The visiting Blackburn Rovers side are probably odds-on at Coventry City, as the away side have a 16 point advantage from their 18 league games this season.
- Coventry City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Blackburn Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Championship
It's no vacation for neither Coventry City nor Blackburn Rovers as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
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 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. When Coventry City hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Millwall, Norwich City, Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield United, Watford, Burnley and Swansea City), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
The Coventry City crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Blackpool here at The Coventry Building Society Arena. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going undefeated in four league rounds. Midfielder Sheaf was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.75 (out of ten) in that game. Sheaf hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 52 successful passes (of 65 total).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Rotherham United.This is expected to be a close game, with Coventry City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Coventry City as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Coventry has won 4 of these, drawn 0 and lost 7.
It should be added that a glance at the 12 latest league matches shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Coventry City as they are travelling to their away game against Watford in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.
Coventry have scored {5 league goals} here from 6 matches, not a lot.
Blackburn Rovers form and stats
The visitors are W4-D0-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Championship. The fact that Blackburn Rovers have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Blackburn Rovers play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Hull City (placed 18th). Szmodics got a match rating of 7.81 in that game, top player of the team. Szmodics scored one goal.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Birmingham City.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Blackburn playing away and similar expectations, we found 23 relevant matches. Results were 9 Blackburn Rovers wins, 5 draws and 9 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Blackburn Rovers are hosting Huddersfield Town in the Championship only four days away.
The attacking power of Blackburn Rovers when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Blackburn have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Blackburn Rovers have not lost in the last 5 fixtures (2-3-0) versus Coventry City.Top Goalscorers
  B. Brereton 8 goals |   V. Gyökeres 5 goals |  G. Hamer 3 goals |
Coventry City missing players
Blackburn Rovers missing players
| Coventry City | Blackburn Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| 18 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 18 |
| 87% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 53% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 56% | 67% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 44% | 50% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 11% | 28% |
| 40% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 33% | 39% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 56% | 33% |
| 3.9 | 4.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3 | 4.3 |
| 6.1 | 5.8 | 8.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.4 | 5.6 |
| 2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.4 | 11.5 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8 | 9.9 |
| 3.4 | 2.8 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.2 |
| 29% | 29% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 30% | 40% |
| 11.6 | 11.7 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13.6 | 12 |
| 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
- Blackburn Rovers have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Blackburn Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Championship
- Blackburn Rovers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Blackburn Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Coventry City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Burnley | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 35 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 33 |
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | Sheffield United | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 29 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Swansea City | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | Watford | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 26 |
| 8 | Millwall | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Preston North End | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 25 |
| 11 | Reading | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 25 |
| 12 | Birmingham City | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 13 | Rotherham United | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| 14 | Bristol City | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 22 |
| 15 | Blackpool | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 16 | Sunderland | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 21 |
| 17 | Cardiff City | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 21 |
| 18 | Hull City | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -12 | 20 |
| 19 | Stoke City | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -5 | 19 |
| 20 | Wigan Athletic | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -8 | 19 |
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 17 |
| 22 | Coventry City | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 15 |
| 24 | West Bromwich Albion | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
- Coventry City
- Coventry Observer - (local newspaper)
- Coventry Telegraph - (local newspaper)
- Sky Blues Blog - (supporter blog)
- Sky Blues Talk - (supporter forum)
- Blackburn Rovers
- Lancashire Telegraph - (local newspaper)
