{"id":661035,"date":"2025-10-30T12:29:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T16:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=661035"},"modified":"2025-10-30T12:29:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T16:29:02","slug":"wrexham-team-news-predicted-lineup-vs-coventry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/10\/30\/wrexham-team-news-predicted-lineup-vs-coventry\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrexham Team News &#038; Predicted Lineup vs Coventry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the Wrexham team news as they return to EFL Championship action with a tough task on their hands. They will take on Frank Lampard&#8217;s league leading Coventry City who are undefeated in the league so far with a terrifying 34 goals scored in 12 outings, 14 more than anyone else in the competition. This will also contain a predicted lineup as the Dragons look to bounce back after a worrisome defeat to League 1 side Cardiff in the EFL Cup in midweek.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/10\/28\/wrexham-vs-cardiff-city-confirmed-lineups-october\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Wrexham vs Cardiff City Confirmed Lineups for October 28<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Wrexham Team News for EFL Championship Clash with Coventry<\/h2>\n<h3>Wrexham Injury News<\/h3>\n<p>Lewis Brunt is the newest addition to the injured list as the key man is set to miss an extended period of time after undergoing surgery. He will be joined on the sidelines for this one by long-term absentees Andy Cannon, Aaron James, Harry Ashfield, and Jay Rodriguez. First-choice goalkeeper Danny Ward also remains unavailable.<\/p>\n<p>Callum Doyle will serve the last match of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coventrytelegraph.net\/sport\/football\/football-news\/coventry-city-wrexham-ben-sheaf-32764931\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">suspension<\/a> for a straight red card against Oxford. George Thomason and Ben Sheaf are doubts having missed the cup defeat to Cardiff, not even being fit enough to make the bench. Liberato Cacace has been in and out all season and was also not in the squad, as of this writing his situation has yet to be publicly addressed.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>Wrexham Predicted Lineup<\/h3>\n<p>A number of players were rested for the cup to help ease some of the fatigue caused by the Championship&#8217;s schedule. While some were brought on in a bid to get a win, there were full rests for Dominic Hyam and Dan Scarr as well as goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/10\/27\/wrexham-team-news-cardiff-city-predicted-lineup\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Wrexham Team News\/Predicted Lineup vs Cardiff City<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This fixture will likely see a return to something resembling the strongest eleven with the usual starters getting their spots back depending on fitness.<\/p>\n<p>GK &#8211; Arhur Okonkwo<\/p>\n<p>CB &#8211; Max Cleworth<\/p>\n<p>CB &#8211; Can Scarr<\/p>\n<p>CB &#8211; Dominic Hyam<\/p>\n<p>WB &#8211; Issa Kabore<\/p>\n<p>WB &#8211; Liberato Cacace\/Ryan Longman<\/p>\n<p>CM &#8211; Matty James<\/p>\n<p>CM &#8211; George Thomason<\/p>\n<p>CM &#8211; Lewis O&#8217;Brien<\/p>\n<p>ST &#8211; Kieffer Moore<\/p>\n<p>ST &#8211; Josh Windass<\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured Image Credit<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_660206\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-660206\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-660206 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/imago1067186699-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Wrexham Team News vs Coventry confirmed lineups - image from gameplay\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/imago1067186699-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/imago1067186699-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/imago1067186699-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/imago1067186699-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/imago1067186699-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/imago1067186699-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/imago1067186699-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-660206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IMAGO \/ Pro Sports Images<br \/>Leicester City v Wrexham FC EFL Sky Bet Championship 30\/09\/2025. 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