Coventry City FC vs Blackburn Rovers FC, Championship 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2022-23

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Blackburn Rovers FC

Tue 1 Nov 2022 · 19:45 UTC Coventry Building Society Arena HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 39' Dominic Hyam

Josh Eccles 56' Y

Y 76' Scott Wharton

R 85' Jake Garrett

Kasey Palmer 90' Y

Y 90' Thomas Kaminski

Y 90' Daniel Ayala

Overview

Match Preview

Coventry City FC vs Blackburn Rovers FC — Championship at Coventry Building Society Arena.

Coventry City FC 46 games · 95 pts (2026/27)
Blackburn Rovers FC 46 games · 52 pts (2026/27)

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

Coventry City FC 12 games · Avg 2.3 goals Blackburn Rovers FC

Last 5 meetings

2022-11-01 Coventry City FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC 2022-04-02 Coventry City FC 2–2 Blackburn Rovers FC 2021-10-16 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–2 Coventry City FC 2021-02-27 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Coventry City FC 2020-10-24 Coventry City FC 0–4 Blackburn Rovers FC

Recent Form

Coventry City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Nov	Blackburn Rovers FC	H	1–0	W
29 Oct	Blackpool FC	H	1–2	L
25 Oct	Rotherham United FC	H	2–2	D
22 Oct	Stoke City FC	A	2–0	W
19 Oct	Sheffield United FC	H	1–0	W
15 Oct	Cardiff City FC	A	1–0	W

Blackburn Rovers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Nov	Coventry City FC	A	0–1	L
29 Oct	Hull City AFC	A	1–0	W
22 Oct	Birmingham City FC	H	2–1	W
18 Oct	Sunderland AFC	H	2–0	W
15 Oct	Middlesbrough FC	A	2–1	W
11 Oct	Wigan Athletic FC	A	0–1	L

Season Stats

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

Key Stats

42% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

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

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Coventry City FC is hosting Blackburn Rovers FC for another epic battle.
5' Blackburn Rovers FC is showing some good football. However, Blackburn Rovers FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
10' Coventry City FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
15' Coventry City FC have won 474 goals from 374 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
20' Thomas Kaminski has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
25' It’s high time Mark Robins made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
30' Blackburn Rovers FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 30.
35' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Coventry City FC and Blackburn Rovers FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
39' Dominic Hyam picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
41' A goal from the England international Jamie Allen! He fires home on 41 to make it 1-0!
46' Another change for Blackburn Rovers FC made on 46 minute. Jack Vale leaves to be changed by George Hirst.
51' Bradley Dack is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Blackburn Rovers FC tonight.
56' Coventry City FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
61' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
66' It looks like no one’s ball. Blackburn Rovers FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
71' Kasey Palmer is ready to make an impact after coming on for Gustavo Hamer at the 71 minute mark.
76' Poor challenge from Scott Wharton. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
77' The crowd applauds Callum O'Hare as he leaves the pitch. Tyler Walker steps in for Coventry City FC.
79' Blackburn Rovers FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jake Garrett is hanging Lewis Travis on the field on 79 minute.
80' Time for substitution for Blackburn Rovers FC. Adam Wharton is replaced by Tyrhys Dolan.
85' That is a Red card for Blackburn Rovers FC. Jake Garrett will be fuming at that decision.
88' The Blackburn Rovers FC bench stirs into life. Scott Wharton is withdrawn and Harry Pickering gets his opportunity.
90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Kasey Palmer on 90.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-0.

Lineups

Coventry City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Mark Robins

Blackburn Rovers FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

13
Aynsley Pears
23
Bradley Dack ↑ 80'
3
Harry Pickering ↑ 88'
–
George Hirst ↑ 46'
17
Hayden Carter
10
Tyrhys Dolan ↑ 80'
30
Jake Garrett ↑ 79'

Coach Jon Dahl Tomasson

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Sam Gallagher	3
Adam Armstrong	2
Haji Wright	2
Brandon Thomas-Asante	2
Bobby Thomas	1
Scott Wharton	1
Viktor Gyokeres	1
Harry Pickering	1

Head to Head

Coventry City FC Form

2022-11-01 Coventry City FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2022-10-29 Coventry City FC 1–2 Blackpool FC L 2022-10-25 Coventry City FC 2–2 Rotherham United FC D 2022-10-22 Stoke City FC 0–2 Coventry City FC W 2022-10-19 Coventry City FC 1–0 Sheffield United FC W 2022-10-15 Cardiff City FC 0–1 Coventry City FC W

Blackburn Rovers FC Form

2022-11-01 Coventry City FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2022-10-29 Hull City AFC 0–1 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2022-10-22 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–1 Birmingham City FC W 2022-10-18 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–0 Sunderland AFC W 2022-10-15 Middlesbrough FC 1–2 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2022-10-11 Wigan Athletic FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.69 Coventry City FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.96 Blackburn Rovers FC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

Coventry City FC52% Draw26% Blackburn Rovers FC22%

Actual: Coventry City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes51% 0% No49%

Avg goals/match: 2.65

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	74%	26%
± 2.5	49%	51%
± 3.5	28%	72%
± 4.5	14%	86%

Double Chance

Coventry City FC or Draw

78%

Draw or Blackburn Rovers FC

48%

Coventry City FC or Blackburn Rovers FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Coventry City FC37% Draw46% Blackburn Rovers FC17%

Actual: Coventry City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.3%

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 0

9.8%

2 – 1

9.3%

0 – 0

0 – 1

5.8%

3 – 0

5.4%

1 – 2

5.3%

3 – 1

5.3%

2 – 2

4.5%

0 – 2

3.2%

3 – 2

2.6%

Asian Handicap — Coventry City FC

Handicap	Coventry City FC covers	Push	Blackburn Rovers FC covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	16%	71%
-1.5	29%	—	71%
-1	29%	23%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	80%	—	20%
+1	80%	13%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Coventry City FC keeps clean sheet

39% ✗

Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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