Match Report
| Coventry City | Coventry City |  |  | Northampton Town | Northampton Town | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Atherton | E. Atherton |  | 52 | G |  | 1 | | G | 50 | | Anthony Wilcox | A. Wilcox | |||||||||
| Ugo Konchesky | U. Konchesky | | 55 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 52 | | Niccolo Vernazza | N. Vernazza | |||||||||
| Adrian King | A. King | | 48 | D | | 3 | | D | 47 | | Darren Mortensen | D. Mortensen | |||||||||
| Steve Stockdale | S. Stockdale | | 46 | D | | 4 | | D | 44 | | Malcolm Goodwin | M. Goodwin | |||||||||
| Patrick Weaver | P. Weaver | | 46 | D | | 5 | | D | 44 | | Adam Murray | A. Murray | |||||||||
| Brian Wright-Phillips | B. Wright-Phillips | | 61 | M | | 6 | | M | 70 | | Kelvin Terry | K. Terry | |||||||||
| Ruel Thompson | R. Thompson | | 59 | M | | 7 | | M | 55 | | Nick Cole | N. Cole | |||||||||
| Ivan Boateng | I. Boateng | | 57 | M | | 8 | | M | 42 | | Graham Standing | G. Standing | |||||||||
| Paul Kitson | P. Kitson | | 52 | M | | 9 | | M | 42 | | Nwankwo Davies | N. Davies | |||||||||
| Luis Nilis | L. Nilis |  | 50 | A | | 10 | | A | 58 | | Ralph Davies | R. Davies | |||||||||
| Samuel Nunes | S. Nunes |  | 49 | A | | 11 | | A | 52 | | Julian Power | J. Power | |||||||||
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Match Report
It's a sunny day here at Ricoh Arena where Coventry City play host to Northampton Town. A crowd of 4,434 fill this 5,000 capacity stadium.
Both Coventry City and Northampton Town are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Coventry City and Northampton Town are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0Northampton Town start the match!
2.03
0-0Nick Cole makes a beautiful solo run. Nick Cole shoots from 20 yards. It curls slightly but Eddie Atherton manages to gather it comfortably.
8.19
0-0Darren Mortensen controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Nick Cole. Nick Cole chips the ball to his team mate, Ralph Davies. Ralph Davies knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Steve Stockdale.
10.40
0-0Kelvin Terry surges forward with the ball. Kelvin Terry knocks in a cross ball towards Ralph Davies. Ralph Davies directs the ball goalwards with his head but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
16.07
Ruel Thompson controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Luis Nilis. Luis Nilis shoots from long range but it flies wide!
20.30
Ivan Boateng makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Luis Nilis. Luis Nilis knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Malcolm Goodwin.
21.58
Darren Mortensen kicks a strong pass forward to Kelvin Terry. Kelvin Terry threads the ball through to Ralph Davies. Ralph Davies knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
22.25
Adam Murray surges forward with the ball. Adam Murray sees space and advances. Adam Murray whips in a cross ball towards Ralph Davies. Ralph Davies directs the ball goalwards with his head. Magnificent save by Eddie Atherton!
27.09
0-0The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
40.21
1-0Steve Stockdale flicks the ball to his team mate, Ivan Boateng. Ivan Boateng controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Samuel Nunes. Samuel Nunes whips in a cross ball towards Luis Nilis. Luis Nilis connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal. Anthony Wilcox is helpless! The ball slams into the back of the net - goal!!
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!
45.00
The whistle blows and Coventry City kick off!
65.15
Paul Kitson knocks the ball to his team mate, Luis Nilis. Luis Nilis lofts in a cross ball towards Samuel Nunes. Samuel Nunes directs the ball goalwards with his head but he balloons it over the crossbar!
67.39
Malcolm Goodwin threads the ball through to Kelvin Terry. Kelvin Terry makes a probing pass to Julian Power. Julian Power knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Eddie Atherton who gathers it comfortably.
79.53
Nick Cole knocks the ball forward to Julian Power. Julian Power lofts in a cross ball towards Ralph Davies. Ralph Davies directs the ball goalwards with his head but somehow Eddie Atherton manages to keep it out.
81.56
Ugo Konchesky makes a probing pass to Ruel Thompson. Ruel Thompson knocks the ball forward to Samuel Nunes. Samuel Nunes controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it is miles over!
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
1
0
Shots on Target
1
3
Shots off Target
3
1
Offsides
1
0
Fouls
0
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
55.6%
44.4%
Play Area
24.7%
49.4%
25.9%
Scorers
| Luis Nilis 40 |