FFO Championship, Coventry City vs. Stoke City (Fri Mar 15)


                        Coventry City  |  Stoke City
                            5-1-2-2 C  |  4-4-2 C
                        Will Schoolar  |  Derek Purvis
                                       |
                          B_Wilson GK  |  GK D_Ward
                       M_van_Ewijk DF  |  DF B_Wilmot
                        T_Sakamoto DF  |  DF F_Medina
                          B_Thomas DF  |  DF E_Stevens
                       K_McFadzean DF  |  DF M_Rose
                        L_Kitching DF  |  MF W_Burger
                           C_OHare MF  |  MF B_Pearson
                           B_Sheaf DM  |  MF A_Vidigal
                          K_Palmer MF  |  MF M_Leris
                          H_Wright FW  |  FW Wesley
                           E_Simms FW  |  FW T_Campbell
                                       |
                           S_Moore SUB |  SUB F_Fielding
                         L_Maloney SUB |  SUB J_Tchamadeu
                           L_Binks SUB |  SUB L_Baker
                          J_Eccles SUB |  SUB D_Gayle
                          J_Obikwu SUB |  SUB R_Mmaee




Min. 13 :(cov) B_Sheaf takes possession 
          ...  He runs towards goal 
          ...  But he stands on the ball and falls over!! 
          ...  F_Medina picks up the loose ball and clears the danger 
Min. 18 :(cov) L_Kitching hits the ball through the heart of the defence 
          ...  H_Wright latches onto it! 
          ...  But F_Medina with the fine tackle 
Min. 18 :(sto) T_Campbell sidesteps his marker 
          ...  That was too easy 
          ...  K_McFadzean with a bad challenge 
          ...  That looked malicious 
          ...  He gets away with that one 
          ...  It's just a warning 
          ...  Derek Purvis looks annoyed that there was no card there 
Min. 21 :(cov) B_Thomas plays a great one-two 
          ...  He runs towards goal now 
          ...  Wonderful sliding challenge by B_Wilmot 
          ...  He had to get that one right! 
Min. 24 :(sto) B_Wilmot lobs the ball over the defence 
          ...  Wesley latches on to it 
          ...  A left-footer by Wesley! 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  His players jump on top of him 
          ...  That's given Stoke City the advantage! 
          ...  Coventry City 0-1 Stoke City ...
Min. 25 :(cov) Tactical Change by Coventry City 
          ...  Coventry City have changed their playing style to N 
Min. 25 :(cov) Tactical Change by Coventry City 
          ...  B_Sheaf will now play as a MF 
Min. 25 :(cov) Tactical Change by Coventry City 
          ...  C_OHare will now play as a AM 
Min. 29 :(cov) B_Thomas jinks infield 
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run 
          ...  He plays the ball through to B_Sheaf 
          ...  B_Sheaf with the chance! 
          ...  It's hit the bar 
          ...  It bounces down 
          ...  D_Ward grabs it 
          ...  No Goal! 
          ...  Boos surround the stadium!! 
Min. 30 :(sto) A_Vidigal with a real burst of pace 
          ...  He shows B_Sheaf a clean set of heals 
          ...  A delicate header from A_Vidigal! 
          ...  B_Wilson tips it round the post 
          ...  Well saved 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  Theres some shirt pulling going on in the box! 
          ...  W_Burger flights it in! 
          ...  That's a poor one 
          ...  B_Wilson catches it with ease 
Min. 33 :(cov) T_Sakamoto is out on the right 
          ...  He moves the ball left to E_Simms 
          ...  M_Rose reads the play well 
Min. 39 :(cov) B_Sheaf holds the ball up 
          ...  He sees H_Wright in space! 
          ...  B_Wilmot reads the play well 
Min. 39 :(cov) K_Palmer looks around for some movement 
          ...  He knocks the ball across to H_Wright 
          ...  A_Vidigal fouls badly 
          ...  The Referee will want to speak to him 
          ...  The Referee lectures him 
Min. 41 :(sto) Wesley with an intelligent ball to T_Campbell 
          ...  A vicious shot by T_Campbell! 
          ...  It flies wide! 
          ...  He should have hit the target at least!! 
Min. 42 :(cov) K_Palmer squares it to B_Thomas 
          ...  B_Thomas looks to see where D_Ward is! 
          ...  He rifles in the shot! 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  D_Ward was caught out there 
          ...  That goal restores parity, and we're level! 
          ...  Coventry City 1-1 Stoke City ...
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 1 minute of injury time
Min. 43 :(cov) Tactical Change by Coventry City 
          ...  B_Sheaf will now play as a DM 
Min. 43 :(cov) Tactical Change by Coventry City 
          ...  C_OHare will now play as a MF 

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Coventry City 1-1 Stoke City

Min. 48 :(sto) T_Campbell with the dribble 
          ...  He skips through the tackle from M_van_Ewijk 
          ...  T_Campbell cracks a laser towards goal! 
          ...  He hits the side netting 
Min. 50 :(sto) Substitution by Stoke City 
          ...  COMING ON: J_Tchamadeu 
          ...  COMING OFF: M_Rose 
Min. 50 :(sto) A_Vidigal finds B_Wilmot in the box 
          ...  K_McFadzean reads the situation well and wins the ball 
          ...  But it goes out 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  B_Wilmot hits it into the box! 
          ...  B_Wilson thumps the ball away! 
Min. 51 :(sto) B_Pearson holds up the ball 
          ...  He plays the ball through to B_Wilmot 
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from L_Kitching 
          ...  It goes out of play 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  A_Vidigal hits it towards the far post! 
          ...  K_McFadzean reads it well 
          ...  And he knocks it away 
Min. 53 :(cov) L_Kitching backtracks with the ball 
          ...  He hits the ball upfield 
          ...  M_van_Ewijk latches onto the end of it 
          ...  M_van_Ewijk hits the shot with the inside of the left foot! 
          ...  But he's put it wide 
          ...  How did he manage to miss that one?!?!? 
Min. 55 :(sto) Substitution by Stoke City 
          ...  COMING ON: L_Baker 
          ...  COMING OFF: A_Vidigal 
Min. 57 :(cov) E_Simms with a Cruyff turn 
          ...  E_Stevens takes the player out!! 
          ...  The ref turns away!! 
Min. 60 :(cov) Substitution by Coventry City 
          ...  COMING ON: L_Maloney 
          ...  COMING OFF: M_van_Ewijk 
Min. 60 :(sto) Substitution by Stoke City 
          ...  COMING ON: D_Gayle 
          ...  COMING OFF: M_Leris 
Min. 60 :(cov) E_Simms kills the ball dead 
          ...  D_Gayle with a nasty foul 
          ...  YELLOW CARD!! 
          ...  He was unlucky to be booked for that 
Min. 63 :(cov) C_OHare sidesteps W_Burger 
          ...  That was too easy 
          ...  A delicate header from C_OHare! 
          ...  D_Ward falls over 
          ...  But D_Ward is relieved to watch it go out of play! 
Min. 64 :(cov) K_Palmer finds E_Simms in acres of space 
          ...  B_Pearson wins the ball 
Min. 65 :(cov) Substitution by Coventry City 
          ...  COMING ON: J_Eccles 
          ...  COMING OFF: C_OHare 
Min. 65 :(sto) J_Tchamadeu with an inswinging cross to L_Baker 
          ...  A cracking drive from L_Baker! 
          ...  B_Wilson with the acrobatic save 
          ...  He must have spotted the TV cameras! 
Min. 67 :(cov) J_Eccles with a real burst of pace 
          ...  He shows W_Burger a clean set of heals 
          ...  J_Eccles with the shot on net! 
          ...  It goes wide! 
          ...  He made that look harder than it was!! 
Min. 70 :(cov) Substitution by Coventry City 
          ...  COMING ON: J_Obikwu 
          ...  COMING OFF: H_Wright 
Min. 77 :(cov) K_McFadzean sidesteps his marker 
          ...  He was too quick for his marker 
          ...  K_McFadzean hits a curling shot! 
          ...  But D_Ward with the difficult save 
Min. 78 :(sto) The ball goes loose! 
          ...  B_Pearson seizes control of it and thinks about the shot 
          ...  B_Pearson tries to beat B_Wilson from outside the area! 
          ...  OOOOHHHHH!! 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  How did that find it's way in? 
          ...  Derek Purvis races up the touchline and slides onto his knees on the pitch! 
          ...  Stoke City have surely won this game now! 
          ...  Coventry City 1-2 Stoke City ...
Min. 79 :(cov) Tactical Change by Coventry City 
          ...  B_Sheaf will now play as a MF 
Min. 79 :(sto) D_Gayle steps over the ball 
          ...  He nutmegs K_McFadzean 
          ...  That a lovely piece of trickery 
          ...  D_Gayle sends it flying towards goal! 
          ...  Looks like it should be B_Wilson's 
          ...  But he elects to punch it rather than catch 
          ...  It loops out for a corner. 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  W_Burger flights it in! 
          ...  L_Baker gets a shot in 
          ...  The ball moves through the air with some crazy top spin! 
          ...  B_Wilson moves quickly! 
          ...  Can he get to this? 
          ...  B_Wilson tips it wide! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  F_Medina flights it in! 
          ...  Great catch from B_Wilson! 
Min. 81 :(sto) Wesley hits a hard pass to F_Medina 
          ...  L_Maloney with the tackle 
          ...  Good God Almighty, what a tackle from hell! 
Min. 82 :(sto) E_Stevens with a glorious 60-yard pass to Wesley 
          ...  Wesley attempts to nutmeg B_Wilson! 
          ...  He's pulled it wide! 
Min. 85 :(cov) J_Eccles with the diagonal pass to L_Kitching 
          ...  The ball hits B_Wilmot in the face! 
          ...  And goes clear! 
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 4 minutes of injury time.
Min. 90 :(cov) B_Sheaf looks up 
          ...  He swings the ball right towards J_Eccles 
          ...  J_Eccles tries to chip the ball over the keeper! 
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! 
          ...  But it sails past the post!! 
          ...  D_Ward never had a chance! 
Min. 90 :(sto) T_Campbell squares up to his marker 
          ...  He spits at E_Simms 
          ...  Right in his face! 
          ...  He deserves punishment for that! 
          ...  The Referee calls him over 
          ...  The ref is taking his time with him! 
          ...  YELLOW CARD!! 
Min. 93 :(cov) B_Thomas watches his team-mates pull the defenders out of position 
          ...  He decides to be greedy and run into the space 
          ...  He's gone right through! 
          ...  B_Thomas plays it down the wing 
          ...  Cross comes in back to him, diving header! 
          ...  He had to be brave there 
          ...  But he somehow misses 
          ...  He can't be happy with that effort 
Min. 94 :(cov) J_Eccles looks for options 
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now! 
          ...  He knocks a through ball to J_Obikwu 
          ...  E_Stevens wins the ball with a clear tackle 

*************  FULL TIME  ****************



Match Details
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Venue                : Coventry Building Society Arena
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Coventry City Match Info
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Best player          : K_Palmer
Scorers              : B_Thomas (42)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Stoke City Match Info
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Best player          : Wesley (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : Wesley (24), B_Pearson (78)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : D_Gayle (60), T_Campbell (90)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                           Coventry City  |    Stoke City
Attempts on Goal     :           8        |       9
Off target           :           5        |       4
On target            :           3        |       5
Possession           :          48        |       52
Corners              :           0        |       5
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       2
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :           6        |       10
Key Tackles          :           4        |       9
Key Passes           :          11        |       7
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Final Score          : Coventry City 1 - 2 Stoke City
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Player Statistics - Coventry City
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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B_Wilson       GK  23   1   1   1  27 |  95   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -2   0   0   0
M_van_Ewijk    DF   1  19  15   6  31 |  61   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  16
T_Sakamoto     DF   1  18  13   9  29 |  95   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  13   0
B_Thomas       DF   1  18  13  11  24 |  95   0   0   1   0   2   1   0   0   0   0  13  41
K_McFadzean    DF   1  17  12   9  28 |  95   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  34   0  15
L_Kitching     DF   1  17  14  10  25 |  95   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  17  24   0
C_OHare        MF   1   5  19  15  23 |  66   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   9
B_Sheaf        MF   1  13  18   5  23 |  95   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  16  17
K_Palmer       MF   1   8  18  14  28 |  95   0   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  34   0
H_Wright       FW   1   4  13  20  31 |  71   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
E_Simms        FW   1   2  12  18  25 |  95   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -10 -10 -10
S_Moore        GK  19   1   1   1  21 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
L_Maloney      DF   1  16  13   9  20 |  34   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  18   0   0
L_Binks        DF   1  15  13   3  21 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Eccles       MF   1  10  16  11  29 |  29   0   0   2   0   2   0   0   0   0 -10  10  12
J_Obikwu       FW   1   5  13  17  26 |  24   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Stoke City
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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D_Ward         GK  22   1   1   1  21 |  95   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -2   0   0   0
B_Wilmot       DF   1  19  12   5  21 |  95   0   3   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  45  30   0
F_Medina       DF   1  20  14  11  27 |  95   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  28   0   0
E_Stevens      DF   1  18  14   6  24 |  95   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  32  12   0
M_Rose         DF   1  18  11   9  30 |  51   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  16   0   0
W_Burger       MF   1  13  19   6  22 |  95   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
B_Pearson      MF   1  14  18  11  31 |  95   0   1   1   0   1   1   0   0   0  30  18  40
A_Vidigal      MF   1   5  18  14  20 |  56   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   8  10
M_Leris        MF   1   8  17  14  24 |  61   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Wesley         FW   1   8  13  20  24 |  95   0   0   2   0   2   1   0   0   0  10  36  24
T_Campbell     FW   1   2  12  18  29 |  95   0   0   0   0   2   0   1   0   0  -5  -5   3
F_Fielding     GK  19   1   1   1  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Tchamadeu    DF   1  16  10   7  29 |  44   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  16   0
L_Baker        MF   1   2  17  14  28 |  39   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  20
D_Gayle        FW   1   3  13  17  28 |  34   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  -5  -5   0
R_Mmaee        FW   1   5  10  14  29 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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