Mark Robins has made five changes from the side that lost to Forest Green Rovers last time out.
Liam O'Brien starts in goal in place of Lee Burge, while Jordan Maguire-Drew, Jordan Shipely, Dion Kelly-Evans and Rod McDonald all return for the Sky Blues.
Tom Bayliss moves back into the middle alongside Liam Kelly as Michael Doyle misses out through injury.
Jordan Willis takes the armband and is accompanied in defence by McDonald, Chris Stokes and Kelly-Evans.
Shipley and Maguire-Drew start out wide with Max Biamou and top-scorer Marc McNulty upfront.
Coventry City XI: O'Brien (GK), Di. Kelly-Evans, Willis (C), McDonald, Stokes, Maguire-Drew, Bayliss, Kelly, Shipley, Biamou, McNulty.
Subs: Burge (GK), Hyam, Haynes, Barrett, Reid, Vincenti, Clarke-Harris.
Accrington Stanley XI: Chapman (GK), Dunne, Hughes, Donacien, Nolan, Clark, Jackson, Johnson, Conneely (C), Kee, Rodgers.
Subs: Maxted (GK), Richards-Everton, Zanzarla, Williams, De Sousa, Rowan, Brown.