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Neither of these two sides are tipped to flirt with the automatic positions, yet one thing they can both do is at least attempt the play offs. After Cardiff’s F.A Cup story last season there’s no doubt they have the quality to push for the top six, while Chris Coleman’s transfer activity has transformed Coventry and they now look a genuine top half side.

Home side Cardiff have had a mixed start to this season and currently find themselves sat 11th in the league, although just one point outside the play offs. However, the last week hasn’t been a good one for Bluebirds fans, with a defeat to bitter rivals Swansea being followed by a 2-1 loss to Birmingham. One thing that has seemed to be a problem for them has been scoring goals and despite his £300k move from Wolves during the summer, striker Jay Bothroyd hasn’t got off to the best of starts and doesn’t have a goal to his name yet. Ross McCormack is the only man who has consistently found the net but with the Bluebirds scoring just three goals in their last six matches; he needs some support and fast if Dave Jones wants to keep in touch with the play offs.

Visitors Coventry have also had a mixed start yet sit just one place out of the top six. Despite adding the likes of Clinton Morrison and Freddy Eastwood to an already talented strike force, goals haven’t been too frequent in this team either and they’ve only scored three in their last five outings. However, at the back they look much stronger than last season and in Elliott Ward and Scott Dann they seem to have a formidable centre half pairing. Having faced promotion hopefuls Sheffield United and QPR in the last couple of weeks and gained four points manager Chris Coleman will be satisfied, although just like Dave Jones, he’ll know his side need to become more lethal in front of goal if they’re to cement a play off spot.

Home side Cardiff will be without midfielder Paul Parry for this one, although Stephen McPhail has completed his suspension and will probably act as a replacement. Elsewhere, Darren Purse is unlikely to start after a poor game against Birmingham, which paves the way for Gabor Gyepes to come in. Sky Blues boss Coleman has no worries although will probably make changes from the side that drew with Blackpool.

These are sides that have good squads and should be looking for high top half places. However, the lack of goals amongst these two will be a big problem and due to this, we can’t see this one being anything special. We’ll go for a 0-0, which wouldn’t be much help to either manager.