Coventry City and Newcastle have named their starting squads for their meeting at the Coventry Building Society Arena in the Premier League on Monday.
The second-bottom hosts picked up their first win of the top-flight season defeating Nottingham Forest away last time and they will move out of the relegation zone if they win again.
Newcastle they lost their last away game 4–1 at Leeds United on 14 September, but bounced back to beat Hull City 2–1 at home five days later.
The Magpies, ranked eleventh, are five points above Coventry and will pass ninth with a draw or fourth with a win.
Coventry confirmed the starting line-up against Newcastle United
Coventry made two changes from this win at Forest as Milan van Ewijk returns from a hamstring injury coming in alongside Sidiki Cherif for Stephen Mfuni and Frank Onyeka who drop to the bench.
Defender Joel Latibeaudiere is also among the substitutes after being a doubt, but full-back Kaine Kesler-Hayden is out with a hamstring problem.
Defenders Aurele Amenda (knee) and Luke Woolfenden (knee), midfielder Josh Eccles (knee) and forward Haji Wright (muscle) are injured.
City of Coventry: Carl Rushworth, Milan van Ewijk, Ethan Pinnock, Bobby Thomas, Jay Dasilva, Jack Rudoni, Caleb Yirenkyi, Matt Grimes, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Sidiki Cherif, Ephron Mason-Clark
Substitutes: Dan Bentley, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Ellis Simms, Stephen Mfuni, Frank Onyeka, Joel Latibeaudiere, Victor Torp, Yann Gboho, Gustavo Hamer
Full Newcastle line-up against Coventry City
Newcastle made one change from the side that beat Hull, with Nico Gonzalez returning from concussion to start in place of Sean Steur in midfield.
Joelinton is included in the matchday squad for the first time this season after recovering from a thigh injury and is one of several injury returnees to feature on the bench.
Captain Dan Burn (ankle) and William Osula (knee) return among the substitutes along with right-back Amar Dedic.
Full-back Tino Livramento and winger Anthony Elanga (both knocks) and midfielder Jacob Ramsey (thigh) are sidelined. Goalkeeper Ewen Jaouen is out with a hamstring injury.
Newcastle United: Lukas Hornicek, Jacob Murphy, Malick Thiaw, Sven Botman, Lewis Hall, Nico Gonzalez, Lewis Miley, Joe Willock, Yoane Wissa, Harvey Barnes, Matias Fernandez-Pardo
Substitutes: Nick Pope, Fabian Schar, Joelinton, Aladji Bamba, William Osula, Sean Steur, Bazoumana Toure, Dan Burn, Amar Dedic
Where to watch Coventry vs Newcastle: TV channel, live streaming online
Kick-off on Monday is at 20:00 BST (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT), with live UK coverage on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Ultra.
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Coventry City vs Newcastle United Premier League Stats
- This is the first time the two sides have met in the league since 2009/10 in the Championship and the first time in the Premier League since 2000/01
- Coventry have lost seven of their last eight league games against Newcastle United (W1), including their last five in a row.
- They have lost both of their Premier League games at home this season by a total of 6-0 and could become the sixth team in the competition’s history to lose each of their first three home games of a campaign without scoring, following Everton in 2005/06, Crystal Palace in 2017/18, Burnley in 2020/21, Wolves in 2020/21 and Wolves in 2021/2223.
- Only one team in the history of the English top flight has lost the first four games of a season without scoring, but then won the next two games, with Derby County doing so in 1899/00.
- Only against Crystal Palace (5) has Coventry’s Frank Lampard won more Premier League games as a manager than against Newcastle (3). As a player, Lampard won 16 Premier League games against the Magpies, only winning more against Sunderland (19) and Tottenham (18).
- Before the start of this weekend’s games, Newcastle (97) and Coventry (87) had faced more attempts than any other team in the Premier League this season, with only Aston Villa (48) taking fewer tries than Matthias Jaissle and the Sky Blues (51 each).
- Newcastle have won their last two league visits to Coventry 2-0, in September 2000 and December 2009, but have never won three in a row.
- Since the start of May, only Arsenal (8) and Manchester City (7) have won more Premier League games than Newcastle (4), who could win back-to-back games in the competition for a third time in 2026, having done so in January and March.
- Jaissle’s eight points are the most by a manager in his first five Premier League games in charge of Newcastle since Alan Pardew in January 2011 (9)
- A win here would give the German the most points in his first six in charge of the club in the competition (11) since Sam Allardyce in September 2007 (11)
Latest updated Premier League table
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position 1, 2, 3, 4: Promotion – Champions League (League phase)
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position 5: Promotion – Europa League (League phase)
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position 18, 19, 20: Relegation – Championship
