League One

March 9, 2013
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    1
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    1
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    Carlisle
    Brentford
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    Colchester
    Crewe
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    Crawley Town
    Notts County
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    Preston
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    Scunthorpe
    Coventry
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    2
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    Sheff Utd
    MK Dons
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    Shrewsbury
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Full-time

Scunthorpe United

1 - 2

Coventry City

League One

15:00 +00:00, March 9, 2013

Glanford Park, England

Referee: Tony Bates

Sky Blues too strong for Iron

Scoring Summary

Scunthorpe United Coventry City
Akpo Sodje (8')Carl Baker (45')
 Leon Clarke (77')

Match Stats

Scunthorpe United

Coventry City

12(8) Shots (on Goal) 7(2)
9 Fouls 16
5 Corner Kicks 4
5 Offsides 4
50% Time of Possession 50%
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
3 Saves 8

Teams

Scunthorpe United Coventry City
18 Eddie Nolan1 Joe Murphy
26 Eirik Holmen Johansen3 Carl Dickinson
6 Paul Reid25 William Edjenguele
21 Tom Newey35 Aaron Martin
5 David Mirfin21 Cyrus Christie
19 Michael Collins12 Steven Jennings
16 Mark Duffy8 Carl Baker
7 James Ryan32 Franck Moussa
22 Karl Hawley38 James Bailey
9 Akpo Sodje11 Gary McSheffrey
11 Andy Barcham15 Leon Clarke
Substitutes
13 James SevernChris Dunn 13
2 Christian RibeiroJordan Stewart 31
15 Niall CanavanJordan Willis 26
4 Josh WalkerDavid Bell 7
10 Mike GrellaJohn Fleck 10
12 Connor JenningsConor Thomas 4
27 James AlabiCody McDonald 9
Substitutions
James Alabi for Akpo Sodje (73)
John Fleck for Gary McSheffrey (77)
Connor Jennings for Andy Barcham (87)
Jordan Willis for Carl Baker (90)
Yellow Cards
 James Bailey (33)
· Squads: Scunthorpe United | Coventry City

New Coventry manager Steven Pressley saw his side come from behind to win 2-1 at Scunthorpe.

It was the fourth away win on the trot for the Sky Blues as they look to force their way into play-off contention.

After a poor first half, the man they had to thank was former Scunthorpe striker Leon Clarke as he returned to haunt his old club.

Clarke, who netted 11 times in 15 loan appearances for the Iron before Christmas, headed a 77th-minute winner for Coventry.

That came after skipper Carl Baker got them back on level terms on the stroke of half-time, drilling a shot back through a crowded box from a half-cleared corner and beating rookie Norwegian goalkeeper Eirik Holmen Johansen.

Scunthorpe, battling to avoid the drop, made all the early running and were ahead after eight minutes when fit-again striker Akpo Sodje met a superb right-wing cross from full-back Eddie Nolan with a close-range header for his fifth goal in nine games since joining the club.

They had Coventry firmly on the back foot but missed the chance to capitalise with a second goal.

Winger Andy Barcham fluffed one good chance and Karl Hawley missed another when he took the ball round former Scunthorpe keeper Joe Murphy but then struck the foot of a post from a narrow angle.

Murphy did rescue all three points for Coventry with a a flying late save to deny Jimmy Ryan.