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

Will Keane (right) celebrates scoring his side's second goal Will Keane (right) celebrates scoring his side's second goal
Will Keane (right) celebrates scoring his side's second goal
All the action from tonight's Championship fixture

Preston North End were 0-3 winners at Coventry City on Friday night - with Ryan Lowe's side scoring all their goals in a destructive first half. The result fired PNE up to seventh in the Championship table - ahead of Saturday's fixtures - and made it a remarkable 21 league games unbeaten against the Sky Blues.

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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!

Lindsay gets in a tangle

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)

All about Emil Riis!

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.

GOAL!!!!!! Coventry 0-2 PNE

WILL KEANE DOUBLES THE LEAD!!!!

Successive PNE corners

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)

Coventry are looking to hit back quickly and North End will need to stay switched on to keep them out. Browne blocks Wright's eventual low drive, but the hosts had got themselves into dangerous space on the edge of Preston's box. Now a corner, from the left, for PNE to defend. (0-0)

GOAL!!!!!! Coventry 0-1 PNE

Whiteman plays his corner short to Browne, who clips it high to the back post and Riis' header is too powerful for Wilson to keep out! What a start for PNE...

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