- 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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Walsall | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | +18 | 43 |
Port Vale | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | +7 | 37 |
Doncaster Rovers | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | +7 | 36 |
Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | +8 | 35 |
Chesterfield | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | +13 | 34 |
AFC Wimbledon | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | +14 | 33 |
Notts County | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | +7 | 31 |
Grimsby Town | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | -5 | 31 |
Milton Keynes Dons | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | +7 | 30 |
Gillingham | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | +4 | 30 |
Salford City | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | +3 | 30 |
Bradford City | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | +2 | 28 |
Bromley | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | +2 | 27 |
Cheltenham Town | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 27 |
Barrow | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | +2 | 26 |
Newport County | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 26 |
Colchester United | 20 | 4 | 11 | 5 | +1 | 23 |
Fleetwood Town | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | -1 | 23 |
Tranmere Rovers | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | -14 | 21 |
Harrogate Town | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -15 | 21 |
Swindon Town | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 19 |
Accrington Stanley | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -10 | 19 |
Carlisle United | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -17 | 15 |
Morecambe | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -19 | 14 |