A Midlands Derby, which sees Coventry travelling to Leicester and knowing a point or better will see them leapfrog Manchester City and move off the second bottom spot for the first time in eleven weeks
Leicester will be keen to avoid a 5th successive defeat
Peter Taylor's side have lost three away League on the trot to Manchester U, Charlton and Aston Villa. Prior to that they were knocked out of the FA Cup by Wycombe - a defeat which came hot on the heels of three victories
Leicester's last 11 matches have all produced conclusive results. They've recorded just two draws since 1 October
Coventry's 2-0 home win over Derby last time out last Saturday, was their first victory since knocking Swindon out of the FA Cup, 12 weeks ago
The Sky Blues have managed just clean sheets in their last three matches, after failing to kepp one in their eleven previous Premier League games
Leicester need to score just once to log 150 home goals in their Premiership history
The Foxes boast one player in Gary Rowett who has started all 38 of their League and Cup games, so far this season. Aston Villa keeper David James is the only other player from a Premiership club to equal such a feat
Victory here would be Coventry's 50th in the Premiership since Gordon Strachan became their manager in November 1996. It would also take the Sky Blues top flight points tally under Strachan to 200. They have 197 points from 171 matches at present
Leicester have hoping for a hat trick of victories, having won 1-0 on both of the last two corresponding Premier League matches with Coventry at Filbert Street
Coventry won the reverse fixture 1-0 in December when Craig Bellamy was on target. They are therefore on course for their first 'double' of the season, first 'double' over the Foxes in the Premiership, first League 'double' over Leicester for 20 years and 5th over them since the League fixture was first staged in 1919
* includes all games from the Premiership, Football League, FA Cup, League Cup and major European competitions
+ denotes Premiership and Football League
COVENTRY AT LEICESTER
Meetings
W
L
D
Premiership
5
1
2
2
League+
32
7
16
9
+ denotes Premiership and Football League
LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING FIXTURE
Date
Result
11 Aug 1999
Leicester C 1-0 Coventry C Leicester scorer: Izzet 24 pen Sent Off: Burrows (Cov) 60 Att: 19,196 - Ref: Neale Barry
THIS SEASON'S REVERSE FIXTURE
Date
Result
10 Dec 2000
Coventry C 1-0 Leicester C Coventry scorer: Bellamy 40 Att: 17,283 - Ref: Steve Dunn
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