Blackpool preview

Coventry City make their final away journey of the year on Saturday and it's to the seaside they go to face Blackpool.

Speaking after the defeat by Stoke City: 'We've got to eradicate those individual mistakes at the back and take our chances better when we are going forward.'

Danny Coid made his comeback from a hamstring injury against Wrexham reserves in midweek while boss Simon Grayson is pondering a call-up for hotshot youngster Danny Mitchley.

The on-loan West Brom striker will be looking to get his name on the scoresheet a few times before heading back to the Hawthorns in January.

Leon McKenzie is struggling to shake off a thigh strain.

'That's going to go right to the wire,' Iain Dowie told the Telegraph with Dele Adebola and Kevin Kyle both in the frame to start if McKenzie doesn't make it.

Slightly out-of-sorts last week, the Maltese star remains City's most likely source of a goal.

City's last trip to Bloomfield Road was in the League Cup in 1997 when David Linighan's goal gave the home side a 1-0 first-leg win.

Anthony Taylor of Greater Manchester takes charge.

Crystal Palace at home for the Sky Blues on Boxing Day, a trip to Sheffield United for the Tangerines.

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