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Venue: Vicarage Road
When: Saturday, August 14
Kick Off: 3pm
Competition: npower Championship
COVENTRY City make the trip to Vicarage Road on Saturday in their first away fixture of the 2010/11 npower Championship season.
The Sky Blues got their league campaign off to a great start last weekend with a 2-0 opening day win over Portsmouth although they were knocked out of the Carling Cup after a midweek first round defeat away to Morcambe.
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OVERVIEW
WATFORD fans will have no complaints over the way the Hornets have started their 2010/11 campaign, bagging an opening day 3-2 win over Championship new boys Norwich City on opening day.
Malky Mackay's side followed that up with a comfortable 3-0 win away over Aldershot in the Carling Cup in midweek, striker Danny Graham scoring a brace in both games to take his season tally to four.
HEAD TO HEAD
WATFORD'S win ratio over the Sky Blues in their all-time meetings since 1926 stand at nearly 3:2, the Hornets winning 37 of their all-time meetings, Coventry winning 27 with 12 ending in draws.
The last time the Sky Blues visited Vicarage Road though they came away with a fantastic three points after a five-goal thriller.
Sammy Clingan gave the Sky Blues the lead although the Hornets went into the break 2-1 up. It took a Leon Best brace in the second half to put the Sky Blues back in the driving seat and send them home with all the points.
Last five fixtures
Coventry City 0 Watford 4, Coca-Cola Championship, 02/05/10
Watford 2 Coventry City 3, Coca-Cola Championship, 29/09/09
Coventry City 2 Watford 3, Coca-Cola Championship, 25/04/09
Watford 2 Coventry City 1, Coca-Cola Championship, 13/12/08
Watford 2 Coventry City 1, Coca-Cola Championship, 05/04/08
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CONNECTIONS
WATFORD midfielder John Eustace plied his trade at Highfield Road with the Sky Blues for seven years between 1996 and 2003, scoring seven goals in 85 appearances for the club.
Current Coventry City assistant manager Steve Harrison also steered the fortunes at Watford during a two-year stint as assistant manager between 1988 and 1990.
LAST MATCH
Aldershot Town 0 Watford 3
TWO goals from Danny Graham and one from Marvin Sordell helped ease Watford through to the next round of the Carling Cup in midweek.
Graham followed up his brace from league opening day to break the deadlock on 14 minutes at the Recreation Ground with Sordell adding a second just before half time.
Graham then completed the scoring three minutes after the break to set the Hornets up with a second round tie at home to Notts County.
TEAM NEWS
Coventry City trio Keiren Westwood, Sammy Clingan and Aron Gunnarsson all return from midweek international duty although defender Martin Cranie is a doubt.
Michael McIndoe is fit again from a back injury after featuring in Coventry's midweek Carling Cup defeat although long term absentees Gary Deegan and Isaac Osbourne remain unavailable.
Watford boss Malky Mackay will recall new England goalkeeper Scott Loach to his side after he missed the 3-0 Carling Cup win at Aldershot in midweek after his surprise call-up to the England squad.
Back-up keeper Rene Gilmartin made his debut in midweek but will not be on the bench as he has a knock.
New signing Troy Deeney is likely to be on the bench again as he waits for his full debut following his £500,000 switch from Walsall.
Defender Dale Bennett returned from injury to be on the bench in midweek, meaning Mackay has no injury concerns.
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TICKETS
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