Fleetwood v Coventry City

Last updated : 24 July 2013 By Covsupport News Service

Coventry City are in the North West tonight where they take on Fleetwood Town.

There are around 200 travelling City fans, a similar number to last nigh's attendance in Cheltenham.

Coventry City: Murphy (c), Adams, Willis, Reid, Phillips, Martins, Thomas, Fleck, Garner, Moussa, Manset
Subs: Burge (GK), Maund, Azille-Moore, Lawton, Bromley, Bako, Quinn

Fleetwood Town: Davies (c), Beeley, Murdoch, Evans, Schumacher, Goodall, Hogan, Cresswell, Blair, Sarcevic, Ball
Subs: Lucas (GK), Howell, Pond, Parkin, Mattt, Brown, McLaughlin, Crowther.

Coventry City have three triallist in the team tonight. The Portugese winger Fabio Martins (11), French striker Mathieu Manset (9) and Scottish centre-half Craig Reid. All three will start the match.

Joe Murphy captain's the side tonight.

The City fans are in the Main Stand to the left of the dugout.

Both teams are using rolling substitutions tonight.

The game is underway.

5. Fleetwood win a direct free kick which Evans takes. City clear.

8. The first SISU Out chant of the evening.

15. Some neat passing from City until Martins loses the ball.

17. Sarcevic whips in a 20 yarder straight at Murphy.

The City boss Stephen Pressley is in a black track suit top tonight.

21. Manset strokes a Phillips cross wide.

24. Murdoch fires a shot over the bar.

26. Fleetwood win a corner. The ball sails over everyone and out for a City throw in.

Low shot from Sarcevic but it goes wide.

28. Fleetwood win a free kick after Murphy is harshly adjudged to have handled out of his area. Stefan Schumacher curls the free kick wide of Murphy's left hand post.

32. Evans low shot from 20 yards goes straight at Murphy.

Neil Mcfarlane is Barking orders at the City players.

34. Ball fires a shot across the face of the goal from 23 yards.

39. Manset pulls off a neat turn to get himself in a good postion but a poor flick sends a daisy cutter for Davies to easily deal with. 

40. Manset did a lot better tis time. Getting the ball on his left foot after beating his man and striking the keepers left hand post with a deflected shot which went out for a corner.

41. Another City corner comes to nothing.

45. Fleetwood win a corner which comes to nothing.

Half time. Fleetwood 0 Coventry City 0

Second half is underway.

46. Manset shot blocked. The ball is sent back into the box by Blair Adams, but it is cleared.

48. Moussa shoots wide.

49. Manset shot pushed away by the keeper, then the ball is blocked.

50. Thomas fires over the bar from 20 yards.

51. Garner lets rip with a shot that goes fractionally wide of the post.

56. Fleck drags his shot wide.

69. Fleetwood make several substitutions. City remain unchanged.

71. City win a corner. Martins shot is headed out and the ball falls to Garner, but he hits it over the bar.

73. Moussa volleys over. 

74. Ball is whipped in and Murphy gets down to push the ball out for a corner.

 75. City make changes. Fleck, Adams, Thomas and Willis all go off.

80. Phillips has a shot but it goes into the keeper's arms.

81. GOAL: Fleetwood take the lead when a cross is deflected in by David Ball off the top of his head.

85. GOAL: 2-0. Brown hits a shot which Murphy does well to even parry but he ball lands at the feet of Antoni Sarcevic who scores from close range.

Attendance is 1455.

Ryan Cresswell is announced at Fleetwood manager's man of the match. Wel deserved as he has played well.

91. Maund shoots wide.

Full time: Fleetwood 2 (Ball, Sarcevic) Coventry City 0