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Coventry City vs Cardiff City

Championship
Coventry
16-15-15
3-1
Final
Cardiff
16-12-18
Coventry Building Society Arena

Match pulse

COVAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
0'CAR
48%Possession52%
10Shots18
4On target7
6Corners5
12Saves2
16Fouls14

Who won: Coventry 3-1

Coventry City beat Cardiff City 3-1 on Sunday, April 30, 2006 at Coventry Building Society Arena. Goals for Coventry: Stern John (8'), Dele Adebola (65') and Dennis Wise (90'). Goals for Cardiff: Steven Thompson (21').

What it means

  • Cardiff has dropped 5 of the last 5.

Latest headlines

ESPN · 2h ago
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Recap · Aug 17
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ESPN · Aug 17
Cardiff 1-1 Wrexham: Colwill hits injury-time free kick to rescue dramatic point in Welsh derby - as it happened
ESPN · Jun 25
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ESPN · Mar 30
Cardiff's $138m claim over Emiliano Sala's death dismissed
Recap · Dec 16
Pedro Neto strike sees Chelsea past Cardiff into Carabao Cup semifinal
ESPN · Dec 7
Cardiff case against Nantes over Sala death starts Monday

Lineups

Cardiff21st in English League Championship
Lineup
  1. 1Neil AlexanderG
  2. 2Neil CoxD
  3. 3Glenn LoovensD
  4. 4Riccardo ScimecaD
  5. 5Jermaine DarlingtonM
  6. 6Joe LedleyM
  7. 7Jason KoumasM
  8. 8Willie BolandM
  9. 9Paul ParryM
  10. 10Steven ThompsonF
  11. 11Guylain Ndumbu-NsunguF
Coventry14th in English Premier League
Lineup
  1. 1Marton FülöpG
  2. 2Andrew WhingD
  3. 3Matt HeathD
  4. 4Richard ShawD
  5. 5Marcus HallD
  6. 6Kevin ThorntonM
  7. 7Stephen HughesM
  8. 8Michael DoyleM
  9. 9Gary McSheffreyF
  10. 10Dele AdebolaF
  11. 11Stern JohnF

Head to head

CAR leads series 2-1-2
Last meeting: Cardiff 3, Coventry 1 (Oct 18)

Last 5

CAR
  • Lvs NOR0-1
  • T@ CAX1-1
  • Lvs SHU0-1
  • Lvs REA2-5
  • L@ SOU2-3
COV
  • W@ STK1-0
  • Tvs LEI1-1
  • W@ LTN2-1
  • T@ WOL2-2
  • Lvs PNE0-1

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Game info

Venue
Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry, England · Attendance 22,536
Officials
T Kettle (Referee)

Injuries, starters, headlines and game info from ESPN. Headlines open on ESPN.

Season seriesCAR leads series 2-1-2

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