Coventry City 2-0 Huddersfield: Sky Blues ease to win over lowly Terriers
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Gustavo Hamer's fifth goal of the season sent Coventry on their way to victory over Huddersfield
Coventry City ended their six-game winless streak with a comfortable home Championship victory over struggling Huddersfield Town.
The home side had the better of the first half as Viktor Gyokeres and Gustavo Hamer both forced decent saves from Huddersfield goalkeeper Nicholas Bilokapic.
Hamer gave the Sky Blues a deserved lead eight minutes after the break when he cut in from the left, played a one-two with Gyokeres and then curled in from 18 yards.
Former Terriers loanee Kasey Palmer made the points safe on 71 minutes when he headed home a Gyokeres cross from the right for his third goal in successive home games.
The visitors came close to pulling one back shortly afterwards but Ben Wilson made a fine stop to deny Joe Hungbo.
Coventry, who were playing for the first time since Doug King became sole owner of the club on Friday, are now back up to 13th after winning for the first time since Christmas, just four points off sixth place, while Huddersfield remain three points adrift of safety in 22nd.
Leading scorer Gyokeres was influential throughout, helping to create both goals, but he did not manage to add to this season's 13 goals on what could potentially have been his final appearance for the club.
New City owner King and manager Mark Robins both insist that the Sweden international is not for sale but struggling Premier League side Everton have been linked with a move before the transfer window closes on Tuesday.
Who's next?
Coventry travel to West Midlands rivals West Bromwich Albion next Friday night, when they hope that they will still have Gyokeres in their ranks.
Huddersfield, now without a win in three games, face out-of-sorts QPR next Saturday.
Coventry boss Mark Robins told BBC CWR:
"Gustavo Hamer went after the ball, won it back in a wide area, kept a calmness and showed brilliant quality to stick it in the net.
"Then Viktor Gyokeres goes down the right hand side and puts a brilliant ball in on Kasey's head. Great position, great header and it kills the game off.
"Kasey Palmer is now getting on the end of things, getting into the box in good areas. Although I think that's the first time he's ever headed the ball.
"Kasey's a really good player. There's things he does where he takes a touch he doesn't need to but he creates loads of things and now he's adding goals, goal attempts and making keepers make saves."
Huddersfield boss Mark Fotheringham:
"The group is frustrated. They're disappointed in the manner in which we lost the two goals.
"Our whole match planning was to nullify their big players.
"We had a real clear shape to what we were doing. There wasn't a lot of chances against us from open play.
"Especially against a team that are playing with great confidence and have two or three really exciting players in the final third."