Lucky McLuckerson
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Date: Sunday, April 21 2024
Kickoff Time: 1530 Hrs BST
Venue: Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry
FA Cup Form Guide
Manchester United: WWWW
Coventry City: WDWWW
Previous FA Cup Meetings
Manchester United 0—1 Coventry City
Manchester United 2—1 Coventry City
Coventry City 1—3 Manchester United
Coventry City 1—2 Manchester United
Manchester United 1—1 Coventry City
All-Time FA Cup Record
Manchester United wins: 4
Coventry City wins: 1
Draws: 1
Pre Match Pressers
Erik ten Hag
Mark Robins
Team News
Manchester United
Luke Shaw, Lisandro Martínez, Anthony Martial, Tyrell Malacia, Victor Lindelöf, Raphaël Varane and Jonny Evans ruled out. Scott McTominay and Antony doubtful.
Coventry City
Tatsuhiro Sakamoto and Jamie Allen ruled out.
Know The Opposition
Coventry City Football Club (nicknamed The Sky Blues) is a professional association football club based in Coventry, England. The team currently play in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. The earliest known organised football club in Coventry was Stoke F.C., founded in the suburb of the same name in 1869. The team did not play regularly and games were played under a variety of football rules, with some being closer to rugby union than Association football. By the late 1870s rugby had become dominant in the area, fuelled by the sport's popularity in local public schools. Association football was reintroduced with the arrival of the bicycle industry in the city, and an influx of workers. In the 1880s each of the factories set up a football team. It was at one of these factories, that of the Singer Cycle Company, that Coventry City F.C. was born. The club was founded in 1883 by William Stanley, an employee of the factory, and initially known as Singers F.C. In 1898, the name was changed to Coventry City. The club first joined the Football League after World War I.
Coventry's only period in the top division to date lasted 34 consecutive years between 1967 and 2001, and the club were inaugural members of the Premier League in 1992. They won the FA Cup in 1987, the club's only major trophy, when they beat Tottenham Hotspur 3–2. They experienced further relegations in 2012 and 2017, though did manage to win the EFL Trophy in 2017. Leicester City are considered Coventry City's main rival and the two clubs compete the M69 Derby. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s and to the turn of the millennium, Aston Villa were considered Coventry's main rivals as they continually competed against each other in the First Division and then the Premier League. In the 1960s and 1970s there was intense rivalry with Wolverhampton Wanderers which started in 1965 after Wolves were relegated from Division One and the two clubs met in Division Two. A local rivalry also exists with Birmingham City, however the ground share agreement at St Andrew's between 2019 and 2021 – which effectively spared Coventry from being expelled from the EFL – has led to friendlier relations between the two clubs’ supporters. They play their home games at the Coventry Building Society Arena.
Referee
Robert Jones.