Blackburn Rovers are set to take a trip to Coventry Building Society Arena on Saturday for the Championship clash with home side Coventry City. Kickoff set for 2nd April 17:00 EAT.
Mark Robins’s team are at the 11th position on the table with 55 points from 38 matches. Coventry City have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 games, shipping 9 goals during that time. They won 15 games while drawing on 10 and losing on 13 other occasions.
The hosts are hoping for improved result following a 1-1 Championship drawn match vs Derby County. In that game, Coventry City had 46% possession, 13 shots with 6 of them on target and a goal scored by Matt Godden (28′). Derby County had 15 shots with 6 of them on target and a goal scored by Tom Lawrence (67′).
Blue and Whites are at the 6th spot on the standing with 61 points from 39 games. In 5 of the last 6 fixtures, Blackburn Rovers have scored 4 while opposing sides have managed a goal total of 5.17 wins, 10 draws and 12 losses has been recorded for Blackburn.
Tony Mowbray’s will be aiming to make amends here following 0-1 loss against Reading in Championship competition. In that game, Blackburn Rovers had 59% possession, 15 shots with 5 of them on target. Reading had 8 shots with 6 on target and a goal scored by Josh Laurent (78′).
Coventry vs Blackburn Rovers head to head
19 matches has been played between these two teams since 1993. Both teams has 5 victories and 7 matches ended in stalemates.
- Blackburn 2-2 Coventry 16/10/21
- Blackburn 1-1 Coventry 27/02/21
- Coventry 0-4 Blackburn 24/10/20
- Coventry 1-3 Blackburn 08/08/17
- Coventry 1-0 Blackburn 24/02/09
Home
- Derby County 1-1 Coventry
- Coventry 0-2 Hull
- Coventry 4-1 Sheffield
- Coventry 0-1 Luton
- Swansea 3-1 Coventry
Away
- Reading 1-0 Blackburn
- Blackburn 3-1 Derby County
- Blackburn 0-1 Bristol City
- Blackburn 0-0 Millwall
- Fulham 2-0 Blackburn
Coventry City team news
Mark Robins will have a fully fit squad going into this game.
Blackburn Rovers team news
Tony Mowbray will have a fully fit squad
Predictions and odds
The hosts have not emerged victorious against Blackburn Rovers in their previous 4 league matches. They have also lost twice of their previous 3 league schedules while The Blue and Whites are without an away win for the past 7 league matches and has lost the last 3 games played.
- Draw
- Goals over 2.5
- Double Chance 1 or 2
