Lowdown on Crawley Town's next opponents - Coventry City

Coventry City boss Mark RobinsCoventry City boss Mark Robins
Coventry City boss Mark Robins
Crawley Town travel to the Ricoh Arena tomorrow - and we spoke to Andy Turner, football writer for the Coventry Telegraph, to get the lowdown on how the team are doing this year.

What were Coventry's pre-season aspirations and how are they doing in comparison?

Mark Robins set his stall out from day one in the summer that he expects promotion back to League One at the first attempt, preferably by one of the three automatic spots. He claimed only the other week that he believes City are the best in the division (despite having just lost to Mansfield at home) and continues to have faith that his team can achieve their ambitions. Play-offs are a minimum for him and as far as the fans are concerned and they are currently on course, sitting in sixth place.

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What is the latest team news for Saturday and likely starting XI?

Key midfielder Liam Kelly had to go off after 20 minutes against Stevenage on Tuesday night with on-going bone bruising to a foot, which makes him a doubt and leaves 20-year-old Academy graduate Ben Stevenson on standby to fill in. Star forward Jodi Jones (five goals and numerous assists) is the biggest concern. He was stretchered off at the Lamex on Tuesday night and went to hospital to be assessed. As of Weds we are still no clearer as the the seriousness of the injury to his left knee, but he has to be a doubt for the weekend.

Veteran striker Stuart Beavon has missed the last two with a hamstring strain. On a brighter note, first choice right-back Jack Grimmer is expected to be available again after sitting out the last two games due to suffering concussion against Mansfield.

Leading scorer Duckens Nazon (on loan from Wolves) is available again after serving a one match suspension.

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Poss line-up (4-2-3-1): Lee Burge; Jack Grimmer, Jordan Willis, Rod McDonald, Ryan Haynes; Ben Stevenson, Michael Doyle; Devon Kelly-Evans, Marc McNulty, Jordan Shipley; Max Biamou.

Who is the manager and how''s he doing?