Coventry City await trio return before break
Coventry host Brighton bottom of the table and yet to score. Lampard's side are trying to avoid four straight defeats without a goal, a Premier League mark set by Crystal Palace in 2017-18.
Former Coventry midfielder Jamie Allen, part of last season's promotion squad, is still a free agent after leaving the CBS Arena and is tipped as a Championship option.
Coventry are singled out as a team to watch, with Brighton at home framed as an early test. After defeats to Arsenal, Manchester City and Hull, they need points and a first goal.
Brighton head to Coventry chasing a second league win, with Hurzeler weighing his full-back options and injury doubts over Rutter and Azeez before the trip to the CBS Arena.
Lampard expects Eccles, Kesler and Woolfenden back by next month’s break, says new signing Gboho is adapting well, and calls Brighton ‘as hard, if not harder than’ Manchester City.
Coventry striker Norman Bassette, now on loan at Westerlo, says he has 'no regrets' over not joining Standard and cites Erling Haaland as the forward he studies.
