Coventry City 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 4 October 2023

Result

Coventry City 1-0 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Wednesday 4 October 2023, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Coventry City · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Coventry City 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Coventry City won against Blackburn Rovers 1-0 in the Championship on Wednesday 4 October 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Haji Wright of Coventry City in the 85th minute.

Discipline: Coventry City received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Coventry City were 14th on 11 points from 9 and Blackburn Rovers 18th on 10 points from 9. Coventry City went on to finish that season 9th with 64 points, and Blackburn Rovers 19th with 53.

Coventry City lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Wilson of Coventry City (8.2), ahead of Bobby Thomas (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Coventry City win, 4 draws and 2 for Blackburn Rovers.

Going into the match Coventry City's last five read W-D-L-D-D and Blackburn Rovers's L-L-L-W-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 60'Yellow card · Luis BinksCoventry City
  • 66'Yellow card · James HillBlackburn Rovers
  • 67'Yellow card · Josh EcclesCoventry City
  • 85'Goal · Haji WrightCoventry City · 1-0

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Coventry City 1, draws 4, Blackburn Rovers 2.

Team news

Coventry City line-up (3-4-1-2)

Ben Wilson, Bobby Thomas, Kyle McFadzean, Luis Binks, Joel Latibeaudiere, Josh Eccles, Liam Kelly, Jay Dasilva, Jamie Allen, Matty Godden, Ellis Simms

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Leopold Wahlstedt, James Hill, Hayden Carter, Dominic Hyam, Callum Brittain, Adam Wharton, Dilan Markanday, Joe Rankin-Costello, A. Moran, Tyrhys Dolan, Sammie Szmodics