Overview
- Kick-off is 7:45pm UK at the CBS Arena, with live coverage on Sky Sports Football and Main Event and streaming via Sky Go and NOW.
- Frank Lampard’s side arrive on a five-match winning run and have lost only once at home all season.
- Coventry are without Joel Latibeaudiere through a one-match ban and remain missing Jack Rudoni and Bobby Thomas with calf injuries, with a defensive reshuffle expected.
- Preston are five games without a win after a 3-1 home defeat to Oxford United and have slipped into the bottom half.
- Paul Heckingbottom awaits updates on forward Callum Lang’s foot problem and goalkeeper Daniel Iverson’s groin issue, while bookmakers make Coventry clear favourites.