Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Coventry City: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 21 January 2025
Result
Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Coventry City
Championship · Tuesday 21 January 2025, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Coventry City: match report
Blackburn Rovers were beaten by Coventry City 0-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 21 January 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Ellis Simms opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Blackburn Rovers did not score. Coventry City scored through Ellis Simms (41') and Brandon Thomas-Asante (48').
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received no yellow cards; Coventry City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 5th on 42 points from 27 and Coventry City 14th on 32 points from 27. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 7th with 66 points, and Coventry City 5th with 72.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Coventry City in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Oliver Dovin of Coventry City (8.4), level with Ellis Simms (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackburn Rovers wins, 5 draws and 3 for Coventry City.
Key events
- 36'Yellow card · Luis Binks
- 41'Goal · Ellis Simms
- 48'Goal · Brandon Thomas-Asante
Head-to-head
Team news
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Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Balázs Tóth, Callum Brittain, Dominic Hyam, Danny Batth, Owen Beck, Joe Rankin-Costello, John Buckley, Tyrhys Dolan, Todd Cantwell, Ryan Hedges, Makhtar Gueye
Coventry City line-up (3-5-2)
Oliver Dovin, Joel Latibeaudiere, Luis Binks, Liam Kitching, Milan van Ewijk, Victor Torp, Jamie Allen, Jack Rudoni, Jake Bidwell, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Ellis Simms