Big match preview: AFC Wimbledon vs Sky Blues

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LAST MEETING

Saturday, February 24, 2004

Wimbledon 0

Sky Blues 3

Julian Joachim (9)

Patrick Suffo (40)

Bjarni Gudjonsson (63)

Attendance: 5,905

Wimbledon: Banks, Darlington, Lewington, Herzig, Gier, Campbell-Ryce, Hawkins, Chorley, McKoy (Gray 45), Small (Gordon 74), Mackie (Holdsworth 59. Substitutes not used: Worgan (goalkeeper), Kamara.

Sky Blues: Shearer, Deloumeaux, Konjic, Clarke, Grainger, Gudjonsson (Barrett 80), Doyle, Safri (Shaw 75), Warnock (McSheffrey 84), Joachim, Suffo. Substitutes not used: Pead, Ward

Booked: Deloumeaux, Grainger.

Sent off: Lewington

This match was played at the National Hockey Stadium in the year Wimbledon made their franchise transition to Milton Keynes Dons.

HEAD TO HEAD

Michael Smith vs Andy Webster: On loan from Charlton and playing as a lone striker, 6ft 4ins target-man Smith has notched six goals this season and is eager to get back into the groove after drawing a blank in his last three outings. He certainly represents an aerial threat, particularly in set-piece situations, so the Sky Blues will be looking to Webster to maintain the commanding form that helped them log clean sheets in the victories against Walsall and Notts County.

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FANS ASK

Adrian 'Ado' Goss asked : 'What's your perfect Sunday?'

Steven Pressley replied: 'These days, a home win at Sixfields followed by a couple of glasses of red with my wife.'

MAN IN BLACK

Darren Drysdale (Lincolnshire): Was in charge at Gigg Lane last season when City, in Lee Carsley's first match as caretaker manager, clipped Bury 2-0, Leon Clarke striking in the third minute and Carl Baker wrapping it up in the second half. He was also the man in the middle at the Ricoh Arena in November 2011 when Lucas Jutkiewicz earned the Sky Blues a 1-1 draw after Peter Whittingham had nudged Cardiff City into the lead early in the second half.

PREDICTIONS

Viv Wood: 2-1 to Coventry ... Ian Small: Win 2-0 - Baker and Wilson ... James Kearney: 2-0 Coventry - Vinnie Jones own goal ... Shakeel Goulthorp: 5-0 City ... Alan Walker: Big game tonight - Cov to win 2-1 ... Chris Howe: Coventry 2-0 ... Connor Hipperson: Afc 2 Coventry 8 ... Steve Kimberley: 1-0 to City - Mabbutt own-goal (or is that the wrong team?) ... Chris Meeson: 4-0 Coventry ... Baz Twaites: 4-0 to City - Clarke 2, Wilson and Moussa. PUSB... David Spencer: I have had a bet on 6-0. PUSB ... Chris Tse: Coventry to win 2-1 ... Darren Rooney: 2-1 to the Sky Blues ... Dave 'Shower Gel' Ford: Sky Blues to take a 3-0 win ... Steve 'Eggy' Lee: 3-0 - Baker first scorer... Rob Ridgeway: 4-1 Sky Blues ... @davewebb1988: Wimbledon 2 Sky Blues 5 ... Colin 'Skyblue' Taylor: 3-2 City.

THE SQUADS

AFC Wimbledon last time (4-5-1): Ross Worner; Barry Fuller, Alan Bennett, Andy Frampton, Callum Kennedy;George Francomb (83 mins, Kevin Sainte-Luce), Harry Pell (83 mins, Charlie Sheringham), Peter Sweeney, Sammy Moore, George Porter; Michael Smith. Substitutes not used: Sebastian Brown (goalkeeper), Rhys Weston, Jim Fenlon, Luke Moore, Jack Midson.

Coventry City last time (4-4-2): Joe Murphy; Aaron Phillips, Andy Webster, Jordan Clarke, Blair Adams; Carl Baker (88 mins, Louis Garner), Conor Thomas (87 mins, Adam Barton), John Fleck, Franck Moussa; Leon Clarke, Callum Wilson (80 mins, Jamar Loza). Substitutes not used: Lee Burge (goalkeeper), Ryan Haynes, Cyrus Christie, Ben Maund. Suspended: Fleck. 50-50: Billy Daniels. Cup-tied: Loza.

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