Match Report
| Coventry City | Coventry City |  |  | Wigan Athletic | Wigan Athletic | ||||||||||||||||
| Shawn Taylor | Shawn Taylor | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rio Harrison | R. Harrison |  | 46 | G |  | 1 | | G | 57 | | Eddie Wright | E. Wright | |||||||||
| Patrick Nkono | P. Nkono |  | 54 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 44 |  | Vadym Karavayev | V. Karavayev | |||||||||
| Alistair Edghill | A. Edghill | | 56 | D | | 3 | | D | 44 | | Greg Prior | G. Prior | |||||||||
| Lomano Dodd | L. Dodd | | 55 | D | | 4 | | D | 41 | | Gary Newton | G. Newton | |||||||||
| Bjšrn Wijngaarden | B. Wijngaarden |  | 58 | D | | 5 | | D | 41 | | Marc Elliott | M. Elliott | |||||||||
| Anthony Milburn | A. Milburn | | 58 | M | | 6 | | M | 61 | | Damien Venus | D. Venus | |||||||||
| Richard Smith | R. Smith | | 47 | M | | 7 | | M | 44 | | Danny Wilcox | D. Wilcox | |||||||||
| Kevin McStay | K. McStay |  | 58 | M | | 8 | | M | 42 | | Edward Owen | E. Owen | |||||||||
| Eoin Edwards | E. Edwards | | 55 | M | | 9 | | A | 57 | | Steve Venus | S. Venus | |||||||||
| Corey Bennett | C. Bennett |  | 63 | A | | 10 | | A | 55 | | Richard Wise | R. Wise | |||||||||
| Hugo Peiro | H. Peiro |  | 54 | A | | 11 | | A | 54 | | James Drake | J. Drake | |||||||||
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Match Report
Heavy rain falls from above here at Ricoh Arena where Coventry City play host to Wigan Athletic. A crowd of 4,839 fill this 5,000 capacity stadium.
Coventry City are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Wigan Athletic appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
Coventry City are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Wigan Athletic appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
0.00
0-0Coventry City kick off and get the match underway!
3.01
0-0Edward Owen threads the ball through to Richard Wise. Richard Wise goes all the way! Richard Wise cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal but somehow Rio Harrison manages to keep it out.
4.02
0-0Danny Wilcox chips the ball to his team mate, James Drake. James Drake shoots from 20 yards but it flies wide!
8.30
1-0Richard Smith knocks the ball forward to Corey Bennett. Corey Bennett shoots from distance. It's there!! Eddie Wright has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
12.54
Kevin McStay makes a probing pass to Corey Bennett. Corey Bennett controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
14.39
1-0Richard Smith makes a probing pass to Corey Bennett. Corey Bennett knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Gary Newton.
15.53
Damien Venus deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Richard Wise. Richard Wise whips in a cross ball towards James Drake. James Drake is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal but it is miles over!
16.11
Kevin McStay flicks the ball to his team mate, Corey Bennett. Corey Bennett lofts in a cross ball towards Hugo Peiro. Hugo Peiro powers a header at goal. The ball is well placed but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
18.55
1-0Bjšrn Wijngaarden chips the ball to his team mate, Kevin McStay. Kevin McStay flicks the ball to his team mate, Hugo Peiro. Hugo Peiro threads the ball through to Corey Bennett but he's offside!
20.45
1-0Damien Venus comes in with a late challenge on Eoin Edwards. Damien Venus is shown the yellow card! Eoin Edwards grimaces as he struggles to run off the knock.
27.41
Greg Prior flicks the ball to his team mate, Edward Owen. Edward Owen knocks the ball to his team mate, Steve Venus. Steve Venus knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Rio Harrison who gathers it comfortably.
28.43
Edward Owen passes the ball forward to James Drake. James Drake knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
30.22
Lomano Dodd passes the ball forward to Eoin Edwards. Eoin Edwards makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Corey Bennett. Corey Bennett knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
32.27
Kevin McStay threads the ball through to Hugo Peiro. Hugo Peiro knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Gary Newton.
34.27
Alistair Edghill chips the ball to his team mate, Kevin McStay. Kevin McStay threads the ball through to Hugo Peiro. Hugo Peiro knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
36.47
Alistair Edghill sees a break and surges forward. Alistair Edghill threads the ball through to Hugo Peiro. Hugo Peiro knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Eddie Wright who gathers it comfortably.
42.56
Damien Venus threads the ball through to James Drake. James Drake shoots from distance but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
Wigan Athletic kick off!
49.14
Damien Venus makes a beautiful solo run. Damien Venus knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Bjšrn Wijngaarden.
51.20
Richard Smith sees a break and surges forward. Richard Smith tries a spectacular long range effort. It's miles wide!
53.58
Kevin McStay controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Corey Bennett. Corey Bennett chips the ball to his team mate, Hugo Peiro. Hugo Peiro shoots from just inside the box but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
59.31
Damien Venus makes a beautiful pass to the feet of James Drake. James Drake knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
60.44
1-0Danny Wilcox hacks Richard Smith from behind! The referee calls over Danny Wilcox and warns him to calm down! Richard Smith runs off the knock.
66.15
Alistair Edghill controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Richard Smith. Richard Smith knocks the ball to his team mate, Hugo Peiro. Hugo Peiro knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
71.05
Danny Wilcox threads the ball through to James Drake. James Drake makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Richard Wise but he's offside!
75.06
Danny Wilcox clumsily knocks into Kevin McStay. The referee calls over Danny Wilcox again and warns him to calm down! Kevin McStay grimaces as he struggles to run off the knock.
77.47
Damien Venus clumsily knocks into Kevin McStay. The referee calls over Damien Venus and warns him to calm down! Kevin McStay stretches but gets up unharmed.
81.23
Danny Wilcox makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Steve Venus. Steve Venus whips in a cross ball towards Richard Wise. Richard Wise flicks the ball with his head. It's there!! Rio Harrison has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
85.03
Anthony Milburn knocks the ball forward to Corey Bennett. Corey Bennett plays a perfect one-two with Hugo Peiro and rushes in on goal... Corey Bennett tries a spectacular strike but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
87.32
Richard Smith controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Hugo Peiro. Hugo Peiro knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle
Match Statistics
Goals
1
1
Shots on Target
2
2
Shots off Target
4
3
Offsides
1
1
Fouls
0
4
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
62.5%
37.5%
Play Area
27.3%
47.7%
25%
Scorers