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Coventry City are into the second round of the EFL Cup after edging out fellow Championship side – and next Saturday’s opponents – Bristol City at Ashton Gate on Tuesday night. In what was otherwise a competitive if not breathtaking tie, Ellis Simms settled the scores within two minutes of he and four of his teammates being introduced in the second half.

Nine changes were made by Mark Robins before kick off, but City still sent out a competitive team with plenty of Championship quality against their second tier counterparts. Haji Wright made an early move to show his physical prowess when breezing past the efforts of George Tanner, but with no end product.

City needed Ben Wilson in the first half. He made a fine double save to keep out both Nakhi Wells and George Bell, before he tipped away Fally Mayulu’s stinging drive too. Bar a Kasey Palmer effort, the Sky Blues weren’t in full flow in the final third and would’ve been content with parity at half time.There was more of a final third show in the second half. Full debutant Brandon Thomas-Asante was thwarted by keeper Stefan Bajic on two separate occasions before Robins turned to his bench and decided to make use of his full complement of substitutions. Within two minutes, Palmer had set up Simms, who lashed the ball home confidently.

The Sky Blues might’ve extended their lead after that, but Jack Rudoni’s drive was blocked at the last second. Nevertheless, they advance into the second round of the competition and await their next opponent – but firstly, it’s Oxford United on Friday night.Here are your player ratings.

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