Will City's Thirteenth Visit To Chesterfield Prove Lucky?

Last updated : 27 December 2015 By CNS Sport

Monday will see Coventry City’s 13th visit to Chestefield FC. 

The Sky Blues have won on four occasions in league and cup matches, with two draws and six defeats and have scored 19 goals to Chesterfield’s 26. 

City’s last win in a league game was on Friday February 1st 2013 and saw a 2-1 win. 

Last season, in what proved to be Tony Mowbray’s first away win as City manager, the Sky Blues won 3-2 with Marcus Tudgay giving City an eighth minute lead before Jay O’Shea equalised in the 42nd minute. Samni Odelusi scored for City in the 64th minute with Frank Nouble scoring a third in the 75th minute. Aribiyi scored a second for the Spireites with five minutes left but City took the win. 

The teams that day were: 

City: Burge, Willis, Pennington, Martin, Stokes, Fleck, Ward, Barton, Tudgay, Nouble (Jackson 91), Samuel (Odelusi 58) Subs: Charles-Cook, Webster, Thomas, Turgott, Finch. 

Chesterfield: Lee, Evatt (Dieseruvwe 84) Ryan, Banks (Ariyibi 70), Hird, Darikwa, Jones (Humphreys 46), O'Shea, Clucas, Roberts, Lavery. Sub: Chapman, Carter, Raglan, Onowigin.