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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Home Park
  • Attendance: 18443
  • Referee: Probert, L

Live Commentary

90mins

Goal!! Tony Capaldi scores for Plymouth.

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

83mins

Coventry are replacing Stern John with Trevor Benjamin.

81mins

David Worrell is being taken off, Scott Taylor has come on in his place.

71mins

The referee has booked Richard Duffy.

71mins

The referee has booked Stephen Hughes.

70mins

The referee has booked Michael Doyle.

69mins

Plymouth are replacing Hasney Aljofree with Mathias Doumbe.

66mins

Lloyd Dyer is being taken off, Claus Jorgensen has come on in his place.

64mins

Plymouth are replacing Nick Chadwick with Tony Capaldi.

53mins

Coventry are replacing Dele Adebola with Shaun Goater.

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.

45mins

Goal!! Coventry have scored with Stern John putting it in the back of the net.

0mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, April 23rd, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

A goal more than five minutes into injury-time from Tony Capaldi earned Plymouth a vital point and condemned visitors Coventry to more end-of-season nerves as the two relegation-threatened sides scrapped out an anxious draw.

Substitute Capaldi converted a cut-back from fellow benchman Mathias Doumbe to bring about furious protests from the Sky Blues' players and staff, who complained that the goal came after the extra-time allocated by referee Lee Probert.

Until Northern Ireland international Capaldi's late intervention, last season's Second Division champions looked like heading for a rare home defeat.

They went behind on the stroke of half-time when captain Paul Wotton dallied on the edge of his penalty area to gift Stern John an easy goal.

As Wotton hesitated, Dele Adebola pressured the skipper and John seized on the loose ball before placing it past exposed Argyle goalkeeper Luke McCormick.

The Pilgrims forced five corners in the first 20 minutes, with centre-back Graham Coughlan going closest with a header that flashed over the crossbar.

The Pilgrims were denied a penalty soon afterwards when City centre-back Steve Staunton clearly handled, but the visitors almost netted against the run of play when Andrew Whing was allowed a free header from Stephen Hughes' corner.

Coventry held on comfortably during the second half and it took a fine piece of goalkeeping from McCormick to prevent Gary McSheffrey from doubling the visitors' margin.

That save proved vital. The clock had ticked past the five minutes originally added on when Capaldi converted, bringing protests from the Coventry contingent that, not only was the goal scored after the game should have ended, but also that Adebola had been fouled in the build-up.

Plymouth Argyle

Coventry City

Corners

116

Fouls

1416

Goal attempts

1510

Shots off target

75

Offsides

33

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