Cardiff boss Dave Jones has a potential defensive headache as both Gabor Gyepes and Kevin McNaughton are doubts for the Coventry match.
McNaughton came in for the injured Gyepes in the defeat to Leicester at the weekend but he too has picked up a problem with his thigh and now faces a spell out.
Jones is also without striker Michael Chopra who serves the second game of his two-match ban and skipper Mark Hudson along with Joe Ledley remain on the sidelines.