Coventry vs Southend preview
Friday 28 December 2018 12:23, UK
Coventry will hope to have Luke Thomas available for the visit of Southend.
Thomas went off in the Sky Blues' Boxing Day win over Charlton with a head injury which saw him lose consciousness.
He will now go through the relevant procedures with head injuries to see whether he has suffered concussion.
Mark Robins will assess the rest of his squad for any knocks as they aim to build on that win over the Addicks, which ended a nine-game winless run.
Southend should have Dru Yearwood available at the Ricoh Arena.
The youngster came off with cramp in the Shrimpers' 1-0 win at Oxford on Boxing Day, but will have recovered in time.
The quick turnaround could mean that goalkeeper Mark Oxley and Harry Bunn continue to miss out.
Oxley has a back injury and midfielder Bunn has a thigh problem which have kept them out of recent matches.
Opta stats
Since winning four successive home league games against Southend between September 1956 and October 1960, Coventry are without a win in their last six (D3 L3).
The last six home games Coventry have hosted against Southend in the league have seen 28 goals (average of 4.7 goals per game) - the Sky Blues scoring 11 and conceding 17.
Coventry have lost just one of their last six home league games (W3 D2), going 1-2 down to Luton.
Southend are looking to win back-to-back league games for the first time since October after their win at Oxford on Boxing Day.
40% of Coventry's 25 league goals this season have come in the final 15 minutes of their games (10), the highest ratio in League One.
