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  • Kick-off: 19:45
  • Venue: Pride Park Stadium
  • Attendance: 21840
  • Referee: Walton, P

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90mins

Marc Edworthy is being taken off, Paul Peschisolido has come on in his place.

73mins

Derby are replacing Marcus Tudgay with Dean Holdsworth.

71mins

Michael Johnson is booked for unsporting behaviour.

67mins

Derby are replacing Paul Thirlwell with Khalilou Fadiga.

59mins

Matt Heath is replaced by Neil Wood.

57mins

Goal!! Dele Adebola scores for Coventry.

54mins

Paul Thirlwell is booked for unsporting behaviour.

46mins

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

46mins

Willo Flood is being taken off, Andy Morrell has come on in his place.

45mins

Half time whistle is blown by P Walton

37mins

Richard Shaw is being taken off, Andrew Whing has come on in his place.

19mins

The referee has booked Gary McSheffrey.

14mins

Goal!! Derby have scored with Morten Bisgaard putting it in the back of the net.

0mins

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

Match Report

Derby County and Coventry City shared the spoils in an entertaining clash at Pride Park.

The Rams went ahead early on through Morten Bisgaard's fourth goal of the season before Dele Adebola earned his side a point with a 57th minute leveller.

Both teams had chances to win it in an action-packed second half but, in the end, a draw was a fair result.

The home side had started brightly and with just 90 seconds on the clock Bisgaard curled a left-foot effort inches wide from the edge of the box.

But 12 minutes later, the Danish midfielder did find the net - with the help of a massive deflection. Bisgaard picked the ball up 25 yards from goal, then turned and hit a shot which struck City defender Richard Shaw on the back and beat the wrong-footed Stephen Bywater inside his near post.

The visitors thought they had found a way back into the game almost immediately when Gary McSheffrey went down in the area under a challenge from Michael Johnson. However, referee Peter Walton gave a free-kick the other way and booked the striker for diving.

Claus Jorgensen, Jamie Scowcroft and Adebola then all went close in the next ten minutes as Coventry searched for a quick equaliser.

But they went in a goal down at the break despite six minutes of stoppage time following a nasty collision between Marcus Tudgay and Shaw which saw the veteran Sky Blues centre-back stretchered off with a gashed head.

Micky Adams' men were lucky not to fall further behind three minutes after the restart when Tommy Smith got on the end of Inigo Idiakez's wickedly-taken free-kick and saw his low effort strike the foot of Bywater's left-hand post and bounce to safety.

And Smith was made to pay for his miss nine minutes later when City levelled through Adebola. The big frontman ran onto Marcus Hall's lofted pass into the box and poked the ball past Lee Camp from six yards after beating the hosts' offside trap.

Tudgay and Bisgaard, twice, were then denied by smart saves from Bywater while at the other end, Adebola nodded just wide in a thrilling end to the game.

Derby County Team

Coventry City Team

Derby County

Coventry City

Corners

93

Fouls

1216

Goal attempts

139

Shots off target

47

Offsides

41

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