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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Withdean Stadium
  • Attendance: 6529
  • Referee: Hegley, G

Live Commentary

90mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

90mins

Claus Jorgensen is booked for dissent.

88mins

Sebastien Carole is replaced by Alexandre Frutos.

84mins

Stephen Hughes is being taken off, Isaac Osbourne has come on in his place.

76mins

Gary McSheffrey is replaced by Andy Morrell.

64mins

Coventry are replacing Richard Duffy with Paul Watson.

56mins

Goal!! Brighton have scored with Colin Kazim-Richards putting it in the back of the net.

54mins

Brighton are replacing Jake Robinson with Colin Kazim-Richards.

50mins

Goal!! Claus Jorgensen scores for Coventry.

50mins

Goal!! Brighton have scored with Leon Knight putting it in the back of the net.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 1.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

39mins

Own goal, Paul McShane has put it in his own net.

0mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

Brighton's Coca-Cola kid Colin Kazim-Richards earned a point with his first touch as a second-half substitute.

The Seagulls were 2-1 down when manager Mark McGhee introduced Kazim-Richards for Jake Robinson in the 53rd minute.

The 19-year-old striker immediately rounded Andrew Whing to toe-poke Brighton's second equaliser of the game from an acute angle.

It was Kazim-Richards' first goal for the club since a summer move from Bury, paid for with the proceeds of a £250,000 Coca-Cola competition won by Brighton fan Aaron Bury.

Kazim-Richards' dramatic impact capped a burst of three goals in the space of five minutes at the start of the second half after Paul McShane's own goal from a Stephen Hughes cross had gifted Coventry a 39th minute lead.

Leon Knight levelled for Brighton in the 49th minute, heading in from virtually on the goal-line when a cross by Albert Jarrett rebounded off the far post.

Claus Jorgensen put Coventry 2-1 up a minute later with a free header from a Marcus Hall cross.

It looked like being a winning return to the Withdean for Coventry's former Brighton boss Micky Adams at that stage, but Kazim-Richards had other ideas.

Both sides had several chances to claim all three points in the closing stages.

Coventry keeper Stephen Bywater, on loan from West Ham, blocked with his legs to foil Jarrett and then smothered an angled drive by Knight after Jarrett's cross had been headed back by Dean Hammond.

The visitors had plenty of opportunities as well, James Scowcroft missing the best of them, before Kazim-Richards almost snatched victory on the stroke of full time with an explosive shot from 30 yards that flew just over the bar.

Alan Blayney, on loan to Brighton from Southampton towards the end of last season, was back between the posts for the south coast club.

They have re-signed him on a month's loan from the Saints to cover for Wayne Henderson, who was ruled out by a back injury.

Brighton and Hove Albion Team

Coventry City Team

Brighton and Hove Albion

Coventry City

Corners

57

Fouls

99

Goal attempts

1310

Shots off target

33

Offsides

12

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