Stat Attack: Coventry City vs. Notts County

There haven’t been many fixtures between Notts County and Coventry City, in all fairness: just 36 in the last 94 years. The first took place on the 6th November 1920, the Meadow Lane match ending in a 1-1 draw.

There have plenty of high-scoring games between the two, with several 5-1s, 3-0s and 4-2s over the years.

Notts County have the upper hand in the head-to-heads – 18 victories over the Sky Blues, 11 defeats and 7 draws.

Our last fixture was on the 8th Feb 2014, which ended in a resounding 3-0 league win for the Magpies.

In 2001, Coventry were relegated from the Premier League after 34 years in the first tier. At the time, only Liverpool, Everton and Arsenal could boast longer tenures in the top flight.

In 2012, Coventry were relegated to the third tier in English Football for the first time in 48 years.

Coventry’s new stadium, the 32,609-capacity Ricoh Arena, was opened in August 2005, but following a rent dispute with the ground's owners the club opted to play their home games at Northampton Town's Sixfields Stadium starting in the 2013–14 season, a move which didn’t prove popular with Sky Blues fans.

On 21 August 2014, it was announced an agreement had been reached allowing the club to return to the Ricoh Arena for the next two years with the option of another two years.

The club’s proudest moment was undoubtedly the 1987 FA Cup final at Wembley, which was won by the Sky Blues after an enthralling 3-2 win after two hours of football.

Following Tottenham Hotspur player Gary Mabbutt’s own goal in extra time, which set Coventry on the way to their win, a fanzine was created called GMK – Gary Mabbutt’s Knee!

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Coventry defender Aaron Martin is available after being cup-tied for the midweek win over Plymouth Argyle.

Skipper Reda Johnson could be included after playing in Benin's 6-1 loss to Morocco on Thursday, but will not be back in England until Friday night.

Notts are without captain Hayden Mullins, who hurt his calf in his comeback against Accrington Stanley last week.

Goalkeeper Roy Carroll, defender Mustapha Dumbuya and winger Michael Petrasso are all on international duty.