BLACKBURN. Blackburn Rovers manages to recover against Coventry City with a goal on the T. Walker 62′ and an own goal from T. Kaminski 68′. Coventry City was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%)

The match was played at the Ewood Park stadium in Blackburn on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Matt Donohue with the help of Richard Wild and Geoffrey Liddle. The 4th official was Thomas Bramall. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14 degrees Celsius or 57.15 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Coventry City was in firm control of the ball 59% while Blackburn Rovers was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Coventry City was more aggressive with 49 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 5 were on target. However, that was not enough Coventry City to win the encounter​.

Blackburn Rovers shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Coventry City shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards (J. P. van Hecke and J. Buckley). On the opposite side, Coventry City received 2 yellow cards (T. Kane and G. Hamer).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Blackburn Rovers will have 17 points like Luton Town to stay in the 9th place. On the other side, Coventry City will have 23 points like Fulham to stay in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Blackburn Rovers will play away against Queens Park Rangers on the 19th of October with a 9-2 head to head statistic in favor of Blackburn Rovers (5 draws).

Coventry City will play away agasint Preston North End on the 20th of October with a 12-1 head to head in favor of Preston North End (7 draws).

Blackburn Rovers – Formation

Blackburn Rovers started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Tony Mowbray decided to play with the following team: Thomas Kaminski (6.4), Ryan Nyambe (7.5), Jan Paul van Hecke (6.9), Daniel Ayala (6.5), Darragh Lenihan (7.0), Adetayo Edun (6.6), John Buckley (6.4), Lewis Travis (6.3), Joe Rothwell (8.2), Sam Gallagher (8.2) and Tyrhys Dolan (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: L. Clarkson, Jacob Davenport (6.7), B. Johnson, A. Pears, Ian Carlo Poveda (7.0), D. Butterworth and Ben Brereton (6.6).

Substitutions

Blackburn Rovers made 3 changes: J. Buckley for J. Davenport (66′), T. Dolan for I. Poveda (66′) and S. Gallagher for B. Brereton (74′).

Best player: Sam Gallagher​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Blackburn Rovers was Sam Gallagher.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 23 passes (30% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 18. He performed 1 cross.

Coventry City – Formation

Coventry City started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

On the other side, Mark Robins played with: Simon Moore (6.7), Dominic Hyam (6.8), Kyle McFadzean (7.2), Michael Rose (7.0), Fankaty Dabo (6.4), Liam Kelly (7.1), Ben Sheaf (7.0), Todd Kane (7.4), Callum O’Hare (6.6), Tyler Walker (7.1) and Viktor Gyökeres (6.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Martyn Waghorn (6.6), B. Wilson, J. Shipley, Gustavo Hamer (6.1), F. Tavares, J. Jones and J. Allen.

Substitutions

Coventry City made 2 changes: B. Sheaf for G. Hamer (63′) and T. Walker for M. Waghorn (79′).

Best player: Todd Kane​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Coventry City was Todd Kane.

His rating is (7.4) with 50 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• Blackburn Rovers – Coventry City – 2-2
• Bristol City – AFC Bournemouth – 0-2
• Fulham – Queens Park Rangers – 4-1
• Huddersfield Town – Hull City – 2-0
• Middlesbrough – Peterborough United – 2-0
• Millwall – Luton Town – 0-2
• Nottingham Forest – Blackpool – 2-1
• Preston North End – Derby County – 0-0
• Reading – Barnsley – 1-0
• Sheffield United – Stoke City – 2-1