Coventry - Chesterfield preview - Duo out of Sky Blues thinking

Posted Saturday, December 27, 2014 by PA

Coventry will be without Adam Barton and James Maddison when they host Chesterfield on Sunday.

The Sky Blues were 2-0 down when the midfielders were dismissed in the second half for second bookable offences and they will serve one-match suspensions. City have won just three of their last 10 league outings and manager Steven Pressley says it is a must-win fixture. He told the club's website: "Chesterfield are a very good side with a very good squad of players, we expect another tough game like every game in this league.

"We need to get wins over this Christmas period so we really have to win."

It looks like Chesterfield will have an unchanged squad, although Blues boss Paul Cook may make some changes to his starting line-up.

The Spireites saw a handful of players return to contention against Peterborough on Boxing Day and the likes of Dan Jones, available again after suspension, Dan Gardner, fit again following a knee injury, and Ollie Banks, who has been recalled from his loan spell at Northampton, could come into Cook's thinking.

James O'Shea and Gboly Ariyibi are also options, while full-back Drew Talbot could make his long-awaited return from a groin injury with a place on the bench.

Midfielder Sam Morsy remains unavailable as he completes a three-match suspension following his red card against Bradford on December 13.