COVENTRY CITY V CRYSTAL PALACE
TUESDAY MARCH 6TH AT 7.45PM
AT THE RICOH ARENA, PHOENIX WAY, COVENTRY, CV6 6GE
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 7.45pm.
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TRAVEL
By car: Leave the M6 at junction 3. Take the A444 towards the City centre and at the first island go left and you will see the Ricoh Arena on your right.
By rail: For all train information call National Rail Enquiries on: 08457 48 49 50, but be warned Coventry station is a £10+ taxi ride away.
Buses in Coventry
http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/feat/ed14/network_coventry_buses_for_a_match_day_732648/index.shtml
Parking: Car parking is extremely restricted around the ground. Street parking outside the exclusion zone is available if you are prepared to walk.
City supporters can now pay on the day to park at the Ricoh Arena before Coventry City home games. £10 will be charged to park in Car Park A and C with £7 for Car Park B.
Parking places are subject to availability and motorists will not be allowed to leave the car parks A & B for twenty minutes after the final whistle.
Park And Ride
The park and ride site is at The Oak Pub in Baginton near to Coventry Airport. Parking at the two park and walk sites at Christ the King Football Club in Wheelwright Lane and St Finbarrs and Wayside Business Park in Wilsons Lane. Vehicles can park there for £5.50 per game.
Parking at the two park and walk sites at Christ the King Football Club in Wheelwright Lane and Wayside Business Park in Wilsons Lane won't be affected. Vehicles can park there for £5.50 per game.
For further information or to buy tickets at any the three sites log on to http://www.ricoharena.com/ or telephone 08444 121 747.
Kenilworth Supporters Club - http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/coventry_city_kenilworth_supporters_club_712828/index.shtml
Travel From London for Members of CCLSC http://www.cclsc.co.uk/
The Sky Blue Express return coach service is back for the new season. Leaving from Christ The King Club in Coundon to the Ricoh Arena for all home games. The coach leaves the club approximately 35mins prior to kick off and returns after the match.
Prices remain the same as last season which are £3.50 for Adults, £2 for under 16's and £5 Family Ticket (one adult//one under 16). Tickets will be available from behind the bar For Further Info you can contact the Sky Blue Express on // 07974532056 // www.facebook.com/skyblueexpress // www.twitter.com/skyblueexpress
CTK Parish Centre, 14 Westhill Road, Coundon, Coventry, CV6 2AA
SAT NAV
Some car satellite navigation systems have not been updated to show Coventry City FC as playing at the Ricoh Arena. Those visiting the ground for the first time are advised to enter "Phoenix Way" and the post code "CV6 6GE" instead.
BUS
The 101 bus service from Pool Meadow should be running for this game.
The 804/805 De Courcey services are.
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ADMISSION
Tickets prices can be found by clicking on http://www.ccfc.co.uk/page/HomeTickets/0,,10269~2381424,00.html. Wherever possible you should get a ticket in advance to avoid increased matchday charges.
Corporate Hospitality
http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/city_v_palace_corporate_hospitality_732088/index.shtml
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THE LAST TIME
This is the 102nd league and cup game between the two sides. City have won 37 and drawn 32. They have scored 159 goals compared to Palace's 175.
The last time, Palace visited the Ricoh Arena for a league game was on February 12th 2011 and saw a 2-1 win for the Sky Blues. Goals from Richard Wood and Marlon King had City two goals up before Stefan Iversen set up a grandstand finish with an 89th minute goal in front of a crowd of 16,454.
The teams that day were: City Westwood, Keogh, Wood, Cameron, O’Halloran, Baker, Cranie, Gunnarsson, Jutkiewicz, King, Platt (Eastwood 87). SNU Clarke, Ireland, Bell, Hussey, O’Donovan, McSheffrey
Palace Speroni, Clyne, McCarthy, Gardner, Moxey, Zaha, Garvan, Wright, Easter (Counago 62), Vaughan (Iversen 83), Ambrose (Scannell 62). SNU Dorman, Davis, Barrett, Price
This is Palace's sixth visit to a Ricoh for a league game, They have won three, drawn one and lost one.
City's record home win over Palace was an an 8-1 victory in 1935/36 and their record home defeat to Palace is a 5-3 loss in 1930/31.
For a full list of matches between City and Palace, please click on http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadhed.asp?teama=173&teamb=164
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's Championship game against Crystal Palace is Mark Brown from East Yorkshire.
He has only had one City game in the past and that was the 1-0 defeat at Peterborough United back in December. This is his third season on the national referees list. Mr Brown found fame earlier this year when he was banned by Mike Riley for three weeks for posting a joke about Stephen Gerrard on a social networking site.
So far this season, he has had 27 (five of which have been Championship games) matches and shown 75 yellows and 3 red.
His assistants are Carl Dunn from Staffordshire and Ryan Newman from Yorkshire The Fourth Official is Nigel Smith from Derbyshire.
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BETTING ODDS
After a decent run of form, Coventry were brought back down to earth as they lost 2-0 to Leicester at the weekend which means they remain 22nd in the Championship table, three points from safety.
Palace’s decent form continued as they scraped a 1-0 home win over Peterborough to extend their unbeaten run to six matches though only two of those matches have been wins.
The Sky Blues go into this fixture as narrow favourites at a best price 17/10 with the visitors priced at 19/10 and the draw an alluring 23/10.
Under 2.5 Goals @ 7/10 – BET NOW
The match betting is fairly difficult to fathom with both sides in a similar run of form but the main consistency between these sides is that their matches tend to see few goals. On average Coventry’s home matches this term have seen fewer than 2.5 goals per game whilst Palace’s away stats show their matches produce even fewer. Both sides went under 2.5 goals in their matches at the weekend so that has to be the best bet this time around as well.
http://www.easyodds.com/sports-betting/tips-previews/coventry-city-tips/news-25051.html