Coventry City U21's Beaten At Cardiff

Last updated : 02 March 2015 By Covsupport News Service

Coventry City U21's were beaten 4-2 at Cardiff City U21's tonight.

At the Cardiff City Stadium, Dave Hockaday named a side whch again fielded a couple of trialists as well as Conor Thomas, Ryan Haynes and Shaun Miller.

City had chances early on and could have had a penalty but in the 22nd minute, Cardiff took the lead when Ben Watkins scored from close range.

In the 39th minute, it was 2-0 to the South Wales side who are second in the PDL League 2 South table, when Tyler Roche beat Jake Richards on his near post. 

Nine minutes into the second half and Cardiff had a third thanks to Semi Ajayi scoring. The Sky Blues went straight up the other end and Shaun Miller pulled a goal back within a minute of Cardiff's third goal.

Robbed of a second goal when Jackson's shot was adjudged not to have crossed the line when those in the ground could see otherwise,

In the 74th minute, Jackson did get his goal when he fired home a Shipley cross but any hopes of snatching a draw ended when Semi Ajayi headed home in the 85th minute, following a corner and City went down to a 4-2 defeat.

City: Jake Richards, Ivor Lawton, Trialist, Cian Harries, Ryan Haynes (Jordan Shipley 65), Conor Thomas, Callum Maycock, Trialist, Shaun Miller (Bassala Sambou 75), Simeon Jackson, Devon Kelly-Evans

Cardiff: Wilson, Barnum-Bobb, James, B. Watkins, Ajayi, C. Watkins, O'Sullivan, Patten, Hill, Noor, Roche. Subs: Horton, Rees, Balde, Amondarain, Phipps.