LEICESTER CITY V COVENTRY CITY
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 26TH AT 3PM
AT KP STADIUM, FILBERT WAY, LEICESTER, LE2 7FL
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 3pm.
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TRAVEL
Club Coach costs £12 and leaves the Ricoh Arena at 12.45pm.
By Road
From North & South (from the M1/M69 Motorways): The M1 and M69 Motorways interchange at Junction 21 (M1), where you should exit and follow the signs for the City Centre via the A5460. After 3 miles turn right onto Upperton Road, go over the bridge and take the first right down Western Boulevard and you will see the Stadium on your right-hand side.
By Rail
The Stadium is about twenty minutes walk from Leicester's train station in London Road. The train costs £9.90 for an off peak return from Coventry. It will be cheaper from Bedworth and Nuneaton.
By Air
The Stadium is 35 minutes drive from East Midlands International Airport at Castle Donnington, and 45 minutes from Birmingham International Airport.
By Coach
De Courcey X6 goes from Coventry to Leicester, get the 11.50 or 13.20 service. After the match, the only one back is the 17.50.
By Bus
You can get a 48 bus from Pool Meadow to Leicester
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ADMISSION
Coventry City have sold an initial allocation of 1400 tickets for the away game at Leicester City on Saturday March 3rd.
You can pay on the gate.
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THE LAST TIME
This will be the 86th meeting between the two sides. Coventry City have won 25 and drawn 25. They have scored 98 goals compared to Leicester's 119 goals.
On February 20th 2011, City drew 1-1 at Leicester. Marlon King gave City a 14th minute lead, before Kyle Naughton equalised a minute before the break.
The teams that day were:
City Westwood, Keogh, O’Halloran (Clingan 63), Wood, Cameron, Cranie (sent off 88), Gunnarsson, Baker (Eastwood 70), Bell, Jutkiewicz, King. SNU Ireland, Hussey, McSheffrey, O’Donovan, Ruffles
Leicester Ricardo, Naughton, Bamba, Bruma, Van Aanholt, Wellens, Abe (Oakley 85), Vassell (Waghorn 74), Yakubu, Gallagher (Dyer 69). SNU Weale, Leonardo, Vitor, Teixiera, Mee
City have yet to win at Leicester's new home. but have not lost on their last two visits. City's last win in Leicester was a 3-1 in the Premier League in April 2001. Their heaviest defeat is two 5-1 losses at Leicester in 1925 and 1985.
For a full list of matches between Forest and City, please click on http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadhed.asp
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The referee currently appointed to take charge of Coventry City's next game, the trip to Leicester City is Lee Probert from Wiltshire.
Lee Probert has steadily made his way through the refereeing ranks. He first became a Premier League official in 2007 and in 2010 was added to FIFA's list of referees.
His last City game was the 4-1 FA Cup win at Blackburn Rovers in Jan 2008. Other previous matches include the 3-0 home defeat to Watford in October 2007, the 2-1 home defeat to Derby in November 2006, the 3-1 League Cup defeat at Hereford in August 2006, the 1-0 FA Cup win at Brighton in Jan 2006, the 3-1 loss at Preston in Dec 2005, the 3-0 League Cup win at Rushden in Aug 2005 and the 1-1 draw at Plymouth in April 2005.
This season, he has had 26 matches (three championship ) and shown 84 yellow cards and five red.
His assistants will be Harry Lennard from East Sussex and Matthew Wilkes from Birmingham. The fourth official will be David Coote from Nottinghamshire.