Coventry City 2-3 Port Vale: result and report
League One · Saturday 7 March 2015
Result
Coventry City 2-3 Port Vale
League One · Saturday 7 March 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Coventry City 2-3 Port Vale: match report
Coventry City were beaten by Port Vale 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 7 March 2015. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Jim O'Brien opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Coventry City's goals came from Jim O'Brien (4') and O. Odelusi (70'). Port Vale scored through Tom Pope (40'), M. Marshall (45') and M. O'Connor (76').
Discipline: Coventry City received 1 yellow card; Port Vale received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Coventry City were 21st on 34 points from 33 and Port Vale 13th on 45 points from 34. Coventry City went on to finish that season 18th with 53 points, and Port Vale 17th with 54.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Coventry City win, 1 draw and 1 for Port Vale.
Going into the match Coventry City's last five read L-W-D-D-L and Port Vale's L-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Jim O'Brien
- 15'Yellow card · Carl Dickinson
- 36'Yellow card · Ryan Inniss
- 40'Goal · Tom Pope
- 45'Goal · M. Marshall
- 70'Goal · O. Odelusi
- 75'Yellow card · Jim O'Brien
- 76'Goal · M. O'Connor
Head-to-head
Team news
Coventry City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joe Murphy, Ryan Allsop, Andy Webster, Jordan Clarke, Blair Adams, Cyrus Christie, John Fleck, Conor Thomas, Franck Moussa, Callum Wilson, Billy Daniels
Port Vale expected line-up
Chris Neal, Chris Robertson, Adam Yates, Carl Dickinson, Doug Loft, Chris Lines, Anthony Griffith, Tom Pope, Jennison Myrie-Williams