Shrewsbury Town's Tamika Mkandawire set to help shackle Sky Blues
Manager Graham Turner insists the return of team captain Tamika Mkandawire will be 'invaluable' this weekend as Shrewsbury Town aim to overcome free-scoring Coventry.
Mkandawire missed last Saturday's 2-2 draw at Rotherham United because of the birth of his daughter.
But the 30-year old former Millwall centre-back is expected to be back in the fold for Saturday's home clash with the Sky Blues.
And Turner believes his experience will be vital against a team which has scored 15 times in its first four leagues games and 17 times in all competitions.
He said: "Tamika has now got a daughter, and baby and mother are doing extremely well so he should be back and available for Saturday.
"Coventry are a very good attacking side. If you look at the number of goals so far that they have scored this season it is an incredible number.
"We know we will have to be at our best at the back, but we know full well that Tamika's experience will be invaluable to us so we will put the back four around Tam."
Despite their goal-scoring exploits, Turner has also been quick to point out Coventry's defensive deficiencies, having shipped 14 goals in all competitions, totalling five games.
And he is confident that Shrewsbury's in-form attackers should go into the game with confidence after a recent upturn in fortunes in front of goal.
"We've scored four goals in our last two matches so suddenly the confidence is a lot higher going forward," he said.
Meanwhile, online sales for the game have been stopped as the club have identified that away fans have been attempting to purchase tickets in home areas of the ground and it wants to reduce the risk of any potential issues this may cause.
Home supporters can purchase tickets as usual at the ticket office in person or by ringing 01743 273943.
Tickets purchased on Saturday will be at the pre-match prices until kick-off.
Coventry City have now sold out their allocation for away supporters of just over 1,500. There will be no ticket sales to away supporters on the day.
Coventry fans are asked not to attend this fixture without a ticket or visit the Greenhous Meadow and attempt to buy a ticket for the home areas.