📊 Form Guide

Blackburn Rovers

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Blackburn Rovers won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 1-0 Championship losing effort in their last game against Oxford United.

In that match, Blackburn Rovers managed 45% possession and 14 shots at goal with 4 on target. At the other end, Oxford United got 17 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. Cameron Brannagan (67') scored for Oxford United.

A recurring theme in more recent Blackburn Rovers games is seeing a zero in the scoreline.

Taking their previous 6 clashes before this one, in as many as 5 of them a bet on BTTS would've been a loser. That trend isn’t assured to follow through into this next game, however.

Ahead of this clash, Blackburn Rovers haven't beaten Coventry City in their previous 8 league matches.

Coventry City

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Coventry City will go into the game following a 1-0 Championship win to defeat Bristol City in their previous game.

In that game, Coventry City managed 55% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Coventry City was Brandon Thomas-Asante (62'). On the other side, Bristol City got 10 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

A series of reliable performances by the Coventry City defensive players has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 4 from their last 6 fixtures overall. In that period, their own attack force has managed to score 7.

Their prior results show that Coventry City:

• have not emerged victorious against Blackburn Rovers in games played away from home for the previous 4 league games. Not good at all.
• remain undefeated by Blackburn Rovers when they've played them away from home in the last 6 matches in the league. A very good run of results for them.
• are without an away win for the past 4 league matches.

👥 Head to head

A look at their past head to head clashes going back to 02/04/2022 shows that Blackburn Rovers have won 0 of these and Coventry City 3, with the tally of drawn games standing at 3.

A sum of 11 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 3 from Rovers and 8 coming from The Sky Blues. That’s an average goals per game of 1.83.

The previous league fixture featuring the two was Championship match day 8 on 01/10/2024 when it ended Coventry City 3-0 Blackburn Rovers.

In that game, Coventry City managed 45% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. The scorers were Jake Bidwell (11'), Haji Wright (48') and Brandon Thomas-Asante (84').

At the other end, Blackburn Rovers had 10 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

The match was refereed by John Busby.

📰 Team News: Blackburn Rovers

Arnór Sigurdsson (Thigh problems) and Hayden Carter (Knee surgery) won’t be available for Blackburn Rovers boss John Eustace.

It seems likely that Rovers could use a 4-2-3-1 formation, handing starts to Aynsley Pears, Callum Brittain, Dominic Hyam, Danny Batth, Owen Beck, Adam Forshaw, John Buckley, A. Cozier-Duberry, Todd Cantwell, Andreas Weimann and Makhtar Gueye.

ℹ️ Team News: Coventry City

Coventry City manager Frank Lampard has multiple availability issues to deal with. Haji Wright (Ankle injury), Raphael Borges Rodrigues (muscular problems) and Ben Wilson (Knee injury) miss out here.

We’re of the thinking that The Sky Blues appear most likely to begin the game with a 3-5-2 formation, settling for Oliver Dovin, Joel Latibeaudiere, Luis Binks, Liam Kitching, Milan van Ewijk, Victor Torp, Jamie Allen, Jack Rudoni, Jay Dasilva, B. Thomas-Asante and Ellis Simms.

🔮 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Coventry City and Blackburn Rovers should both be able to find the back of the net here although it’s difficult to select a clear winner.

There should be little in it, and a draw looks to be quite a realistic result. We’re therefore expecting a 1-1 score draw at full-time.

Peter Guest, 19:01 21/01/2025