Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Coventry City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 16 October 2021

Result

Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Coventry City

Championship · Saturday 16 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Blackburn Rovers · Coventry City · Championship predictions

Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Coventry City: match report

Blackburn Rovers drew with Coventry City 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 16 October 2021. The half-time score was 2-0.

Joe Rothwell opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Joe Rothwell (39') and Sam Gallagher (45'). Coventry City scored through Tyler Walker (62') and an own goal by Thomas Kaminski (68').

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

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 8th on 16 points from 11 and Coventry City 4th on 22 points from 11. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 8th with 69 points, and Coventry City 12th with 64.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 5-3-2 and Coventry City in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Gallagher of Blackburn Rovers (8.7), ahead of Joe Rothwell (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackburn Rovers wins, 1 draw and 0 for Coventry City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Yellow card · J. BuckleyBlackburn Rovers
  • 39'Goal · Joe RothwellBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 45'Goal · Sam GallagherBlackburn Rovers · 2-0
  • 62'Goal · Tyler WalkerCoventry City · 2-1
  • 68'Own goal · Thomas KaminskiCoventry City · 2-2
  • 73'Yellow card · J. van HeckeBlackburn Rovers
  • 79'Yellow card · Todd KaneCoventry City
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Gustavo HamerCoventry City

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 2, draws 1, Coventry City 0.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Bradley DackBlackburn Rovers · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)

Blackburn Rovers line-up (5-3-2)

Thomas Kaminski, Ryan Nyambe, Jan Paul van Hecke, Yuki Takahashi, Darragh Lenihan, Tayo Edun, John Buckley, Lewis Travis, Joe Rothwell, Sam Gallagher, Tyrhys Dolan

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

Simon Moore, Dominic Hyam, Kyle McFadzean, Michael Rose, Fankaty Dabo, Liam Kelly, Ben Sheaf, Todd Kane, Callum O'Hare, Tyler Walker, Viktor Gyökeres