Ashton Gate
Saturday 6 January
Third Round
Kick-off: 1500 GMT
Referee: Phil Joslin (Nottinghamshire)
Replay date (if required) : Tues, 16 Jan, 1945 GMT
Coverage on the BBC Sport website, BBC Radio Five Live & highlights on MOTD
Bristol City striker Steve Brooker is doubtful with a bruised calf.
But Louis Carey is hopeful of recovering from an injured ankle to play against his former club.
Coventry welcome Wayne Andrews back after returning from his loan spell at Sheffield Wednesday, but Marcus Hall could miss the trip with a virus.
Kevin Thornton and David McNamee are close to a return to action after injury problems but this game will come too soon for the pair.
BRISTOL CITY are riding high in League One, as they prepare to face Coventry. Gary Johnson's side are undefeated in 12 games. They've won six and drawn six since 11 November - beginning that sequence with victory over York in the first round of the FA Cup.
The Robins have qualified for the third round for the first time since 2002-03. They've only been beyond this stage once in 12 attempts, reaching the last 16 in 2000-01 when Premiership outfit Leicester ended their run.
Each of the last four meetings between these clubs have been won by the club playing at home (all League fixtures).
COVENTRY CITY have made the fourth round in each of the last four seasons, and have only failed to do so once in 12 years.
The Sky Blues' biggest chapter in the story of the FA Cup was written in 1987, when the managerial duo of John Sillett and George Curtis guided them to the final against Tottenham. It was Glenn Hoddle's last game for the Londoners, and not a fitting conclusion for him, as the Midanders took Spurs to extra time and won 3-2, through an oft replayed own goal from Gary Mabbutt.
Micky Adams' team are not really pulling up many trees in the Championship. They've won one of the last eight matches, claimed one point from a last possible 15, and lost the last three in League and Cup on the road. They are 12 places higher than Bristol City in the pecking order, but have not enjoyed a victory at Ashton Gate since the 0-1 second round triumph in the League Cup on 31 August 1976, when Mick Ferguson scored.