Mark Robins has named his Coventry City squad to face Stevenage

New signing Oliver Dovin has traveled but is not in Coventry City’s starting line-up to face League One Stevenage in the club’s third pre-season friendly on the warm-up schedule.

Incidentally, the Swedish goalkeeper will not play at all in tonight’s match after his arrival at the weekend from Hammarby.

Mark Robins has opted not to start his Sky Blues big guns, with the likes of Ellis Simms, Jack Rudoni and Ben Sheaf among the substitutes, while Haji Wright is out at the Lamex Stadium after suffering what is understood to be an ankle injury against Getafe. CF Friday night. Midfielder Victor Torp is also absent, believed to be nursing an injury, while winger Raphael Borges Rodrigues has traveled but will not feature.

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Brad Collins starts the game in goal with a back four of Jack Burroughs, Bobby Thomas, Liam Kitching and Jay Dasilva behind midfielders Kai Andrews and Josh Eccles. Jamie Allen looks to be in the more advanced number ten role in what looks to be shaping up to be a 4-2-1-3 formation.

That leaves Fabio Tavares on the right, and rookie forward Aidan Dausch is expected to fill in for Wright on the left again, with another developmental kid, Justin Obikwu at the top of the line.

City starting with XI: Brad Collins; Jack Burroughs, Bobby Thomas, Liam Kitching, Jay Dasilva; Josh Eccles, Kai Andrews; Jamie Allen; Fabio Tavares, Justin Obikwu, Aidan Dausch.

Substitutions: Ben Wilson (GK) Luis Binks, Jack Rudoni, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Ellis Simms, Ephron Mason-Clark, Jake Bidwell, Joel Latibeaudiere, Ben Sheaf, Milan van Ewijk, Ryan Howley, Kasey Palmer.