FA Cup: Albion expect tough game

West Bromwich Albion midfielder Chris Brunt is braced for a cup battle at the Ricoh Arena on Saturday.

He told the Birmingham Evening Mail: ‘We’ve got a tough game against a Coventry side who have just lost their manager and have to try to prove themselves to the fans, the caretaker manager and whoever is going to be looking to take over.

‘It will be tough and we all remember what they did at The Hawthorns, where they hammered us for long periods of the game.’

The Sky Blues will be hoping that West Brom’s focus is on getting promoted back to the Premier League and Brunt added: ‘After Barnsley and Sheffield United it has probably come at the wrong time because we would like another league game. But we will take what comes.’