- 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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Stockport County | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8 | +48 | 92 |
Wrexham | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | +37 | 88 |
Mansfield Town | 46 | 24 | 14 | 8 | +43 | 86 |
Milton Keynes Dons | 46 | 23 | 9 | 14 | +15 | 78 |
Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | +5 | 71 |
Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | +4 | 71 |
Crawley Town | 46 | 21 | 7 | 18 | +6 | 70 |
Barrow | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | +6 | 69 |
Bradford City | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | +2 | 69 |
AFC Wimbledon | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | +13 | 65 |
Walsall | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | -4 | 65 |
Gillingham | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | -11 | 64 |
Harrogate Town | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | -9 | 63 |
Notts County | 46 | 18 | 7 | 21 | +3 | 61 |
Morecambe | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | -14 | 58 |
Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 17 | 6 | 23 | -3 | 57 |
Accrington Stanley | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | -8 | 57 |
Newport County | 46 | 16 | 7 | 23 | -14 | 55 |
Swindon Town | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | -6 | 54 |
Salford City | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | -16 | 51 |
Grimsby Town | 46 | 11 | 16 | 19 | -17 | 49 |
Colchester United | 46 | 11 | 12 | 23 | -21 | 45 |
Sutton United | 46 | 9 | 15 | 22 | -25 | 42 |
Forest Green Rovers | 46 | 11 | 9 | 26 | -34 | 42 |