Coventry produced a battling victory over Wolves in front of their biggest crowd yet at the Ricoh Arena.
James Scowcroft scored a deflected opener before Joleon Lescott diverted a Marcus Hall header past his own keeper in a match where Wolves dominated in terms of possession, but failed to break down an extremely organised Coventry unit.
Micky Adams rang the changes after City's disappointing performance at Preston. Ady Williams was awarded his first start in the league for the Sky Blues this season while Stern John was in the eleven for the first time since August.
Dele Adebola returned to partner the Trinidad and Tobago international in attack while Marcus Hall and Richard Duffy resumed their usual full-back roles. Michael Doyle was back in the centre of midfield and was awarded the captain's armband for the day.
Coventry started in a lively fashion - Gary McSheffrey turned and volleyed inside the first minute but his effort went well over.
But City got their noses in front in the seventh minute through James Scowcroft who kept his composure when the ball found him 10 yards from goal. Dele Adebola created the opportunity, forcing a save from Stefan Postma and when the rebound arrived at Scowcroft's feet he fired a low shot which deflected off two Wolves players before nestling in the back of the net.
The visitors were playing some extremely attractive one-touch football and Kenny Miller looked a real threat up front but Coventry were defending well, with the evergreen Richard Shaw and Ady Willliams doing a superb job of clearing up at the back. Colin Cameron got a glimpse of goal for Wolves in the 17th minute but his chip over the advancing Marton Fulop went a couple of feet wide.
The Black Country side were enjoying plenty of possession but for all their passing football, they did not create too many clearcut opportunities. Nevertheless, the more Coventry allowed them to play it their way the more likely they were to equalise.
But having weathered Wolves' purple patch, Coventry went two ahead in the 34th minute and although Marcus Hall got the header from McSheffrey's deep cross, it may go down as an own goal as Joleon Lescott diverted the ball past Stefan Postma.
The visitors thought they had pulled one back three minutes later when Mark Kennedy side-footed a Leon Clark cross past Fulop but the assistant referee had long since had his flag raised and goal was rightly ruled out for offside.
McSheffrey went close to adding a third before Miller forced a fine save from Fulop - the Hungarian custodian tipped the Scottish international's curling effort wide at full stretch.
City had not played as well as they have in some other games in the opening period but thanks to two fairly hefty slices of fortune had given themselves a superb chance of winning the match. But there was a good chance that Wolves would feel a sense of injustice at finding them two goals behind which meant the Sky Blues had to be wary of a backlash at the start of the second half.
Wolves were once again enjoying the lions' share of the ball and were getting plenty of service to their wide men but seemed incapable of breaking down City's organised rearguard. And the Sky Blues always remained dangerous on the counter attack - McSheffrey shot just over in the 58th minute.
Glenn Hoddle soon made an attacking switch, bringing on the skilful Seol for centre-back Jody Craddock. And immediately Wolves pegged their hosts back but Coventry continued to make the last ditch tackles and blocks, even if the style of defending was a little nerve-wracking at times.
This led to the Wolves making another switch, as Anderton made way for new Hungarian midfielder Dennis Rosa with just over 20 minutes remaining. Gabor Gyepes produced another good stop from Fulop with a fiercely struck drive and from the rebound Richard Shaw produced yet another superb challenge on Kenny Miller.
With 15 left on the clock Andrew Whing came on for the tireless McSheffrey and shortly afterwards Joloen Lescott nearly made amends for his earlier mistake but his header from a corner failed to test Fulop. Hoddle then played his final card, bringing on Ganea for Colin Cameron.
Miller went close for Wolves on 80 minutes with a shot from 25 yards which landed on the roof of the net as time started to run out for City's local rivals.
And Coventry saw the job through to the end, defending stoutly to frustrate their opponents. It was by no means a classic performance by the Sky Blues but it unlikely that any of the Coventry fans among the sizeable crowd would have gone home disappointed.
Coventry: Fulop; Hall; Williams; Duffy; Doyle (Jorgensen 90); Adebola; McSheffrey (Whing 75); Scowcroft; John (Morrell 90); Osbourne; Shaw. Subs (not used): Ince; Heath
Wolves: Postma; Lescott; Craddock (Seol 61); Cameron (Ganea 77); Kennedy; Edwards; Anderton (Rosa 67); Miller; Huddlestone; Gyepes; Clark. Subs (not used): Oakes; Ince
Booked: Cameron (40); Huddlestone (52); Miller (71); Gyepes (79)
Referee: E Ilderton
Attendance: 26,851
