- Marc McNulty - 14'
- Scott Wiseman - 80'
Coventry climb into top three after win over Chesterfield
A Marc McNulty goal helped Coventry climb into the Sky Bet League Two automatic promotion places with a 1-0 win against struggling Chesterfield.McNulty hit the winner in the 14th minute after he curled past Jake Eastwood.It came in a half of few chances with Lee Burge's save to deny Andy Kellett's long-range strike on 25 minutes the only other shot of note.Joe Rowley smacked the post for the visitors with a cross seconds after the restart.Laurence Maguire headed Kellett's cross wide on 50 minutes, before Devon Kelly-Evans shot over for the hosts on 67 minutes.Kellett shot wide when he should have scored a minute later after an attempted clearance fell kindly.McNulty missed a great chance to wrap it up on 73 minutes when his shot was saved after a great pass by Tom Bayliss.Burge easily saved Diego De Girolamo's header four minutes later as Chesterfield's hopes faded.Their task got even harder when Scott Wiseman was sent off for a second booking after he fouled Jordan Ponticelli with 10 minutes to go.
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English League Two Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
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Port Vale | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | +8 | 33 |
Crewe Alexandra | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | +6 | 28 |
Doncaster Rovers | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | +4 | 28 |
Walsall | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | +12 | 27 |
Milton Keynes Dons | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | +8 | 27 |
Notts County | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | +8 | 27 |
Grimsby Town | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 25 |
AFC Wimbledon | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | +10 | 23 |
Bradford City | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | +4 | 23 |
Gillingham | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | +4 | 23 |
Chesterfield | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | +9 | 22 |
Barrow | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | +2 | 22 |
Fleetwood Town | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | +5 | 21 |
Cheltenham Town | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 21 |
Salford City | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 21 |
Newport County | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 20 |
Accrington Stanley | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 18 |
Harrogate Town | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 18 |
Tranmere Rovers | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 17 |
Bromley | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | -2 | 16 |
Colchester United | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | -4 | 14 |
Swindon Town | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -7 | 13 |
Carlisle United | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -15 | 12 |
Morecambe | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -13 | 10 |