Thursday , 2 July 2026

Blackburn Rovers FC vs Coventry City FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

Championship · 2025-26
Blackburn Rovers FC
1 – 1
Full Time
Coventry City FC
Fri 17 Apr 2026 · 19:00 UTC Ewood Park 19,657 HT 45' · FT 45'
Ryoya Morishita 54' 1–0
1–1 84' Bobby Thomas
Yuki Ohashi 7' Y
Yuri Ribeiro 51' Y
Y 51' Frank Onyeka
Taylor Gardner-Hickman 65' Y
Ryoya Morishita 65' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Blackburn Rovers FC vs Coventry City FC — Championship at Ewood Park.

Match Details

  • Referee Lewis Smith
  • Assistant 1 Hugh Gilroy (England)
  • Assistant 2

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Coventry City FC 46 95
2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84
3 Millwall FC 46 83
4 Southampton FC 46 80
5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80
6 Hull City AFC 46 73
7 Wrexham AFC 46 71
8 Derby County FC 46 69
9 Norwich City FC 46 65
10 Birmingham City FC 46 64
11 Swansea City AFC 46 64
12 Bristol City FC 46 62
13 Sheffield United FC 46 60
14 Preston North End FC 46 60
15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58
16 Watford FC 46 57
17 Stoke City FC 46 55
18 Portsmouth FC 46 55
19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53
20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52
21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51
22 Oxford United FC 46 47
23 Leicester City FC 46 46
24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0

Head-to-Head

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Blackburn Rovers FC 12 games · Avg 2.3 goals Coventry City FC
Last 5 meetings
2026-04-17 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Coventry City FC 2025-10-18 Coventry City FC 2–0 Blackburn Rovers FC 2025-01-21 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–2 Coventry City FC 2024-10-01 Coventry City FC 3–0 Blackburn Rovers FC 2024-04-27 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–0 Coventry City FC

Recent Form

Blackburn Rovers FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
17 Apr Coventry City FC H 1–1 D
14 Apr Southampton FC A 0–3 L
11 Apr Stoke City FC A 1–1 D
06 Apr West Bromwich Albion FC H 0–0 D
03 Apr Birmingham City FC A 1–0 W
21 Mar Middlesbrough FC H 0–0 D
Coventry City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
17 Apr Blackburn Rovers FC A 1–1 D
11 Apr Sheffield Wednesday FC H 0–0 D
06 Apr Hull City AFC A 0–0 D
03 Apr Derby County FC H 3–2 W
21 Mar Swansea City AFC A 3–0 W
14 Mar Southampton FC H 1–2 L

Season Stats

Blackburn Rovers FC Coventry City FC
#20 Position #1
52 Points 95
46 Played 46
13 / 13 / 20 W / D / L 28 / 11 / 7
42 Scored 97
56 Conceded 45
-14 GD +52
1.13 PPG 2.07
28% Win % 61%

Key Stats

42% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)
33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Blackburn Rovers FC are 20th (52 pts). Coventry City FC are 1st (95 pts).

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Blackburn Rovers FC and Coventry City FC has kicked off!
  • 5' It’s high time Frank Lampard made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 7' Blackburn Rovers FC player sees a card in front of him.
  • 12' Coventry City FC is showing some good football. However, Coventry City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 17' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 22' The travelling Coventry City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 27' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 27 minutes.
  • 32' Coventry City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 37' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 42' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 47' Supporters expect more eagerness from Matt Grimes, as he is very good at scoring at Ewood Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 51' Blackburn Rovers FC player sees a card in front of him.
  • 54' Goal! Ryoya Morishita scores his 11 goal in 279 matches.
  • 59' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Yuki Ohashi suffering a number of foals already.
  • 62' Romain Esse is replacing Joel Latibeaudiere for the Coventry City FC side.
  • 65' Taylor Gardner-Hickman is having his name booked by the referee on 65.
  • 70' Eiran Cashin has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 47 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 71' Ryan Hedges is replacing Moussa Baradji for the Blackburn Rovers FC side.
  • 76' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Coventry City FC winning 50% of all matches.
  • 79' Time for substitution for Blackburn Rovers FC. Taylor Gardner-Hickman is replaced by Adam Forshaw.
  • 84' Goal! Bobby Thomas scores his 19 goal in 342 matches.
  • 89' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 90' The whistle greets Ephron Mason-Clark as he departs to be replaced by Josh Eccles.
  • The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

Lineups

Blackburn Rovers FC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Michael O'Neill

Coventry City FC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Frank Lampard

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Sam Gallagher 3
Adam Armstrong 2
Haji Wright 2
Brandon Thomas-Asante 2
Thomas Kaminski 1
Ryoya Morishita 1
Bradley Dack 1
Bobby Thomas 1

Head to Head

2026-04-17 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Coventry City FC 2025-10-18 Coventry City FC 2–0 Blackburn Rovers FC 2025-01-21 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–2 Coventry City FC 2024-10-01 Coventry City FC 3–0 Blackburn Rovers FC 2024-04-27 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–0 Coventry City FC

Blackburn Rovers FC Form

2026-04-17 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Coventry City FC D 2026-04-14 Southampton FC 3–0 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2026-04-11 Stoke City FC 1–1 Blackburn Rovers FC D 2026-04-06 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–0 West Bromwich Albion FC D 2026-04-03 Birmingham City FC 0–1 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2026-03-21 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–0 Middlesbrough FC D

Coventry City FC Form

2026-04-17 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Coventry City FC D 2026-04-11 Coventry City FC 0–0 Sheffield Wednesday FC D 2026-04-06 Hull City AFC 0–0 Coventry City FC D 2026-04-03 Coventry City FC 3–2 Derby County FC W 2026-03-21 Swansea City AFC 0–3 Coventry City FC W 2026-03-14 Coventry City FC 1–2 Southampton FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
0.58 Blackburn Rovers FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.53 Coventry City FC xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 65% + Under — clean sheet likely 64%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Blackburn Rovers FC20% Draw29% Coventry City FC51%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes36% 0% No64%
Avg goals/match: 2.11
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 86%
14%
± 1.5 62%
38%
± 2.5 35%
65%
± 3.5 17%
83%
± 4.5 7%
93%

Double Chance

Blackburn Rovers FC or Draw
49%
Draw or Coventry City FC
80%
Blackburn Rovers FC or Coventry City FC
71%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Blackburn Rovers FC10% Draw51% Coventry City FC39%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 1
17.6%
0 – 0
14.3%
0 – 2
13.7%
1 – 1
Actual
1 – 2
8.1%
0 – 3
6.8%
1 – 0
5.9%
1 – 3
4.2%
2 – 1
3%
0 – 4
2.6%
2 – 2
2.4%
2 – 0
1.9%

Asian Handicap — Blackburn Rovers FC

Handicap Blackburn Rovers FC covers Push Coventry City FC covers
-2.5 1% — 99%
-2 1% 3% 97%
-1.5 3% — 97%
-1 3% 9% 87%
-0.5 13% — 87%
+0.5 41% — 59%
+1 41% 27% 32%
+1.5 68% — 32%
+2 68% 18% 13%
+2.5 87% — 13%

Clean Sheet

Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet
23% ✓
Coventry City FC keeps clean sheet
56% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.