Source: PA
Double blow for Sky Blues
Coventry will be without Marlon King and James McPake for their FA Cup third-round tie at home to Crystal Palace.
Striker King is serving the second game of his three-match ban having been sent off in the 1-1 draw against Ipswich on New Year`s Day.
McPake, meanwhile, was forced off early in Monday`s 2-1 defeat at Barnsley and has since been found to have two fractures of his lower back which will rule him out for months and not weeks.
The exact length of the centre-back`s rehabilitation is not yet known but it is likely he could require surgery and may possibly miss the rest of the season.
Fellow central defender Ben Turner is a couple of weeks away from his return from a lengthy knee injury, leaving manager Aidy Boothroyd with a defensive decision to make against Palace.
But the City boss is left in no doubt about the importance of the cup encounter, he said: "Some people don`t put full-strength teams out and I think you have to respect the cup. We`ll be picking a team that`s strong and a team that is looking to win the game. The club has won it, there`s a big history around here and one of my ambitions is to stop people talking about 1987 and start talking about a different year that is successful."
