Yeates stunner frustrates Cov

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The substitute smashed in a stunning second-half free-kick to dent the Sky Blues’ survival hopes.

Despite Frank Nouble’s opener, Coventry are just two points above the Sky Bet League One bottom four but the draw did leave the Bantams just a point adrift of the top six.

Nick Proschwitz wasted the hosts’ best chance to win it late on before Lee Burge saved James Hanson’s 89th-minute header.

Mowbray reacted to Saturday’s 3-2 defeat to Port Vale as Sanmi Odelusi returned with Dominic Samuel dropped to the bench.

Bradford brought in Francois Zoko for Jon Stead and Andy Halliday for Billy Knott following their 0-0 FA Cup quarter-final draw with Reading.

And the Bantams were almost ahead on four minutes when Hanson fired James Meredith’s driven cross over the top.

Nouble wasted an even better chance after seven minutes when he linked with Marcus Tudgay but fired wide with just Ben Williams to beat.

Both teams struggled with an awful surface but Coventry began to take control and Tudgay looped a header over

And, on the stroke of half-time, the Sky Blues went ahead when Odelusi slipped in Aaron Phillips and his cross was converted by Nouble at the far post.

The slick move was in contrast to the scrappy game and was Nouble’s first league goal since October.

But it failed to inspire the Sky Blues who failed to test Williams in the second half.

Bradford struggled for clear-cut chances before they equalised in the 69th minute when Yeates, on at the break, arrowed in an 18-yard free kick.

It lit up a dull second half but Proschwitz should have scored for Coventry with nine minutes left when he drilled a volley woefully wide from eight yards.

And keeper Burge secured a point for the hosts when he denied Hanson’s header at the death before Halliday nodded over in injury time.

Yeates stunner frustrates Cov

admin

The substitute smashed in a stunning second-half free-kick to dent the Sky Blues’ survival hopes.

Despite Frank Nouble’s opener, Coventry are just two points above the Sky Bet League One bottom four but the draw did leave the Bantams just a point adrift of the top six.

Nick Proschwitz wasted the hosts’ best chance to win it late on before Lee Burge saved James Hanson’s 89th-minute header.

Mowbray reacted to Saturday’s 3-2 defeat to Port Vale as Sanmi Odelusi returned with Dominic Samuel dropped to the bench.

Bradford brought in Francois Zoko for Jon Stead and Andy Halliday for Billy Knott following their 0-0 FA Cup quarter-final draw with Reading.

And the Bantams were almost ahead on four minutes when Hanson fired James Meredith’s driven cross over the top.

Nouble wasted an even better chance after seven minutes when he linked with Marcus Tudgay but fired wide with just Ben Williams to beat.

Both teams struggled with an awful surface but Coventry began to take control and Tudgay looped a header over

And, on the stroke of half-time, the Sky Blues went ahead when Odelusi slipped in Aaron Phillips and his cross was converted by Nouble at the far post.

The slick move was in contrast to the scrappy game and was Nouble’s first league goal since October.

But it failed to inspire the Sky Blues who failed to test Williams in the second half.

Bradford struggled for clear-cut chances before they equalised in the 69th minute when Yeates, on at the break, arrowed in an 18-yard free kick.

It lit up a dull second half but Proschwitz should have scored for Coventry with nine minutes left when he drilled a volley woefully wide from eight yards.

And keeper Burge secured a point for the hosts when he denied Hanson’s header at the death before Halliday nodded over in injury time.