Sky Blues On The Road - Tranmere Rovers At Sixfields

Last updated : 21 November 2013 By Covsupport News Service

COVENTRY CITY VERSUS TRANMERE ROVERS FC
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 23RD AT 2PM
AT SIXFIELDS STADIUM, UPTON WAY, NORTHAMPTON, NN5 5QA
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 2pm. on the insistence of Northampton's Safety Advisory Group as to avoid a clash with Northampton Saints Rugby Club who kick off at 3.15pm.  
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TRAVEL
Coach from Whte Street at 12pm.

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.

Family Zone; http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/family_zone_back_for_saturdays_game_814968/index.shtml

Hospitality: http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/coventry_city_v_tranmere_hospitality_813052/index.shtml
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THE LAST TIME
Saturday's League One game will be the 13th meeting between Coventry City and Tranmere Rovers. 

In those 12 league and cup matches between the two sides, Coventry have won six with no draws. City have scored 17 goals to the Wirral based team's 19 goals. 

Of the six matches played in Coventry, City have won five. Their biggest home win was the 4-11 Third Division victory at Highfield Road in November 1960. 

Tranmere have had one win, one draw and one defeat in their previous visits to Sixfields.

Last season, City beat Tranmere Rovers 1-0 at the Ricoh Arena on January 16th 2013. Leon Clarke scored the only goal of the game in the 19th minute.

The teams that day were:

Murphy (GK), Wood, Edjenguele, Adams, Christie, Jennings, Fleck (Thomas, 64) Baker (c), McSheffrey, Moussa (Elliott 64), Clarke. Subs: Dunn (GK), J. Clarke, Cameron, Bell, Barton.

Tranmere Rovers: Fon-Williams (GK), Holmes, Taylor (c), Palmer, Harrison (Stockton 61), Bakayogo, Power, Amoo (Bell-Baggie 77), O'Halloran (McGurk 61), Daniels, Akpa Akpro. Subs: Mooney (GK), Black, Goodison, Robinson, McGurk, Stockton.

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 Tranmere Rovers on Saturday (2pm kick off0 is Darren Deadman

A 36 year old Civil Servant, Mr Deadman progressed to the National List via the National List of assistant referees in 2000 and the referees' list in 2005. He got into refereeing after playing semi pro football and getting injured.

His last game was the 1-0 defeat at the Ricoh Arena against Shrewsbury Town on January 1st 2013. Other City games he has been in charge of are; the 1-0 home defeat to Leicester City in August 2011 when he booked six and sent off two. the  2-2 draw at Norwich City in May 2011, the 1-0 win at Crystal Palace in February 2010, the 3-2 defeat at Preston in September 2009, the 1-1 draw at Sheffield United in September 2008 and the 2-1 defeat at Watford in April 2008.

This season, according to Soccerbase, he had had fourteen matches (two of which have been League One fixtures) and shown 46 yellow cards and two reds.  His last league game was Bolton's 2-0 win at AFC Bournemouth. .

His Assistants are: Paul Hobday and Graham Kane. The Fourth Official is Joe Clark.
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BETTING ODDS
The bookmakers are making Coventry City the heavy avourites for their League One game against Tranmere Rovers at Sixfields Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

City are priced at 8/15 with most of the bookmakers whilst the odds for Tranmere Rovers to win are around the 6/1 mark.  If you fancy the first ever draw between City and Tranmere, you can get odds of around 3/1.

Leon Clarke is the  3/1 favourite to score the first goal with Callum Wilson  a 4/1 shot.   More on this http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-tranmere/first-goalscorer

Correct Score - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-tranmere/correct-score 

Half-Time/Full Time -  http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-tranmere/half-time-full-time

All markets - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-tranmere/betting-markets