Cardiff 2 - 0 Coventry

Cardiff   2 - 0   Coventry

Cardiff 2-0 Coventry

Cardiff City closed the gap on the top two in the Championship table with a comfortable win over Coventry City.

Anthony Gerrard's first Bluebirds goal gave the hosts a perfect start as the defender rose to head in a fifth-minute cross from midfielder Stephen McPhail.

Midfielder Peter Whittingham stepped up to convert a penalty early in the second half after Jay Bothroyd had been brought down by Stephen Wright.

Michael Chopra came close to a Cardiff third but his neat shot hit the post.

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Cardiff City manager Dave Jones:
"We limited them [in the second half] to basically no shots, Dave [Cardiff goalkeeper Marshall] has not had a great deal to do.

Jones praises 'solid' Bluebirds

"We've just got to maintain our form and at the moment everybody's working really hard to try and keep that.

"It was a solid, no-nonsense, keep the percentages right performance from us."

Coventry City manager Chris Coleman:
"We are making defensive errors and it has cost us tonight.

"It seems like we have to score two or three goals to win a game but we are not doing that and we have only kept two clean sheets.

"We have a lot of players injured and it is all going against us but we are adding to our problems by making mistakes."

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Tuesday, 20 October 2009

Championship

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Time
Cardiff	2-0	Coventry	R
(HT 1-0)
Gerrard 5 Whittingham (pen) 60

Cardiff

• 01 Marshall
• 05 Hudson
• 15 Gerrard
• 03 Kennedy
• 07 Whittingham
• 10 McPhail
• 11 Burke
• 16 Ledley
• 27 Matthews
• 08 Chopra
• 09 Bothroyd yellow card

Substitutes

• 20 Enckelman,
• 06 Gyepes,
• 14 Quinn,
• 04 Rae,
• 18 Taiwo,
• 26 Feeney,
• 44 McCormack

Coventry

• 01 Westwood
• 02 Wright yellow card
• 12 Van Aanholt yellow card (Hussey 68)
• 15 Cranie
• 20 Turner yellow card
• 16 Osbourne
• 18 Cork yellow card
• 21 McIndoe
• 09 Best (Bell 65)
• 10 Eastwood
• 11 Morrison

Substitutes

• 13 Konstantopoulos,
• 05 Ward,
• 14 Hussey,
• 34 Grandison,
• 35 Clarke,
• 07 Bell,
• 19 Madine

Ref: RussellAtt: 19,038

CARDIFF

COVENTRY

Possession

• Cardiff 48%
• Coventry 52%

Shots on target

• Cardiff 7
• Coventry 4

Shots off target

• Cardiff 10
• Coventry 3

Corners

• Cardiff 5
• Coventry 3

Fouls

• Cardiff 7
• Coventry 8

• Final Result
• Full Time
• 90:00+1:59 The referee signals the end of the game.
• 90:00+1:02 Foul by Jay Bothroyd on Stephen Wright, free kick awarded. Free kick taken by Michael McIndoe.
• 89:24 The referee gives a free kick against Stephen McPhail for handball. Indirect free kick taken by Stephen Wright.
• 86:45 The ball is sent over by Chris Burke, clearance by Martin Cranie.
• 84:22 Chris Burke takes a shot. Save by Keiren Westwood.
• 83:43 Michael McIndoe has a shot on goal from outside the area which misses left.
• 83:01 Unfair challenge on Freddy Eastwood by Anthony Gerrard results in a free kick. Martin Cranie takes the free kick.
• 82:45 Adam Matthews produces a cross, save by Keiren Westwood.
• 80:33 Corner taken by Chris Burke, Jay Bothroyd takes a shot. Save by Keiren Westwood.
• 80:25 Jay Bothroyd crosses the ball, clearance made by Stephen Wright.
• 79:53 Michael Chopra takes a shot. Blocked by Ben Turner.
• 77:53 The ball is swung over by Chris Burke.
• 76:00 The ball is crossed by Mark Kennedy, clearance by Ben Turner.
• 73:22 Foul by Jay Bothroyd on Stephen Wright, free kick awarded. Indirect free kick taken by Keiren Westwood.
• 72:28 Shot from just outside the box by David Bell misses to the right of the target.
• 72:01 Foul by Stephen McPhail on David Bell, free kick awarded. Isaac Osbourne restarts play with the free kick.
• 70:51 Michael Chopra produces a right-footed shot from inside the penalty area and hits the post.
• 69:12 Freddy Eastwood takes a shot. Save by David Marshall.
• 67:40 Substitution Chris Hussey comes on in place of Patrick Van Aanholt.
• 67:40 Effort on goal by Peter Whittingham from just outside the area goes harmlessly over the target.
• 64:31 Substitution David Bell replaces Leon Best.
• 62:05 Michael Chopra crosses the ball in from the free kick.
• 62:05 Booking Patrick Van Aanholt is cautioned.
• 61:33 Patrick Van Aanholt gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Chris Burke.
• 59:24 GOAL - Peter Whittingham:Cardiff 2 - 0 Coventry Peter Whittingham scores a placed penalty. Cardiff 2-0 Coventry.
• 57:47 Booking Stephen Wright is given a yellow card.
• 57:20 Michael Chopra takes a shot. Save by Keiren Westwood. Penalty awarded for an unfair challenge on Jay Bothroyd by Stephen Wright.
• 56:11 Stephen McPhail delivers the ball, Effort on goal by Michael Chopra from just inside the penalty area goes harmlessly over the target.
• 55:41 Free kick taken by Adam Matthews.
• 55:41 Booking Jack Cork receives a yellow card for unsporting behaviour.
• 55:25 Free kick awarded for a foul by Jack Cork on Michael Chopra.
• 54:30 The ball is swung over by Adam Matthews, clearance made by Ben Turner.
• 51:24 Chris Burke produces a cross, Stephen Wright manages to make a clearance.
• 50:48 The assistant referee signals for offside against Michael Chopra. Free kick taken by Jack Cork.
• 48:19 The assistant referee flags for offside against Leon Best. David Marshall takes the free kick.
• 47:45 The ball is crossed by Peter Whittingham, save by Keiren Westwood.
• 47:33 A cross is delivered by Chris Burke, Keiren Westwood makes a save.
• 46:58 Jack Cork takes a shot. Save made by David Marshall.
• 45:01 The game restarts for the second half.
• Half Time
• 45:00+2:02 The players leave the pitch at half time.
• 43:09 Foul by Stephen Wright on Michael Chopra, free kick awarded. Peter Whittingham produces a strike on goal direct from the free kick.
• 42:19 Inswinging corner taken from the right by-line by Peter Whittingham, clearance made by Martin Cranie.
• 42:06 Peter Whittingham takes a shot. Keiren Westwood makes a save.
• 39:40 Free kick awarded for a foul by Michael Chopra on Stephen Wright. Keiren Westwood takes the free kick.
• 38:54 Stephen Wright restarts play with the free kick.
• 38:54 Booking Booking for Jay Bothroyd.
• 37:52 Free kick awarded for a foul by Jay Bothroyd on Jack Cork.
• 36:07 Corner taken left-footed by Peter Whittingham from the right by-line to the near post, clearance made by Clinton Morrison.
• 34:17 Outswinging corner taken from the left by-line by Peter Whittingham, Header from deep inside the area by Anthony Gerrard goes harmlessly over the crossbar.
• 33:47 The ball is crossed by Martin Cranie.
• 32:53 Jay Bothroyd shoots direct from the free kick.
• 32:53 Booking The referee books Ben Turner for unsporting behaviour.
• 32:26 Unfair challenge on Michael Chopra by Ben Turner results in a free kick.
• 31:48 Effort on goal by Chris Burke from just outside the penalty area goes harmlessly over the target.
• 30:50 Chris Burke has an effort at goal from the edge of the area that misses to the right of the target.
• 30:29 Michael McIndoe takes a shot. Mark Hudson gets a block in.
• 29:29 Jay Bothroyd challenges Stephen Wright unfairly and gives away a free kick. Stephen Wright restarts play with the free kick.
• 28:03 Martin Cranie produces a cross, Anthony Gerrard manages to make a clearance.
• 25:30 The ball is delivered by Jay Bothroyd, clearance made by Ben Turner.
• 25:05 A cross is delivered by Michael McIndoe, clearance by Adam Matthews.
• Correction - 21:48 Peter Whittingham handles the ball and concedes a free kick. The free kick is delivered left-footed by Michael McIndoe from right channel, blocked by Jay Bothroyd.
• 21:48 Peter Whittingham is adjudged to have handled the ball. Free kick crossed left-footed by Michael McIndoe from right channel, blocked by Peter Whittingham.
• 20:44 Corner taken by Michael McIndoe from the right by-line, clearance made by Joe Ledley.
• 20:32 Martin Cranie sends in a cross, Anthony Gerrard manages to make a clearance.
• 18:53 Free kick awarded for a foul by Ben Turner on Jay Bothroyd. The free kick is swung in right-footed by Michael Chopra.
• 15:01 The ball is delivered by Anthony Gerrard, Michael Chopra takes a shot. Save by Keiren Westwood.
• 13:34 Adam Matthews produces a cross, Shot from just outside the area by Stephen McPhail goes over the bar.
• 12:04 Freddy Eastwood gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Chris Burke. Indirect free kick taken by David Marshall.
• 10:11 Leon Best produces a left-footed shot from the edge of the box and misses to the right of the goal.
• 8:33 Outswinging corner taken from the left by-line by Michael McIndoe.
• 8:12 Freddy Eastwood produces a cross, Clinton Morrison takes a shot. Save made by David Marshall.
• 7:07 Freddy Eastwood sends in a cross, Mark Hudson makes a clearance.
• 5:46 Jay Bothroyd fouled by Martin Cranie, the ref awards a free kick. Free kick crossed left-footed by Peter Whittingham from left wing, clearance by Leon Best.
• 5:20 The referee blows for offside. Indirect free kick taken by Mark Kennedy.
• 4:43 Assist on the goal came from Chris Burke.
• 4:43 GOAL - Anthony Gerrard:Cardiff 1 - 0 Coventry Anthony Gerrard finds the back of the net with a headed goal from deep inside the penalty area. Cardiff 1-0 Coventry.
• 4:38 Centre by Chris Burke,
• 3:31 Peter Whittingham takes a inswinging corner to the near post, clearance made by Clinton Morrison.
• 1:21 Shot by Michael Chopra from outside the box goes high over the crossbar.
• 0:48 Michael McIndoe produces a cross, Jay Bothroyd manages to make a clearance.
• 0:19 Michael McIndoe takes a inswinging corner to the near post, clearance made by Jay Bothroyd.
• 0:00 The referee gets the game started.

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