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

Ewood Park, Blackburn

Blackburn Rovers and Coventry City take on one another at the Ewood Park on Saturday afternoon, with both John Eustace and Mark Robins seeking a win in the Championship. All of the key statistics for the clash, including head to heads (H2Hs), predictions and odds across 17 markets are covered in this betting preview. It's all here with the aim of helping you make a well informed, intelligent bet.

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Blackburn Rovers's next match is v Leicester at 12:30 on Saturday 4th May
Coventry City's next match is v QPR at 12:30 on Saturday 4th May

The last English Championship meeting between Blackburn and Coventry was on Saturday 27th April 2024

English Championship

April 27th 2024

Blackburn 0	0 Coventry

	BLB COV
Shots On	8 1
Shots Off	12 3
Corners	10 2
Possession	50% 50%
Fouls	9 9
Yellow/red cards	1/1

Blackburn	Coventry

A. Pears H. Carter C. Brittain H. Pickering (B. Chrisene 73') D. Hyam K. McFadzean T. Dolan (A. Moran 88') J. Rankin-Costello (Y. Ayari 63') S. Szmodics S. Tronstad S. Gallagher	B. Collins J. Dasilva M. van Ewijk B. Thomas L. Kitching (J. Bidwell 86') C. O'Hare (J. Allen 72') J. Eccles (J. Latibeaudiere 65') K. Palmer L. Kelly (A. Dausch 86') H. Wright (M. Godden 72') E. Simms

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We make over 1.5 goals our tip on this match, meaning that the teams will score at least two goals between them during the standard 90 mins. Both Blackburn and Coventry's current form stats suggest it's likely, while their head-to-head (H2H) record adds further weight to the argument. The bookies make it the most probable outcome in this market too, available at 1.14.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Blackburn are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 38% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.38.

Predictions	Bet365	Coral	Betfred	888Sport
Blackburn 38%	6/5 20%	6/5 20%	-	-
Draw 25%	13/5 6%	5/2 3%	-	-
Coventry 38%	21/10 24%	21/10 29%	-	-
Draw 1-1 12%	6/1 8%	11/2	-	-
Coventry 2-1 8%	10/1 10%	17/2 12%	-	-
Blackburn 2-1 8%	8/1 18%	7/1 11%	-	-
Coventry 1-0 8%	12/1 8%	9/1 5%	-	-
Blackburn 1-0 8%	9/1 23%	8/1 10%	-	-
Draw 2-2 6%	11/1 9%	9/1	-	-
Coventry 2-0 6%	16/1 13%	14/1 25%	-	-
Blackburn 2-0 6%	11/1 29%	10/1 15%	-	-
Draw 0-0 6%	14/1	10/1 8%	-	-
Coventry 3-1 4%	20/1 24%	16/1 31%	-	-
Blackburn 3-1 4%	14/1 29%	12/1 13%	-	-
Coventry 3-2 3%	25/1 24%	18/1 12%	-	-
Blackburn 3-2 3%	20/1 9%	16/1	-	-
Blackburn 3-0 3%	20/1 28%	16/1 19%	-	-
Coventry 3-0 3%	33/1 48%	22/1 21%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 55%	4/6 3%	-	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 45%	6/5 4%	-	-	-
Home 1st Goal 48%	4/6 20%	-	-	-
Away 1st Goal 48%	6/5 22%	-	-	-
No 1st Goal 3%	14/1	-	-	-
BTTS - Yes 58%	8/15 2%	11/20 1%	-	-
BTTS - No 42%	11/8 5%	13/10 4%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 19%	11/4 21%	27/10 15%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3 8%	16/5	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 19%	4/1 25%	19/5 26%	-	-
Home/draw 62%	4/11 11%	4/11 12%	-	-
Away/draw 62%	4/6 19%	13/20 15%	-	-
Home/away 75%	2/7 1%	2/7	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 78%	2/9 2%	-	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 22%	10/3 4%	-	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 32%	7/4 10%	-	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 68%	4/9 6%	-	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 16%	4/1 11%	-	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 84%	1/6 3%	-	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	9/1 11%	-	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	1/16 1%	-	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1/25 1%	-	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	12/1 13%	-	-	-
Home DNB 55%	8/13 19%	3/5 20%	-	-
Away DNB 55%	6/5 27%	6/5 27%	-	-
Blackburn win to nil 18%	10/3 28%	-	-	-
Coventry win to nil 18%	11/2 30%	-	-	-
Blackburn / Blackburn 23%	5/2 19%	5/2 17%	-	-
Blackburn / Coventry 3%	25/1 13%	22/1 21%	-	-
Blackburn / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1	-	-
Draw / Blackburn 15%	9/2 15%	9/2 15%	-	-
Draw / Coventry 11%	6/1 17%	6/1 22%	-	-
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1	17/4 5%	-	-
Coventry / Blackburn 4%	20/1 9%	18/1	-	-
Coventry / Coventry 16%	4/1 33%	4/1 35%	-	-
Coventry / Draw 6%	12/1	12/1 8%	-	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Blackburn have played 44 matches so far this season and are in 19th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

34 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 16 games, drawn 6 and won 12. Blackburn have conceded 53 goals, scored 46, failed to score in 9 matches and kept 8 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Blackburn have played 22 games at home, winning 6, drawing 6 and losing 10 fixtures. They have scored 27 goals, conceded 34 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Coventry lay in 8th place on 63 points in the Championship league table having played 43 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 30 games against teams below them in the table, winning 15, drawing 8 and losing 7 games. They have scored 52 goals and kept 11 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Coventry have conceded 34 goals and have failed to score in 6 matches.

Away league performance

Coventry have played 22 away games, winning 8, drawing 4 and losing 10 games. They have scored an average of 1.5 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.5 goals per away game.

Blackburn

Won

Draw

Lost

Scores

Coventry

HOME	AWAY	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY
l 1-4A	May 4	Leicester	45	31	4	10	50	97	w 3-1A	l 2-1F
l 0-1A	l 4-3A	Ipswich	45	27	12	6	33	93	l 1-2A	l 2-1A
l 0-2A	w 0-1F	Leeds	45	27	9	9	39	90	w 2-1F	d 1-1A
d 0-00-0	l 4-0A	Southampton	45	25	9	11	23	84	d 1-1F	l 2-1A
d 1-1A	w 1-3F	Norwich	45	21	10	14	16	73	d 1-1A	l 2-1F
w 2-1F	l 4-1A	West Brom	45	20	12	13	20	72	l 0-2A	l 2-1A
l 1-2F	l 3-2A	Hull	45	19	13	13	9	70	l 2-3A	d 1-1F
w 2-1F	d 0-00-0	M'Boro	45	19	9	17	7	66	w 3-0F	w 1-3A
d 0-00-0	l 1-0A	Coventry Away	45	17	13	15	12	64	-	-
l 1-2A	d 2-2F	Preston	45	18	9	18	-8	63	l 0-3A	l 3-2F
w 2-1F	l 5-0A	Bristol C	45	17	11	17	6	62	d 2-2F	l 1-0A
w 1-0F	d 0-00-0	Cardiff	45	19	5	21	-14	62	l 1-2F	l 3-2A
l 0-1A	l 2-1A	Swansea	45	15	12	18	-5	57	d 2-2A	d 1-1F
l 1-2F	w 0-1F	Watford	45	13	17	15	2	56	d 3-3A	w 1-2A
l 1-3A	w 1-5F	Sunderland	45	16	8	21	0	56	d 0-00-0	w 0-3F
d 1-1A	w 1-2A	Millwall	45	15	11	19	-11	56	w 2-1A	w 0-3F
l 1-2A	w 0-4F	QPR	45	14	11	20	-12	53	May 4	w 1-3F
w 3-1F	w 0-3F	Stoke	45	14	11	20	-15	53	d 0-00-0	w 0-1F
-	-	Blackburn Home	45	13	11	21	-16	50	w 1-0F	d 0-00-0
l 1-3A	l 3-1A	Sheff Wed	45	14	8	23	-26	50	w 2-0F	w 1-2F
d 1-1F	l 3-0A	Plymouth	45	12	12	21	-12	48	w 1-0F	d 2-2A
w 4-2F	l 1-0A	Birmingham	45	12	11	22	-16	47	w 2-0F	l 3-0A
d 1-1F	l 3-0A	Huddersfield	45	9	18	18	-27	45	d 1-1F	w 1-3F
d 2-2F	d 2-2A	Rotherham	45	4	12	29	-55	24	w 5-0F	l 2-0A

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM
Blackburn	1 - 3	Sheff Wed
Blackburn	0 - 0	Southampton
Blackburn	0 - 1	Ipswich
Blackburn	1 - 1	Plymouth
Blackburn	1 - 1	Millwall
Blackburn	1 - 1	Norwich
Blackburn	3 - 1	Stoke
Blackburn	1 - 2	QPR
Blackburn	1 - 1	Huddersfield
Blackburn	2 - 2	Rotherham
Blackburn	1 - 2	Watford
Blackburn	2 - 1	Bristol C
Blackburn	0 - 2	Leeds
Blackburn	4 - 2	Birmingham
Blackburn	1 - 2	Preston
Blackburn	0 - 1	Swansea
Blackburn	1 - 0	Cardiff
Blackburn	1 - 4	Leicester
Blackburn	1 - 3	Sunderland
Blackburn	2 - 1	M'Boro

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM
H	Blackburn	1 - 3	Sheff Wed
A	Blackburn	1 - 0	Leeds
A	Blackburn	0 - 5	Bristol C
H	Blackburn	0 - 0	Southampton
A	Blackburn	5 - 1	Sunderland
H	Blackburn	0 - 1	Ipswich
A	Blackburn	0 - 0	M'Boro
H	Blackburn	1 - 1	Plymouth
H	Blackburn	1 - 1	Millwall
A	Blackburn	1 - 2	Swansea
H	Blackburn	1 - 1	Norwich
A	Blackburn	0 - 0	Cardiff
A	Blackburn	2 - 2	Preston
A	Blackburn	0 - 1	Birmingham
H	Blackburn	3 - 1	Stoke
H	Blackburn	1 - 2	QPR
H	Blackburn	1 - 1	Huddersfield
A	Blackburn	1 - 4	West Brom
H	Blackburn	2 - 2	Rotherham
A	Blackburn	2 - 3	Hull

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM
Birmingham	3 - 0	Coventry
Southampton	2 - 1	Coventry
Huddersfield	1 - 3	Coventry
Watford	1 - 2	Coventry
West Brom	2 - 1	Coventry
Stoke	0 - 1	Coventry
Plymouth	2 - 2	Coventry
Norwich	2 - 1	Coventry
Sheff Wed	1 - 2	Coventry
M'Boro	1 - 3	Coventry
Sunderland	0 - 3	Coventry
Leeds	1 - 1	Coventry
Ipswich	2 - 1	Coventry
Millwall	0 - 3	Coventry
Preston	3 - 2	Coventry
Rotherham	2 - 0	Coventry
Bristol C	1 - 0	Coventry
QPR	1 - 3	Coventry
Cardiff	3 - 2	Coventry
Hull	1 - 1	Coventry

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM
H	Coventry	2 - 3	Hull
A	Coventry	0 - 3	Birmingham
A	Coventry	1 - 2	Southampton
H	Coventry	2 - 1	Leeds
H	Coventry	1 - 2	Cardiff
A	Coventry	3 - 1	Huddersfield
A	Coventry	2 - 1	Watford
H	Coventry	5 - 0	Rotherham
A	Coventry	1 - 2	West Brom
H	Coventry	0 - 3	Preston
A	Coventry	1 - 0	Stoke
A	Coventry	2 - 2	Plymouth
H	Coventry	2 - 1	Millwall
A	Coventry	1 - 2	Norwich
H	Coventry	2 - 2	Bristol C
A	Coventry	2 - 1	Sheff Wed
H	Coventry	3 - 1	Leicester
A	Coventry	3 - 1	M'Boro
H	Coventry	2 - 2	Swansea
H	Coventry	2 - 0	Sheff Wed

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Blackburn have drawn with Coventry in 3 consecutive home league meetings

Coventry have not lost to Blackburn in 6 consecutive league meetings

Blackburn

Coventry

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 10

7 / 10

Clean sheets

3 / 10

1 / 10

BLB

COV

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackburn
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

Blackburn

Coventry

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

15 / 21

Clean sheets

6 / 21

BLB

COV

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

Goal Statistics

	Blackburn 19th	Coventry 9th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	1.4 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 24% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 76% probability that Blackburn will score 1 or more goals	0 24% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 76% probability that Coventry will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-19 Blackburn have scored 19% fewer goals at home than predicted	+16 Coventry have scored 16% more goals when away than predicted
	1.2 average goals scored	1.6 average goals scored
	1.6 conceded	1.5 conceded

Statistics Championship - 2023/2024 Season

BLB

COV

16%

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Games scored	32		37
Failed to score	13		8
Scored first	18		22
Goals scored	58		69
Avg. goals scored	1.3		1.5
Avg. shots per game	9		9
Avg. shots per goal	7		6
Conversion rate	15%		17%
KickOff rating		+16%

BLB

COV

15%

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Games conceded	36		33
Clean sheets	9		12
Conceded first	23		20
Goals conceded	74		57
Avg. goals conceded	1.6		1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded	11		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		8
Conversion rate	15%		13%
KickOff rating		+15%

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

Blackburn Championship squad statistics 2023/2024

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
41	24	6	10
S Szmodics	S Szmodics	A Moran	H Carter

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A Pears GLK	23			1 -
H Carter DEF	28		2	10 -
D Hyam DEF	33	1		5 -
K McFadzean DEF	10			2 1
C Brittain MID	41	1	4	4 -
S Tronstad MID	33		1	7 -
J Rankin-Costello MID	24	2	3	6 -
H Pickering MID	33	1	1	2 1
S Gallagher MID	21	3	3	1 -
S Szmodics FWD	41	24	4	6 -
T Dolan FWD	33	5	4	8 -
Subs
L Wahlstedt GLK	21			-
B Koumetio DEF				-
B Chrisene DEF	13			-
J Buckley MID	13			-
A Moran MID	33	2	6	4 -
J Garrett MID	20	1	1	4 -
Y Ayari MID	7		1	3 -
D Markanday FWD	20	1		-
S Telalović FWD	17			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
24	52	6	8
S Szmodics	S Szmodics	A Moran	C Brittain

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
S Szmodics FWD	24	52	4	5
T Dolan FWD	5	13	4	8
S Gallagher MID	3	12	3	4
J Rankin-Costello MID	2	9	3	3
D Hyam DEF	1	2		1
C Brittain MID	1	8	4	8
H Pickering MID	1	8	1	6
H Carter DEF		2	2	1
K McFadzean DEF		1
S Tronstad MID		5	1
Subs
A Moran MID	2	8	6	5
J Garrett MID	1	3	1	2
D Markanday FWD	1	5
B Chrisene DEF		1
Y Ayari MID		1	1
S Telalović FWD		2		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2249	98	190
D Hyam	S Tronstad	C Brittain

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
D Hyam DEF	2249	37	149
C Brittain MID	1931	71	190
S Tronstad MID	1739	98	164
H Carter DEF	1636	45	108
H Pickering MID	1417	70	160
S Szmodics FWD	1248	26	99
T Dolan FWD	865	22	77
A Pears GLK	753	3	11
J Rankin-Costello MID	587	22	62
K McFadzean DEF	431	9	28
S Gallagher MID	238	9	97
Subs
A Moran MID	888	46	114
L Wahlstedt GLK	694	1	8
J Garrett MID	339	19	50
D Markanday FWD	312	23	41
B Chrisene DEF	272	28	53
J Buckley MID	171	20	39
Y Ayari MID	144	9	18
S Telalović FWD	107	4	20

Coventry Championship squad statistics 2023/2024

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
38	15	6	9
B Thomas	H Wright	H Wright	J Eccles

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
B Collins GLK	24			3 -
M Ewijk DEF	38	2	5	4 -
B Thomas DEF	40	1		8 -
L Kitching DEF	26	1	1	4 2
J Dasilva DEF	33		2	4 -
J Eccles MID	40	1	5	9 -
L Kelly MID	12		1	1 -
K Palmer MID	28	1	3	8 -
H Wright MID	40	15	6	3 -
E Simms MID	42	13	1	3 -
C O'Hare FWD	28	6	3	1 -
Subs
L. Bell GLK				-
B Wilson GLK	18			-
J Bidwell DEF	29	1	2	6 -
J Latibeaudiere DEF	38	2	1	8 -
D. Lusala DEF				-
K. Andrews MID	2			-
J Allen MID	19		1	1 -
A. Dausch FWD				-
M Godden FWD	32	6		2 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
15	34	6	6
H Wright	H Wright	H Wright	M Ewijk

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
H Wright MID	15	34	6	3
E Simms MID	13	34	1	2
C O'Hare FWD	6	16	3	4
M Ewijk DEF	2	6	5	6
B Thomas DEF	1	4
L Kitching DEF	1	3	1	3
J Eccles MID	1	6	5	6
K Palmer MID	1	13	3	2
J Dasilva DEF			2	6
L Kelly MID		2	1
Subs
M Godden FWD	6	23		4
J Latibeaudiere DEF	2	2	1
J Bidwell DEF	1	2	2	5
J Allen MID		3	1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2198	87	197
B Thomas	J Eccles	B Thomas

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
B Thomas DEF	2198	54	197
J Eccles MID	1679	87	185
L Kitching DEF	1424	33	97
M Ewijk DEF	1347	85	167
J Dasilva DEF	1105	33	73
C O'Hare FWD	829	31	94
B Collins GLK	758		11
K Palmer MID	705	36	121
H Wright MID	522	32	158
E Simms MID	385	12	86
L Kelly MID	351	21	36
Subs
J Latibeaudiere DEF	1672	62	157
J Bidwell DEF	821	30	63
B Wilson GLK	493		4
J Allen MID	427	15	36
M Godden FWD	356	11	64
K. Andrews MID	3