Coventry City were held to a 1-1 draw by Walsall tonight.
At a cold and wet Ricoh Arena, City with Jim O'Brien back in midfield, went ahead in the 34th minute when Joe Cole delivered a free kick and Chris Stokes headed home.
City had plenty of chances but they allowed the Saddlers back in and with nine minutes left. Tom Bradshaw flicked home and it finished honours even.
City: Charles-Cook, Haynes, Stokes, Ricketts, Phillips, Vincelot, Fleck, O'Brien (Fortune 83), Cole (Maddison 65), Murphy, Armstrong. Subs: Burge, Ramage, Bigirimana, Lameiras,Tudgay.
Walsall: Etheridge, O'Connor, Downing, Chambers (C), Mantom, Bradshaw, Sawyers, Henry, Lalkovic (Forde 60), Kinsella (Demetriou 60), Evans (Cook 78). Subs: MacGillivray Taylor, Preston, Morris,
HT CCFC 1-0 WFC FT CCFC 1-1 WFC Att 15,671
Goals Chris Stokes 34, Tom Bradshaw 81
Referee: T.Harrington