Evening to everyone and welcome to the Coombe Abbey Arena for Coventry City's pre-season game against Nuneaton Town.
Coventry City: Charles-Cook (GK), Willis (Whitmore 78), Harries, Leahy, Dion Kelly-Evans, Haynes, Rose (Maycock 76), Gadzhev (Stevenson 61) Thomas (Jones 61), Lameiras (Robert 46), Sordell (Tudgay 68). SUBS: Scuza (GK), Whitmore, Shipley, Dev. Kelly-Evans, Maycock.
Nuneaton: De La Paz, Clifton, Warbuton, Scott, Langmead, Keane, Tempest, Cartwright, Moli, Mbanje, McDonald. Subs: Wheatley, Sneaker, Waters, Grayson, Shorthouse, Ironside, Hodgett-Young.
As expected, the crowd is pretty sparse with plenty of room in the main stand and terraces.
Match is underway,
City in their home kit, attacking away end for the first half.
2 City corner,
GOAL: ball comes over to Ruben Lameiras who drives home from the edge of the area.
5 Dion Kelly-Evans shot palmed away by Nuneaton keeper.
6 GOAL 2-0 City. Keeper flaps at a cross and Dion Kelly Evans heads home.
9 Nuneaton corner but City clear.
11 Sordell tries to take everyone on and Tempest stops him. Lameiras then fires wide.
13 Good pressure from Lameiras wins City a throw on the left.
14 Throw cleared up field but in comes Jordan Willis to clear for a throw.
16 Lameiras cuts inside and defender and keeper block the shot for a corner which misses Rose and Harries at far post toe-pokes wide.
18 Foul by Mbanje on Willis. Mbanje gets a lecture from ref John Brooks.
19 Haynes run and cross wins a corner.
21 George Thomas puts ball through to Sordell who under pressure cannot get a shot on target.
26 Ryan Haynes curls wide from 20 yards.
30 Corner to City long ball in and defender heads onto his own bar andover for a corner.
31 Another two corner follows. The second see Rose fire over from ten yards.
32 Great ball from Lameiras finds Haynes. Lameiras then fires over.
52 Nuneaton fans in the away end.
Six minutes to half time and City lead 2-0
41 Sordell fires over from 20 yards.
43 Sordell fires over.
HT City 2-0 Nuneaton
Back underway at Nuneaton. 46 Robert on Lameiras off
47 Sordell through but offside.
51 Great ball by Ghadzev over to DKE but offside.
52 Harries heads a cross away for a Nuneaton corner. Tempest delivers but Leahy clears.
54 Good challenge from Ryan Haynes
55 George Thomas curls high and wide.
56 Harries and Willis dispossess McDonald who needs treatment.
61 Jones and Stevenson. Gadzhev and Thomas off.
Wheatley on for Nuneaton.
64 David Moli flashes a shot wide.
65 DKE nutmegs his marker but fires across the goal. Jones shot saved by keeper and Robert deflected shot win wins a corner.
67 Great save from keeper to deny Sordell.
Chorus of Sky Blue Song rfrom City support.
68 DKE wins a corner.
68 Sordell off Tudgay on.
Nun Shorthouse on for Cartwright.
68 Tudgay low shot.
70 GOAL 3-0 Marcus Tudgay through and lobs the keeper.
72 Haynes cross but cleared.
75 Plenty of passing from City. Haynes into area over to Jones who fires wide.
76 Ironside on Moli off
76 Maycock on Rose off.
77 Jordan Willis goes off with a knee injury. Whitmore on.
79 Foul on Tempest free kick to Nuneaton.
81 Jones curls another shot well wide.
83 Haynes cross misses everyone.
84 GOAL Shaq McDonald scores with a low drive.
85 City corner
85 City corner
86 Haynes cross out for a goal kivk.
86 Cartwright off Hodgett-Young on.
87 Jones on his left fires wide from edge of area.
89 Run and cross by Haynes wins a corner.
FT Coventry City 3-1 Nuneaton Town ATT 651