Blackburn Rovers FC vs Coventry City FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Match Preview
Blackburn Rovers FC vs Coventry City FC — Championship at Ewood Park.
- Blackburn Rovers FC 46 games · 52 pts (2025/26)
- Coventry City FC 46 games · 95 pts (2025/26)
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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 history26% Clean Sheets
Blackburn Rovers FC this season37% Clean Sheets
Coventry City FC this seasonBlackburn Rovers FC are 20th (52 pts). Coventry City FC are 1st (95 pts).
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Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Blackburn Rovers FC to score. At the same time, Coventry City FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
- 7' That looks like a foul for a card for Yuki Ohashi.
- 12' Blackburn Rovers FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 17' 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.
- 22' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 27' It looks surprising Coventry City FC does not make any changes. Bobby Thomas has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 32' 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.
- 37' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 42' Supporters expect more eagerness from Eiran Cashin, as he is very good at scoring at Ewood Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 47' It’s high time Frank Lampard made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 51' That looks like a foul for a card for Yuri Ribeiro.
- 54' Blackburn Rovers FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Ryoya Morishita on 54.
- 59' 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.
- 62' Another substitution for Coventry City FC to replace Joel Latibeaudiere by Romain Esse on 62 minute.
- 65' Blackburn Rovers FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 65.
- 70' Blackburn Rovers FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 71' The whistle greets Moussa Baradji as he departs to be replaced by Ryan Hedges.
- 76' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 79' The whistle greets Taylor Gardner-Hickman as he departs to be replaced by Adam Forshaw.
- 84' What a strike from Bobby Thomas! The score is 1-1.
- 89' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Ephron Mason-Clark made 20 appearances and scored 31 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 90' The whistle greets Ephron Mason-Clark as he departs to be replaced by Josh Eccles.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.
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Moussa Baradji ↓ Ryan Hedges 71'
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Coach Michael O'NeillCoventry City FC
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Head to Head
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 DCoventry 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