Coventry City v Port vale

Coventry City take on Port Vale this afternoon at Sixfields. Port Vale are managed for former Sky Blue player and manager Micky Adams.

City will be without the suspended Dan Seabourne but will have Michael Petrasso available after his loan spell from QPR was extended.

Steven Pressley has made four changes to the team that started last week at Gillingham. Striker Chuba Akpom retruns from his FA Youth Cup recall to Arsenal in place of fellow loanee Delfouneso. Captain Carl Baker also starts the game as do defenders Cyrus Christie and Blair Adams.

Teams: Coventry City: Murphy (GK), Christie, Willis, Clarke, Adams, Baker (C), Thomas, Fleck, Petrasso, Wilson, Akpom. Subs: Burge (GK), Webster, Moussa, Barton, McGeouch, Marshall, Delfouneso.

Port Vale: Neal (GK), Yates, Dickinson, Loft (C), Myrie-Williams, Pope, Lines, Williamson, Grimmer, Knott, Duffy.Subs: Johnson (GK), Jones, Robertson, Dodds, Tomlin, Griffth, Birchall.

It is a bright and sunny spring afternoon at Sixfields.

Former Coventry City defender Ian Butterworth is at Sixfields among the scouts, he is currently assistant scout at QPR.

The match is underway.

GOAL: City go a goal down in 37 seconds when Doug Loft lobs Joe Murphy.

1. Wilson has a shot blocked.

3. A City corner is headed clear.

5. Fleck has a 20 yard shot which goes straight to Neal in the Vale goal.

8. Baker has a shot from 20 yards that goes wide.

11. A Wilson cross is met by Akpom who flicks the ball at Neal in the Vale goal.

18. City win two corners in quick succession, both of which are cleared. 

20. Port Vale win a corner.

23.Port Vale win a free kick that come to nothing. Christie than sends in a cross that is too high and wide.

28. A free kick awarded to Port Vale annoyed City boss Steven Pressley who took umbrage with the fourth official. Joe Murphy  then had to make a great save from the controversial free kick and pushed the ball over the bar to concede a corner.

31. A Loft shot on the tunr goes wide.

33. Akpom is booked for diving.

A Port Vale attack and a header down is kicked clear before the referee blows for a foul that everyone in the ground saw.

35. Port Vale throw.

38. A Port Vale free kick leads to a corner.

44. Port Vale win a corner.

Half Time: Coventry City 0 Port Vale 1 (Loft)

Second Half is underway.

46. A City corner leads to a Port Vale free kick.

48. A Port Vale corner is headed toward the goal and is grabbed by Murphy.

49. A Port Vale free kick has to be retaken.

50. Lines curls a shot at Murphy.

51. Substitution for City. Akpom off, Delfouneso on.

52. Wilson fires a shot over the bar.

Attendance 1627, 345 Port Vale.

54. City win a corner.

55. City win a corner. 

58. Substitution for City. Petrasso off, Moussa on.

60. Good work by Christie who hits a deflected shot which comes off Delfouneso and lands in Neal's arms.

61. Brilliant tackle from Duffy stops Blair Adams.

68. Knott is booked for pulling back Backer's hand.

73. GOAL: City go 0-2 down. The ball comes over and Ben Williamson got the final touch as Murphy watched.

77. Substitution for City. Thomas off, Marsall on.

79. GOAL: City pull a goal back through a Jordan Clarke header from a free kick.

81. Baker shoots over the bar from 20 yards.

84. Substitution for Port Vale. Williamson off, Griffiths on.

87. Fleck is booked.

90. Five minutes added time to be played.

90+1. GOAL: Callum Wilson burst through to score the equaliser.

Full Time Coventry City 2 (Clarke, Wilson) Port Vale 2 (Loft, Williamson)