It is the first of back-to-back home games for the Sky Blues, with Sheffield United heading to the Ricoh Arena on Saturday.
And Dowie has set his sights firmly on six points to get back into the play-off reckoning.
"If we get two results this week we will be right back in the shake-up," he said.
"A couple of results can change everyone's perception and if we win these next two games it puts us back up there and we have had an excellent start to the season, which I believe we have anyway."