Huddersfield Town 1-1 Coventry City: Matt Godden leveller earns Sky Blues a draw
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Matt Godden's eighth goal of the season won Coventry a point at Huddersfield
Coventry City came from behind again to earn their fourth draw in five games as Matt Godden's injury-time header rescued a point for the late-goal specialists at Huddersfield.
Former Sky Blues loan man Danny Ward's well-struck left-foot 20-yard shot in the first half looked like it would prove the only goal.
But, in the 93rd minute, fit-again Jodi Jones, making only his sixth substitute appearance after two almost totally lost seasons through injury, cut back in down the right to curl over a wicked left-foot cross - and Godden's deft glance was enough.
It was rough luck on home keeper Lee Nicholls who had made a string of fine saves to keep the Sky Blues at bay, but it turned out all right in the end for visiting boss Mark Robins on his return to one of his former clubs.
A point each for seventh-placed Coventry and Huddersfield, who climbed two places from 11th to ninth, still leaves both sides with only one win now in seven games.
But, despite taking until injury time to find the net, Coventry had cause to be the more disappointed, having been the better of the two sides as they responded well to last weekend's mentally bruising home defeat by West Bromwich Albion.
Huddersfield scorer Danny Ward spent a month on loan from Bolton at Coventry during Ady Boothroyd's reign as Sky Blues boss in 2010
Carlos Corberan's Terriers were ahead when a well-worked cross-field move ended with Harry Toffolo squaring a low left-foot cross on 18 minutes and Ward, left unattended, latched on to it to pick out the bottom-left corner.
Coventry playmaker Callum O'Hare was then twice denied an equaliser by Nicholls, first with a disappointing chip then when he got on the end of Todd Kane's low right-wing cross.
Duane Holmes was close to adding a second when his shot across goal was diverted on to the post by City keeper Simon Moore's fingertips but then Jamie Allen hit the woodwork at the other end.
Dom Hyam and Michael Rose both went close for Coventry with headers either side of Matty Pearson heading badly wide for Huddersfield at the other end when he could have put the game to bed.
But there was one more aerial attempt on goal to come, Godden took his chance superbly - and his eighth goal of the season was a great tonic to take into next Saturday's home derby with Stoke City.
Huddersfield Town boss Carlos Corberan:
"We conceded too many chances. We attacked well in the first half. We needed to do more in the second half. We needed to attack more.
"We didn't use the ball well enough and were defending too deep. We needed to change the emotion and feeling of the game and it always felt like they were close to scoring.
"If our goalkeeper is the best player that means we didn't defend or attack well enough. Lee (Nicholls) is fantastic and was our best player today, but it is difficult to accept when your goalkeeper is your best player."
Coventry City boss Mark Robins:
"We had 22 shots on goal, over 65 per cent possession and enough chances to win this game, next week's game and the one after that. We played really well.
"They had two chances. And I did feel a goal for us might not come. We have good goalscorers but chances were falling to players low on confidence and that's our problem.
"We were good value for at least a point and we are disappointed to not take all three. And Callum O'Hare and Jamie Allen were really good."
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