- Coventry City have won the last 3 Championship meetings with Blackburn, including a 2-0 home victory 5 months ago.
- Coventry City have 10 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats from 21 Championship away matches this season.
- Blackburn Rovers have 4 wins, 8 draws and 9 losses from 21 Championship home matches this campaign.
Lampard’s Sky Blues can take the points
Goals should be expected when Coventry City and Blackburn Rovers meet at Ewood Park on Friday, but with the Sky Blues’ defence and Rovers’ blunt attacking prowess, we are taking the visitors to shut out the hosts. This Blackburn Rovers vs Coventry City prediction points towards a tactical battle where the visitors might edge a close contest.
This matchup represents a clash of two different philosophies with Coventry’s patient, possession-based, width-focused system going up against Blackburn’s pragmatic, compact, counter-attacking approach. Frank Lampard’s Coventry have been excellent this season, using their system to take the table-topping position with 85 points from 42 games, while Michael O’Neill’s team sit 19th with 48 points from 42.
Coventry are unbeaten in their last four with two wins and two draws and have lost only one of their last five matches. Our Blackburn Rovers vs Coventry City preview highlights that Blackburn are also unbeaten in five, having drawn three and won two, and appear to be a much more solid unit since O’Neill took the helm in February.
Back the Sky Blues to claim the spoils
Blackburn have drawn their last two matches, 0-0 against West Brom and 1-1 at Stoke City, and for this Blackburn Rovers vs Coventry City prediction, they will need to be more clinical in front of goal if they are to claim the three points on Friday.
Coventry have had a similar pattern in their previous two, both 0-0, one at home to Sheffield Wednesday and the other away at Hull City. City’s away form is solid but unspectacular with one win and one draw from their last two trips, but we are backing them to add to their impressive head-to-head record against Rovers.
The home side has failed to win their last two against the Sky Blues and this fixture seems a good fit for Lampard’s side, who should have the tools to unlock the tight Rovers defense, while they can remain compact and prevent Rovers from breaking through. Looking at the latest Blackburn Rovers vs Coventry City betting tips, Coventry’s discipline on the road suggests they can pick up another clean sheet.
Both teams not likely to score
With both teams in decent form, the Blackburn Rovers vs Coventry City prediction argues we can’t rule out goals in this game, but given Rovers’ average of 0.86 goals per home Championship match and 1.19 conceded, we feel confident enough to back both teams not to score.
Yuki Ohashi has been the Rovers’ most effective out-and-out player recently, scoring more goals than anyone else at the club in the Championship season with eight from 42 appearances. Haji Wright, with 16 goals from 36 appearances, is Coventry’s main man up top.
Over 2.5 goals is priced at 2.0 in this matchup and Coventry’s average of 1.95 scored per away match is complemented by the visitors conceding only 1.19 on the road in the Championship, indicating they are capable of getting the ball into the right places and holding their defence tight.
