Coventry beat Guildford 6-4 in a club friendly on Saturday. The match came just a day after the two sides met, when Guildford won 7-2. Coventry got over the line this time, but the scoreline still tells a story of defence that needed work.
The result marks a turnaround for Coventry after yesterday's heavy defeat. They played in driving rain and got their substitutions spot on, though without more detail it's hard to say which changes mattered most. Guildford kept their side in it for the first hour but then the wheels came off.
Coventry have not won since April when they lost to Belfast 4-5. This friendly result breaks that run, even if it came against a team they had beaten themselves just two days prior. To be fair, a 6-4 score rarely means either side played well.
The two matches between them in 48 hours produced ten goals for Coventry and fourteen for Guildford. That is a lot of shooting, but it says more about both defences than it does about either attack.
Coventry finished with a positive difference of two goals across both games. Guildford still led on aggregate, but the momentum had shifted. For a friendly, it was enough to settle something.