Super Sky Blues Up To 7th After Win At Ipswich

Last updated : 16 October 2010 By Covsupport News Service/RD

Coventry City return home tonight from Portman Road with three points for the first time since 1994.

Coventry took the lead in the 18th minute with a goal from Clive Platt, who headed in a Gunnarsson flick on from a Clingan corner.

The teams went in at half time with City one up, but Coventry added another goal from a Jutkiewicz penalty in the 55th minute only to conceded almost immediately from a Jason Scotland strike in the 57th minute.

The win means Coventry leapfrog Ipswich and climb to 7th place in the Championship.

QPR's lead at the top at the top of the table is down to four points after Neil Warnock's team were held 0-0 at Loftus Road by Norwich City.

Cardiff won 3-2 at bottom side Bristol City to close in on the West London side with former Sky Blue Jay Boothroyd on the scoresheet.

Swansea are fourth thanks to a 1-0 win at Reading whilst Watford who are joint fifth on eighteen points with Ipswich and City, losing 3-2 at Portsmouth.

Former City player and manager Gordon Strachan again had the Middlesbrough fans calling for his head after a 2-1 home defeat to Leeds United, who were backed by over 5,000 fans.

Crystal Palace stay second bottom after a 1-0 home defeat in the South London derby to Millwall, whilst Sven Goran Eriksson in his first game as manager of Leicester City saw his side held 1-1 at home by Hull.

Eleswhere, there were wins for Barnsley, Derby and Doncaster with Sheffield United drawing with Burnley.