Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Coventry City: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 19 April 2023

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Coventry City

Championship · Wednesday 19 April 2023, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Blackburn Rovers · Coventry City · Championship predictions

Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Coventry City: match report

Blackburn Rovers drew with Coventry City 1-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 19 April 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Sam Gallagher opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Sam Gallagher (39'). Coventry City scored through Ben Wilson (90+5').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Coventry City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 7th on 63 points from 41 and Coventry City 9th on 62 points from 42. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 7th with 69 points, and Coventry City 5th with 75.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Coventry City in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Gustavo Hamer of Coventry City (8.1), ahead of Luke McNally (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackburn Rovers win, 3 draws and 1 for Coventry City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Goal · Sam GallagherBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 45+4'Yellow card · Lewis TravisBlackburn Rovers
  • 80'Yellow card · J. Rankin-CostelloBlackburn Rovers
  • 90'Yellow card · C. DoyleCoventry City
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Ryan HedgesBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+5'Goal · Ben WilsonCoventry City · 1-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 1, draws 3, Coventry City 1.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-3-3)

Aynsley Pears, Joe Rankin-Costello, Hayden Carter, Dominic Hyam, Callum Brittain, Lewis Travis, Adam Wharton, Sammie Szmodics, Ryan Hedges, Sam Gallagher, Ben Brereton Díaz

Coventry City line-up (3-5-2)

Ben Wilson, Luke McNally, Kyle McFadzean, Callum Doyle, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Ben Sheaf, Josh Eccles, Gustavo Hamer, Jake Bidwell, Matty Godden, Viktor Gyökeres