Palace recorded a routine win against the Sky Blues that was to be expected considering the strength of the second-eleven side on the field.
Lakis, Kolkka, Watson and Popovic were among those players on show who have also been first-team regulars this season – and the quality on show was too much for an inexperienced Coventry line-up.
Tuesday night’s victory came courtesy of goals before half-time from Andrews and Lakis, with the scoring completed in the second period by Torghelle.
The win consolidates Palace’s second place position in the Barclays Premiership Reserve League, with the Eagles four points behind leaders Charlton with a game in hand.
Palace XI: Speroni, Butterfield, Borrowdale, Watson, Powell, Popovic, Lakis, Danze (R.Hall ’66), Kolkka (Berry ’66), Shipperley (Torghelle ’45), Andrews,
…Reserves Update…
The Palace reserves have been busy this month, having played another couple of matches already in February before last night’s match.
A 1-0 home win over Chelsea’s second-eleven saw Palace complete the reserve league double over the Blues on Tuesday 8th February – with both sides fielding inexperienced teams. The winner came in the second-half from youngster Lewis Grabban.
The previous week, an away trip to Arsenal saw Palace go down 2-0 – despite the Eagles fielding a decent side that included Lakis, Watson, Torghelle and Andrews.