COVENTRY CITY VERSUS PETERBOROUGH UNITED FC
THURSDAY DECEMBER 26TH AT 12PM
AT SIXFIELDS STADIUM, UPTON WAY, NORTHAMPTON, NN5 5QA
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off is at 12noon.
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TRAVEL
Coach from Whte Street at 10am.
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: Hospitality for this game is sold out
Family Zone: The Family Zone will be open from 10.30am – 11.30am and will be continuing with their free seasonal activities.
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THE LAST TIME
Boxing Day will be the 15th time that Coventry City have met Peterborough United.
Of those fourteen previous games, City have won seven and lost three. Coventry have scored 25 goals against Peterborough and conceded 19 goals.
City's biggest win over Peterborough at home is a 2-0 win in the League Cup in August 2003. Peterborough have only won once in Coventry - that was on September 23rd 1961 when they won 3-1.
Peterborough have had two wins and two draws and a defeat in their matches at Sixfields.
The last time, the Posh came to Coventry was in April 2012 for a game which finished in a 2-2 draw. Emile Sinclair opened the scoring in the third minutes, Cody McDonald equalised in the 24th minute and Gary McSheffrey had City ahead at the break with a 44th minute penalty. In the 75th minute, Emile Sinclair scored again for a share of the points.
The teams that day were:
City: Murphy, Clarke, Keogh, Cranie, Hussey, Clingan, Bigirimana (Deegan 84), Norwood, McSheffrey, McDonald, Nimely (Platt 72). SNU Dunn, Willis, Christie
Peterborough; Jones, Alcock, Brisley, Zakuani, Rowe, McCann, Fecklington (Little 55), Boyd, Tomlin (Ball 63), Sinclair, Taylor. SNU Lewis, Kearns, Newall.
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 Peterborough United is Brendan Malone from Wiltshire.
Mr Malone is now in his sixth season on the National List of Referees and ran the line in the 2008 Johnstone’s Paint Trophy Cup Final between MK Dons and Grimsby at Wembley Stadium.
He has not had a City game before but was in charge of a City Reserves game at Watford in 2005 which City lost 2-0.
This season, according to Soccerbase, he has had seventeen matches and shown 39 yellow cards and one reds His last game was Crewe's 1-1 draw with Shrewsbury last Saturday.
His Assistants are: Joe Clark and Amy Fearn. The Fourth Official Geoff Law
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BETTING ODDS
The bookmakers are making Coventry City the favourites for their League One game against Peterborough United at Sixfields Stadium on Thursday at 12noon.
City are priced around 7/5 with most of the bookmakers whilst the odds for Peterborough to win are around 15/8. If you fancy the draw, you can get odds of around 9/4.
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-peterborough/winner
Leo Clarke is the 4/1 favourite to score the first goal with Britt Assombalonga at 5/1. More on this
http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-peterborough/first-goalscorer
Correct Score - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-peterborough/correct-score
HalfTime/FullTime - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-peterborough/half-time-full-time
All markets - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-peterborough/betting-markets