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Charlton Athletic 3-0 Coventry City

Last updated on .From the section Football

Charlton picked up their first win in nearly two months after thrashing Coventry at The Valley.

Goals by Ricky Holmes, Ademola Lookman and Josh Magennis saw off the Sky Blues, who remain bottom of League One.

Charlton and Coventry fans marched to the ground together in a pre-match protest against their respective owners, Roland Duchatelet and Sisu.

As soon as the game kicked off, there was a six-minute stoppage in play after home and away supporters threw thousands of toy pigs onto the pitch.

Both teams hit the woodwork in the first half, but it was Charlton who took the lead in the 32nd minute when Fredrik Ulvestad's lobbed pass found Holmes, who poked the ball home.

Charlton goalkeeper Declan Rudd made a sublime double save early in the second half when he stopped Andre Wright's effort, then got back up to push Chris McCann's header away from goal.

The game was over with 12 minutes to go when Magennis unselfishly squared the ball to Lookman, who fired past Lee Burge.

The Northern Ireland international then scored himself in the 88th minute when he chipped over the helpless Coventry stopper to seal Charlton's first league victory since 20 August.

Reports supplied by the Press Association.

Line-ups

Charlton

Formation 4-4-2

  • 1Rudd
  • 20Solly
  • 5Bauer
  • 16Pearce
  • 21Fox
  • 11HolmesBooked at 83mins Substituted forHanlanat 86'minutes
  • 8Crofts
  • 17Ulvestad
  • 7Lookman
  • 30Novak Substituted forJacksonat 72'minutes
  • 9Magennis

Substitutes

  • 3Chicksen
  • 4Jackson
  • 10Ajose
  • 13Phillips
  • 15Konsa
  • 26Lennon
  • 28Hanlan

Coventry

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 1Burge
  • 22Sterry
  • 2Willis Substituted forJonesat 66'minutes
  • 4Turnbull
  • 15Page Substituted forRickettsat 24'minutes
  • 5Bigirimana
  • 31Stevenson
  • 8Lameiras
  • 12McCannBooked at 41mins
  • 21Wright Substituted forReidat 65'minutes
  • 17Sordell

Substitutes

  • 9Agyei
  • 10Jones
  • 11Reid
  • 13Gadzhev
  • 18Ricketts
  • 20Tudgay
  • 23Charles-Cook
Referee:
Darren Deadman
Attendance:
11,406

Match Stats

Home TeamCharltonAway TeamCoventry
Possession
Home47%
Away53%
Shots
Home15
Away17
Shots on Target
Home7
Away5
Corners
Home5
Away3
Fouls
Home10
Away6

Live Text

  1. Post update

    Match ends, Charlton Athletic 3, Coventry City 0.

  2. Full Time

    Second Half ends, Charlton Athletic 3, Coventry City 0.

  3. Post update

    Attempt missed. Jodi Jones (Coventry City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.

  4. Post update

    Foul by Morgan Fox (Charlton Athletic).

  5. Post update

    Ruben Lameiras (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  6. Post update

    Fredrik Ulvestad (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  7. Post update

    Foul by Chris McCann (Coventry City).

  8. Goal!

    Goal! Charlton Athletic 3, Coventry City 0. Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fredrik Ulvestad.

  9. Post update

    Attempt saved. Marvin Sordell (Coventry City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.

  10. Substitution

    Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Brandon Hanlan replaces Ricky Holmes.

  11. Post update

    Attempt missed. Ademola Lookman (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.

  12. Post update

    Attempt missed. Gael Bigirimana (Coventry City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.

  13. Post update

    Attempt missed. Ricky Holmes (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.

  14. Booking

    Ricky Holmes (Charlton Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

  15. Post update

    Foul by Ricky Holmes (Charlton Athletic).

  16. Post update

    Gael Bigirimana (Coventry City) wins a free kick on the right wing.

  17. Post update

    Attempt missed. Chris McCann (Coventry City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.

  18. Goal!

    Goal! Charlton Athletic 2, Coventry City 0. Ademola Lookman (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Josh Magennis.

  19. Post update

    Attempt missed. Jamie Sterry (Coventry City) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.

  20. Post update

    Foul by Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic).

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