The U’s were set to welcome the Sky Blues for a 3pm kick-off on Saturday, March 1, but the fixture will now start at 12:30pm.

Coventry appointed Chelsea legend Frank Lampard as head coach at the end of November, and the Sky Blues have since won six, drawn three and lost three games in the Championship.

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In the reverse fixture between United and the Sky Blues in August, the U’s suffered late heartbreak six minutes into second half stoppage time.

Haji Wright headed the home side into the lead after quarter of an hour, before Ciaron Brown made things level seven minutes later.

Milan van Ewijk restored the Sky Blues lead just after half an hour had been played with a lovely finish at the end of a tidy move.

Eleven minutes into the second half, Mark Harris grabbed a second United equaliser when he got the finishing touch from a Ruben Rodrigues header.

Wright had the final say though, when he took advantage of a slack back pass from Will Vaulks, to get through on goal.

Eleven days later, Brandon Thomas-Asante scored the only goal in a 1-0 win for the Sky Blues in the second round of the Carabao Cup.