“Joleon picked up a hip injury while we were in America,” said Moyes.

“We don’t expect him to be fit for Tuesday but hopefully he can make it on Friday against Malaga.”

An 89th-minute equaliser by Aron Gunnarsson denied Everton a victory that seemed to have been earned by substitute Jose Baxter’s fine strike four minutes earlier.

Tim Cahill had given the visitors a 16th-minute lead only for Michael Doyle to draw Coventry level 10 minutes before the break.

And Moyes was disappointed with his team’s defending for both the goals they conceded.

“The performance overall was okay,” said the Everton manager.

“For 30 minutes we played well and then we let them back into the game a little bit and should have killed it off earlier.

“It’s a little bit like we’ve been throughout pre-season, where we have started games well and not seen them all the way through.

“I’m disappointed that we lost two goals. That would be the downside from the game.”

With Lescott joining long-term absentee Phil Jagielka on the sidelines, Jack Rodwell partnered Joseph Yobo at centre-back at the Ricoh Arena.

But Moyes admitted: “Well it was either Jack played at centre-back or Andy Holden!

“Jack just got the nod there. You can see that Jack is still a developing footballer and he still has a long way to go and we shouldn’t expect too much of him too soon.”