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Nuneaton Town are expected to more than double Coventry City’s midweek crowd when they entertain Luton on Saturday.

The Sky Blues recorded an all-time low of just 1,603 for a home league match last night, when they lost 2-1 to Carlisle United at Sixfields Stadium in Northampton.

Luton Town fans have already snapped up 1,600 and are expected to fill their 2,200 allocation for this weekend’s trip to Boro’s Sperrin Brewery Stadium, where the gate could be as high as 3,500.

Fourth in the Skrill Premier – two leagues below Coventry – Nuneaton usually get around 800 home supporters but Saturday’s clash with the league leaders is set to attract more as Kevin Wilkin’s men push for the play-offs and the chance of being promoted from the Conference to League Two where Coventry’s landlords, Northampton Town, are currently bottom and looking likely to be dropping out of the Football League.

The Cobblers attracted 4,845 fans for their last match at Sixfields – a 2-0 defeat by Plymouth Argyle.

Tuesday night’s crowd saw just 1,414 City fans join the 191 away supporters who had made the long trip from Carlisle to make up the latest lowest gate in Coventry’s history in the Football League.

The Sky Blues attracted just 1,214 in December for their FA Cup replay with Hartlepool which is their lowest gate to date at their temporary home in all competitions.

To find a Coventry City league crowd lower than Tuesday’s gate you have to go back to the Southern League season of 1909-10 when an estimated 1,500 watched the home game against Portsmouth.

Nine of City’s ten lowest crowds in league games since official records began in 1925 have been recorded at Sixfields this season.

The ten lowest so far are:

1,603 v Carlisle, 2013-14

1,618 v Crewe, 2013-14

1,789 v Colchester, 2013-14

1,815 v Tranmere, 2013-14

1,961 v Rotherham, 2013-14

2,046 v Gillingham, 2013-14

2,059 v Crystal Palace, 1927-28

2,068 v Preston, 2013-14

2,078 v Sheffield United, 2013-14

2,128 v Crawley Town, 2013-14