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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 2 (setup 1, season 25)
Coventry City
v.
Nottingham Forest
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Kenneth VERMEER1Thomas SØRENSEN
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
Christophe JALLET28Roman SHISHKIN
Vladimir GRANAT73Maurizio DOMIZZI
Christian GENTNER48Cristian Daniel LEDESMA
Emir SPAHIC757Daniel VAN BUYTEN
ALEXIS Ruano Delgado767Jeffrey GOUWELEEUW
José Ernesto SOSA78Silvestre Manuel Gonçalves VARELA
RUBÉN Castro Martín8Givanildo Vieira de Souza, HULK
Max KRUSE797HÉLDER Manuel Marques POSTIGA
Carlos Alberto VELA Garrido610Kevin DE BRUYNE
Alejandro Darío GÓMEZ11Johan ELMANDER
Rikki FaulknerManagerForest Gump Tipple
Fernando José TORRES Sanz812Anthony STOKES
Ricardo Gabriel ÁLVAREZ13Joe ALLEN
Wout BRAMA14Jaroslav PLASIL
Cristian TELLO Herrera15Lee CATTERMOLE
Sidney SAM16Kostas KATSOURANIS

Coventry City 1 Nottingham Forest 2
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 60,528, Stadium: Ricoh Arena, Referee: Tony BATES 5)
26 VelaScorers14 Varela, 41 Hulk
71 Gentner <=> TorresSubstitutions
Sendings off
28 VelaBookings63 De Bruyne
10Corners2
10Fouls7
7Offsides7
6Shots on6
8Shots off4
14Total shots10
4Shots saved3
42%Possession58%
Man of the match: Silvestre Manuel Gonçalves VARELA
3KRUSE ran onto a delightful ball from SOSA but pulled his shot wide of the goal.
7A free-kick from ELMANDER raced just beyond the near post.
10KRUSE's shot was well held by the Nottingham Forest 'keeper.
14GOAL!! A scuffed DE BRUYNE shot bobbled toward VARELA who made no mistake from the edge of the box. (1-0 Nottingham Forest)
17An exceptional shot from GOUWELEEUW was dealt with by a good stop from the Coventry City 'keeper.
20A shot from VELA was smothered by SØRENSEN.
24VERMEER blocked a refined strike from HÉLDER POSTIGA.
26GOAL!! A shot from SPAHIC was kicked off the line only for VELA to crack the ball home. (1-1)
28A clinical challenge on GOUWELEEUW by VELA results in a booking.
34A penalty box scramble resulted in RUBÉN cracking the ball over.
41GOAL!! A wonderful dribble from DOMIZZI gave ELMANDER space on the left and HULK rifled in his pin-point pass. (2-1 Nottingham Forest)
45GÓMEZ chipped the ball to VELA who flicked it wide.
 
47A clever pass from GENTNER, was placed goalbound by RUBÉN only for SØRENSEN to palm clear.
48A accurate pass bobbled toward ELMANDER and his right foot shot went narrowly wide.
51SØRENSEN saved a curling shot from KRUSE.
52KRUSE was put clear by GENTNER and he beat the Nottingham Forest 'keeper but struck his shot wide.
55SØRENSEN did well to hold onto a fierce strike from RUBÉN.
62A shot from VARELA held little difficulty for VERMEER.
63DE BRUYNE cautioned for a bad tackle on KRUSE.
65HULK stabbed an easy chance past the lefthand post.
69A tame shot from VELA trickled agonisingly wide.
71A cross from SOSA left RUBÉN in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
76A twenty-five yard shot from ELMANDER caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
82A corner fell to ELMANDER who flicked an effort over.
88VELA kicked the ball wide from the edge of the box.
88VELA beat LEDESMA and drove the ball to SOSA who dragged his effort wide.