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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Highfield Road Stadium
  • Attendance: 22728
  • Referee: Fletcher, M

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90mins

Steve Staunton is booked for timewasting.

78mins

Gary McSheffrey is replaced by Andy Morrell.

77mins

Inigo Idiakez goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

75mins

Michael Johnson goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

73mins

Coventry are replacing Dele Adebola with Trevor Benjamin.

68mins

Goal!! Andrew Whing scores for Coventry.

67mins

Claus Jorgensen is replaced by Andrew Whing.

66mins

Derby are replacing Marcus Tudgay with Juan Junior.

63mins

Goal!! Paul Peschisolido scores for Derby.

55mins

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

51mins

Goal!! Derby have scored with Adam Bolder putting it in the back of the net.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 4 v 0.

45mins

Half time whistle is blown by M Fletcher

40mins

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

37mins

Goal!! Dele Adebola scores for Coventry.

30mins

Derby are replacing Ian Taylor with Paul Peschisolido.

29mins

Gary McSheffrey takes a penalty for Coventry and scores!.

28mins

Mo Konjic is booked for unsporting behaviour.

20mins

Goal!! Coventry have scored with Gary McSheffrey putting it in the back of the net.

0mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, April 30th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Coventry City sealed their Championship future and said goodbye to Highfield Road with a memorable performance.

Derby did their best to silence the crowd early on, and created two good chances through Inigo Idiakez, first on four minutes when his free-kick forced a desperate save from Luke Steele.

Then from the resultant corner Michael Johnson headed Idiakez's corner just wide.

Gary McSheffrey started to come into the game and the Coventry kid - born a stone's throw from Highfield Road - cut inside into the box and hammered a shot that took a brave intervention from Johnson to divert away from the goal.

McSheffrey was clearly up for the occasion, though, and on 20 minutes he picked himself up from a crude Ian Taylor challenge to latch on to the ball 25 yards out.

He burst forward through three defenders and knocked the ball past Lee Camp from eight yards.

The momentum was all in Coventry's favour now and on 27 minutes Stern John knocked the ball in behind the Derby defence for Claus Jorgensen to run on to.

Former Coventry favourite Mo Konjic bundled the Dane over and Gary McSheffrey stepped up to slot home the penalty.

Coventry were far from finished, though. Hapless Konjic was involved again as he attempted to shield the ball from Dele Adebola, only to be robbed by Coventry's giant frontman.

Adebola skipped past Camp and put the ball in the net from a single yard out.

Still the goals came, though, and again poor Konjic was involved as he headed the ball behind needlessly for a corner on 39 minutes.

Stephen Hughes' set-piece was nodded unchallenged past Camp by John to give Coventry a lead few at Highfield Road could have dreamed of.

After the break, on 50 minutes, Adam Bolder snapped a powerful 25-yard drive into the top corner to give Derby brief hope of an unlikely comeback.

But their hopes were shattered minutes later when John restored the home side's four goal advantage with a tight-angle drive from close range.

Substitute Paul Peschisolido grabbed a 62nd minute goal to reduce the deficit once more, but then Sky Blues sub Andrew Whing scored a sublime volley with his first touch on 69 minutes.

Coventry City

Derby County

Corners

76

Fouls

1416

Goal attempts

1110

Shots off target

25

Offsides

23

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