season during an impressive loan spell from Aston Villa.

It’s unclear at this stage whether Van Ewijk is ill or injured, but the virtually ever-present defender i

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