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Blackburn Rovers v Coventry City : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 17th Apr, 20:00 BST, Ewood Park, Blackburn

Frank Lampard pays counterpart Michael O'Neill a visit on Friday night in the Championship, as their Coventry City and Blackburn Rovers charges face each other at the Ewood Park. We have odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for 17 different betting markets as well as predictions, statistics and head-to-head data for the two sides. You can access it all using the tabs below.

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Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

Fans may not be thrilled to read this, but it's all-but impossible to predict a goal-fest here. The statistics suggest Blackburn and Coventry both are poor in attack and defence, and the odds point towards a tie with fewer than 2 goals in total as they go head-to-head. We think they're probably right and, with no obvious outright winners to back, under 2.5 goals feels like the right bet on this match.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 46% chance of Coventry coming away with a win.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Blackburn 26%	29/10 8%	14/5 6%
Draw 28%	12/5 3%	12/5 6%
Coventry 46%	10/11 2%	1/1
Coventry 1-0 14%	6/1 7%	11/2
Draw 1-1 13%	11/2	5/1 8%
Draw 0-0 11%	9/1	15/2 6%
Blackburn 1-0 10%	10/1	8/1
Coventry 2-0 9%	8/1 5%	15/2
Coventry 2-1 9%	15/2 6%	13/2
Blackburn 2-1 6%	12/1	10/1
Blackburn 2-0 4%	20/1 11%	14/1
Coventry 3-0 4%	16/1	14/1
Draw 2-2 4%	14/1	11/1 8%
Coventry 3-1 4%	14/1 12%	12/1
Blackburn 3-1 2%	33/1 17%	22/1
Coventry 3-2 2%	25/1 10%	20/1
Coventry 4-0 1%	33/1 17%	25/1
Blackburn 3-0 1%	40/1	28/1
Over 2.5 Goals 39%	1/1	19/20
Under 2.5 Goals 61%	4/5	4/5
Home 1st Goal 42%	7/5 1%	29/20 2%
Away 1st Goal 51%	4/6 3%	7/10
No 1st Goal 7%	9/1	15/2 6%
BTTS - Yes 44%	5/6 2%	5/6
BTTS - No 56%	5/6 4%	10/11
BTTS - Home Win 10%	7/1 14%	6/1 8%
BTTS - Draw 17%	15/4 6%	17/5 2%
BTTS - Away Win 17%	3/1 8%	3/1
Home/draw 54%	5/6 2%	4/5
Away/draw 74%	1/4 3%	1/4 3%
Home/away 72%	3/10 2%	3/10 1%
Over 1.5 Goals 66%	1/3	3/10
Under 1.5 Goals 34%	12/5	11/5 2%
Over 3.5 Goals 19%	5/2	23/10
Under 3.5 Goals 81%	3/10	2/7 1%
Over 4.5 Goals 8%	11/2	11/2
Under 4.5 Goals 92%	1/9	1/10
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	14/1	12/1
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	1/33	1/50
Over 0.5 Goals 89%	1/16	1/18 1%
Under 0.5 Goals 11%	9/1	15/2 6%
Home DNB 45%	7/4 5%	13/8 1%
Away DNB 66%	2/5 3%	2/5 3%
Blackburn win to nil 16%	11/2	-
Coventry win to nil 29%	9/4 4%	-
Blackburn / Blackburn 13%	11/2 8%	19/4 10%
Blackburn / Coventry 4%	22/1	18/1
Blackburn / Draw 6%	14/1	11/1
Draw / Blackburn 10%	15/2 6%	7/1
Draw / Coventry 16%	4/1	4/1 5%
Draw / Draw 16%	9/2 10%	19/5 4%
Coventry / Blackburn 3%	33/1	25/1
Coventry / Coventry 26%	21/10 3%	2/1 3%
Coventry / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1

Win / draw / win Championship table

Blackburn have played 42 matches so far this season and are in 19th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

33 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 15 games, drawn 8 and won 10. Blackburn have conceded 44 goals, scored 32, failed to score in 10 matches and kept 8 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Blackburn have played 21 games at home, winning 4, drawing 8 and losing 9 fixtures. They have scored 18 goals, conceded 25 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 6 times in home league games.

Coventry lay in 1st place on 85 points in the Championship league table having played 42 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 42 games against teams below them in the table, winning 25, drawing 10 and losing 7 games. They have scored 84 goals and kept 16 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Coventry have conceded 42 goals and have failed to score in 7 matches.

Away league performance

Coventry have played 21 away games, winning 10, drawing 6 and losing 5 games. They have scored an average of 2 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Blackburn Coventry
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Coventry	42	25	10	7	42	85	Apr 17	l 2-0A	-	-
2	Ipswich	40	21	12	7	31	75	Sep 20	l 3-0A	l 0-2A	l 3-0A
3	Millwall	42	21	10	11	9	73	w 2-0F	w 1-2A	w 2-1F	w 0-4F
4	M'Boro	42	20	12	10	20	72	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	w 3-1F	w 2-4F
5	Southampton	41	19	12	10	20	69	w 2-1A	Apr 14	l 1-2A	d 1-1F
6	Hull	42	20	8	14	4	68	l 0-1A	w 0-3F	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0
7	Wrexham	42	17	13	12	3	64	l 0-2A	d 1-1F	Apr 26	l 3-2F
8	Derby	42	18	9	15	8	63	l 1-2A	l 3-1F	w 3-2F	w 3-5F
9	Norwich	42	17	7	18	5	58	l 0-2A	l 2-0A	d 1-1A	l 2-1F
10	Bristol C	42	16	10	16	1	58	l 1-2F	w 0-1F	w 1-0F	w 0-2F
11	QPR	42	16	10	16	-5	58	l 0-1A	w 1-3F	w 7-1F	l 2-1F
12	Watford	42	14	15	13	1	57	d 1-1A	w 0-1F	w 3-1F	May 2
13	Preston	42	14	15	13	-3	57	w 1-0F	w 1-2F	w 3-0F	d 1-1F
14	Swansea	42	16	9	17	-4	57	l 1-2F	l 3-1A	w 1-0F	w 0-3F
15	Birmingham	42	15	11	16	-1	56	l 1-2F	w 0-1F	w 3-0F	l 3-2A
16	Stoke	42	15	10	17	3	55	d 1-1A	d 1-1F	w 2-1F	w 0-1F
17	Sheff Utd	42	16	6	20	0	54	l 1-3F	Apr 22	w 3-1A	w 1-2A
18	Charlton	42	12	13	17	-12	49	d 2-2A	l 3-0A	w 3-1A	d 1-1F
19	Blackburn	42	12	12	18	-12	48	-	-	w 2-0F	Apr 17
20	West Brom	42	11	13	18	-14	46	d 0-00-0	l 1-0A	w 3-2A	w 0-2F
21	Portsmouth	41	11	12	18	-16	45	d 1-1A	l 2-1F	Apr 21	w 1-2F
22	Oxford Utd	42	10	14	18	-13	44	d 1-1A	l 1-0A	d 0-00-0	d 2-2F
23	Leicester	42	11	14	17	-10	41	May 2	w 0-2F	w 2-1A	d 0-00-0
24	Sheff Wed	42	1	11	30	-57	-4	w 1-0F	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	w 0-5F

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Win / draw / win form

Blackburn have drawn 3 consecutive home league games

Coventry have not lost in 5 consecutive away league games

Coventry have kept a clean sheet for 3 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Blackburn	0 - 0	West Brom
Blackburn	0 - 0	M'Boro
Blackburn	1 - 1	Portsmouth
Blackburn	1 - 2	Bristol C
Blackburn	1 - 0	Preston
Blackburn	1 - 0	Sheff Wed
Blackburn	0 - 1	Hull
Blackburn	1 - 1	Watford
Blackburn	2 - 2	Charlton
Blackburn	0 - 2	Wrexham
Blackburn	2 - 0	Millwall
Blackburn	1 - 1	Oxford Utd
Blackburn	1 - 1	Ipswich
Blackburn	0 - 1	QPR
Blackburn	1 - 2	Derby
Blackburn	2 - 1	Southampton
Blackburn	1 - 3	Sheff Utd
Blackburn	1 - 1	Stoke
Blackburn	1 - 2	Swansea
Blackburn	0 - 2	Norwich

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Blackburn	1 - 1	Stoke
H	Blackburn	0 - 0	West Brom
A	Blackburn	1 - 0	Birmingham
H	Blackburn	0 - 0	M'Boro
A	Blackburn	2 - 1	Millwall
A	Blackburn	0 - 1	Oxford Utd
H	Blackburn	1 - 1	Portsmouth
A	Blackburn	1 - 3	Derby
H	Blackburn	1 - 2	Bristol C
H	Blackburn	1 - 0	Preston
A	Blackburn	3 - 1	QPR
A	Blackburn	0 - 2	Norwich
H	Blackburn	1 - 0	Sheff Wed
H	Blackburn	0 - 1	Hull
H	Blackburn	1 - 1	Watford
A	Blackburn	1 - 3	Swansea
A	Blackburn	0 - 3	Ipswich
H	Blackburn	2 - 2	Charlton
H	Blackburn	0 - 2	Wrexham
A	Blackburn	0 - 0	Sheff Wed

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Hull	0 - 0	Coventry
Swansea	0 - 3	Coventry
Bristol C	0 - 2	Coventry
Sheff Utd	1 - 2	Coventry
West Brom	0 - 2	Coventry
QPR	2 - 1	Coventry
Norwich	2 - 1	Coventry
Birmingham	3 - 2	Coventry
Charlton	1 - 1	Coventry
Southampton	1 - 1	Coventry
Preston	1 - 1	Coventry
Ipswich	3 - 0	Coventry
M'Boro	2 - 4	Coventry
Stoke	0 - 1	Coventry
Wrexham	3 - 2	Coventry
Portsmouth	1 - 2	Coventry
Sheff Wed	0 - 5	Coventry
Millwall	0 - 4	Coventry
Leicester	0 - 0	Coventry
Oxford Utd	2 - 2	Coventry

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Coventry	0 - 0	Sheff Wed
A	Coventry	0 - 0	Hull
H	Coventry	3 - 2	Derby
A	Coventry	3 - 0	Swansea
H	Coventry	1 - 2	Southampton
H	Coventry	3 - 0	Preston
A	Coventry	2 - 0	Bristol C
H	Coventry	2 - 1	Stoke
A	Coventry	2 - 1	Sheff Utd
A	Coventry	2 - 0	West Brom
H	Coventry	3 - 1	M'Boro
H	Coventry	0 - 0	Oxford Utd
A	Coventry	1 - 2	QPR
A	Coventry	1 - 2	Norwich
H	Coventry	2 - 1	Millwall
H	Coventry	2 - 1	Leicester
A	Coventry	2 - 3	Birmingham
A	Coventry	1 - 1	Charlton
H	Coventry	0 - 2	Ipswich
H	Coventry	1 - 0	Swansea

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Coventry have beaten Blackburn in 3 consecutive league meetings

Coventry have not lost to Blackburn in 10 consecutive league meetings

Coventry have kept a clean sheet in 5 consecutive league meetings with Blackburn

Blackburn

Coventry

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 12

8 / 12

Clean sheets

4 / 12

3 / 12

BLB

COV

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackburn
	0 - 2	Coventry
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	1 - 2	Coventry
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Blackburn	4 - 0
Blackburn	5 - 1
Blackburn	4 - 0
Blackburn	2 - 1
	2 - 5	Coventry

Coventry

Blackburn

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 13

6 / 13

Clean sheets

7 / 13

3 / 13

BLB

COV

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Coventry
Coventry	2 - 0
Coventry	3 - 0
Coventry	1 - 0
Coventry	1 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 4	Blackburn
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Coventry	2 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Coventry	5 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Coventry	2 - 1
	0 - 2	Blackburn

Goal Statistics

Blackburn Rovers's defensive record is very strong, M. O'Neill's men having conceded 1 or less in 7 consecutive Championship games. An average PG rating of 1.3 for Coventry City makes sense in this context.

	Blackburn 19th	Coventry 1st
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	0.9 goals	1.3 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 40% 1 37% 2 17% 3 4+ There is a 77% probability of Blackburn scoring 1 goal or less	0 26% 1 35% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 61% probability that Coventry will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-33 Blackburn have scored 33% fewer goals at home than predicted	+10 Coventry’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	0.9 average goals scored	1.8 average goals scored
	1.2 conceded	1.1 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season

BLB

COV

37%

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Games scored	28		35
Failed to score	14		7
Scored first	18		27
Goals scored	38		84
Avg. goals scored	0.9		2
Avg. shots per game	8		12
Avg. shots per goal	9		6
Conversion rate for	11		17
Avg. XG for	1.3		2.1
KickOff rating		+37%

BLB

COV

20%

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Games conceded	30		26
Clean sheets	12		16
Conceded first	20		10
Goals conceded	50		42
Avg. goals conceded	1.2		1
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		8
Conversion rate against	15%		12%
Avg. XG against	1.2		1.2
KickOff rating		+20%

Blackburn v Coventry Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Blackburn Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
40	8	8	10
S McLoughlin	Y Ohashi	R Morishita	S McLoughlin

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
Y Ohashi FWD	42	8	1	5 -
S McLoughlin DEF	40			9 1
R Alebiosu DEF	35	1	4	4 -
R Morishita MID	33	2	8	3 -
B Tóth GLK	30			-
L Miller DEF	29	2	2	3 -
S Tronstad MID	29		2	8 -
M. Baradji MID	28	2		3 -
T Gardner-Hickman MID	26			7 -
D Neve MID	26		1	-
T Cantwell MID	26	5	3	9 -
A Gudjohnsen FWD	25	7		1 -
R Hedges FWD	22	1	2	3 -
A Forshaw MID	19	1		4 -
Y Ribeiro DEF	18		1	1 -
A Henriksson MID	18			2 -
K. Montgomery MID	17			-
M Jörgensen FWD	17	5		-
E Cashin DEF	14	1	1	6 -
H Pickering DEF	14			1 -
A Pears GLK	13			1 -
S Tavares MID	13		1	2 -
S Wharton DEF	11			2 -
H Carter DEF	10	2		4 -
A Kargbo FWD	10	1	1	-
O Afolayan FWD	7			-
C O'Riordan DEF	5			2 -
N Redmond FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	30	8	11
Y Ohashi	Y Ohashi	R Morishita	R Morishita

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
Y Ohashi FWD	8	30	1	3
A Gudjohnsen FWD	7	13		2
T Cantwell MID	5	14	3	5
M Jörgensen FWD	5	8		1
R Morishita MID	2	11	8	11
L Miller DEF	2	3	2	2
M. Baradji MID	2	10		2
H Carter DEF	2	3
R Alebiosu DEF	1	3	4	10
R Hedges FWD	1	3	2	5
A Forshaw MID	1	2		1
E Cashin DEF	1	2	1	1
A Kargbo FWD	1	3	1	1
S McLoughlin DEF		2		1
S Tronstad MID		4	2	2
T Gardner-Hickman MID		3		2
D Neve MID		3	1	3
Y Ribeiro DEF		1	1	2
A Henriksson MID		4		1
H Pickering DEF		2
S Tavares MID			1	1
S Wharton DEF		3
C O'Riordan DEF				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1777	69	277
S McLoughlin	S Tronstad	S McLoughlin

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
S McLoughlin DEF	1777	55	277
S Tronstad MID	1389	69	146
T Cantwell MID	1059	43	132
L Miller DEF	892	55	176
R Alebiosu DEF	861	65	118
B Tóth GLK	855	2	15
R Morishita MID	774	34	113
T Gardner-Hickman MID	730	37	89
E Cashin DEF	720	54	151
Y Ohashi FWD	669	42	209
M. Baradji MID	624	46	129
R Hedges FWD	596	43	96
A Forshaw MID	510	33	65
Y Ribeiro DEF	459	22	62
A Gudjohnsen FWD	397	4	96
H Carter DEF	381	7	29
A Pears GLK	363		4
S Wharton DEF	336	8	57
S Tavares MID	256	8	24
D Neve MID	246	30	48
K. Montgomery MID	226	20	43
H Pickering DEF	208	6	32
A Henriksson MID	190	13	45
M Jörgensen FWD	160	5	15
C O'Riordan DEF	153	8	25
A Kargbo FWD	78	7	27
O Afolayan FWD	63	3	18
N Redmond FWD	2

Coventry Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
42	16	8	8
C Rushworth	H Wright	M Ewijk	M Ewijk

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Rushworth GLK	42		1	2 -
M Grimes MID	42	2	2	5 -
M Ewijk DEF	40		8	8 -
J Dasilva DEF	39		3	6 1
E Simms FWD	39	10	3	1 -
E Mason-Clark MID	38	7	5	3 -
H Wright FWD	36	16	1	4 -
L Kitching DEF	35	2		7 -
T Sakamoto MID	35	7	3	4 -
V Torp MID	35	8	4	4 -
J Eccles MID	31	4		5 -
B Thomas DEF	30	2	5	6 1
J Rudoni MID	28	7	5	-
B Thomas-Asante FWD	28	12	4	-
J Allen MID	21	1	1	-
K Kesler-Hayden DEF	20	1	1	1 -
L Woolfenden DEF	16			2 -
J Latibeaudiere DEF	13		1	1
R Esse FWD	13	2	1	1 -
F Onyeka MID	11	1		2 -
J Bidwell DEF	9			1 -
M Brau DEF	8			-
J Markelo FWD	5			-
M. Yang FWD	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
16	34	8	11
H Wright	H Wright	M Ewijk	T Sakamoto

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
H Wright FWD	16	34	1	1
B Thomas-Asante FWD	12	24	4	5
E Simms FWD	10	31	3	3
V Torp MID	8	19	4	6
E Mason-Clark MID	7	29	5	7
T Sakamoto MID	7	20	3	11
J Rudoni MID	7	15	5	4
J Eccles MID	4	16		3
M Grimes MID	2	7	2	8
L Kitching DEF	2	15		2
B Thomas DEF	2	11	5	5
R Esse FWD	2	9	1	2
J Allen MID	1	2	1	2
K Kesler-Hayden DEF	1	2	1	1
F Onyeka MID	1	4
C Rushworth GLK			1	2
M Ewijk DEF		1	8	10
J Dasilva DEF			3	5
J Latibeaudiere DEF			1
J Markelo FWD				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2923	93	209
M Grimes	M Ewijk	L Kitching

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Grimes MID	2923	74	159
L Kitching DEF	1859	39	209
J Dasilva DEF	1773	66	130
C Rushworth GLK	1619	2	25
B Thomas DEF	1536	30	166
M Ewijk DEF	1382	93	160
V Torp MID	914	35	108
J Rudoni MID	836	22	107
J Latibeaudiere DEF	649	9	54
E Mason-Clark MID	632	43	185
T Sakamoto MID	606	42	137
L Woolfenden DEF	534	10	51
J Eccles MID	458	24	98
F Onyeka MID	349	19	52
H Wright FWD	326	11	126
B Thomas-Asante FWD	324	15	79
J Allen MID	282	12	21
E Simms FWD	253	7	93
K Kesler-Hayden DEF	237	16	43
R Esse FWD	169	14	49
J Bidwell DEF	124	4	11
M Brau DEF	63	4	12
M. Yang FWD	17	1	4
J Markelo FWD	11	1	3