Sky Blues On The Road- Bradford City At Sixfields

Last updated : 30 March 2014 By Covsupport News Service

 COVENTRY CITY VERSUS BRADFORD CITY FC

TUESDAY APRIL 1ST AT 7.45PM    

AT SIXFIELDS STADIUM, UPTON WAY, NORTHAMPTON, NN5 5QA

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MATCH DETAILS

Kick off at 7.45pm.    

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TRAVEL

Coach from Whte Street at 5pm

​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/coventry_city_v_bradford_city_hospitality_828989/index.shtml

​Family Zone - There is no Family Zone for this game

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THE LAST TIME

​Coventry City face Bradford City for the 24th time in League fixtures on Tuesday night.

​It is six meetings ago that the Sky Blues last beat Bradford City with a 4-0 win at Highfield Road on Sunday December 23rd 2001 in a second tier fixture.

​Of the 23 previous matches between the two sides, Coventry City have only won on six occasions with nine draws, the last of which was earlier this season.

​The last time City played Bradford City in Coventry, the game was on November 5th 2003 and best remembered for the fireworks coming over Highfield Road being far more entertaining than the 0-0 draw. 

​A crowd of 11,862 saw the game that night and the City team was:

​36 Arphexad, 2 Whing, 4 Konjic, 5 Shaw, 26 Warnock, 6 Safri, 10 McAllister, 17 Doyle, 11 Barrett (9 Adebola 58), 12 Morrell, 8 Suffo SNU 1 Shearer, 7 Pead, 18 Staunton, 20 Davenport. 

​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 Bradford City on Tuesday night is Lee Probert from Wiltshire.

​Lee Probert has steadily made his way through the refereeing ranks. He first became a Premier League official in 2007 and in 2010 was added to FIFA's list of referees.

​His last City game was the 2-0 defeat at Leicester City in March 2012. Other City games he has been in charge of are: the  4-1 FA Cup win at Blackburn Rovers in Jan 2008, the 3-0 home defeat to Watford in October 2007, the 2-1 home defeat to Derby in November 2006, the 3-1 League Cup defeat at Hereford in August 2006, the 1-0 FA Cup win at Brighton in Jan 2006, the 3-1 loss at Preston in Dec 2005, the 3-0 League Cup win at Rushden in Aug 2005 and the 1-1 draw at Plymouth in April 2005.

​This season, he has had 23 games and shown 42 yellows and five red cards.

​His assistants are Robert Merchant and Adam Nunn and the fourth official is Mark Heywood.

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BETTING ODDS

​Coventry City are the evens favourites to Bradford City on Tuesday night.

​City are priced at evens for this re-arranged game with Bradford City who won 1-0 at Leyton Orient on Saturday at 5/2 and 5/2 on the draw.

​If you are having a bet on the game, make sure you shop around for the best odds before placing any bet. You can check odds being offered by the leading bookmakers by clicking on http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-bradford/winner

​Callum Wilson is 3/1 for first goalscorer: http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-bradford/first-goalscorer

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

​Halftime/Fulltime - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/coventry-v-bradford/half-time-full-time

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