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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 5 (setup 4, season 27)
Portsmouth
v.
Coventry City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Marco SILVESTRI17Heurelho Silva GOMES
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Victor MOSES28François CLERC
Aaron CRESSWELL3Cristian MOLINARO
Marvin ELLIOTT74MIGUEL Luís Pinto VELOSO
David WHEATER58Laurent KOSCIELNY
Liam FONTAINE6Damien PLESSIS
Mauro Abel FORMICA7Siem DE JONG
Quincy OWUSU-ABEYIE87Matt TAYLOR
Sylvan EBANKS-BLAKE697Frederico Chaves Guedes, FRED
Patrick CREGG10Stefano OKAKA Chuka
James McFADDEN611Nacer BARAZITE
Manager
Chris DAGNALL12Glen JOHNSON
Joe LUMLEY13Craig GORDON
Stuart GIDDINGS14Freddy ADU
Spase DILEVSKI615Marco FILIPPINI
Kelvin WILSON616Filip DJORDJEVIC

Portsmouth 2 Coventry City 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 19,094, Stadium: Fratton Park, Referee: Kevin WRIGHT 7)
8 Elliott, 87 CresswellScorers27 Molinaro
87 Ebanks-Blake <=> Dilevski, 87 Cregg <=> WilsonSubstitutions
Sendings off
10 Formica, 14 Wheater, 47 MosesBookings
5Corners3
13Fouls1
1Offsides1
4Shots on8
7Shots off5
11Total shots13
1Shots saved6
39%Possession61%
Man of the match: François CLERC
7An exceptional strike from BARAZITE was dealt with by a good stop from the 'keeper.
8GOAL!! A deep corner left GOMES struggling and ELLIOTT side-footed the ball into the net. (1-0 Portsmouth)
10FORMICA receives a yellow card by the referee.
14The referee books WHEATER.
17SILVESTRI dived to his right to block a lovely shot from Coventry City's TAYLOR.
21The Coventry City 'keeper saved a curling shot from EBANKS-BLAKE.
25OWUSU-ABEYIE was put clear by WHEATER and he nutmegged the Coventry City 'keeper but thrust his shot inches over.
27GOAL!! A free-kick was pushed away by SILVESTRI, KOSCIELNY was first to the loose ball and floated the ball to MOLINARO to hammer home. (1-1)
30FRED hit a right foot shot over from twenty-five yards out.
32A deadly shot from TAYLOR was tipped over by the 'keeper.
40A corner fell to DE JONG who forced an effort over the bar.
44MCFADDEN made space on the right and touched the ball to CRESSWELL who fired the ball over.
 
47The referee books MOSES for violent conduct against FRED.
50A penalty box meleé resulted in FRED cracking the ball wide.
55TAYLOR charged through the Portsmouth defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
62TAYLOR beat CRESSWELL and fired the ball to MOLINARO who dragged his effort wide.
63A cross from FORMICA left CREGG in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
67MIGUEL VELOSO dribbled past ELLIOTT and stroked a poor shot into the crowd.
70OKAKA worked the ball to BARAZITE, MOLINARO collected his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of the Portsmouth 'keeper.
80OWUSU-ABEYIE ran onto a great ball from CREGG but toe-poked his shot wide.
85A drive from EBANKS-BLAKE seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to palm the ball away.
87GOAL!! A tackle from DE JONG gave Portsmouth a free-kick twenty yards out which CRESSWELL drove past the Coventry City 'keeper. (2-1 Portsmouth)