Starting line-up takes shape, keeper's edge and prolific Panzo - Coventry City's near perfect pre-season

Coventry City rounded off their impressive pre-season programme with their seventh friendly win out of seven. Goals from Viktor Gyokeres and Jonathan Panzo secured a 2-0 victory over League One Portsmouth in a lively second half at Fratton Park

It was the Sky Blues ’ fourth clean sheet, having only conceded three in their warm-up schedule during which they have bagged a whopping 22 goals, albeit eight of those coming against Wolves’ under-23s.

Pre-season results don’t mean a jot, of course, and it’s next week when the matches begin to matter. But City can take plenty of confidence into the new campaign from the fact they’ve been scoring plenty of goals and are already in the habit of winning games ahead of their third season back at Championship level.

Here are some of the big talking points from their final friendly run-out.

Mark Robins insisted that places were still up for grabs ahead of Saturday’s final pre-season test but there are surely only one or two question marks left ahead of next week’s opening day trip to Sunderland.

In terms of outfield players, the back three picks itself at the minute with Dom Hyam, Kyle McFadzean and Jonathan Panzo, while Fankaty Dabo is the only senior option at right wing-back following the news that Todd Kane is set to depart, and Jake Bidwell, again, the only logical option on the left, albeit Tayo Adaramola is due to finally touch down this week. But with just a week to build into the game at the Stadium of Light, it remains to be seen how fit and ready any new addition will be at such short notice.

The central midfield pairing is a choice of two from three, with Gus Hamer and the increasingly impressive Ben Sheaf favourites, albeit Jamie Allen providing bags of energy if he