Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Coventry City: result and report

Championship · Friday 17 April 2026

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Coventry City

Championship · Friday 17 April 2026, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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 Friday 17 April 2026. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Ryoya Morishita opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Ryoya Morishita (54'). Coventry City scored through Bobby Thomas (84').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards; Coventry City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 20th on 48 points from 43 and Coventry City 1st on 85 points from 42. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 22nd with 52 points, and Coventry City 1st with 95.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Coventry City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bobby Thomas of Coventry City (7.5), ahead of Ryan Alebiosu (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Blackburn Rovers wins, 5 draws and 5 for Coventry City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Yellow card · Yuki OhashiBlackburn Rovers
  • 51'Yellow card · Frank OnyekaCoventry City
  • 51'Yellow card · Yuri RibeiroBlackburn Rovers
  • 54'Goal · Ryoya MorishitaBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Taylor Gardner-HickmanBlackburn Rovers
  • 65'Yellow card · Ryoya MorishitaBlackburn Rovers
  • 84'Goal · Bobby ThomasCoventry City · 1-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Bobby ThomasCoventry City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 0, draws 5, Coventry City 5.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Lewis MillerBlackburn Rovers · injury (Achilles tendon rupture)

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

Balázs Tóth, Tom Atcheson, Sean McLoughlin, Eiran Cashin, Ryan Alebiosu, Kristi Montgomery, Taylor Gardner-Hickman, Yuri Ribeiro, Ryoya Morishita, Moussa Baradji, Yuki Ohashi

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

Carl Rushworth, Joel Latibeaudiere, Bobby Thomas, Liam Kitching, Milan van Ewijk, Frank Onyeka, Matt Grimes, Jay Dasilva, Jack Rudoni, Ephron Mason-Clark, Ellis Simms