- Eastwood (10), Simpson (54)
- Smith (58), Rasiak (61), Priskin (74)
- Date:2009-04-25
- Kick-off:15:00
- Venue:Ricoh Arena
- Attendance:17195
- Referee:Booth, R
Live Commentary
90mins
The ref has blown his whistle for full time.
90mins
Isaac Osbourne is replaced by Jermaine Grandison.
90mins
Tamas Priskin is replaced by Aleksandrs Cauna.
82mins
It's red. He's off. Daniel Fox has been sent off.
77mins
Coventry are replacing Robbie Simpson with Ashley Cain.
74mins
Goal!! Watford have scored with Tamas Priskin putting it in the back of the net.
73mins
Ben Turner goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.
65mins
Watford are replacing Ross Jenkins with Danny Rose.
61mins
Goal!! Watford have scored with Grzegorz Rasiak putting it in the back of the net.
58mins
Goal!! Watford have scored with Tommy Smith putting it in the back of the net.
54mins
Goal!! Coventry have scored with Robbie Simpson putting it in the back of the net.
46mins
The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 0.
46mins
Elliott Ward is being taken off, James McPake has come on in his place.
45mins
Half time whistle is blown by R Booth
43mins
The referee has booked Marcus Hall.
10mins
Goal!! Coventry have scored with Freddy Eastwood putting it in the back of the net.
0mins
It's 3pm on Saturday, April 25th, the match has kicked off.
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Match Report
Watford staged a tremendous fightback to come back from a two-goal deficit to defeat ten-man Coventry City .
Coventry wore a brown strip instead of their usual Sky Blue to mark the club's 125th anniversary and the change appeared to suit them when they grabbed the lead in the tenth minute.
Freddy Eastwood exchanged passes with Clinton Morrison before striking a firm shot into the corner of the net for his first goal for four months.
Watford should have equalised in the 21st minute. Tamas Priskin's stinging 20-yard shot was too hot for Keiren Westwood to handle and when the re-bound fell to Lloyd Doyley, the defender blazed his close-range shot high over the bar.
Chris Coleman's men doubled their lead in the 53rd minute after referee Russell Booth awarded the hosts a free-kick for Ross Jenkins' foul on Robbie Simpson.
The striker stepped up to fire a 25-yard shot beyond Scott Loach and into the net.
But Watford responded by reducing the arrears just four minutes later.
Tommy Smith, making his 300th appearance, rattled the bar with a fine strike and when Priskin collected the ball, he was brought down inside the box by Ben Turner.
Smith's penalty was saved by Westwood when he dived to his left but the leading scorer tucked in the rebound for his 17th goal of the season.
Brendan Rodgers' men were on level terms in the 61st minute when Jobi McAnuff's corner was headed in by Grzegorz Rasiak.
The visitors went in front in the 73rd minute when skipper Jay Demerit headed the ball into the path of Priskin and he back-heeled the ball beyond Westwood.
Coventry were reduced to ten men when Danny Fox was shown a red card for pushing Priskin eight minutes from full-time.
Coventry City Team
Watford Team
Coventry City | Watford |
Corners
| 4 | 5 |
Fouls
| 18 | 13 |
Goal attempts
| 9 | 24 |
Shots off target
| 2 | 11 |
Offsides
| 4 | 2 |