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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 29 (setup 1, season 26)
Coventry City
v.
Cardiff City
Formation:
3-4-3
Overall form:
Home form:
Antonio MIRANTE17Gorka IRAIZOZ Moreno
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Emir SPAHIC726Ander MURILLO García
Vladimir GRANAT73Vladimír WEISS
BORJA Valero Iglesias4Jack COLLISON
Miguel Ángel BRITOS Cabrera57Diego Alfredo LUGANO Moreno
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA66Alexander MERKEL
Christophe JALLET7Phil McGRATH
Max KRUSE886Pablo Daniel PIATTI
Fernando José TORRES Sanz96GÖKHAN Ünal
Carlos Alberto VELA Garrido710Gianluca CAPRARI
Sidney SAM11Dudley CAMPBELL
Rikki FaulknerManager
ALEXIS Ruano Delgado12Joe CARDLE
Kristoffer NORDFELDT13RENAN Brito Soares
Cristian TELLO Herrera14Andrea CARACCIOLO
Nicola MURRU15Manuele BLASI
Ricardo Gabriel ÁLVAREZ166Lee LUCAS

Coventry City 2 Cardiff City 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 60,510, Stadium: Ricoh Arena, Referee: Alan WILEY 7)
70 Vela, 73 VelaScorers45 Collison
Substitutions73 Lugano <=> Lucas
Sendings off
Bookings35 Caprari, 79 Piatti
2Corners7
11Fouls17
8Offsides2
18Shots on4
12Shots off8
30Total shots12
12Shots saved2
58%Possession42%
Man of the match: BORJA Valero Iglesias
4LUGANO was put clear by MERKEL and he turned the Coventry City 'keeper but thrust his shot just wide.
5JALLET stepped inside MERKEL but blasted the ball into the arms of the Cardiff City 'keeper.
8PIATTI nodded the ball wide of the righthand post from just inside the area.
13A tame strike from BORJA bounced agonisingly wide.
20GÖKHAN beat SAM and whacked the ball to COLLISON who dragged his effort wide.
20A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
35The referee books CAPRARI.
43The Cardiff City 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked strike from KRUSE.
45GOAL!! A poor backpass by SPAHIC enabled COLLISON to run in and fire the ball past the 'keeper. (1-0 Cardiff City)
45+1A shot from TORRES was booted off the line by WEISS.
 
48JAVI GARCÍA worked the ball to KRUSE, VELA collected his cross and kicked the ball within easy reach of IRAIZOZ.
55MCGRATH's header was well saved by the Coventry City 'keeper.
62A header by GRANAT at the near post was easily collected by the Cardiff City 'keeper.
66The Coventry City 'keeper managed to block a wicked effort.
70GOAL!! A deep cross by JAVI GARCÍA was met by VELA who charged in to score. (1-1)
71A penalty box scramble resulted in GÖKHAN knocking the ball wide.
71BORJA clipped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
73GOAL!! An imaginative SPAHIC played a great ball down the left to VELA who seemingly in an offside position went on to comfortably score. (2-1 Coventry City)
76VELA's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
79PIATTI receives a yellow card by the ref.
83A right foot effort from VELA was saved by the 'keeper.
85SAM played the ball to TORRES who touched it wide.