Match ends, Coventry City 1, Oldham Athletic 1.
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Centre-half Reda Johnson's injury-time header rescued a point for Coventry City against Oldham in League One.
Ex-City loan striker Danny Philliskirk looked to have made a dramatic return to the Ricoh Arena by giving the Latics a 13th-minute lead from close range.
But, when the referee awarded six minutes of time added on, it inspired City's grand finale.
Striker Frank Nouble lofted a right-wing cross to the far post - and Johnson powered in a header.
On a night when four of their fellow League One strugglers also drew, Coventry moved a little closer to safety, now four points clear of trouble with three games left - although their next game is a trip to newly-promoted Bristol City.
Coventry wasted a great early chance from Nouble's far-post knockdown, when the ball came at an awkward height for Nick Proschwitz, whose looping close-range header was too weak to beat Oldham goalkeeper Joel Coleman.
And they were quickly made to pay from a classic training ground routine when Connor Brown pulled back for Philliskirk to clip home a low left-footed shot from six yards.
But, other than Coleman having to touch over Grant Ward's inswinging corner on the stroke of half time, City produced little threat of note until Johnson's late intervention, leaving them with a record of just one win in six home games under new boss Tony Mowbray.
Coventry manager Tony Mowbray told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire:
"One more will get us over the line. That was the best performance we've put in at home since I came here.
"The fans were great for us. They sucked the ball in. There might have been only 7,000 here but they made that much noise, it made it sound like there were 27,000.
"The Oldham players complained to the ref that Frank Nouble had fouled Connor Brown in the build-up to our equaliser, but I didn't think it was a foul."
Line-ups
Coventry
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Burge
- 2WillisSubstituted forOdelusiat 80'minutes
- 22PenningtonBooked at 41mins
- 5Johnson
- 30Stokes
- 8Ward
- 7Fleck
- 16BartonSubstituted forMaddisonat 57'minutes
- 11O'BrienSubstituted forJacksonat 67'minutes
- 19Nouble
- 9Proschwitz
Substitutes
- 6Thomas
- 12Jackson
- 17Odelusi
- 18Phillips
- 21Martin
- 33Charles-Cook
- 36Maddison
Oldham
Formation 4-4-2
- 13Coleman
- 2Brown
- 18Lockwood
- 16Wilson
- 20Wilson
- 10Philliskirk
- 6KellyBooked at 85mins
- 8JonesBooked at 88mins
- 15WinchesterSubstituted forKusungaat 84'minutes
- 9PoleonSubstituted forMorgan-Smithat 77'minutesBooked at 90mins
- 23TurnerSubstituted forMurphyat 67'minutesBooked at 81mins
Substitutes
- 5Elokobi
- 14Mellis
- 17Wilkinson
- 21Kusunga
- 25Kean
- 27Morgan-Smith
- 39Murphy
- Referee:
- Andy Madley
- Attendance:
- 7,256
Match Stats
Home TeamCoventryAway TeamOldham
- Possession
- Home57%
- Away43%
- Shots
- Home19
- Away2
- Shots on Target
- Home11
- Away1
- Corners
- Home10
- Away3
- Fouls
- Home10
- Away13
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Coventry City 1, Oldham Athletic 1.
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Attempt missed. Nick Proschwitz (Coventry City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
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Attempt saved. Grant Ward (Coventry City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
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Attempt blocked. James Maddison (Coventry City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Attempt blocked. John Fleck (Coventry City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Goal!
Goal! Coventry City 1, Oldham Athletic 1. Reda Johnson (Coventry City) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Frank Nouble.
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Foul by Reda Johnson (Coventry City).
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Adam Lockwood (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Booking
Amari Morgan-Smith (Oldham Athletic) is shown the yellow card.
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John Fleck (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Amari Morgan-Smith (Oldham Athletic).
Booking
Michael Jones (Oldham Athletic) is shown the yellow card.
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Michael Jones (Oldham Athletic) has gone down, but that's a dive.
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Foul by Sanmi Odelusi (Coventry City).
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Rhys Murphy (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Booking
Liam Kelly (Oldham Athletic) is shown the yellow card.
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James Maddison (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Liam Kelly (Oldham Athletic).
Substitution
Substitution, Oldham Athletic. Genséric Kusunga replaces Carl Winchester.
