Week 40 brings us a match on Apr 2nd, where Blackburn Rovers and Coventry City will play a match in Coventry in a Championship match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Coventry City is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Derby County. Matt Godden struck first for Coventry City in the 28th minute, but Tom Lawrence got the equalizer for Derby County in the 66th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Derby County. Coventry City is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while blackburn Rovers sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Reading. Josh Laurent scored the first goal for Reading in the 78th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Blackburn Rovers couldn’t manage to score, and Reading took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 16th of October, Blackburn Rovers and Coventry City battled to a 2-2 draw. Joe Rothwell struck first for Blackburn Rovers in the 39th minute on a feed from Sam Gallagher, then Sam Gallagher added another in the 45th minute on a feed from Joe Rothwell.
Blackburn Rovers is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Sam Gallagher and Tyrhys Dolan each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Both Callum O’Hare and Matt Godden have been the hottest scorers for Coventry City in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals.