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  • Kick-off: 20:00
  • Venue: Ricoh Arena
  • Attendance: 23000
  • Referee: Thorpe, M

Live Commentary

90mins

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

82mins

Claus Jorgensen is replaced by Isaac Osbourne.

82mins

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

72mins

Brett Ormerod is replaced by Dexter Blackstock.

57mins

The referee has booked David Prutton.

46mins

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

45mins

Half time whistle is blown by M Thorpe

45mins

Richard Duffy is booked for timewasting.

42mins

Darren Powell goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

38mins

Coventry are replacing Dele Adebola with Stern John.

12mins

Goal!! Ricardo Fuller scores for Southampton.

6mins

Goal!! Coventry have scored with James Scowcroft putting it in the back of the net.

0mins

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

Match Report

Coventry City continued their scoring form at their new home, but found themselves quickly pegged back.

Micky Adams' men, who had slipped to defeat at Sheffield United on Saturday, surged into a sixth minute lead through James Scowcroft only for a bad slip by skipper Rob Page to hand an equaliser to Ricardo Fuller.

Coventry, showing two changes from that Bramall Lane defeat, were straight into the groove and carved Saints apart with a well worked move.

Scowcroft held the ball up well before feeding Marcus Hall down the left and when the full-back centred, the former Ipswich man was there to turn the ball in with his left foot.

Southampton had not made an impression but from their first attack they were level. Page looked to have done enough when he moved on to a pass by Danny Higginbotham, but he totally miskicked his back pass allowing Fuller to stroke the ball into the empty net.

The game had started at frantic pace and it didn't drop in the aftermath of the goal. Claus Jorgensen, who had scored the first goal at the new Ricoh Arena, went close from a Michael Doyle cross, while at the other end Fuller did well to beat two defenders before powering in a shot which was well held by Stephen Bywater.

Coventry won a series of corners just before the half hour but Southampton stayed firm at the back.

Both sides continued in the same vein after the break and Coventry could have gone ahead again through Scowcroft but the striker's head looped over the bar.

At the other end the home side were lucky to survive just short of the hour when Darren Powell's header beat Bywater only to bounce off the bar before Page managed to hook it to safety.

Michael Doyle saw a ferocious 30-yard free-kick bounce off a defender in the 72nd minute before Richard Shaw produced a fine last-ditch tackle to end a dangerous run from Fuller.

Scowcroft had the last real chance when he turned on the edge of the area in the 80th minute, but his low shot fizzed just wide of the Antti Niemi's right post.

Coventry City Team

Southampton Team

Coventry City

Southampton

Corners

113

Fouls

1619

Goal attempts

1212

Shots off target

58

Offsides

00

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