Coventry City 5-1 Walsall: result and report
League One · Saturday 8 December 2012
Result
Coventry City 5-1 Walsall
League One · Saturday 8 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-1
Coventry City 5-1 Walsall: match report
Coventry City defeated Walsall 5-1 in the League One on Saturday 8 December 2012. It was 3-1 at half-time.
Coventry City's goals came from C. Baker (29'), David McGoldrick (39'), David McGoldrick (41'), Cyrus Christie (61') and C. Baker (84'). Walsall scored through an own goal by B. Adams (16').
Discipline: Coventry City received 2 yellow cards; Walsall received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Coventry City were 15th on 24 points from 20 and Walsall 19th on 22 points from 20. Coventry City went on to finish that season 13th with 65 points, and Walsall 9th with 68.
Going into the match Coventry City's last five read D-W-W-L-W and Walsall's D-D-D-L-L.
Key events
- 16'Own goal · B. Adams
- 17'Yellow card · C. Baker
- 29'Goal · C. Baker
- 39'Goal · David McGoldrick
- 41'Goal · David McGoldrick
- 42'Yellow card · Febian Brandy
- 61'Goal · Cyrus Christie
- 62'Yellow card · Nicky Featherstone
- 64'Yellow card · David McGoldrick
- 65'Yellow card · A. Butler
- 81'Second yellow · A. Butler
- 84'Goal · C. Baker
- 90'Yellow card · A. Taylor
Team news
Coventry City expected line-up
Joe Murphy, Richard Wood, Jamie Reckord, Nathan Cameron, John Fleck, Carl Baker, James Bailey, David McGoldrick, Callum Ball
Walsall expected line-up
Karl Darlow, Andy Butler, Richard Taundry, Andy Taylor, Adam Chambers, Nicky Featherstone, Sander Krabbendam, James Baxendale, Florent Cuvelier, Dean Holden