Match Report
| Crystal Palace | Crystal Palace |  |  | Coventry City | Coventry City | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| David Lua-Lua | D. Lua-Lua |  | 67 | G |  | 1 | | G | 52 | | Eddie Atherton | E. Atherton | |||||||||
| Mohamed Djoudi | M. Djoudi |  | 65 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 55 | | Ugo Konchesky | U. Konchesky | |||||||||
| Marc Peckham | M. Peckham | | 59 | D | | 3 | | D | 48 | | Adrian King | A. King | |||||||||
| Garry Meiklejohn | G. Meiklejohn |  | 56 | D | | 4 | | D | 46 | | Steve Stockdale | S. Stockdale | |||||||||
| Graham Smith | G. Smith | | 54 | D | | 5 | | D | 46 | | Patrick Weaver | P. Weaver | |||||||||
| Stephen Barrett | S. Barrett | | 76 | M | | 6 | | M | 61 | | Brian Wright-Phillips | B. Wright-Phillips | |||||||||
| Robert Watson | R. Watson | | 55 | M | | 7 | | M | 59 | | Ruel Thompson | R. Thompson | |||||||||
| Shaun Haynes | S. Haynes | | 54 | M | | 8 | | M | 57 | | Ivan Boateng | I. Boateng | |||||||||
| Syd Terry | S. Terry | | 45 | M | | 9 | | M | 52 | | Paul Kitson | P. Kitson | |||||||||
| Norman Mann | N. Mann | | 60 | A | | 10 | | A | 50 |  | Luis Nilis | L. Nilis | |||||||||
| Mervin Mckay | M. Mckay | | 53 | A | | 11 | | A | 49 |  | Samuel Nunes | S. Nunes | |||||||||
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Match Report
There are a few clouds overhead here at Selhurst Park where Crystal Palace play host to Coventry City. A crowd of 4,703 fill this 5,000 capacity stadium.
Both Crystal Palace and Coventry City are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Crystal Palace and Coventry City are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0Coventry City start the match!
2.04
0-0Garry Meiklejohn hacks Luis Nilis from behind! Garry Meiklejohn is given a warning by the referee! Luis Nilis runs off the knock.
6.12
0-0Marc Peckham makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Shaun Haynes. Shaun Haynes flicks the ball to his team mate, Norman Mann. Norman Mann shoots from outside the area but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
12.48
0-0Brian Wright-Phillips makes a probing pass to Luis Nilis. Luis Nilis knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
14.28
Ivan Boateng catches Stephen Barrett on the ankles. Ivan Boateng is warned by the referee! Stephen Barrett runs off the knock.
18.22
Samuel Nunes barges into Marc Peckham. The referee calls over Samuel Nunes and warns him to calm down! Marc Peckham hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
27.53
0-0Adrian King passes the ball forward to Brian Wright-Phillips. Brian Wright-Phillips makes a simple pass to Luis Nilis. Luis Nilis sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. The ball comes in low, but David Lua-Lua easily smothers it!
28.50
Ruel Thompson sees a break and surges forward. Ruel Thompson sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it flies wide!
30.21
1-0Garry Meiklejohn knocks the ball to his team mate, Robert Watson. Robert Watson threads the ball through to Norman Mann. Norman Mann whips in a cross ball towards Mervin Mckay. Mervin Mckay powers a header at goal. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
45.00
The referee blows for the end of the first half
45.00
The whistle blows and Crystal Palace get the second half underway!
47.10
Robert Watson deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Norman Mann. Norman Mann controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but Eddie Atherton is on top of it.
53.13
Syd Terry makes a probing pass to Norman Mann. Norman Mann sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it is miles over!
60.22
Graham Smith makes a simple pass to Robert Watson. Robert Watson knocks the ball forward to Norman Mann. Norman Mann shoots from distance but it is tipped over by Eddie Atherton.
65.59
Robert Watson makes a probing pass to Norman Mann. Norman Mann knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Eddie Atherton who gathers it comfortably.
72.01
Stephen Barrett takes it forward alone. Stephen Barrett tries a spectacular long range effort. It's there!! Eddie Atherton has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
75.55
Graham Smith chips the ball to his team mate, Robert Watson. Robert Watson deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Norman Mann. Norman Mann shoots from long range. The ball dips under the bar and into the back of the net. Goal!!
83.01
Paul Kitson makes a simple pass to Luis Nilis. Luis Nilis knocks in a cross ball towards Samuel Nunes. Samuel Nunes is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Samuel Nunes!
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle
Match Statistics
Goals
3
1
Shots on Target
5
2
Shots off Target
2
1
Offsides
0
1
Fouls
1
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
52.8%
47.2%
Play Area
26.4%
51.4%
22.2%
Scorers