Coventry lineup vs. Newcastle: Predicted XI as Frank Lampard makes Milan van Ewijk decision

By Ben Knapton | 10 Oct 2026 12:56, Last updated: 10 Oct 2026 13:11

Coventry City manager Frank Lampard is acceptable to look 1 cardinal enactment dilemma for Monday's Premier League clash with Newcastle United astatine the CBS Arena.

The Sky Blues are expected to invited Milan van Ewijk backmost to the matchday squad, aft the 26-year-old right-back made his instrumentality to grooming pursuing a hamstring problem.

In Van Ewijk's absence, Caleb Marfo Yirenkyi filled successful astatine close wing-back during Coventry's 1-0 triumph implicit Nottingham Forest earlier the planetary break, the Sky Blues' archetypal Premier League triumph successful implicit 25 years.

Given Yirenkyi's relation successful Coventry's historical success, Lampard is apt to instrumentality alternatively than twist, arsenic Van Ewijk settles for a spot connected the seat against the Magpies.

Elsewhere successful the backline, Ethan Pinnock and Bobby Thomas earned galore plaudits for their heroic antiaircraft displays astatine the City Ground, portion Stephen Mfuni covers for the injured Aurele Amenda.

The assistance for Coventry's archetypal extremity of the Premier League play came from nary different than goalkeeper Carl Rushworth, whose agelong punt guardant recovered Jay Dasilva to lash location into the acold broadside of the net; some volition commencement connected Monday.

Matt Grimes, Frank Onyeka, Jack Rudoni, Ephron Mason-Clark and Brandon Thomas-Asante should implicit an untouched starting XI for the hosts, who are missing the banned Taiwo Awoniyi successful summation to Haji Wright (quad), Luke Woolfenden (knee) and Josh Eccles (calf).

Coventry City imaginable starting lineup:

Rushworth; Mfuni, Pinnock, Thomas; Yirenkyi, Grimes, Onyeka, Dasilva; Rudoni, Mason-Clark; Thomas-Asante

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