Coventry host Aston Villa at the CBS Arena on Wednesday in the Carabao Cup third round. Coventry have lost all four league games without scoring, while Villa are winless in four and finally got off the mark against Nottingham Forest.

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Coventry were beaten 5-0 at home by Brighton on Sunday, a scoreline shaped by Taiwo Awoniyi's red card for an elbow and a penalty conceded by Bobby Thomas. Frank Lampard accepted both decisions. Bart Verbruggen was named man of the match, which tells you Coventry created chances before the game got away.

Villa have one point and one goal from four league games. Alysson headed them level against Forest before Igor Jesus won it with two minutes left. Unai Emery had used all five substitutes by the 63rd minute, with Pau Torres facing a month out with a hamstring problem and Ian Maatsen also forced off.

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Coventry's Championship scoring to find an easier test than the Premier League

Coventry scored 97 goals winning the Championship last season and have not scored in four Premier League games, which makes them only the second side in the competition's history to start that way.

The gap between those two numbers is the story of their season so far. A cup tie against a rotated side is the closest thing to the level they were scoring at.

Villa have the better squad and Emery is a knockout specialist with five Europa League titles, so the obvious call is that quality tells. Against that, Villa are winless, have scored once in four, lost Torres for a month and Maatsen on Saturday, and face Tottenham at 12:30 on Saturday, three days from now.

Emery used all five substitutes by the hour at Villa Park because he had to, not because he wanted to. Something has to give in his selection here.

  • Coventry City to win
  • Under 2.5 goals

Lampard has been waiting four weeks for a night his players can point to.

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