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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 16 (setup 5, season 17)
Coventry City
v.
Cardiff City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Craig GORDON17VICENTE GUAITA Panadero
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Jérémy PIED2MÁRIO Figueira FERNANDES
Luca ANTONELLI637Yaroslav RAKITSKYI
Fabien LEMOINE48Ivan RAKITIC
Ludovic 'Lamine' SANÉ5José 'Martín' CÁCERES Silva
Cheikh M'BENGUE66Joe RALLS
Fernando Daniel BELLUSCHI776Jermaine PENNANT
Maxime PARTOUCHE8José Antonio REYES Calderón
Luca TONI796Tim MATAVZ
Marco BORRIELLO106Idriss SAADI
Mirko VUCINIC611Robbie KEANE
Manager
Jérémy CLÉMENT12Junior HOILETT
Thomas KRAFT13David CORNELL
RICARDO Miguel Moreira da COSTA614Carlton COLE
Giovanni MARCHESE15Craig NOONE
Tim CAHILL16Stuart O'KEEFE

Coventry City 1 Cardiff City 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 27,973, Stadium: Ricoh Arena, Referee: Steve BRATT 6½)
42 BelluschiScorers
83 Borriello <=> Ricardo CostaSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners3
14Fouls8
3Offsides1
6Shots on4
4Shots off7
10Total shots11
4Shots saved4
42%Possession58%
Man of the match: Ivan RAKITIC
4PENNANT knocked the ball to REYES who nodded it over.
9A good ball from PENNANT on the left was collected by REYES who mishit his shot just beyond the near post.
13A penalty box scramble resulted in BELLUSCHI tapping the ball wide.
22CÁCERES headed the ball wide from just outside the area.
23A pin-point pass found REYES and his left foot effort raced narrowly wide.
25The 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked strike from KEANE.
27PARTOUCHE galloped through the Cardiff City defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
31MÁRIO FERNANDES headed wide.
36The stunned 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from LEMOINE fell just wide.
37An exceptional shot from LEMOINE was dealt with by a useful block from the 'keeper.
40A strike from REYES held no problem for the 'keeper.
42GOAL!! A long clearance by the Coventry City 'keeper beat the Cardiff City defence and BELLUSCHI slammed the ball beyond the oncoming VICENTE GUAITA. (1-0 Coventry City)
 
48VUCINIC worked the ball to TONI, BORRIELLO controlled his pass and kicked the ball within easy reach of VICENTE GUAITA.
51A great save prevented TONI from scoring a lovely goal.
56Uncertainty in the Coventry City defence enabled REYES to blast the ball just beyond the far post.
61PARTOUCHE brought the ball away from MÁRIO FERNANDES and stroked a poor shot past the post.
68The 'keeper was able to block a weak shot from TONI.
76A good effort from PARTOUCHE scraped the outside of the righthand post.
78The Coventry City 'keeper stopped a neatly crafted shot from KEANE.
84A neatly crafted pass from REYES, was nudged goalbound by KEANE only for the Coventry City 'keeper to claw away.
90+1A cross from BELLUSCHI left LEMOINE in lots of space but he rushed his shot.