Will Game Thirteen Be Lucky For City?

Last updated : 19 November 2013 By Covsupport News Service

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.

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