Sky Blues warned to watch out for Hatters

COVENTRY City have been warned that tomorrow’s opponents Luton Town are in “magnificent” promotion form.

The Hatters travel to the Ricoh Arena in buoyant mood after a run of just one defeat in their last 11 in League One – a sequence that has included nine victories – and backed by an expected sellout away following of 2,560.

Manager Nathan Jones believes his side are fully deserving of their place in the top two after reaching the League One automatic promotion places for the first time this season.

With Sunderland’s match at Accrington called off on 75 minutes due to a waterlogged pitch, Luton leapfrogged the Black Cats into second courtesy of their 2-0 victory over Fleetwood Town at Kenilworth Road. Asked about the achievement, Jones said: “I’m delighted, because I think our play has deserved that. “Apart from a real tough start to the season, we’ve been in promotion form. “We’re not talking about it, we’re just in a very good position at the minute and we’re winning games and performances are very good and that’s the pleasing thing.” Town’s form is in contrast to the Sky Blues who are looking for their first league win in six games, having not won a match in the last seven in all competitions.

“We’re going to difficult places as we went to Bury last week and to do the job we did last week, I know we’re in a good place,” said Jones.

“We had to show different facets in terms of our defending, getting on to second balls, the swirling wind, no real fluency, sticky pitch, a bit of all those things.

“But we showed we have a different side to us and I’m very pleased with that.”

The Hatters are six points behind leaders Portsmouth, who were beaten 2-1 at Fratton Park by Charlton Athletic this week, and possess an increasingly realistic chance of securing back-to-back promotions this term. On whether that has always been the goal, Jones said: “We have certain targets of what we want to do, but at the minute, we’re in good form and let’s leave it at that.

“What we won’t say is we want to do this, we want to be in the Champions League in four years or anything silly.

“What we’re doing, is we’re doing good work.

“We’re very equipped for this level to do well, we had a tough start but we found our feet, we’re in wonderful form, we’re a very attack-minded side, so I’m happy with where we are.

“How far that will take us and how much our ambition increases, or expectation increases, only time will tell.”

Apart from a real tough start to the season, we’ve been in promotion form. I know we’re in a good place.