Sky Blues On The Road- Ipswich Town

The goals will be on The Championship - ITV1 at 22.55.
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TICKETS
Ticket prices are £28 adults (second most expensive of the season after QPR), £19.50 for senior citizens (over 60), NUS card holders and 16-19 year-olds, and £10 for under 16s.

There are also 10 available spaces for wheelchair-using supporters with personal assistants for £16.50. Ambulant-disabled supporters can also use personal assistant spaces at £16.50 per supporters and personal assistant together. Disabled supporters will have to collect their tickets from Ipswich Town on the day and could be anywhere in the stadium according to City's ticket office.

For further information please contact Ipswich Town on 01473 400556. Five disabled parking spaces are available for booking using the same phone number.

Tickets should be available on the gate but you might have to pay more.
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WEATHER
According to the BBC, there will be sunny intervals with a high of fourteen degrees.
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THE LAST TIME
This is the 77th meeting of the two sides with Coventry having won 20 of those games. There has been 22 draws. City have scored 90 goals compared to Ipswich's 115.

Earlier in the season, the sides drew 2-2. City lost 4-1 at Portman Road last season in the corresponding fixture.

Head to Head http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadhed.asp
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THE MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently scheduled referee for this Championship game is Graham Laws.

Residing in Tyne & Wear, Mr Laws was in charge of City's 2-0 home win against Sheffield Wednesday on December 28th. That match was one of his 35 this season. he has shown sixty yellow cards and four red.

Previous City games include the 1-1 draw at Sheffield Wednesday last season plus the match which was abandoned.

The Assistants are Paul Barnes (Cambridgeshire) & Tony Mason (Kent ). The fourth official is David Bushell from London.
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TRAVEL

Club Coach
Departure Time: 8am
Adult: £27 Adult Member/ST Holder: £21 Concessions: £24 Concessions Member/ST Holder: £14

By Road:
M6, M1 from Cov, then A14 at Cathorpe Interchange. After 110 miles or so, take the A12 to big roundabout (by Tesco) on A14 junction. Take 2nd exit (sign posted Ipswich West A1214) into London Road. Follow Ipswich A1214 signs for 2 1/2 miles, straight over roundabout to junction at bottom of hill. Go straight on to the next set of traffic lights. Turn right and follow the signs to the ground.

Parking
Street parking in the immediate vicinity of the stadium is problematic. However there are plenty of Pay and Display car parks within walking distance of Portman Road. In any case the ground is within easy walking distance of the town centre.

By Rail
Ipswich station is about a 5 minute walk from the ground. Go straight out of the station, over the bridge and past two sets of traffic lights, then turn left into Portman Road. Trains leave London Liverpool Street station for Ipswich.
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BETTING ODDS
The Sky Blues are 9/2 to win with Ipswich 8/11. You can get 11/4 on a draw.
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TEAM NEWS
Danny Fox will serve the first of a three game suspension and misses the match. James McPake may start in defence.

For Ipswich, Alex Bruce who has a thumb injury should be ok to play. Gareth McAuley is out with a hamstring injury. Roy Keane has said that one or two youngsters might be given a chance.
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ON THE GAME
Marcus Hall said to the CT: "They are going to be up for it and he has probably scared them half to death so it is going to be difficult but after Saturday's defeat we will have something to prove.

"It is the last home game of the season for them and they have got to perform with a lot of players coming out of contract, and if you don't perform for Roy Keane then you are not going to be around for long, so that is just something we are going to have to deal with."
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SUNDAY FIXTURES

Championship all matches kick off at 1.15pm
Burnley v Bristol City, Charlton v Norwich, Palace v Sheff United, Forest v Southampton, Plymouth v Barnsley, Preston v QPR, Reading v Birmingham, Sheff Wed V Cardiff, Swansea V Blackpool, Watford v Derby, Wolves v Doncaster.