Tottenham boss Robert de Zerbi has confirmed that Destiny Udogie misses tonight's game as a precaution because of a knee issue.

“Destiny Udogie played 70 minutes [against Manchester United] and suffered a problem of [the] knee and we didn't take a risk alongside the medical staff," he said.

Coventry City

Coventry boss Frank Lampard on facing Tottenham: "When I look at them play, they have a lot of quality with a very good coach. We worry about ourselves and the start we had on paper to where we've got to with these two wins makes us feel good, so it's not the time for comparison."

On what he expects from Spurs: "As [we're] a promoted side, I'm sure they'll have a feeling of confidence against us. That's fine. We have to believe in ourselves and go there with our own confidence and play with the same purpose we did against Newcastle."

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After losing their first four Premier League games on their return to the top flight Coventry have now won their last two in a row - beating Nottingham Forest and then Newcastle.

Coventry boss Frank Lampard believes there is more to come from his side.

"No performance is absolutely complete," he said.

"It felt, from where we'd been and where we're trying to get to, that the win over Newcastle was an improvement. There's much more we can do."

Henry Winter
Football writer on BBC CWR

Frank Lampard is a very determined character. He's very eloquent and a charming individual, but there's a steel to him as well.

Maybe there is also a slight edge that he wants to prove himself as a manager, which is a great benefit to Coventry City. He isn't going to swan off to another club - he really wants to show what he can do with Coventry.

Paul Birch
BBC Sport

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Coventry travel to north London on the crest of a wave having made it back-to-back wins in style with a 4-1 thrashing of Newcastle. Six points from six games is the same as Manchester United have mustered and is a long way from the zero points and zero goals they had taken from their opening four matches.

These crucial - and potentially season altering - victories over Nottingham Forest and Newcastle mean the Sky Blues have the chance to become only the fourth top-flight side to lose their opening four matches to a season then win three in a row after Derby County in 1899-00, Arsenal in 1923-24 and Aston Villa in 1997-98.

A victory would also mark the first time they have won three Premier League matches in succession since a run of five between January and February 1998 under Gordon Strachan.

Although their most famous win of all came against Tottenham in the 1987 FA Cup final, their past five meetings have all ended in defeat and they last won away at Spurs in 1997.

However, that victory was particularly memorable as their 2-1 win on the final day of the season helped secure their top-flight status in highly dramatic circumstances.

Right now on BBC Radio 5 live and BBC Sounds is the Monday Night Club.

Mark Chapman is joined by Chris Sutton, Steph Houghton and Rory Smith to debate the weekend's football, plus updates from Tottenham v Coventry in the Premier League.

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Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham boss Roberto de Zerbi on Coventry: "They are a good team. They played a fantastic Championship last season. They deserved to win the league and to play in the Premier League this season. They played with energy and quality.

"We want to show ourselves to be good and win the games, especially if we deserve to win the games."

On Tottenham's recent training camp: "I think we have to improve in the result, not in the quality of the performances, but you have to find all the ways to improve. Ways to be better, ways to become stronger as a group. The players spent time together, and they stayed together a lot."

Paul Birch
BBC Sport

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In the wake of their draw with Manchester United, Tottenham headed to Marbella for a few days of warm weather training and, more importantly, squad bonding. "The target is to build the team," head coach Roberto de Zerbi explained. "We are a great group of players, but we are not a team yet."

His side certainly looked like more of a cohesive unit at Old Trafford, but their slick approach play was squandered by yet more profligacy in front of goal as their winless start stretched to six league matches.

Only two top-flight sides have completed more passes in the final third than Spurs' 770 and just three teams have had more touches in the opposition box than their 182. Yet a shot conversion rate of 3.6% is the worst in the league and De Zerbi's side have underperformed their xG by 3.6 goals.

Three goals after six league matches is the second lowest tally in their history, beaten only by the two scored at the start of 2006-07.

They are still yet to lead in a league match this season or score a goal before the 86th minute.

One thing they still cannot count on is home comforts. They have managed a paltry five wins in their past 36 league matches at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, dating back to November 2024.

Moreover, they have fallen behind in a remarkable 52 of their 79 home league games since the start of 2022-23.

Hearing about Tottenham's team-bonding trip to Marbella last week made me think about the similar methods I used as a manager to build team morale.

While some things have changed from my day, the idea behind taking your players away to a new environment where they will benefit from spending a lot of time together has not.

Roberto de Zerbi needed time with his players on the training pitch after their poor start to the season, to bed them in and build a proper team.

He will have used their warm-weather camp in southern Spain to do more of that, getting to know what is almost a new squad of players.

With De Zerbi being cut from Italian cloth, I'm sure the players will have been working mornings and afternoons to drill in the manager's principles in respect to team shape and direction.

But that's not the only purpose of taking them away - he will have been able to also monitor the different personalities within the group away from the grass.

If the trip has worked then, as well as getting them ready to face Coventry City, I'm sure he will now understand the strengths and weaknesses of each individual, on and off the field, for the very first time.

Tottenham will be fresh from their training camp in Marbella and we are about to find out if it worked.

If they don't beat Coventry and get their first win of the season, then they will probably have to go back out there next week as well.

Being serious, they do look like they are improving already and they played well against Manchester United last week.

Coventry are a dangerous counter-attacking team, and their pace in forward areas will cause problems, but this is going to be Tottenham's night.

Sutton's prediction: 2-1

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Can James Maddison be the missing piece of the puzzle for Tottenham?

Former Coventry City academy coach Richard Stevens believes the midfielder has the ability "to connect everything together" for Roberto de Zerbi's side, who remain winless in the Premier League after six matches.

Maddison, who is coming back from injury, came off the bench at Manchester United on Saturday for a fifth time this season and made an impact as Spurs fought back to leave Old Trafford with a point.

"His driver is, 'am I playing 90 minutes and can I go and score some goals and ignite the fans?'," said Stevens. "Even in a 10-minute spell, when he comes on he takes the ball and he makes things happen.

"He makes things tick and he gets the team playing forwards. He gets the team moving up the pitch.

"And, good grief, Tottenham have had a tough time. They're an unbelievable football club and you know the players they have, maybe he's the bit that's going to connect everything together.

"I hope he's going to return and he's going to connect everything together for Tottenham because I think he has that ability to do that."

Tottenham make five changes from the side that drew 1-1 at Manchester United, with some of their big names returning to the team.

There are starts for Andy Robertson, Tosin Adarabioyo, Micky van de Ven James Maddison and Omar Marmoush. Sweden forward Dejan Kulusevski, who has not played for Spurs since sustaining a serious knee injury against Crystal Palace on 11 May, 2025, is among the substitutes.

Tottenham XI: Kinsky, Robertson, Adarabioyo, Van Hecke, Van de Ven, Gray, Tonali, Kudus, Maddison, Marmoush, Solanke.

Subs: Dubravka, Senesi, Davies, Olusesi, Williams-Barnett, Fernandes, Gallagher, Kulusevski, Tel.

Just the one change for Coventry from the side that began the 4-1 win over Newcastle a week ago as Tatsuhiro Sakamoto starts in place of Ephron Mason-Clark, who is among the substitutes.

Coventry XI: Rushworth, Dasilva, Thomas, Pinnock, Van Ewijk, Grimes, Yirenkyi, Sakamoto, Rudoni, Thomas-Asante, Cherif.

Subs: Bentley, Kesler-Hayden, Mfuni, Onyeka, Torp, Hamer, Mason-Clark, Simms, Awoniyi.

Good evening!

Welcome along to our coverage of Tottenham versus Coventry, the final Premier League game of this round of fixtures.

Tottenham desperately need three points as they look to climb off the bottom of the table and they might feel against a newly-promoted side is as good a chance as any to get that win.

However, Coventry have been improving and go into this game chasing a third successive Premier League win. They won't make it easy for Spurs.

Kick off is at 20:00 BST.

Sat bottom of the Premier League is not where the majority of Tottenham fans expected to see their side six games into the new season.

But Spurs' performances have been improving, will tonight's match against Coventry be the time they finally get that elusive first win?