Coventry City v Stoke City live stream, Tuesday 25 January, 7.45pm GMT
Coventry and Stoke will both be looking to boost their play-off chances when they go head-to-head on Tuesday night.
Mark Robins' side were flying high in the top six until the end of November, but a combination of a dip in form and multiple postponements has seen them drop down to 10th in the Championship standings. They are now seven points adrift of the top six, but have as many as three games in hand on some of the teams above them.
Coventry can still make the play-offs, but they need an uptick in results soon. The Sky Blues have won just one of their last eight league fixtures. That was an eye-catching 4-1 thrashing of Peterborough earlier this month, but Coventry proceeded to lose their next game to QPR.
Robins' charges will probably need to tighten up at the back if they are to squeeze into the top six. They are without a clean sheet in their last six outings, and the defensive solidity they showed in the opening weeks of the campaign has deserted them.
Stoke are one place above Coventry in the table, and they have also amassed one more point and played one more games. They too will believe a play-off place is still within reach, but a return of just two wins in their last eight matches has left the Potters six points adrift of sixth spot.
Jake Bidwell could be handed his first start as a Coventry player after making his debut as a substitute in the loss to QPR. Robins has no injury concerns ahead of this fixture, although he could opt to make one or two changes to the starting XI in a bid to shake things up.
Stoke will have to make do without Romaine Sawyers, Josef Bursik, Jordan Thompson, Harry Souttar and Nick Powell for their trip to the Coventry Building Society Arena.
Kick-off is at 7.45pm GMT on Tuesday 25 January. See below for international broadcast options.
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