Monday night will see the 24th time that Coventry City have played Swindon Town in a league or cup tie in Coventry.
Swindon’s previous visits to Coventry have seen them lose on fifteen occasions with three draws. City have scored 54 goals either at Highfield Road or the Ricoh Arena against Swindon and let in 22.
City’s biggest wins over Swindon are a 6-0 win in October 1955 and a 6-0 win in August 1927.
Last season, Coventry City were beaten 2-1 by Swindon at Sixfields. In a game on April 18th 2014, John Fleck scored for City in the 42nd minute to cancel out an Alex Pritchard goal but in the 93rd minute, Michael Smith was allowed to score and send Steven Pressley’s side to a 2-1 defeat.
The teams that day were:
City: Murphy, Christie, Webster, Clarke, Willis, Baker (McGeough 70), Thomas, Prutton, Fleck, Delfouneso,(Eccleston 68) Wilson. Subs: Burge, Adams, Seaborne, Marshall, Robinson
Swindon: Foderingham, Thompson, Byrne, Luongo, Pritchard, McEveley, Smith, Branco, Galdwin (Storey 87), Stephens, Archibald-Henville. Subs Belford, Harley, Walden, Barthram, Cox, Baker