Match Report
| Coventry City | Coventry City |  |  | Chesterfield | Chesterfield | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Colin Carlton | C. Carlton |  | 59 | G |  | 1 | | G | 63 | | Gavin Gerrard | G. Gerrard | |||||||||
| Manolo Aguirre | M. Aguirre |  | 57 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 52 |  | Antonio Fernandes | A. Fernandes | |||||||||
| Stan Wallwork | S. Wallwork | | 48 | D | | 3 | | D | 50 | | Artur Valente | A. Valente | |||||||||
| Stephen Jeffers | S. Jeffers | | 45 | D | | 4 | | D | 48 |  | Felipe Flores | F. Flores | |||||||||
| Nigel Gerrard | N. Gerrard | | 44 | D | | 5 | | D | 45 | | Billy Lowe | B. Lowe | |||||||||
| Trevor Gower | T. Gower | | 62 | M | | 6 | | D | 38 | | Peter Sturridge | P. Sturridge | |||||||||
| Graham Maddison | G. Maddison | | 54 | M | | 7 | | M | 52 | | Paolo Burgess | P. Burgess | |||||||||
| Nigel Beagrie | N. Beagrie | | 45 | M | | 8 | | M | 48 | | Brian Peters | B. Peters | |||||||||
| Tony Barton | T. Barton | | 63 | A | | 9 | | M | 42 | | Craig Green | C. Green | |||||||||
| Patrick Lumsdon | P. Lumsdon | | 51 | A | | 10 | | A | 52 | | Chris Benali | C. Benali | |||||||||
| Stuart McGrory | S. McGrory |  | 49 | A | | 11 | | A | 49 |  | Marcel Weigel | M. Weigel | |||||||||
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Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at Ricoh Arena where Coventry City play host to Chesterfield. Its a sell-out today with the 5,000 capacity stadium completely full.
Coventry City are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Chesterfield appear to be shaped for 5-3-2.
Coventry City are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Chesterfield appear to be shaped for 5-3-2.
0.00
0-0Chesterfield start the game by kicking off the first half!
2.28
0-0Stephen Jeffers controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Trevor Gower. Trevor Gower decides to run forward with the ball. Trevor Gower knocks in a cross ball towards Stuart McGrory. Stuart McGrory connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal. It's miles wide!
4.19
Craig Green sees a break and surges forward. Craig Green shoots from 20 yards but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
10.41
0-0Stan Wallwork barges into Chris Benali. Stan Wallwork is given a warning by the referee! Chris Benali runs off the knock.
14.52
Manolo Aguirre advances with the ball. Manolo Aguirre makes a probing pass to Stuart McGrory. Stuart McGrory shoots from 20 yards but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
15.16
0-0Trevor Gower comes in with a late challenge on Craig Green. Trevor Gower is shown the yellow card! Craig Green hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
18.18
0-0Craig Green knocks the ball forward to Marcel Weigel. Marcel Weigel knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Colin Carlton who gathers it comfortably.
20.55
Billy Lowe knocks the ball to his team mate, Paolo Burgess. Paolo Burgess kicks a strong pass forward to Marcel Weigel. Marcel Weigel shoots from distance but it is miles over!
24.26
0-0Chesterfield are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate Coventry City's defence.
36.02
0-0Antonio Fernandes kicks a strong pass forward to Brian Peters. Brian Peters deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Marcel Weigel. Marcel Weigel makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Chris Benali but he's offside!
39.04
0-0Paolo Burgess kicks a strong pass forward to Marcel Weigel. Marcel Weigel finds some space and shoots from distance. Magnificent save by Colin Carlton!
44.00
Brian Peters flicks the ball to his team mate, Chris Benali. Chris Benali shoots from distance. It's miles wide!
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!
45.00
The whistle blows and Coventry City kick off!
49.22
Trevor Gower makes a probing pass to Tony Barton. Tony Barton shoots from 25 yards but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
53.13
Graham Maddison makes a simple pass to Tony Barton. Tony Barton shoots from long range but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
54.38
Craig Green makes a probing pass to Chris Benali. Chris Benali knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
57.20
Nigel Beagrie makes a simple pass to Tony Barton. Tony Barton shoots from 20 yards. It's miles wide!
59.35
Trevor Gower makes a simple pass to Tony Barton. Tony Barton knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Antonio Fernandes.
60.45
Coventry City are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
61.20
Artur Valente knocks the ball to his team mate, Paolo Burgess. Paolo Burgess knocks the ball to his team mate, Chris Benali. Chris Benali sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but Colin Carlton is on top of it.
65.27
Nigel Beagrie advances with the ball. Nigel Beagrie shoots from distance but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
66.45
Nigel Beagrie hacks Paolo Burgess from behind! The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Paolo Burgess runs off the knock.
69.02
Peter Sturridge decides to run forward with the ball. Peter Sturridge flicks the ball to his team mate, Chris Benali. Chris Benali shoots from outside the area but it is miles over!
73.38
Nigel Gerrard threads the ball through to Trevor Gower. Trevor Gower controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Stuart McGrory. Stuart McGrory controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. The ball comes in low, but Gavin Gerrard easily smothers it!
78.30
The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
81.14
Stephen Jeffers hoofs the ball up the pitch. Patrick Lumsdon tries a spectacular long range effort. The ball comes in low, but Gavin Gerrard easily smothers it!
90.00
The whistle blows full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
0
0
Shots on Target
2
2
Shots off Target
6
4
Offsides
0
1
Fouls
3
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
49.4%
50.6%
Play Area
26.6%
45.6%
27.8%