Coventry City 2-0 Wigan Athletic

Adam Armstrong's double handed Coventry a comfortable opening day victory over Wigan at the Ricoh Arena.

The 18-year-old opened the scoring as he met Jim O'Brien's through ball and tucked the ball into the left corner.

With Wigan pressing for a second-half equaliser, the Sky Blues broke and Armstrong met John Fleck's cross from the left with deft touch from five-yards out to double the lead.

Armstrong was denied a hat-trick after hitting the post with 15 minutes left.

Coventry boss Tony Mowbray told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire:

"The goals were what we worked on all week, nicking it off them, Adam Armstrong running in behind and running in on goal and scoring.

"Today Armstrong had to play a little bit wider because of the shape of the opposition. Some games he'll play straight down the middle and hopefully terrorise teams.

"In defence today I thought Reda Johnson and Sam Ricketts were excellent and their experience was important. I thought Romain Vincelot broke up the play exceptionally well and Armstrong was a constant threat."

Wigan manager Gary Caldwell told BBC Radio Manchester:

"We were confident going into the game and we believed we could win.

"We caused ourselves too many problems and Coventry played counter-attack football, we played right into their hands and gave them opportunities"

"We have to better set-up than that when we lose the ball."