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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Deepdale
  • Attendance: 11857
  • Referee: Pike, M

Live Commentary

90 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90 mins

The referee has booked Arjan De Zeeuw.

87 mins

Preston are replacing Chris Brown with Neil Mellor.

81 mins

Marcus Hall is replaced by Scott Dann.

80 mins

Preston are replacing Karl Hawley with Brett Ormerod.

55 mins

Robbie Simpson is replaced by Michael Mifsud.

46 mins

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

46 mins

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

45 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

21 mins

Goal!! Sean St. Ledger scores for Preston.

0 mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, February 9th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Preston North End moved out of the relegation zone with their fourth successive home win, an important 1-0 victory against Coventry City.

Man of the match, Sean St Ledger, scored the all-important goal after 21 minutes when Darren Carter's right-wing corner was taken short to Paul McKenna.

He passed the ball back to Carter who hit an inch-perfect cross to St Ledger who was running in from the left to head home from six yards into the keeper's bottom left-hand corner of the net.

It was his first goal of the season, second goal for Preston and third goal of his career.

Carter, seven minutes later, hit over a similar cross and St Ledger again had a six-yard header which was saved by the Coventry keeper.

Isaac Osbourne had a 25-yard right-foot shot from the left channel saved by Preston's Andy Lonergan before Karl Hawley found Chris Brown and his 12-yard right-foot shot was saved by Coventry keeper Dimitrios Konstantopoulos.

Preston captain McKenna then found Brown with a cross and he hit a left-foot volley from inside the penalty area which the keeper saved.

Brown found Simon Whaley just before half-time and his ten-yard right-foot shot from the left of the penalty area was pushed around the post for a right-wing corner by the Coventry keeper.

In the 50th minute, Leon Best had a 25-yard right-foot shot which Preston keeper Lonergan tipped over the bar for a corner.

Sky Blues captain Michael Doyle was on target with a 25-yard left-foot shot from inside the right channel but this was also saved by the Preston keeper.

Michael Mifsud hit a 25-yard right-foot shot which Lonergan dived to his right to save and Hawley had an effort for Preston from 20 yards that was also saved.

McKenna then found St Ledger with a free-kick but the goalscorer's eight-yard header was straight at the keeper.

Preston North End Team

Coventry City Team

Preston North End

Coventry City

Corners

6 6

Fouls

7 13

Goal attempts

14 8

Shots off target

6 2

Offsides

2 10

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