English League Championship

FT Friday, April 17, 2026
Coventry City LWWDD 1
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Blackburn Rovers DWDDL 1
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Ewood Park · 19,657 att. · Paramount+

Team Stats

9
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
1
70.1
Possession
29.9
12
SHOTS
7
2
ON GOAL
2
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
547
Accurate Passes
191
638
Passes
265
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
7
22
Crosses
20
0.2
Cross %
0.4
59
Long Balls
51
21
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
4
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
5
13
Tackles
10
0.8
Tackle %
0.5
5
Interceptions
9
20
Effective Clearances
33
20
Clearances
33

Highlights

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Head to Head

COV leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

BLK · 3-4-2-1

  1. 22Balazs TothG
  2. 15Sean McLoughlinCD
  3. 20Eiran CashinCD-L
  4. 38Tom AtchesonCD-R
  5. 5Taylor Gardner-HickmanCM-L
  6. 31Kristi MontgomeryCM-R
  7. 4Yuri RibeiroLM
  8. 2Ryan AlebiousuRM
  9. 23Yuki OhashiF
  10. 24Moussa BaradjiCF-L
  11. 25Ryoya MorishitaCF-R

COV · 3-4-2-1

  1. 19Carl RushworthG
  2. 4Bobby ThomasCD
  3. 15Liam KitchingCD-L
  4. 22Joel LatibeaudiereCD-R
  5. 6Matt GrimesCM-L
  6. 16Frank OnyekaCM-R
  7. 3Jay Da SilvaLM
  8. 27Milan van EwijkRM
  9. 9Ellis SimmsF
  10. 10Ephron Mason-ClarkCF-L
  11. 5Jack RudoniCF-R

Timeline

  1. 7' Yuki Ohashi (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 51' Frank Onyeka (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 51' Yuri Ribeiro (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 54' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Coventry City 0. Ryoya Morishita (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  5. 62' Substitution, Coventry City. Romain Esse replaces Joel Latibeaudiere.
  6. 62' Substitution, Coventry City. Haji Wright replaces Ellis Simms.
  7. 62' Substitution, Coventry City. Victor Torp replaces Frank Onyeka.
  8. 65' Taylor Gardner-Hickman (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 65' Ryoya Morishita (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 71' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Ryan Hedges replaces Moussa Baradji.
  11. 71' Substitution, Coventry City. Brandon Thomas-Asante replaces Jack Rudoni.
  12. 79' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Adam Forshaw replaces Taylor Gardner-Hickman.
  13. 84' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Coventry City 1. Bobby Thomas (Coventry City) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Victor Torp with a cross following a set piece situation.
  14. 85' Bobby Thomas (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  15. 90' Substitution, Coventry City. Josh Eccles replaces Ephron Mason-Clark.

EFL Championship News

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