Leicester v Coventry

Leicester 2

Nugent 11′ Beckford 60′

Coventry 0

FT 90 +5
HT 1-0

Highlights - Leicester 2-0 Coventry

David Nugent scored one goal and created the other as Leicester City beat Midlands rivals Coventry City.

Neil Danns had a seventh-minute penalty saved by Joe Murphy before Nugent put the hosts ahead, turning provider for Jermaine Beckford to extend the lead.

Coventry were awarded a 72nd-minute penalty but Sammy Clingan, like Danns, saw his spot-kick saved.

The hosts finished with 10 men after defender Paul Konchesky was shown a red card for a foul on Alex Nimely late on.

Back-to-back victories for the first time this season enabled Leicester to climb a place to 11th in the Championship, narrowing the gap on the teams in the top six to seven points.

Coventry's 10th straight away defeat means that stay in the relegation zone, three points adrift of safety.

The visitors almost took the lead in the first minute when Kasper Schmeichel saved David Bell's effort, and they were thankful to keeper Murphy, who got a strong hand to Danns' spot-kick following Martin Cranie's foul on Richie Wellens.

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However, the Foxes were in front after 11 minutes when Beckford's shot was parried and Nugent was on hand to smash in from six yards.

Coventry responded well, Nimely shaving the crossbar with a rising shot following a weaving run. But then Nugent's neat one-two with Wellens led to Beckford tapping home from virtually on the goal-line.

Andy Thorn's team looked like they might be given a lifeline when Wes Morgan fouled Nimely in the penalty area, but Schmeichel denied Clingan.

And neither could they take advantage of Konchesky's late red card for a high challenge.

Leicester manager Nigel Pearson: "I thought we dominated the game for long periods. Even when they went down to 10 men they showed great composure. It was a good win today.

"Although we are eight points off the play-offs, the players are very confident, so there is still a chance. There's a long way to go yet, but the margin of error is getting tighter.

"If we show the same application we have in the last month or two, there is still a chance we can achieve something this season."

Coventry assistant manager Steve Harrison: "It was a strange game. We had a good chance to score early on and for the first 15 minutes we did very well, but then we lost our way a bit.

"After they scored we climbed our way back in. We came up with a game-plan for the second half but then gave away a bad goal and that was the nail in the coffin, really.

"We had our chances but we didn't really defend well enough. We showed a bit of naivety and we have got to learn sooner, rather than later."

Lineup, Bookings (3) & Substitutions (6)

Leicester City

01 Schmeichel
02 Peltier
03 Konchesky Dismissed
12 St Ledger
26 Morgan Booked
11 Dyer
19 Wellens
23 Danns
20 Beckford (Howard - 80' )
22 Marshall (Drinkwater - 71' )
35 Nugent (Schlupp - 74' )

Substitutes

06 Bamba
30 Kennedy
16 Drinkwater
27 Schlupp
09 Howard

Coventry City

01 Murphy
02 Keogh
15 Cranie
26 Clarke
31 Christie
07 Bell (Baker - 68' )
12 Deegan (Clingan - 71' )
16 Norwood
11 McSheffrey (McDonald - 79' )
18 Nimely Booked
22 Platt

Substitutes

13 Dunn
30 Cameron
04 Clingan
08 Baker
14 McDonald

Ref: Probert

Att: 25,487

Match Stats

Possession 58 42

Shots

7 5

On target

4 2

Corners

5 5

Fouls

10 7

Live Text Commentary

90:00 +4:08 Full time

Full Time The referee blows his whistle to end the game.

90:00 +1:28

Inswinging corner taken from the left by-line by Carl Baker.

86:37

Oliver Norwood crosses the ball, Clive Platt has a header from deep inside the six-yard box and clears the crossbar.

82:13

Shot comes in from Sammy Clingan from the free kick.

82:13 Dismissal

Dismissal Paul Konchesky sent from the field by the ref for serious foul play.

82:11

Paul Konchesky gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Alex Nimely.

79:24 Substitution

Substitution Jermaine Beckford goes off and Steve Howard comes on.

78:19

Free kick taken by Paul Konchesky.

78:19 Substitution

Substitution Gary McSheffrey goes off and Cody McDonald comes on.

78:19

Unfair challenge on Lloyd Dyer by Cyrus Christie results in a free kick.

77:12

Lloyd Dyer has an effort at goal from outside the area missing to the wide left of the goal.

73:15 Substitution

Substitution Jeffery Schlupp replaces David Nugent.

72:37

Alex Nimely challenges Sean St. Ledger unfairly and gives away a free kick. Kasper Schmeichel takes the free kick.

72:37 Penalty

Penalty taken by Sammy Clingan is saved by Kasper Schmeichel. Leicester 2-0 Coventry.

71:12

Foul by Wes Morgan on Alex Nimely, Penalty awarded.

70:18 Substitution

Substitution Sammy Clingan on for Gary Deegan.

70:18 Substitution

Substitution Daniel Drinkwater on for Ben Marshall.

67:40 Substitution

Substitution Carl Baker comes on in place of David Bell.

66:47

Neil Danns takes a shot. Blocked by Martin Cranie. Short corner worked by Ben Marshall. The ball is swung over by Ben Marshall, clearance made by Richard Keogh.

61:15

Neil Danns concedes a free kick for a foul on Oliver Norwood. Oliver Norwood delivers the ball from the free kick right-footed from left channel. Shot from just outside the box by Alex Nimely goes over the bar.

59:32

David Nugent provided the assist for the goal.

59:32 Goal scored

Goal - Jermaine Beckford - Leicester 2 - 0 Coventry Goal scored by Jermaine Beckford from inside the six-yard box to the bottom right corner of the goal. Leicester 2-0 Coventry.