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Saddlers to host Mark Robins' Coventry in the FA Cup

Walsall will host fellow League One side Coventry City in the first round of the Emirates FA Cup.

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Former Saddlers striker, and now Coventry manager, Mark Robins will return to the Banks' Stadium along with Amadou Bakayoko, who only left Walsall in the summer.

Cup winners in 1987, the Sky Blues were promoted from League Two as play-off champions last season.

The tie will be played between on the weekend of Saturday 10th November.