COVENTRY CITY VERSUS CREWE ALEXANDRA FC
SATURDAY DECEMBER 14TH AT 3PM
AT SIXFIELDS STADIUM, UPTON WAY, NORTHAMPTON, NN5 5QA
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3pm
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TRAVEL
Coach from Whte Street at 1pm.
By Car; From The South:Leave the M1 at Junction 15A and take the A43 towards Northampton and you will come to the ground on your right.
From The North:Leave the M1 at Junction 16 and take the A45 towards Northampton and you will come to the ground on your right.
There is a fair sized car park located at the ground, which costs £4. Make sure though that you arrive early as it has been known for it to get full for the more popular games. Parking in the nearby cinema and restaurant car parks is not allowed, and parking there will probably result in your car being given a £60 ticket, or worse still clamped! So make sure that you only use the official football parking provided at the ground.
By Train, Northampton train station is over two miles from the ground, so it is probably best getting a taxi. There is an hourly train service from Coventry.
If you want to walk it: 'Come out of the main station entrance, go across the car park, up the steps and then turn right onto Black Lion Hill. Go over the railway bridge, and straight on along St James' Road. At the HSS Hire outlet (and the handily placed Thomas A. Beckett pub on the opposite corner) turn left onto St James' Mill Road. After about 400 yards turn right at the Fabric Warehouse (opposite Jewson) onto Harvey Reeves Road, which further on becomes Edgar Mobbs Way. After about a mile this road brings you out at Sixfields Stadium,
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ADMISSION
Tickets are available on the day via the booths outside the main stand.
Hospitality: http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/match_day_hospitality_for_this_saturday_817837/index.shtml
Family Zone: http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/family_zone_up_and_running_for_city_v_crewe_817942/index.shtml
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THE LAST TIME
Saturday's League One game will be the 20th meeting between Coventry City and Crewe Alexandra.
In those 19 league and cup matches between the two sides, Coventry have won eight with three draws. City have scored 33 goals to Crewe's 27 goals.
Of the ten matches played in Coventry, City have won six with one draw. Their biggest home win was the 5-1 Third Division victory at Highfield Road in September 1963 .
Crewe have only won once at Sixfields and have lost three times and drawn four times.
Crewe won on their last league visit to the Ricoh Arena with a 2-1 victory back in February. Leon Clarke fired City ahead in the 11th minute. Mark Ellis levelled five minutes later and Max Clayton struck the winner in the 77th minute.
The sides that day were:
City:Murphy, Christie, Dickinson, Cameron, Edjenguele, Bailey, Baker, Jennings (Wilson 82), McSheffrey (Fleck 78), Elliott (Moussa 74), Clarke. Subs: Dunn, Clarke, Thomas, Adams.
Crewe: Phillips, Mellor, Robertson, Davis (Aneke 73), Ellis, Dugdale, Inman (Turton 88), Murphy, Osman, Pogba (Clayton 76), Moore. Subs: Martin, Leitch-Smith, Colclough, Ray, Turton
More head to head - http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/head_to_head/next/vs/match/index.shtml
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's League One game against Crewe Alexandra on Saturday is Stephen Bratt.
The Birmingham based official has only had one City game before. That was the 2-1 win at Barnsley on August 16th 2008 in which he showed seven yellow cards in a game which saw Iain Hume sent off for two bookings. Report:http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/rprt/mtch/top_of_the_league_city_beat_barnsley_402610/index.shtml
This season, according to Soccerbase, he has had nine matches (one of which have been a League One fixture) and shown 15 yellow cards and one red. His last game was Plymouth's 3-1 win over Welling in the FA Cup.
His Assistants are: Simon Brown and David Plowright. The Fourth Official is Edward Smart
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BETTING ODDS
The bookmakers are making Coventry City the heavy favourites for their League One game against Crewe Alexandra at Sixfields Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
City are priced at 1/2 with most of the bookmakers whilst the odds for Crewe to win are between 4/1 to 6/1. If you fancy the draw, you can get odds of around 3/1.
If you are having a bet on the game, make sure you shop around before placing any bets. You can check what the leading bookmakers are offering by clicking http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-crewe/winner
Leon Clarke is the 7/2 favourite to score the first goal with Callum Wilson at 15/4. More on this http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-crewe/first-goalscorer
Correct Score - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-crewe/correct-score
Half-Time/Full Time - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-crewe/half-time-full-time
All markets - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-crewe/betting-markets