Coventry City v Crewe Alexandra, match updates

Last updated : 14 December 2013 By Covsupport News Service

Coventry City entertain Crewe Alexandra at Sixfields today.

TEAMS: Coventry City: Murphy (C), Adams, L Clarke, Seaborne,  Christie, Thomas, Fleck, Maguire, Moussa, Wilson, Dagnall. Subs: Gott(gk), Webster, Haynes, Phillips, Baker, Daniels, L Clarke.

Crewe: Garratt, Tootle, Mellor, Davis, Dugdale, Osman, Moore, Hitchcock, Evans, Aneke, Na Bangna. Subs: Martin(gk), Ellis, Leitch-Smith, Inman, Guthrie, Nolan, Walters.

It is a cold and grey afternoon at Northampton as the game gets underway. 

Christie and Maguire are involved in the first attacks for City.

3. Crewe win a corner and then another.

7. Crewe win a free kick 25 yards out. Harry Davis's kick ends up on the roof of the net.

10. City win a free kick, which did not beat the first man and went out for a throw in.

14. GOAL: Tom Hitchcock is allowed to get through and he beats Murphy with a low shot to give Crewe a 1-0 lead.

15. Crewe go wide with a free kick acros the box. Dagnall, at the oter end is just beaten to a loose ball by Crewe keeper Ben Garratt.

24. Crewe win a corner. Murphy clears with a punch.

25. City win a free kick after a foul by Dugdale on Chris Maguire. The ball is played back to Jordan Clarke on the halfway line. Dagnall knocks th eballover to Wilson, but he is flagged offside.

Crewe win two corners in quick succession.

 32. Matt Tootle sends a curler not far wide of Murphy's left hand post.

35. GOAL: City's first corner is turned in at the far post by Franck Moussa to make it 1-1.

 41. Davis is shown the yelow card for a foul on Callum Wilson.

43. A surging run from Callum Wilson bring City a corner.

In the 45th minute City had the ball in the net but Christie was adjudged to have been offside when he scored from close range.

46. A Crewe free kick is headed just wide by Osman.

Half Time : Coventry City 1 (Mossa) Crewe 1 (Hitchcock)

The second half gets underway.

Attendance 1618 with 243 Crewe.

The referee Steve Bratt has been replaced at half time by the fourth official, Ed Smart

46. A City corner kick is hacked off the line.

54. PENALTY; City win a penalty when Garratt brings down Wilson inside the area.

55. GOAL:  The wind keeps moving the ball off the spot, but Wilson takes the kick and scores to make it 2-1 to Coventry.

66. GOAL: Aneke equalises for Crewe after a break down the left wing. 2-2.

69. Substitution for City. Dagnall is replaced by Leon Clarke.

75. A loveley dink from Leon Clarke saw Fleck's shot win a corner.

77. Substitution for Crewe. Hitchcok is replaced by Inman.

79. Crewe win a free kick which is swung in to close to Murphy.

81. Substitution for City. Moussa is replaced by Baker.

Maguire is booked.

 Jordan Clarke threw himself in where it hurts to stop Evans scoring an almost certain goal.

89. City win a corner.

Brilliant block by Dugdale to prevent Leon Clarke from scoring.

Into the 4 minutes added time.

Full Time: Coventry City 2 (Mossa, Wilson pen) Crewe 2 (Hitchcock, Aneke).