Ben Sheaf injury update as hand bandage explained ahead of Coventry City clash with Swansea

CoventryLive’s injury report for Coventry City as the Sky Blues get ready for two more games back-to-back to finish their holiday schedule

As Coventry City boss Mark Robins gets ready for two more straight holiday games, Ben Sheaf remains an injury doubt. Just before Christmas, during the 3-0 Stadium of Light victory over Sunderland, the vital Sky Blues midfielder sustained a terrible cut on his forehead that forced him off the game just before halftime.

Then, on Boxing Day, Sheaf was left out of the matchday lineup as City defeated second-place Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 at the CBS Arena to earn three more points. It is evident that there is a “wait and see” situation regarding the 25-year-old’s fitness to play against Swansea on Friday night or Middlesbrough at the Riverside on New Year’s Day.

When asked about the player’s condition, Robins provided CoventryLive with an update, saying, “As soon as that’s healed—and the doctor tells me there’s a lot of healing going on—we’ll have a better idea.”

“He has a huge flap of skin with 19 stitches in the wound on his forehead, and it was deep,” he said, revealing the full nature of the injury. It goes without saying that a midfield player must challenge for the ball while it is in the air. Touch wood, he’ll be fine as soon as he can accomplish it without the wound rupturing again.

In the meantime, full-back In recent weeks, Jake Bidwell has been playing with two fingers and his right hand bandaged up. When asked what he had done, Robins said, “He hasn’t broken anything, but it will take some time for the ligament damage to heal.”