Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Coventry City · Championship
Blackburn Rovers lost to Coventry City 0-2 in the Championship. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Blackburn Rovers and Coventry City met in the Championship at Ewood Park in Blackburn on Tuesday, 21 January 2025.
Goalscorers
Blackburn Rovers did not score. Coventry City: E. Simms 41'; B. Thomas-Asante 48'.
How the match went
The referee showed 1 yellow card (0 for Blackburn Rovers, 1 for Coventry City).
Line-ups
Blackburn Rovers started in a 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 started in a 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.
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Minute by minute
- 41'Goal! Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Coventry City. E. Simms (Coventry City) scores, assisted by V. Torp.
- 45'Half-time. Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Coventry City.
- 48'Goal! Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Coventry City. B. Thomas-Asante (Coventry City) scores, assisted by E. Simms.
- 90'Full-time. Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Coventry City.
Full commentary (39 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Blackburn Rovers vs Coventry City.
- 7'Attempt blocked. V. Torp (Coventry City), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 10'Attempt saved. M. Gueye (Blackburn Rovers), header. xG 0.03.
- 19'Attempt saved. D. Batth (Blackburn Rovers), header from a corner. xG 0.11.
- 19'Attempt missed. T. Cantwell (Blackburn Rovers), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.02.
- 22'Attempt saved. R. Hedges (Blackburn Rovers), header. xG 0.10.
- 22'Attempt missed. R. Hedges (Blackburn Rovers), header. xG 0.06.
- 28'Attempt saved. M. Gueye (Blackburn Rovers), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.09.
- 37'Yellow card for L. Binks (Coventry City) for foul.
- 41'Goal! Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Coventry City. E. Simms (Coventry City) scores, assisted by V. Torp.
- 41'Attempt missed. V. Torp (Coventry City), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.05.
- 41'Attempt blocked. E. Simms (Coventry City), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 45'1 minute of added time.
- 45'Half-time. Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Coventry City.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 46'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers: A. Forshaw comes on for C. Brittain.
- 48'Goal! Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Coventry City. B. Thomas-Asante (Coventry City) scores, assisted by E. Simms.
- 48'Attempt saved. E. Simms (Coventry City), right-footed shot. xG 0.94.
- 52'Attempt missed. J. Buckley (Blackburn Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 53'Attempt saved. M. Gueye (Blackburn Rovers), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.05.
- 55'Attempt saved. M. Gueye (Blackburn Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.13.
- 58'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers: A. Cozier-Duberry comes on for R. Hedges.
- 58'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers: A. Weimann comes on for J. Buckley.
- 59'Substitution, Coventry City: B. Thomas comes on for L. Binks.
- 59'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers: H. Leonard comes on for T. Dolan.
- 59'Substitution, Blackburn Rovers: D. Sanderson comes on for D. Batth.
- 63'Attempt missed. A. Weimann (Blackburn Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.01.
- 66'Attempt blocked. A. Cozier-Duberry (Blackburn Rovers), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 66'Attempt saved. M. Gueye (Blackburn Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.11.
- 68'Attempt missed. M. Gueye (Blackburn Rovers), left-footed shot. xG 0.11.
- 69'Substitution, Coventry City: J. Eccles comes on for B. Thomas-Asante.
- 69'Substitution, Coventry City: T. Sakamoto comes on for V. Torp.
- 72'Off the woodwork! J. Rudoni (Coventry City), left-footed shot. xG 0.45.
- 79'Attempt saved. E. Simms (Coventry City), header. xG 0.13.
- 82'Attempt blocked. J. Allen (Coventry City), right-footed shot. xG 0.01.
- 85'Attempt missed. M. Gueye (Blackburn Rovers), header. xG 0.09.
- 86'Substitution, Coventry City: N. Bassette comes on for E. Simms.
- 90'7 minutes of added time.
- 90'Full-time. Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Coventry City.