Championship game forecast and stats, news and lineups for the Coventry City vs Blackburn Rovers duel

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 02.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Coventry Building Society Arena

Championship: Two participants in reasonably good form get together for this fixture. Blackburn Rovers could have a slight upper hand with their 6th position in the table?

Insights:
  • Coventry City have the most points from losing position (23) in Championship
  • Coventry City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Blackburn Rovers have scored away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Coventry City form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Coventry City at their home stadium (The Coventry Building Society Arena) is 10 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

Coventry City drew their last game, 1-1 away at Derby County (placed 24th).

Ahead of that match, Coventry lost 0-2 at home to Hull City.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Coventry City handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, three draws and three defeats.

Coventry City are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Nottingham Forest awaits in four days.

Coventry are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 29 goals in 20 games. More than 55 percent of these goals (17 in all) came after at least 60 minutes had been played. From these home matches, Coventry City have conceded only 19 goals.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

Playing away, Blackburn Rovers have won 5 games, drawn 6 and suffered 8 defeats in the Championship this season. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Blackburn are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

There might be some fixture complaints from Blackburn Rovers as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-1 against Reading.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Derby County.

Blackburn Rovers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and six defeats. From a total of nine matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Blackburn as they have only managed to score 14 times from 19 away games in the league. Many of these goals have arrived late in the matches; more than 50 percent (14 goals) after the 60th minute. It's not easy to score on Blackburn Rovers as they have only conceded 18 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The former head to head match ended Blackburn Rovers - Coventry 2-2, played this season. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: two - three - two (Coventry City wins - draws - Blackburn Rovers wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Blackburn RoversB. Brereton
B. Brereton
20 goals
Coventry CityV. Gyökeres
V. Gyökeres
13 goals
Coventry CityM. Godden
M. Godden
12 goals

Coventry City missing players

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Coventry City Blackburn Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
38 20 5 Played P 6 19 39
15 10 3 Won W 2 5 17
10 4 0 Drew D 2 6 10
13 6 2 Lost L 2 8 12
49 29 11 Scored S 5 14 49
46 19 5 Conceded C 5 18 39
95% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 84% 87%
71% 70% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 53% 62%
45% 45% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 21% 38%
24% 15% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 5% 23%
16% 15% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 8%
55% 55% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 37% 38%
24% 30% 20% Clean Sheets C S 33% 32% 38%
26% 20% 20% Failed to Score F T 33% 47% 36%
 
6.2 6.3 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.6 4.9
4.1 3.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 4.8 4.4
1.7 1.6 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.6 2.4
3 3 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
14.3 15.4 17.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 9.4 10.6
5 5.3 7.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3 3.8
26% 27% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 25% 33%
 
10.2 8.7 9.4 Shots against (avg) S A 8.8 10.7 10.5
3.5 2.8 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 4.2 3.8
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Coventry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Coventry City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Blackburn Rovers have scored away.
  • Coventry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (18) in Championship
  • Coventry City have the most points from losing position (23) in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 37 23 8 6 90 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 18 11 4 3 45 16 58 77
2 AFC Bournemouth 36 20 9 7 59 31 18 10 5 3 35 18 18 10 4 4 24 13 28 69
3 Luton Town 38 18 9 11 56 42 19 10 5 4 32 19 19 8 4 7 24 23 14 63
4 Huddersfield Town 39 17 12 10 51 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 20 7 7 6 24 23 8 63
5 Sheffield United 38 17 10 11 52 40 18 10 4 4 31 13 20 7 6 7 21 27 12 61
6 Blackburn Rovers 39 17 10 12 49 39 20 12 4 4 35 21 19 5 6 8 14 18 10 61
7 Middlesbrough 37 17 8 12 48 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 19 5 6 8 19 24 8 59
8 Queens Park Rangers 38 17 8 13 54 48 20 9 6 5 28 20 18 8 2 8 26 28 6 59
9 Nottingham Forest 36 16 10 10 53 35 19 9 4 6 30 21 17 7 6 4 23 14 18 58
10 Millwall 38 15 12 11 39 36 19 10 6 3 23 13 19 5 6 8 16 23 3 57
11 Coventry City 38 15 10 13 49 46 20 10 4 6 29 19 18 5 6 7 20 27 3 55
12 West Bromwich Albion 38 14 12 12 42 36 18 9 7 2 24 12 20 5 5 10 18 24 6 54
13 Blackpool 37 14 10 13 42 41 20 10 3 7 22 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 1 52
14 Preston North End 38 12 15 11 40 44 18 6 9 3 24 21 20 6 6 8 16 23 -4 51
15 Stoke City 38 13 10 15 48 44 19 8 4 7 27 21 19 5 6 8 21 23 4 49
16 Swansea City 37 13 9 15 41 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 19 5 4 10 18 32 -11 48
17 Cardiff City 38 13 7 18 45 56 20 7 3 10 21 23 18 6 4 8 24 33 -11 46
18 Bristol City 39 12 8 19 49 69 20 7 6 7 26 27 19 5 2 12 23 42 -20 44
19 Birmingham City 39 10 12 17 42 58 19 6 5 8 21 25 20 4 7 9 21 33 -16 42
20 Hull City 39 11 8 20 33 44 19 5 3 11 16 25 20 6 5 9 17 19 -11 41
21 Reading 38 11 6 21 44 73 19 6 4 9 26 36 19 5 2 12 18 37 -29 33
22 Barnsley 38 6 10 22 28 54 19 5 6 8 16 21 19 1 4 14 12 33 -26 28
23 Peterborough United 38 6 8 24 32 76 18 4 6 8 19 26 20 2 2 16 13 50 -44 26
24 Derby County 39 11 13 15 38 45 19 9 7 3 26 17 20 2 6 12 12 28 -7 25

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 37 23 8 6 90 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 18 11 4 3 45 16 58 77
2 AFC Bournemouth 36 20 9 7 59 31 18 10 5 3 35 18 18 10 4 4 24 13 28 69
3 Luton Town 38 18 9 11 56 42 19 10 5 4 32 19 19 8 4 7 24 23 14 63
4 Huddersfield Town 39 17 12 10 51 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 20 7 7 6 24 23 8 63
5 Sheffield United 38 17 10 11 52 40 18 10 4 4 31 13 20 7 6 7 21 27 12 61
6 Blackburn Rovers 39 17 10 12 49 39 20 12 4 4 35 21 19 5 6 8 14 18 10 61
7 Middlesbrough 37 17 8 12 48 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 19 5 6 8 19 24 8 59
8 Queens Park Rangers 38 17 8 13 54 48 20 9 6 5 28 20 18 8 2 8 26 28 6 59
9 Nottingham Forest 36 16 10 10 53 35 19 9 4 6 30 21 17 7 6 4 23 14 18 58
10 Millwall 38 15 12 11 39 36 19 10 6 3 23 13 19 5 6 8 16 23 3 57
11 Coventry City 38 15 10 13 49 46 20 10 4 6 29 19 18 5 6 7 20 27 3 55
12 West Bromwich Albion 38 14 12 12 42 36 18 9 7 2 24 12 20 5 5 10 18 24 6 54
13 Blackpool 37 14 10 13 42 41 20 10 3 7 22 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 1 52
14 Preston North End 38 12 15 11 40 44 18 6 9 3 24 21 20 6 6 8 16 23 -4 51
15 Stoke City 38 13 10 15 48 44 19 8 4 7 27 21 19 5 6 8 21 23 4 49
16 Swansea City 37 13 9 15 41 52 18 8 5 5 23 20 19 5 4 10 18 32 -11 48
17 Cardiff City 38 13 7 18 45 56 20 7 3 10 21 23 18 6 4 8 24 33 -11 46
18 Bristol City 39 12 8 19 49 69 20 7 6 7 26 27 19 5 2 12 23 42 -20 44
19 Birmingham City 39 10 12 17 42 58 19 6 5 8 21 25 20 4 7 9 21 33 -16 42
20 Hull City 39 11 8 20 33 44 19 5 3 11 16 25 20 6 5 9 17 19 -11 41
21 Reading 38 11 6 21 44 73 19 6 4 9 26 36 19 5 2 12 18 37 -29 33
22 Barnsley 38 6 10 22 28 54 19 5 6 8 16 21 19 1 4 14 12 33 -26 28
23 Peterborough United 38 6 8 24 32 76 18 4 6 8 19 26 20 2 2 16 13 50 -44 26
24 Derby County 39 11 13 15 38 45 19 9 7 3 26 17 20 2 6 12 12 28 -7 25

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.