Coventry City 0-3 Preston North End RECAP as Ryan Lowe's side school play-off rivals

North End take all three points at Coventry, where they did the damage in the first half and saw the win home in a thoroughly professional manner. 14 points from the last six games, the away end is chanting about going up. A great night for Ryan Lowe's side - thanks for tuning in!

Four added minutes... (0-3)

Ben Woodburn and Ryan Ledson are on for Mads Frokjaer and Will Keane.

Coventry almost break forward in numbers, from a Preston corner but McCann puts in a fantastic slide tackle to stop Palmer leading the lethal break. (0-3)

Emil Riis and Liam Millar are replaced by Greg Cunningham and Milutin Osmajic. That has seen Hughes bump on to left wing-back, with Cunningham at left centre-half.

North End are seeing more of the ball and enjoying possession in and around the Coventry box. But, they are not forcing or risking the ball. There looks a real secureness to Preston, who know they don't need to score again in the game. A corner is now forced.

Van Ewijk shifts inside and sends a powerful drive at goal, but Woodman watches it all the way and pushes the shot away.

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Coventry's task was to come out and pull a goal back quickly. PNE have been organised and committed to prevent that happening. A fourth goal would knock the stuffing out of the Sky Blues; for North End's it's about picking the right moment to go for it. (0-3)

Back under way for the second half. Two changes for Coventry, with Bidwell on for Dasilva. The injured Sakamoto was replaced by Palmer in the first half. (0-3)

An incredible first half from North End. Riis headed them ahead after just 55 seconds and Keane doubled the lead on 20 minutes, with a tidy finish after more brilliant work from his Danish strike partner. Bobby Thomas then put the ball into his own net for Preston's third, with Riis the player to send the cross in.

O'Hare looks certain to score after an intricate Coventry move, but Woodman makes a fantastic save with his foot before Hughes blocks the follow-up from Wright. (0-3)

Riis plays the ball across to Frokjaer and Thomas puts it into his own net. Ryan Lowe's side are in dreamland!

The PNE centre-back goes down in a heap with Simms and there are strong appeals from Coventry, but the referee nor linesman are interested in penalising Lindsay. Coventry's striker looked like getting through.

Coventry with a glorious chance to pull one back, but Eccles slots his first time effort well over the crossbar from Van Ewijk's cross - to the dismay of the home fans. (0-2)

The stretcher is on here, with Tatsuhiro Sakamoto down and in clear bother for Coventry. (0-2)

Keane is there to eventually stick the ball away tidily, on the swivel from close range. But that goal was all about Riis - who almost scored a fine solo strike himself, before winning the ball back in Coventry's box and allowing Keane to score first time. Fantastic from the PNE front men.

WILL KEANE DOUBLES THE LEAD!!!!

PNE are certainly frustrating Coventry and forcing errors from the home side. The Sky Blues balloon the ball behind for a corner, which is swung in and just too high for Storey at the back post. But, North End keep the ball alive in Coventry's half and win another corner - this time on the right. Millar swings it in and it's cleared at the second time of asking. (0-1)