Wednesday , 30 September 2026

Coventry City FC vs Blackburn Rovers FC, Championship 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

Championship · 2023-24
Coventry City FC
1 – 0
Full Time
Blackburn Rovers FC
Wed 4 Oct 2023 · 18:45 UTC Coventry Building Society Arena HT 45' · FT 45'
Haji Wright 85' 1–0
Luis Binks 60' Y
Y 66' James Hill
Josh Eccles 67' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

Match Details

  • Referee Jeremy Simpson
  • Assistant 1 Rob Smith
  • Assistant 2 Mark Dwyer

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Swansea City AFC 8 17
2 West Ham United FC 8 15
3 Middlesbrough FC 8 15
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 7 14
5 West Bromwich Albion FC 8 14
6 Queens Park Rangers FC 8 13
7 Stoke City FC 8 13
8 Bristol City FC 8 13
9 Charlton Athletic FC 8 12
10 Birmingham City FC 8 11
11 Millwall FC 8 11
12 Lincoln City FC 8 11
13 Southampton FC 8 10
14 Wrexham AFC 8 10
15 Bolton Wanderers FC 8 10
16 Blackburn Rovers FC 8 9
17 Norwich City FC 8 9
18 Sheffield United FC 8 9
19 Portsmouth FC 7 8
20 Watford FC 8 8
21 Cardiff City FC 8 7
22 Derby County FC 8 5
23 Preston North End FC 8 4
24 Burnley FC 8 4

Head-to-Head

5
6
1
Coventry City FC 12 games · Avg 2.3 goals Blackburn Rovers FC
Last 5 meetings
2023-10-04 Coventry City FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC 2023-04-19 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Coventry City FC 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

Recent Form

Coventry City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
04 Oct Blackburn Rovers FC H 1–0 W
30 Sep Queens Park Rangers FC A 3–1 W
25 Sep Huddersfield Town AFC H 1–1 D
19 Sep Cardiff City FC A 2–3 L
15 Sep Hull City AFC A 1–1 D
02 Sep Watford FC H 3–3 D
Blackburn Rovers FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
04 Oct Coventry City FC A 0–1 L
01 Oct Leicester City FC H 1–4 L
23 Sep Ipswich Town FC A 3–4 L
20 Sep Sunderland AFC H 1–3 L
16 Sep Middlesbrough FC H 2–1 W
02 Sep Plymouth Argyle FC A 0–3 L

Key Stats

42% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)
33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
13% Clean Sheets
Blackburn Rovers FC this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Blackburn Rovers FC
0-15
1/3
16-30
2/2
31-45
1/2
46-60
6/2
61-75
–/2
76+
1/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Blackburn Rovers FC
Oladapo Afolayan 3 G 2 A
Andri Gudjohnsen 3 G 1 A
Sean McLoughlin 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Coventry City FC and Blackburn Rovers FC get this one started.
  • 5' Both keepers have barely been tested. Coventry City FC and Blackburn Rovers FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 10' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Coventry City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 15' Hayden Carter is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Blackburn Rovers FC tonight.
  • 20' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Coventry City FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 25' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 27' Coventry City FC make a change. Liam Kelly trudges off to be replaced by Yasin Ayari on 27 minutes.
  • 32' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 37' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 42' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Coventry City FC that had 376 games and scored 474 goals.
  • 47' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Coventry City FC and Blackburn Rovers FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 49' The whistle greets Adam Wharton as he departs to be replaced by Sondre Tronstad.
  • 54' named a 3-4-3 earlier, and opted for a 4-2-3-1 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 59' Dominic Hyam needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 60' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Luis Binks on 60 minutes.
  • 65' 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.
  • 66' That is a Yellow card for Blackburn Rovers FC. James Hill will be fuming at that decision.
  • 67' Coventry City FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 69' Arnor Sigurdsson is replacing Dilan Markanday for the Blackburn Rovers FC side.
  • 70' Another substitution for Blackburn Rovers FC to replace Joe Rankin-Costello by Lewis Travis on 70 minute.
  • 72' The supporters are chanting for Liam Kitching. He replaces Luis Binks on 72 minute.
  • 77' Sondre Tronstad, a Norway central midfielder, has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 82' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 85' A stunning finish from Haji Wright — that came from absolutely nowhere!
  • 86' The whistle greets Tyrhys Dolan as he departs to be replaced by Semir Telalovic.
  • 90' A tactical swap from Coventry City FC — Tatsuhiro Sakamoto on, Matt Godden off on 90 minutes.
  • The points are shared — Coventry City FC 1-0 Blackburn Rovers FC. Honours even.

Lineups

Coventry City FC Lineups

3-4-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Mark Robins

Blackburn Rovers FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jon Dahl Tomasson

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Sam Gallagher 3
Adam Armstrong 2
Haji Wright 2
Brandon Thomas-Asante 2
Viktor Gyokeres 1
Harry Pickering 1
Harvey Elliot 1
Jamie Allen 1

Head to Head

2023-10-04 Coventry City FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC 2023-04-19 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Coventry City FC 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

Coventry City FC Form

2023-10-04 Coventry City FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2023-09-30 Queens Park Rangers FC 1–3 Coventry City FC W 2023-09-25 Coventry City FC 1–1 Huddersfield Town AFC D 2023-09-19 Cardiff City FC 3–2 Coventry City FC L 2023-09-15 Hull City AFC 1–1 Coventry City FC D 2023-09-02 Coventry City FC 3–3 Watford FC D

Blackburn Rovers FC Form

2023-10-04 Coventry City FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2023-10-01 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–4 Leicester City FC L 2023-09-23 Ipswich Town FC 4–3 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2023-09-20 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–3 Sunderland AFC L 2023-09-16 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–1 Middlesbrough FC W 2023-09-02 Plymouth Argyle FC 3–0 Blackburn Rovers FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.55 Coventry City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.04 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
Yes52% 0% No48%
Avg goals/match: 2.59
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 90%
10%
± 1.5 73%
27%
± 2.5 47%
53%
± 3.5 26%
74%
± 4.5 13%
87%

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

✓ Correct
Coventry City FC34% Draw47% Blackburn Rovers FC19%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13%
1 – 0
Actual
0 – 0
9.5%
2 – 1
9%
2 – 0
8.7%
0 – 1
6.8%
1 – 2
6.1%
2 – 2
4.8%
3 – 1
4.7%
3 – 0
4.4%
0 – 2
4%
3 – 2
2.5%

Asian Handicap — Coventry City FC

Handicap Coventry City FC covers Push Blackburn Rovers FC covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 15% 75%
-1.5 25% — 75%
-1 25% 23% 53%
-0.5 47% — 53%
+0.5 76% — 24%
+1 76% 15% 9%
+1.5 91% — 9%
+2 91% 7% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

Coventry City FC keeps clean sheet
36% ✗
Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet
22% ✓

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