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It's been tough but loving being a Sky Blue right now.110C
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Despite silly comments about Sky Blues, All true Cov fans will always be grateful to both Blues and Cobblers.
SBA have suffered pain so days like today help to sooth the hurt.
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Last updated on 3 hours ago3 hours ago.From the section Championshipcomments82Coventry's Jamie Allen scored his first goal in 14 months to set the Sky Blues on their way at Stoke Gustavo Hamer marked his first start in more than a month by making one and scoring the other as Coventry City won at Stoke. The Brazilian returned from his four-game ban for a second red card of the season - and proved the architect of the Sky Blues' third win in eight days. Six minutes into the second half, Hamer split the Stoke defence to set Jamie Allen free to go on and slide home his first goal since August 2021. Hamer then settled the outcome with a terrific solo effort, weaving his way into the box past two men before curling his right-foot shot from the left side of the box into the bottom right corner. Coventry also made it four straight clean sheets, the first time they have achieved that in the top two tiers of English football, having last achieved a run of four shut-outs in April 2015 in League One. The Potters had their fair share of opportunities, the closest of them being when veteran defender Phil Jagielka hit the bat, but their wastefulness in front of goal was punished as they slipped to a second home defeat in five days. Mark Robins' men climb above West Bromwich Albion to 22nd, now within a point of safety - and still with at least three games in hand on most teams as they prepare for a congested period of matches as they make up for lost time following the early season CBS Arena pitch saga. After just one defeat in eight games, and one goal shipped in their last 10 and a half hours of football, Coventry are remarkably now just nine points shy of a play-off place. They are also within three points of Alex Neil's Stoke, after he lost for the first time against a team managed by Robins, whose side sent the 2,487 away following home happy.Gus Hamer made the first, then scored the second for Coventry at Stoke Coventry are at home again on Tuesday to Rotherham United, followed by next Saturday's visit of Blackpool. Victories from both could propel Robins' Sky Blues into the top half. Stoke are back in action at Carrow Road next Saturday, when Neil takes his Potters side to another of his old clubs, Norwich City. Stoke boss Alex Neil: "Goals change games. Until the first goal went in, we were by far the best team. It was as dominant as we've been. "Against a good Coventry team, we were dominant. They couldn't get out of their half in the first half. But nobody really cares about that. What they care about is winning games and scoring goals. "We didn't carry enough of a threat, we weren't clinical enough, we made two really poor errors defensively and the game gets taken away from us in two moments. "Beyond that, I didn't think Coventry had anything in the game, but nobody cares because we lost. Until the first goal, you can see the type of team that we could be, but towards the end you can see why we are where we are." Coventry boss Mark Robins: "It's a brilliant away win. I'm delighted because they were better than us in the first part of the game. But we stayed in the game when we weren't at our best. "For all their possession, they've only really had Jagielka's chance, and we've defended really well. "And we scored two absolutely unbelievable goals. They probably didn't belong in this game because I thought it was a bit scrappy. "Our fans are really vocal and really behind the players and that's a big boost. In over five years here, they've been absolutely magnificent and the players respond to that."Line-upsMatch StatsLive TextLine-ups
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Formation 4-2-3-11Bursik20Sterling16Wilmot6Jagielka3Fox28Laurent8Baker10Campbell18Smallbone24Fosu-Henry11Gayle1Bursik20Sterling Substituted forClarkeat 45'minutes16Wilmot6Jagielka3Fox28LaurentBooked at 90mins8Baker10CampbellSubstituted forBrownat 57'minutes18SmallboneSubstituted forDelapat 73'minutes24Fosu-Henry11GayleSubstituted forPowellat 57'minutesSubstitutes
2Clarke4Flint9Brown13Bonham15Thompson17Delap25PowellCoventry
Formation 3-5-1-113Wilson4Rose5McFadzean2Panzo23Dabo8Allen28Eccles38Hamer27Bidwell45Palmer17Gyökeres13Wilson4Rose5McFadzean2Panzo23Dabo Substituted forKaneat 89'minutes8Allen28Eccles38HamerSubstituted forO'Hareat 77'minutes27Bidwell45PalmerBooked at 56minsSubstituted forWaghornat 66'minutes17GyökeresSubstitutes
1Moore3Doyle9Waghorn10O'Hare20Kane30Tavares Desidério32BurroughsReferee:James LiningtonAttendance:22,453Match Stats
Home TeamStokeAway TeamCoventryPossessionHome65%Away35%ShotsHome11Away8Shots on TargetHome2Away3CornersHome9Away2FoulsHome8Away15Live Text
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Match ends, Stoke City 0, Coventry City 2.90'+4'Full Time
Second Half ends, Stoke City 0, Coventry City 2.90'+3'Booking
Josh Laurent (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.90'+3'Post update
Foul by Josh Laurent (Stoke City).90'+3'Post update
Callum O'Hare (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.90'+2'Post update
Foul by Liam Delap (Stoke City).90'+2'Post update
Michael Rose (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.90'+1'Post update
Attempt missed. Lewis Baker (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Nick Powell.90'Post update
Attempt missed. Martyn Waghorn (Coventry City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.90'Post update
Attempt saved. Callum O'Hare (Coventry City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.89'Substitution
Substitution, Coventry City. Todd Kane replaces Fankaty Dabo.83'Post update
Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Fankaty Dabo.82'Post update
Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Jonathan Panzo.78'Post update
Jacob Brown (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the right wing.78'Post update
Foul by Kyle McFadzean (Coventry City).78'Post update
Phil Jagielka (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.78'Post update
Foul by Martyn Waghorn (Coventry City).77'Substitution
Substitution, Coventry City. Callum O'Hare replaces Gustavo Hamer.76'Post update
Foul by Harry Clarke (Stoke City).76'Post update
Josh Eccles (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.Page 1 of 5rewindpreviousNavigate to the next pagenextNavigate to the last pageforwardcommentsView Comments82Comments
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To use comments you will need to have JavaScript enabled. 82 commentsHComment posted by Highfield of Dreams today at 22 57Highfield of Dreams
22:57Tough start to the year. Pitch fiasco, cancelled games, key players out injured, suspensions. No panic, calm heads, clean sheets, club records, goals starting to come. Three home games next, all a test but winnable with our recent form. Best of luck to Stoke, add finishing to the posession and you’ll be ok.00MComment posted by Mr T today at 21 58Mr T
21:58Well done Mark Robins, doing a great job.20RComment posted by Ridders today at 21 24Ridders
21:249 points off the play offs with 3/4 on hand over the rest. Solid at the back, Fadz on top form, Hamer and O’Hare adding some much needed creativity. It’s time to believe #pusb20SComment posted by Seymour_East today at 21 10Seymour_East
21:10Good to see O'Hare back and get some minutes... PUSB30PComment posted by Pete today at 20 51Pete
20:51Left Cov in 1984. Grew up a Highfield Road boy, only ever go back to see us play. Last few years I've loved going away to the grounds, where players play for the shirt and to feed their kids and not their ego.It's been tough but loving being a Sky Blue right now.110C
Comment posted by craig today at 20 48craig
20:481st time that we have achieved 4 straight clean sheets in the top 2 divs ?Where do the BBC get all the alternative stats from?00F
Comment posted by freespeechisFOSHOdead today at 20 13freespeechisFOSHOdead
20:13If only Stoke had not sacked Mark Hughes, they would currently be top 8 in the PL, a real sliding doors moment.24RComment posted by Richard today at 20 09Richard
20:09Stoke City and Neil what a combo, perfectly matched, destined to serve up more dross30SComment posted by StokeGothic today at 19 43StokeGothic
19:43Proven Strikers cost money. Time to get the chequebook out like Newcastle, Man City etc. Oh, I forgot "Financial Fair Play" rules for The Championship.01GReply posted by Gary Mabbutts Knee today at 21 30Gary Mabbutts Knee
21:30to StokeGothic"Proven Strikers cost money. Time to get the chequebook out like Newcastle, Man City etc. Oh, I forgot "Financial Fair Play" rules for The Championship."Gary Mabbutts Knee replied: And how did you spend your parachute payments?00BComment posted by bigbazza today at 19 38bigbazza
19:38Well done in your FA cup final. Where are you playing next at home ? Birminghamagain120C
Reply posted by columbo is a cov fan today at 19 47columbo is a cov fan
19:47to bigbazza"Well done in your FA cup final. Where are you playing next at home ? Birmingham again"columbo is a cov fan replied: Are you suggesting that is going to Stoke is some sort of cup final for us ? Bahahhahaahhaah70More replies (8)downRComment posted by Royal Blue today at 19 12Royal Blue
19:12Well done to Cov today...You will be out of the bottom 3 next week on merit. PUSB KRO170JReply posted by JonOkelly today at 20 36JonOkelly
20:36to Royal Blue"Well done to Cov today...You will be out of the bottom 3 next week on merit. PUSB KRO"JonOkelly replied: Keep Right on. ta very much. Feeling much better after 3 on the bounce.Despite silly comments about Sky Blues, All true Cov fans will always be grateful to both Blues and Cobblers.
SBA have suffered pain so days like today help to sooth the hurt.
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Comment posted by Nigel Boycott today at 18 57Nigel Boycott
18:57McFadzean immense again today. Rock solid defending generally, against a side who can pass well, but fail in and around the box140TReply posted by Travis_Bickle today at 20 33Travis_Bickle
20:33to Nigel Boycott"McFadzean immense again today. Rock solid defending generally, against a side who can pass well, but fail in and around the box"Travis_Bickle replied: Once again the ref favoured you06More replies (2)downAComment posted by Andrew JG_8921 today at 18 35Andrew JG_8921
18:35Alex Neil must be having a great time at Stoke City since he moved from Sunderland. ?91DComment posted by Dabbers today at 18 20Dabbers
18:20We need to get back to playing hoofball quick or relegation a dead cert a fed up potter60TReply posted by Tonyc today at 19 54Tonyc
19:54to Dabbers"We need to get back to playing hoofball quick or relegation a dead cert a fed up potter"Tonyc replied: Agree! It's all they know01FComment posted by fdbjwtnb today at 18 11fdbjwtnb
18:11On the way back to Coventry. Great result,Sky Blue's fan's superb.So sorry for London wasps ??????SBA PUSB.131SComment posted by skybluepat today at 18 07skybluepat
18:07Please Gustavo will you stay out the refs book! It shows that you give us the edge!120SComment posted by stumped today at 18 04stumped
18:04Yet another Stoke performance where they have more shots and more possession than the opposition and yet still come off 2nd best. This is not good enough, do the strikers need to learn how to hit the target or are Stoke wearing themselves out by having too much of the ball and have no energy to shoot straight.83NReply posted by nigel today at 18 14nigel
18:14to stumped"Yet another Stoke performance where they have more shots and more possession than the opposition and yet still come off 2nd best. This is not good enough, do the strikers need to learn how to hit the target or are Stoke wearing themselves out by having too much of the ball and have no energy to shoot straight."nigel replied: Potters are learning to adjust their style of play from hoofball to football; will take a while yet.33More replies (1)downWComment posted by WOOF today at 17 49WOOF
17:49Well done Coventry...my question is thrown out to Stoke city supporters which I am a long time one of ..... all be it a armchair supporter now due to health reasons.....we were all over Rotherham, we all over Coventry ..are we any better offer than we were with MON....just asking103MReply posted by Mittagspause today at 17 53Mittagspause
17:53to WOOF"Well done Coventry...my question is thrown out to Stoke city supporters which I am a long time one of ..... all be it a armchair supporter now due to health reasons.....we were all over Rotherham, we all over Coventry ..are we any better offer than we were with MON....just asking"Mittagspause replied: On balance, probably not.....and down a few quid too71More replies (4)downMComment posted by Mike O Sullivan today at 17 47Mike O Sullivan
17:47One goal conceded in 7 games and finding our range up front again! Remarkable performance and on an upward projectory. Playoff slot after Christmas is looking highly possible.PUSB200S